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Israel
Israel (iz-ray-ul) is a country that was founded on May 14, 1948, by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. The capital is Jerusalem and the official language is Hebrew. Israel is located in Western Asia on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea; it is surrounded by Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt in the southwest. Within the country, civilians share borders with disputed Palestinian territories, known as the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Judaism is the most common religion and the four other religious groups are: Islam, Christianity, Druzism, and other.