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State of Israel
Medinat Yisra'el
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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2.8 million (1999) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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2.5 million (1999) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: most highly developed system in the Middle East although not the largest
domestic: good system of coaxial cable and microwave radio relay; all systems are digital international: 3 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 2 (1998) |
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Radios:
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3.07 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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17 (plus 36 low-power repeaters) (1995) |
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Televisions:
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1.69 million (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.il |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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21 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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1.94 million (2001) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 647 km
standard gauge: 647 km 1.435-m gauge (2001) |
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Highways:
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total: 15,965 km
paved: 15,965 km (including 56 km of expressways) unpaved: 0 km (1998 est.) |
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Waterways:
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none |
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Pipelines:
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crude oil 708 km; petroleum products 290 km; natural gas 89 km |
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Ports and harbors:
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Ashdod, Ashqelon, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa, Tel Aviv-Yafo |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 16 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 595,319 GRT/704,544 DWT
ships by type: container 15, roll on/roll off 1 (2002 est.) |
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Airports:
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54 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 28
over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 4 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 24
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 20 (2002) |
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Heliports:
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3 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (includes ground, naval, and air components with Air Defense Forces), Pioneer Fighting Youth (Nahal); note - historically there have been no separate Israeli military services |
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Military manpower - military age:
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18 years of age (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 1,542,835
females age 15-49: 1,499,830 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 1,262,973
females age 15-49: 1,223,939 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 51,666
females: 49,207 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$8.97 billion (FY02) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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8.75% (FY02) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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West Bank and Gaza Strip are Israeli-occupied with current status subject to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement - permanent status to be determined through further negotiation; Golan Heights is Israeli-occupied (Lebanon claims the Shab'a Farms area of Golan Heights) |
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Illicit drugs:
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increasingly concerned about cocaine and heroin abuse; drugs arrive in country from Lebanon and increasingly Jordan |