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 Israel 

Official Name: The Independent Jewish State of Israel

Population: 14,645,000 (2012 est.)

Capital: New Jerusalem (Population: 150,000)

Language: Hebrew (100%), English is a widely understood second language.

Ethnicities: Jewish 96.7% (14,150,000), Russian 1.9% (285,000), Native Tasmanian 1.1% (160,000), Other European/Australian 0.3% (50,000)

Religions: Jewish 95%, Unaffiliated 3%, Christian 1.2%. Indigenous 0.8%

Land Area: 26,410,000 Square Miles Population Density: 563 people per square mile. (59th most Densely Populated Country)'''

Growth Rate:1.6%

Literacy Rate: 99%

Government: Constitutional Democracy

History
Israel was officially recognized by the International community in 1948, as a fully Independent Nation with the right to self governance. Israel was obtained in large part due to Holocaust survivor Joshua Blau, a German-Jewish native who survived both Auschwitz and Dachau in WWII. Joshua Blau and his Jewish Delegation of around 100 people, almost all of whom were from Europe and Palestine, officially brokered a deal with both Australia and Great Britain for the Island of Tasmania, a previous Australian State. The land was bought for an undisclosed amount of money, though it is known to be in the Billions of dollars to be paid over the course of one-hundred years. Around 2% of the Modern Israelis tax dollars are given in payment to the Commonwealth of Australia. This also gave those Jews fleeing Palestine during their losing conflict in the Arab-Jewish War a place to go, saving the world an estimated sum of 1,360,000 Displaced Refugees. By 1950 around 1,366,000 Jews from Palestine, most of whom were originally immigrants from either Europe or other Arab nations, fled to the newly founded nations shores. From the day of its Deceleration of Independence, Jews from around the world immigrated in mass to Israel. Between 1948 and 1955 around 4,000,000 Jews immigrated to Israel from virtually all corners of the world, accounting for some 35% of the world Jewish population of the time.

Immigration
From Europe (Not including USSR, UK, or France)

Around 725,000 European-Jews immigrated to Israel by 1955, most of whom were from Eastern Europe, however Jews from all over the continent did immigrate. Antisemitism was still prevalent, most especially in Eastern Europe, along with many Jews now being under new Communist rule. These factors lead to the immigration of some 725,000 Jews from around Europe, consisting of 96% of European-Jewry, outside of the USSR, UK, or France. Many of whom that lived behind the Iron Curtain were secretly smuggled to Western European countries with the help of the Hagganagh (Special Israeli Forces), where they were then transported by ship to Israel

From The United Kingdom

While British-Jewry was fairly stable for many centuries, a rise in antisemitism in Great Britain took place after the War. Many Synagogues were bombed as well as open marches by Antisemitic groups took place, mostly through Jewish neighborhoods. There is much speculation that there was a secret alliance between anti-Semites in the U.K. and the Israeli government to instill fear in British Jews, giving way to more immigration to the Jewish State. While officially denied by Israel to this day, many believe the alliance was very real, considering the surge in anti-Semitic acts during the years between 1948 and 1955. In total, around 300,000 Jews immigrated to Israel from the United Kingdom, consisting of about 66% of British-Jewry.

From France

Anti-Semitic acts rose in France tremendously after the War, again, with much speculation surrounding the involvement of the Israeli government. In total, around 74% of French-Jews immigrated to Israel by 1955, totaling in around 175,000 people.

USSR

Jews were restricted from leaving the Soviet Union. This left virtually no immigration from the USSR to Israel until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Total Immigrants From Europe: 1,200,000

From Africa

Around 630,000 Jews from African and North African-Arab nations fled to Israel after the Jewish-Arab War of 1948. This consisted of around 90% of African/Arab-Jewry.

Total Immigrants From Africa: 630,000

 Immigrants from Latin America