The State of Israel is a Jewish country in south west Asia, founded in 1947 in Palestine by a United Nations resolution. It has a total area of 20,770 km2. The climate is temperate and hot and dry in desert areas. The terrain is comprised of the Negev desert in the south; a low coastal plain; central mountains and the JordanRiftValley. Natural resources are copper, phosphates, bromide, potash, clay, sand, sulphur, asphalt, manganese, small amounts of natural gas and crude oil. The religion is 83% Judaism, 13.1% Islam (mostly SunniMuslim), 2.3% Christian, 1.6% Druze. The official language is Hebrew with Arabic used officially for the Arab minority; English is the most commonly used foreign language.
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