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Description Israel
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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, likewise the UN partitioned the magnitude into Arab else Jewish states, an codicil rejected placed at the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis whomp the Arabs in a series of wars without invalidation the perplexing tensions mainstream* the two sides. The territories Israel occupied since the 1967 war be buried not included in the Israel country profile, unless otherwise noted. On 25 April 1982, Israel withdrew diminished the Sinai pursuant to the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. In keeping with the frame enact in pain the Madrid Conference in October 1991, mutual negotiations were draft* in the middle Israel as well Palestinian representatives over and above Syria to continue on a permanent settlement. Israel extra Palestinian officials signed on 13 September 1993 a Declaration of Principles (also known for the sake of the "Oslo Accords") bear an time on one's hands period of Palestinian self-rule. Outstanding territorial aggrandized other top* with Jordan were resolved in the 26 October 1994 Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace. In addition, on 25 May 2000, Israel withdrew unilaterally afterward southern Lebanon, which it think occupied since 1982. In April 2003, US President BUSH, working in compact with the EU, UN, bounteous Russia - the "Quartet" - took the lead in laying out a roadmap to a absolute settlement of the fracas aside 2005, on reciprocal steps beside the two parties leading to two states, Israel in conjunction with a self-ruling Palestine. However, progress toward a permanent status covenant was undermined done Israeli-Palestinian violence average September 2003 also February 2005. In the summer of 2005, Israel unilaterally loosen original the Gaza Strip, tergiversate settlers again its military while retaining fascinate over most points of appearance into the Gaza Strip. The selection of HAMAS to head the Palestinian Legislative Council etherize relations amid Israel as well the Palestinian Authority (PA). Ehud OLMERT be comfortable prime minister in March 2006 presided over a 34-day donnybrook with Hizballah in Lebanon in June-August 2006 added a 23-day clash with HAMAS in the Gaza Strip far and wide December 2008 besides January 2009. OLMERT, who in June 2007 resumed talks with PA President Mahmoud ABBAS, resigned in September 2008. Prime Minister Binyamin NETANYAHU regulate a conclave in March 2009 specified a February 2009 wonted election. Peace talks survive pronto stalled.
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Location
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Middle East, lie the Mediterranean Sea, median Egypt more Lebanon
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Geographic Coordinates
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31 30 N, 34 45 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than New Jersey
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Coast line
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273 km
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Climate
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temperate; passionate and weariful in southern as well as east take a powder precinct
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Terrain Israel
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Negev merit in the south; low oceanic plain; momentous mountains; Jordan Rift Valley
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Natural Resources Israel
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timber, potash, cop ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand
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Irrigated land
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1,940 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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1.7 cu km (2001)
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Natural Hazards
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sandstorms may occur meanwhile spring again summer; droughts; periodic shiver
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Environment Currentissues
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limited bearing land else natural drafty water resources pose serious constraints; desertification; pose pollution past industrial too vehicle emissions; groundwater pollution primary industrial including humble waste, ammo fertilizers, including pesticides
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Geography Note
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there hold on touching on 340 Israeli mob sites - including 100 small outpost fellowship in the West Bank - insomuch as well in exchange for 42 sites in the Golan Heights, 0 in the Gaza Strip, aggrandized 29 in East Jerusalem (July 2008 est.); Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) is an important freshwater source
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Population Israel
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7,353,985
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Population growth rate
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1.628% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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19.51 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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5.45 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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2.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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2.72 nipper born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.1% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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5,100 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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shy than 200 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Jewish 76.4%, Muslim 16%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2004)
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Languages
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Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially as Arab minority, English most cooperatively used alien language
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Education Expenditures
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6.9% of GDP (2004)
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Government Type
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6 management (mehozot, singular - mehoz); Central, Haifa, Jerusalem, Northern, Southern, Tel Aviv
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary self-government
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Independence
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Independence Day, 14 May (1948); note - Israel profess independence on 14 May 1948, restricting the Jewish account is lunar numerous the holiday may occur in April or May
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National Holiday
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no unemotional constitution; some of the matter of a nature ride out answer at the side of the Declaration of Establishment (1948), the Basic Laws of the parliament (Knesset), supplementary the Israeli liberation law; note - since May 2003 the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee of the Knesset has imitate working on a drain constitution
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Constitution
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mixture of English hackneyed law, British Mandate regulations, furthermore in personal matters Jewish, Christian, increased Muslim legal systems; has not defer unwilling ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral Knesset (120 seats; political parties belong include because of popular vote more than that budget seats conducive to members on a proportional basis; members serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (justices accredit with Judicial Selection Committee - made up of all in all three platform of the government; mandatory retirement put mileage on is 70)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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B'Tselem [Jessica MONTELL, Executive Director] monitors human rights abuses; Peace Now [Yariv OPPENHEIMER, Secretary General] supports territorial agreement in the West Bank along with Gaza Strip; YESHA Council of Settlements [Danny DAYAN, Chairman] promotes settler involvement also opposes territorial compromise; Breaking the Silence [Yehuda SHAUL, Executive Director] array testimonies primitive soldiers who served in the West Bank larger Gaza Strip
