1. Israel Tanner Tyson

2. The Land Located in the Middle East Bordered by Gaza Strip, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and West Bank Landforms include the Negev desert is in the south, low coastal plain, central mountains, and the Jordan Rift Valley Natural Resources include timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand Notable Water Systems: Jordan River, Sea of Galilee, and Dead Sea,

3. Climate/Vegetation Native Wildlife -Hippopotamus -Rhinoceros -Warthog -Striped Hyena -Wild Horses -Wild Asses -Wolves -Badgers

4. Government Israel is a Parliamentary Democracy Israel has no formal constitution, but 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 President = President Shimon Peres Prime Minister = Binyamin Netanyahu

5. History and Current Events Israel gained independence from the British and became its own country on May 14, 1948 On June 5, 1967, Israel attacked Egypt and destroyed almost its whole air force while it was still grounded. This was part of a quest to gain more land, which Israel did. By the end of all of their attacks on other countries, Israel nearly doubled the amount of land it controlled

6. Economy Industries in Israel include: high-technology projects (aviation, communications, computer-aided design and manufactures, medical electronics, fiber optics), wood and paper production, potash and phosphates, food, beverages, tobacco, caustic soda, cement, construction, metal products, chemical products, plastics, diamond cutting, textiles, and footwear

7. Culture The most widely practiced religion in Israel is Judaism, which 82% of Israel’s people practice Out of the other 18%, the majority of them are Muslim Arabs There is also a small number of Christians who live in Israel

8. Places to Visit Golan Heights (Nimrod’s Castle, waterfall) Galilee (Montfort Castle) Jerusalem (Capital of Israel) Tel Aviv (Israel’s largest City) Ramat Gan Stadium (Israel’s largest stadium)

9. Works Cited Middle East: Israel. The World Factbook: Central Intelligence Agency. (17 March 2010). Wendy Elliman, 3 Sep 2001. Flora and Fauna in Israel. Spotlight on Israel: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (18 March 2010) 12 March 2010. Geography of Israel. Wikipedia. (18 March 2010) 2007. Key Historical Events. The Electronic Intifada. (22 March 2010) 2010. Places to Visit in Israel. Places Online. (22 March 2010) 2010. Israelis. Countries and Their Cultures. (22 March 2010)