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
22
*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
>)
