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THE STATE OF ISRAEL
GENERAL INFORMATION AND POLITICAL HISTORY
General Informations
Population:
7,353,985
Age Structure:
0-14 years: 27.9%
15-64 years: 62.3%
65 years and over: 9.9%
Median Age:
total: 29.3 years
male: 28.6 years
female: 30 years
Population Growth Rate:
1.628%
Ethnic Groups:
Jewish 76.4% (of which
Israel-born 67.1%,
Europe/America-born 22.6%,
Africa-born 5.9%, Asia-born
4.2%), non-Jewish 23.6%
(mostly Arab)
General Informations
Government Type:
Parliamentary Democracy
Constitution:
no formal constitution; some
of the functions of a
constitution are filled by the
Declaration of Establishment
(1948), the Basic Laws of the
parliament (Knesset), and
the Israeli citizenship law;
note - since May 2003 the
Constitution, Law, and
Justice Committee of the
Knesset has been working
on a draft constitution
Executive Branch:
1-President
2-Prime
3-Cabinet
General Informations
Legislative Branch:
Unicameral Knesset
Two Most Important Party:
Likud and Labor Party
GDP per capita:
$ 28.600
Man Power Available for Military Service:
Males
Females
Military Expanditure:
7.3% of GDP
1,771,661
1,687,698
Political History
Zeev Vladimir Jabotinskly
Betar and Irgun
Iron Wall Policy
David Ben Gurion
Peel Commission (map available)
U.N. Security Council Plan
David Ben Gurion
1967 War (map available)
Golda Meir
Yom Kipur War (map available)
Menahem Wolfovitch Begin
Sephardi and Ashkenazi Conflict
Camp David Agreement
İzak Şamir
İzak Rabin
Şimon Peres
Binyamin (Benjamin) Netanyahu
Ehud Barak
Ariel Şaron