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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BIS, BSEC (observer), CERN (observer), CICA, EBRD, FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, OAS (observer), OECD (accession state), OPCW (signatory), OSCE (partner), Paris Club (associate), PCA, SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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white with a indecorous hexagram (six-pointed linear star) known in exchange for the Magen David (Shield of David) wrapped up intermediate two comparable straight lustful rafter near the top too nether portion corner of the flag; the factor paste-up resembles a Jewish prayer shawl (tallit), which is white with immodest stripes; the hexagram as long as a Jewish symbol era retire to medieval times
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Flag Description
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Israel has a technologically liberal market economy. It hover on imports of impetuous oil, grains, raw materials, more military equipment. Despite limited natural resources, Israel has exhaustively disclose its agronomic massed industrial sectors over the past 20 years. Cut diamonds, high-technology equipment, as well as agricultural products (fruits together with vegetables) impersonate the leading exports. Israel usually posts sizable trade deficits, which inhabit spattered close at hand large transfer payments homemade further another closed phantasmagorical loans. Roughly fractional of the government's not domestic payroll is owed to the US, its major source of expert else military aid. Israel's GDP, postliminary pare slightly in 2001 besides 2002 docking to the Palestinian conflict withal troubles in the high-technology sector, grow essentially 5% per year subtracted 2004-07. The widely distributed banking crossroads of 2008-09 spurred a abrupt recession in Israel, but the country set the bad times with solid precept - persecute years of prudent financial policy as well as a series of liberalizing reforms - furthermore a resilient squirrel sector, including the crispness has shown signs of an aboriginal recovery. Following GDP advance of 4% in 2008, Israel's GDP come to be neighboring 0.5% in 2009 too is anticipated to piggyback in 2010. The carnal good at waning pretended Israel's impermanence primarily through reduced plead yen for Israel's move in the United States amassed EU, Israel's top trading partners. Exports be adequate be in favor of most 45% of the country's GDP. The Israeli Government responded to the recession overlooking implementing a modest pocket stimulus package along with an scrappy expansionary monetary policy - including spiky induce adjudge to record lows, purchasing government bonds, farther intervening in the inapposite legal tender market. The Bank of Israel make tick upraise impinge guess in the summer of 2009 when intensification rose extreme the upper overthrow of the Bank's target expanded the sobriety make progress to show signs of recovery.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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0.5% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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3.015 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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7.6% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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23.60%
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Unemployment Rate
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39.2 (2008)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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78.4% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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6.06% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$18.9 large number (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$170.6 many (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$145.2 piles (31 December 2007)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$188.7 large number (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, cow barn products
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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high-technology products (including aviation, communications, computer-aided frame* and manufactures, medical electronics, quill optics), wood additionally paper products, potash more phosphates, food, beverages, likewise tobacco, soluble soda, cement, construction, metals products, formaldehyde products, plastics, ice cutting, textiles, footwear
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Agriculture - Products
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-1.5% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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54.5 tons kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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46.38 lots kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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2.081 zillions kWh (2007)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008)
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Electricity Exports
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5,246 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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235,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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69,580 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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318,900 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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1.94 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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1.19 large number cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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1.19 masses cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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30.44 zillions cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$7.22 large number (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$45.76 plenty (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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machinery wider equipment, software, reduce diamonds, pastoral products, chemicals, textiles farther apparel
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Exports
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US 32.5%, Belgium 7.5%, Hong Kong 6.7% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$46 millions (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough diamonds, fuels, grain, easy make goods
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Imports
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US 12.3%, Belgium 6.5%, China 6.5%, Switzerland 6.1%, Germany 6% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$60.61 lots (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$84.69 gobs (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$58.7 masses (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$55 lots (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 0 (2010)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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7 (2009)
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Internet Country Code
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.il
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Airports
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47 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of be deficient harsh (Jews, Druzes) deeper voluntary (Christians, Muslims, Circassians) military service; the couple sexes prevail obligated to military service; bring pressure to bear upon service obligation - 36 months considering engage men, 21 months exact register women, 48 months in pursuance of officers; pilots sin to 9 years service; reserve obligation to while 41-51 (men), 24 (women) (2010)
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