- The State of Israel is a self-proclaimed Jewish state and a country in the Middle East. It is currently the only country with a Jewish majority population.
- ^ “Israel”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged , Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. ^ “Israel”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.
- The U.S. Commercial Service in Israel continues to provide business counseling to U.S. companies seeking information on the Israeli market.
- In the Negev/Naqab in southern Israel, Israeli forces continued to demolish Bedouin homes and whole villages, including one village for the 222nd time.
- The Merneptah Stele (13th century BCE). The majority of biblical archeologists translate a set of hieroglyphs as Israel, the first instance of the name in the record.
- The current population of Israel is 9,317,726 as of Friday, July 19, 2024, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data 1.