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Design Museum Holon The first museum in Israel dedicated to design. The Israel Museum Encyclopedic museum of art and archeology, Jerusalem. Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space Madatech is a science and technology museum in Haifa. The Jerusalem Archaeological Park 5000 years of history. The Jewish Virtual Library Most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world, covering everything from anti-Semitism to Zionism. Kibbutz Movement Official website of Israel's egalitarian communities. Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod One of the first art museums founded in Israel, located about 25 km south of Nazareth. Tel Aviv Museum of Art A comprehensive collection of classical and contemporary art. Umm el-Fahem Museum of Contemporary Art The first Arab museum of contemporary art in Israel. Yad Vashem The World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem.

Official Name: Medinat Yisra'el short form: Yisra'el int'l long form: State of Israel int'l short form: Israel ISO Country Code :  IL, ISR Time: Actual Time:  Sat-June-26  12:13 Local Time =  UTC  +2h Daylight Saving Time (DST) April - Oktober (UTC +3). Country Calling Code : +972   Capital City:  Jerusalem Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950. But nearly all countries maintain their embassies in  Tel Aviv . In 2018, the United States and later Guatemala established their embassies in Jerusalem. Other Cities: Haifa,  Nazareth ,  Tel Aviv Government: Type: Parliamentary democracy Independence: 14 May 1948 Constitution: no formal constitution Geography: Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon. Area : 22,072 km² (8,494 sq. mi.); including the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem. Terrain: Israel has plains, mountains, deserts, and a coast. Climate:  Tempera...

Official Name: Medinat Yisra'el short form: Yisra'el int'l long form: State of Israel int'l short form: Israel ISO Country Code :  IL, ISR Time: Actual Time:  Sat-June-26  12:13 Local Time =  UTC  +2h Daylight Saving Time (DST) April - Oktober (UTC +3). Country Calling Code : +972   Capital City:  Jerusalem Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950. But nearly all countries maintain their embassies in  Tel Aviv . In 2018, the United States and later Guatemala established their embassies in Jerusalem. Other Cities: Haifa,  Nazareth ,  Tel Aviv Government: Type: Parliamentary democracy Independence: 14 May 1948 Constitution: no formal constitution Geography: Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon. Area : 22,072 km² (8,494 sq. mi.); including the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem. Terrain: Israel has plains, mountains, deserts, and a coast. Climate:  T...

Destination Israel, a Nations Online profile of the only Jewish country in the world. The Jewish state is located in a region regarded by Jews, Christians, and Muslims as the biblical Holy Land. The triangular-shaped country is part of the Middle East with a coast-line at the  Mediterranean Sea ,  its southern tip connects it to the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). Israel borders  Egypt ,  Jordan ,  Lebanon ,  Syria , and the  Palestinian territories  (West Bank and the Gaza Strip), it also shares maritime borders with  Cyprus . The country covers an  area  of 22,072 km, making it slightly larger than half the size of  Denmark , or somewhat bigger than the US state of  New Jersey . Israel's landscape features a populated coastal plain in the west, the sparsely inhabited Negev desert in the south, and the mountain ranges of the Galilee in the north, coastal Mount Carmel, and the basaltic plateau of the Golan. Situated in the Jordan...