Outline of Israel

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Israel:

Contents

• Geography of Israel
• Environment of Israel
• Natural geographic features of Israel
• Demography of Israel
• Government and politics of Israel
• Executive branch of the government of Israel
• Legislative branch of the government of Israel
• Judicial branch of the government of Israel
• Foreign relations of Israel
• International organization membership
• Law and order in Israel
• Military of Israel
• History of Israel
• Prehistory of Israel
• Ancient history of Israel
• Mandatory Palestine
• History of modern Israel
• History of Israel by region
• History of Israel by subject
• Culture of Israel
• Art in Israel
• Sports in Israel
• Economy and infrastructure of Israel
• Education in Israel
• References

Israel – country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. The State of Israel (Medinat Yisrael) came into existence as the homeland for the Jewish people at the termination of Mandatory British Palestine on 14 May 1948, through the Israeli Declaration of Independence. This was followed by massive migration of Jews from both Europe and the Muslim countries to Israel, and of Arabs from Israel, contributing to the extensive and still ongoing Arab–Israeli conflict. Israel's financial capital and technology center is Tel Aviv and the proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, although the state's sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized. About 43% of the world's Jews live in Israel today, the largest Jewish community in the world.