The State of Israel (מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ — Medīnat Yisrā’el in Hebrew and دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل‎‎ — Dawlat Isrāʼīl in Arabic), is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza … Continue reading Israel #182 (1960)