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Israel
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31.47° N / 35.13° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Jerusalem
- Population
- 10,002,200 2024
- Area
- 21,937 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Arabic, Hebrew
- Currency
- Israeli new shekel (ILS)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Israel
Israel (Hebrew: מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisra'el; Arabic: دولة إسرائيل dawlat ʔisrāʔīl) is a small yet diverse Middle Eastern country. The modern State of Israel was established in 1948 as a homeland for the Jewish people, but the region contains thousands of years of history for many peoples and religions in addition to the Jews.
Food & everyday culture
While many popular dishes in Israel are typical of Middle Eastern cuisine, its cuisine is as diverse as the population. Food is generally of a very high standard, and immigrants from around the world brought almost every genre and type of food to Israel. Kosher food is widely available. Even restaurants without Kosher certificates follow some guidelines of Kashrut to some extent.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-12. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Western Asia
- Calling code
- +972
- Internet domain
- .il
- Land border codes
- EGY, JOR, LBN, PSE, SYR
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .il. Source ↗
- The source lists sunday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.