The State Of Israel

Introduction

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia located on the east bank of the Mediterranean Sea . Bounded on the north of Lebanon , on the north-eastern Syria and the Middle Jordan to the south-west Egypt , as it occupies the West Bank adjacent to the Jordan in the east and the Gaza Strip in the south-west along the Mediterranean and Egypt. Established state of Israel in May 14 / May 1948 where it was declared by the Board of the Jewish Zionist in Palestine in today's complement of the British Mandate period by decision of the United Nations and the Government of Britain , and in the war between Arabs and Zionist Jews resulted in the Nakba of Palestine and extermination of many Palestinian towns and villages where Most of its inhabitants became refugees in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and in some Arab countries or internally displaced, in Israel (Kessner, P 1).

The State of Israel declared its goal to receive the Jews who were deported from eastern Europe during World War II and settled in the Jewish state, as well as reception of Jews from all over the world. And thus became the only country in the world with the majority of the Jewish religious day.

Political Environment

Israel is a multiparty parliamentary democracy are similar to the systems of democracy in Central Europe (Kessner, P 1). That is the central institution is the parliament, which plays the role of the Legislative Council elected by its members as the government and the head of state and monitors the work of government institutions.

Geography

The political boundaries of Israel and one of the most controversial things the world is not declared the official border completely since its creation in 1948 . And portions of the border agreed between Israel and its neighboring countries is the border with Egypt (which passes between the regions of Sinai and the Negev ) and two sections of the border with Jordan (in the Wadi Araba in the Nissan Prairie ), which have been identified following the signing of peace treaties. In 2000, Israel asked the United Nations is to define the border between Lebanon and withdrew its forces from southern Lebanon by the international Altalpmat (so-called " Blue Line "). In August 2005 Israel declared a " green line "around the Gaza Strip border to it. (Kessner, P 1)

State of Israel is located in the continent of Asia in the Middle East and bordering the Mediterranean Sea . Geographically, Israel is the countries with small area and a population of nearly 7 million people. Arisen since the State of Israel and to this day, Israel was a party to the regional conflicts, particularly with Egypt and Syria and Lebanon and Jordan and the Palestinians.

Zionism And The Jewish National Home

Witnessed the nineteenth century and the birth of the Zionist movement , which is the most important goals in finding a solution to the Jewish question . Began relatively large ...