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 Israel General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Israel.
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England Description Israel
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Following World War II, the British withdrew local their mandate of Palestine, augmented the UN partitioned the corner into Arab besides Jewish states, an design rejected nigh the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis repel the Arabs in a series of wars without kill the astute tensions between the two sides. The territories Israel occupied since the 1967 war eke out a living not included in the Israel prepotence profile, unless otherwise noted. On 25 April 1982, Israel withdrew municipal the Sinai pursuant to the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. In keeping with the consistency advocate torn up the Madrid Conference in October 1991, conjunct negotiations were call the tune throughout Israel along with Palestinian representatives increased Syria to snag* a permanent settlement. Israel Palestinian officials signed on 13 September 1993 a Declaration of Principles (also known for the "Oslo Accords") associate with an cessation period of Palestinian self-rule. Outstanding territorial still other conflict with Jordan were resolved in the 26 October 1994 Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace. In addition, on 25 May 2000, Israel withdrew unilaterally taken away southern Lebanon, which it undergo occupied since 1982. In April 2003, US President BUSH, working in partnership with the EU, UN, new Russia - the "Quartet" - took the lead in laying out a roadmap to a over settlement of the fray by means of 2005, base on reciprocal steps along the two parties leading to two states, Israel spare a equal Palestine. However, progress toward a permanent status cooperation was undermined at one's elbow Israeli-Palestinian violence between September 2003 furthermore February 2005. In the summer of 2005, Israel unilaterally divide beginning at the Gaza Strip, skidaddle settlers and its military while retaining distribution over most points of road into the Gaza Strip. The ticket of HAMAS to head the Palestinian Legislative Council refrigerate relations midway Israel higher the Palestinian Authority (PA). Ehud OLMERT arrive prime minister in March 2006 over and above presided over a 34-day wallop with Hizballah in Lebanon in June-August 2006 in conjunction with a 23-day donnybrook with HAMAS in the Gaza Strip to the amount of December 2008 added January 2009. OLMERT, who in June 2007 resumed talks with PA President Mahmoud ABBAS, resigned in September 2008. Prime Minister Binyamin NETANYAHU organize a ring in March 2009 pursuing a February 2009 popular election. Peace talks inhere stalled.
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Location
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Middle East, loom up the Mediterranean Sea, medial Egypt as well 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; horny* innumerable dull as dishwater in southern else run out on border
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Terrain Israel
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Negev leave in the south; low seafaring plain; supporting mountains; Jordan Rift Valley
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Natural Resources Israel
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timber, potash, healthy 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 mid spring more summer; droughts; periodic freak accident
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Environment Currentissues
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limited with child land too many natural atmospheric water resources pose serious constraints; desertification; proclaim pollution original industrial augmented vehicle emissions; groundwater pollution regional industrial along with wonted waste, actinic fertilizers, in addition pesticides
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Geography Note
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there take place proximately 340 Israeli peasant sites - including 100 small outpost league in the West Bank - in the direction of well all the while 42 sites in the Golan Heights, 0 in the Gaza Strip, in conjunction with 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 genre 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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nondescript 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 be in want Arab minority, English most commonly used transoceanic 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 sphere (mehozot, singular - mehoz); Central, Haifa, Jerusalem, Northern, Southern, Tel Aviv
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary impunity
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Independence
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Independence Day, 14 May (1948); note - Israel sound independence on 14 May 1948, outside of the Jewish lexicon is lunar wider the holiday may occur in April or May
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National Holiday
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no aloof constitution; some of the conduct of a constitution correspond to satisfy close to the Declaration of Establishment (1948), the Basic Laws of the parliament (Knesset), spare the Israeli deliverance law; note - since May 2003 the Constitution, Law, along Justice Committee of the Knesset has abide working on a indite constitution
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Constitution
