- Aliyah Directory
- Geography and Climate
- History and Society
- Holidays
- Israel Embassy and Consulate Directory
- System of Government
- Photographs and Other resources
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General
Official name: | State of Israel (Hebrew: Medinat Yisrael - מדינת ישראל) |
Capital: | Jerusalem (Yerushalayim - ירושלים) |
Language: | Hebrew (Ivrit - עברית) |
National symbols: | |
Time: | Standard time: 2 hours ahead of GMT (GMT +2). See Daylight-Saving time (DST) schedule |
Phone system: | Phone dialing codes, and directories |
Currency: | New Israeli Shekel (NIS) or shekel (שקל) for short. One shekel=100 agorot (agora in singular). Currency exchange rates: English, Hebrew |
Power supply: | 220 volts at 50 Hertz. Three pin sockets also match double-pin European electrical appliance plugs. |
Geography and Climate
- Maps of Israel and Middle East
- Weather and Climate
- Satellite photographs of Israel and the Middle-East
History and Society
- Museums in Israel
- Brief History of Israel and the Jewish People
- Declaration of Independence
- Jewish Philosophy and Beliefs
- Minority Communities in Israel
- JERUSALEM 1928: Rare Color Footage
- Arab - Israeli Conflict: Basic Facts
Photographs
- Aliyah Photo Gallery - 13,000 photos Welcoming Olim to Israel
- Nature and animal photographs
- National Photo Collection
- First Photographs of the Holy Land
- Pictorial Library of Bible Lands (sets of CDs on Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and Galilee)
- A slideshow of scenes from Israel celebrating Israel's 69th birthday
- A panoramic view of Israel's coastal plain