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Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so
Tel Megiddo, the ruins of a Canaanite and later Israelite city
The Yavne-Yam ostracon, a Paleo-Hebrew inscription documenting administration in Judah
Hasmonean coin of Antigonus II Mattathias, depicting the Temple menorah
View of the Masada fortress overlooking the Dead Sea, which is the location of a 1st-century Roman siege
Isaac Herzog
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Isaac Herzog is an Israeli politician who has been serving since 2021 as the president of Israel. He is the first president to have been born in Israel after its Declaration of Independence.
Israel
…est.) 73.7% Judaism 18.3% Islam 1.9% Christianity 1.6% Druze faith 4.5% others Demonym Israeli Government Unitary parliamentary republic • President Isaac Herzog • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Legislature Knesset Establishment • Declaration of independence 14 May 1948 Area • Total 22,072 or 20,770 km2 (8,522…
Official portrait, 2021
Official portrait, 2016
Herzog speaking at the Munich Security Conference, 2015
Herzog with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 2021