State of Israel
Disputed territory. The borders of Israel and the Palestinian territories (West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem) remain contested. Historical borders are an approximate reconstruction from Cliopatria (Seshat Global History Databank, CC BY 4.0). Disputed territories are shown as in the source; this does not reflect a position of the project.
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 southwest. Israel's western coast lies on the Mediterranean Sea, its southern tip reaches the Red Sea, and to the east is Earth's lowest point near the Dead Sea. Jerusalem is the government seat and proclaimed capital, while Tel Aviv is Israel's largest urban area and economic centre.
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