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State of Israel Flags

Flag Colors and Description

The flag of Israel is white with two equal horizontal blue stripes near the top and bottom edges of the flag and a blue hexagram (six-pointed star) known as the Magen David, or Shield of David centered on the flag between the blue stripes.

People

Population: 6352117 (july 2006 estimate)

Population Growth Rate: 1.18% (2006 estimate)

Spoken Languages: Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language

Government

Government Type: parliamentary democracy

Capital: Jerusalem; note - Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the US, like nearly all other countries, maintains its Embassy in Tel Aviv

Economics

GDP (Gross Domestic Product): $166.3 billion (2006 estimate)

GDP per capita: $26,200 (2006 estimate)