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 Israel



 ** Flag Description: ** white with a blue six-pointed star also known as the Magen David which is the Shield of David, centered between two equal horizontal blue bands on the top and the bottom of the flag.



-The countries that that share a land border with Israel are Jordan, Lebanon, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Egypt, and Syria.

-The population: 7,112,359.

-The capital city is Jerusalem.

-Imports:$52.8 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.) raw materials, fuels, grain, consumer goods, investment goods, military equipment, and rough diamond.

-Exports:$48.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.) machinary and equipement, software, cut diamonds, agricultural proucts, chemicals, textile and appearel.  President: Shimon Peres(2007)



Prime Minister: Ehud Omert(2006)

The kind of government is parliamentary democracy. There are also 6 administrative divisions and they are Central, Haifa, Jerusalem, Northern, Southern, Tel Aviv. It has the Judicial, Executive, and legislative. The Independance day was May 14 1948; from League of Nations mandate under British administration.

[|Current Event] Number one: a.)Israel's 'American Problem' b.)Jeffrey Goldberg c.)nytimes.com d.)May 18, 1008 Number five: This relates to cia.gov because sometimes they still have problems with America and other countries do too.



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Timeline  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> Form 1: One student that has the same country Your name: Jessica Grover
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> 1975-Israel becomes an associate member of the European Common Market.  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> 1981-Israel Air Force destroys Iraqi nuclear reactore just before it is to become operative. Israel's three-stage withdrawl from Sinai completed.   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif">
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> 1989-Start of mass immigration of Jews from former Soviet Union.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif"> Summer 2005-Israel evacuates all Jewish communities in Gaza, Palestinian infighting starts; Kassam rockets from Gaza attacks Israel on regular basis.

Is there any information that incorrect on this Wiki space? - No, everything matches up correctly with mine.

In terms of layout, font, backgrounds etc., is there anything you would change on this page? Explain. - I wouldn't change anything. I like the layout of the wikispace and how everything flows together.

Read the students’ current event article then read the students’ summary. Is their summary accurate? - No summary.

Compare your current event article with their article. Does this information add to your understanding of your country? - Yes and no. The articles aren't about the same thing. But, they both express the problems Israel has with certain issues.

Form 1: One student that has the same country Your name:Jeff Darrow

Is there any information that incorrect on this Wiki space? nope

In terms of layout, font, backgrounds etc., is there anything you would change on this page? Explain. nope

Read the students’ current event article then read the students’ summary. Is their summary accurate? its accurate but its only a sentence long

Compare your current event article with their article. Does this information add to your understanding of your country?

it tells me more about the country but with differnt info on a different topic Form 1: One student that has the same country Your name: Morgan Sinnett

Is there any information that incorrect on this Wiki space? no.

In terms of layout, font, backgrounds etc., is there anything you would change on this page? Explain. No, i would leave it as it is.

Read the students’ current event article then read the students’ summary. Is their summary accurate? Yes.

Compare your current event article with their article. Does this information add to your understanding of your country? Yes, because they work in the same way.

**__Form 2: Student with a different country__** __ Your Name: Evan Cook __
 * __Country: Israel__**

** Answer yes or no to the following questions: ** Did this person center the name of their country? yes Did this person insert a picture of the country’s flag? yes Did this person insert a picture of the country? yes Did this student include the names of the current leaders? yes

** Answer the following questions: ** What is the population of the country? 7,112,359 What is the name of the capital city? Jeruslum If you had to choose one of the three places/things to visit, which would you choose and why? Jeruslum because it is huge religious town

What do you like about their Wiki page? the way it was set up

What needs work? no

Rate the students’ effort on this Wiki page 1-10 I give it a 10