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Capital Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv Population 5,938,093 (July 2001 est.), note: includes about 176,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, about 20,000 in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, about 6,900 in the Gaza Strip, and about 173,000 in East Jerusalem (August 2000 est.) Area 20,770 sq km, slightly smaller than New Jersey Government Parliamentary democracy Money New Israeli shekel (ILS) Climate Temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas Languages Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language       About Israel Akhlah: The Jewish Children's Learning Center Ancient Canaan Biography of Shimon Peres Chanukah in Israel Christmas Around the World: Israel Country Study: Israel Crisis in the Middle East Ehud Barak - Prime Minister of Israel Embassy of Israel - Washington, D. C. Flags of Israel Golda Meir Golda Meir 1 Hebrew Aleph-Bet Holidays Israel Israel News: The Jerusalem Post Israel Past and Present: Sukkot Israel's 50th Anniversary Lost Tribes of Israel Medea: Research on Mediterranean & Euro/Arab Cooperation Mideast Land of Struggle Museum of Tolerance My Hebrew Dictionary National Photo Collection Oslo Peace Process Posters of Israel Rosh Hashanah of Trees Shauvot on the Net Shimon Peres Shimon Peres 1 The Israel Museum: Jerusalem The Middle East: Arab-Israeli Conflict The New Jerusalem Mosaic Window on the Wall World Factbook: Israel Yad Yashem: The Holocaust Memorial