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The connection between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel is traced back to the biblical patriarch Abraham. According to the Bible, the Land of Israel was bequeathed to the Jews by God in order to become the "Promised Land" - here are all the sacred places of the Jewish people[22]. The biblical tradition of the patriarchs may reflect the migrations of the Hebrews (Habiru) in the 2nd millennium BC. e. and the events of the era of the Hyksos invasion of Egypt. The history of Abraham probably corresponds to the initial stage of the Hebrew migrations, and a massive migration takes place around the 13th century BC. e., as a result of which the late Bronze culture of Canaan is replaced by a new one[21]. About 1200 B.C. e. the Philistines, to whom the modern name "Palestine" goes back, pe*****te the coast of the country. The establishment of royal power among the Jews and the emergence of the Kingdom of Israel, and later of the Kingdom of Judah, dates back to the 10th century BC.

The Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on May 14, 1948 (Iyar 5, 5708) [comm. 1] on the basis of UN General Assembly Resolution No. 181, adopted on November 29, 1947. Go to the section " Establishment and Early Years" According to the Declaration of Independence, Israel is a Jewish state. At the same time, Israel is a multinational and democratic state, where, along with Jews, all other ethnic groups, regardless of religion, have equal rights. Israel has a significant ethno-cultural diversity. The main population of the country: 6,982,000 people - Jews (73.9%), 1,995,000 people - Arabs (21.1%), 472,000 people - other (5%)

Post-industrial country with a developed economy. The volume of nominal GDP for 2019 amounted to over 395 billion US dollars (43.6 thousand US dollars per capita)[7]. In the list of countries according to the human development index, it is in 22nd place in the world: the index is 0.903[10]. The currency is the New Israeli Shekel