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1. Israel Diamond Institute; http://www.diamonds.org.il/press_release/content.asp?pressid=22
Independence: 14 May 1948 from
mandate under UK
Government type: Parliamentary democracy
Population: 5,938,093*
israel
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*Includes about 176,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, 20,000 in
the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, about 6,900 in the Gaza Strip, and about 173,000 in East Jerusalem
(Source: National Insurance Institute of Israel <www.btl.gov.il/English/pirsumim/skira_2000/skira_2000_ch2.pdf>)
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