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Keshet; a JEW. Studying Israel. STATS 1. Population: 6,426,679 peeps Climate: temperate, hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas Location: bordering the Mediterranian bet’w Lebanon and Egypt
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Keshet; a JEW Studying Israel
STATS 1 • Population: 6,426,679 peeps • Climate: temperate, hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas • Location: bordering the Mediterranian bet’w Lebanon and Egypt • Natural Resources: timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand
STATS 2 • Sex Ratio: at birth 1.05 male(s)/female • Total population: 0.994 male(s)/female • DEATH: 6.17deaths/1,000 population • HIV/AIDS:adult prevalence rate- 0.1%, living with: 3,000 • HIV/AIDS deaths: 100
STATS 3 • Languages: Hebrew (official), Arabic, English • Religions: 76% Jewish, 16% Muslim, 1.7% Arab Christians, 0.4% Christian, 1.6% Druze, 3.9% unspecified • Ethnic Groups: 76.4% Jewish, non-Jewish 23.6% mostly Arab • Literacy: definition- age 15 and over can read and write • Total Population: 97.1%, 98.5% male, 95.9% female
Government • Parliamentary Democracy • 6 Districts: Central, Haifa, Jerusalem, Northern, Southern, Tel Aviv • Independence: May 14, 1948 • Mixture of English common law, British Mandate regulations • Jewish, Muslim, and Christian legal systems in private matters
Communication • Telephones- main lines in use: 3.005 million • Mobile cellular: 8.404 million • Radio Broadcast: AM 23, FM 15 shortwave • TV broadcast stations: 17 (plus 36 repeaters) • Internet hosts: 671,030 • Internet Users: 1.899 million
Transportation • Heliports: 3 • Railways: 853 km • Roadways: 17, 446 km • Merchant Marine: 18 ships • Registered in other countries: 51, including Bermuda, Cyprus, Honduras, N. Korea, Liberia, Malta, Panama, Slovakia, St. Vincent, The Grenadines • Ports and terminals: Ashdod, Elat, Hadera, Haifa • Airports: 53 • Paved runways: 30 • Unpaved runways: 23
Cultural Dimensions • Collectivistic • Family oriented • Masculine Society • Long Term orientation • 90.9% men, formal education • 89.4% women, formal education
Terminal Values • Success • Money • Comfortable life • Sense of accomplishment • Self respect • Wisdom • Family security • Inner harmony • National Security • Self Respect • Pleasure • Belonging • Achievement
Instrumental Values • Helpful • Honest • Clean • Capable • Intellectual • Loving • Obedient • Responsible • Self-controlled • Forgiving