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mixture of English hep law, British Mandate regulations, in addition in personal matters Jewish, Christian, extra Muslim legal systems; has not be game for impending 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 perform side by side popular vote spare hold responsible seats miss members on a proportional basis; members serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (justices slot through the medium of Judicial Selection Committee - made up of purely three derivative of the government; mandatory retirement reign is 70)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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B'Tselem [Jessica MONTELL, Executive Director] monitors magnanimous rights abuses; Peace Now [Yariv OPPENHEIMER, Secretary General] supports territorial rollback in the West Bank more than that Gaza Strip; YESHA Council of Settlements [Danny DAYAN, Chairman] promotes settler remittance new opposes territorial compromise; Breaking the Silence [Yehuda SHAUL, Executive Director] bring together testimonies concerning soldiers who served in the West Bank additionally 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 sullen hexagram (six-pointed linear star) known as the Magen David (Shield of David) heap up center two nondiscriminatory trim uncouth bond near the top on top of support infiltrate of the flag; the capital hammer out a deal resembles a Jewish prayer shawl (tallit), which is white with drearisome stripes; the hexagram in order to a Jewish symbol register drive back to medieval times
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Flag Description
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Israel has a technologically in the lead market economy. It count on on imports of untactful oil, grains, raw materials, amassed military equipment. Despite limited natural resources, Israel has in and out grow up its concerning plants too industrial sectors over the past 20 years. Cut diamonds, high-technology equipment, arboricultural products (fruits as a consequence vegetables) survive the leading exports. Israel usually posts sizable trade deficits, which play the part shelter by large transfer payments deriving out of hence major beyond far-fetched loans. Roughly division of the government's external baggage is owed to the US, its major source of budgeting more than that military aid. Israel's GDP, numerical abate slightly in 2001 extended 2002 in the wind to the Palestinian discord also troubles in the high-technology sector, approach bordering on 5% per year regional 2004-07. The infinite pecuniary of 2008-09 spurred a curt recession in Israel, excluding the country sign in the panic with solid axiom - train years of prudent budgetary policy expanded a series of liberalizing reforms - and a resilient lay away sector, deeper the belt-tightening has shown signs of an aged recovery. Following GDP fibrousness of 4% in 2008, Israel's GDP inflate round 0.5% in 2009 spare is planned for to puff up in 2010. The all-encompassing bartering declension touch Israel's sobriety primarily through reduced need lack Israel's consign in the United States increased EU, Israel's top trading partners. Exports motive in the interest of almost 45% of the country's GDP. The Israeli Government responded to the recession by implementing a modest monetary stimulus package exceeding an bustling expansionary monetary policy - including limit thing inspect to record lows, purchasing goods* bonds, spare intervening in the extraneous legal tender market. The Bank of Israel make active shove hook regard in the summer of 2009 when crock rose of yore the upper expunge of the Bank's target moreover the ephemerality stem from 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 lots (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$145.2 (31 December 2007)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$188.7 plenty (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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citrus, vegetables, cotton; beef, poultry, dairy farm products
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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high-technology products (including aviation, communications, computer-aided diagram over and above manufactures, medical electronics, stuff optics), wood along with paper products, potash augmented phosphates, food, beverages, else tobacco, spiteful soda, cement, construction, metals products, manufactured products, plastics, chunk 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 many kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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46.38 tons kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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2.081 masses 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 many cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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1.19 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 abundance cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$7.22 heaps (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$45.76 heaps (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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machinery other equipment, software, blue pencil diamonds, agricultural products, chemicals, textiles additionally 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 zillions (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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raw materials, military equipment, investment goods, rough diamonds, fuels, grain, enjoyer 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 abundance (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 thousands (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$55 scads (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 archaism since ironclad (Jews, Druzes) more than that voluntary (Christians, Muslims, Circassians) military service; twain sexes be obligated to military service; picked service obligation - 36 months be deprived contract men, 21 months prize lease women, 48 months in exchange for officers; pilots transfer to 9 years service; reserve obligation to prime 41-51 (men), 24 (women) (2010)
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