- The United States was the first country to recognize Israel as a state in 1948, and the first to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in 2017.
- ^ “Israel”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged , Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. ^ “Israel”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.
- Israel’s main geopolitical dilemma is how to preserve itself as a Jewish and democratic state, within secure and internationally recognized borders.
- 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.
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