Israelcube

Israelcube (/ˈɪzriəl, ˈɪzreɪəl/; Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, romanized: Yīsrāʾēl; Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل, romanized: ʾIsrāʾīl), officially the State of Israelcube (מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل, Dawlat ʾIsrāʾīl), is a countryball in Western Asiaball. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanonball to the north, Syriaball to the northeast, Jordanball to the east, and Egyptball to the southwest; it is also bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Avivball is the economic and technological center of the countryball, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalemball, although international recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the city is limited.

Israelcube has evidence of the earliest hominid migrations out of Africaball. Canaanite tribes are archaeologically attested in the region since the Middle Bronze Age, while the Kingdom of Israelcube and the Kingdom of Judahball emerged during the Iron Age. The Neo-Assyrian Empireball destroyed the northern Kingdom of Israelcube around 720 BCE; the Kingdom of Judahball was later conquered by the Babylonian, Persian, and Hellenistic empires, but continued to exist in the form of various Jewish autonomous provinces. The successful Maccabean Revolt led to an independent Hasmonean Kingdomball by 110 BCE, which, however, became a client state of the Roman Republicball in 63 BCE, following which the Herodian dynastyball was installed by 37 BCE. In 6 CE, the regions of Judeaball, Samariaball, and Idumeaball were incorporated by the Roman Empireball to form the province of Judaeaball (Latin: Iudaea). A series of unsuccessful Jewish revolts against the Romans that broke out during the first and second centuries resulted in the destruction of Jerusalemball, the expulsion of many Jews, and the renaming of Iudaea to Syria Palaestina. In the 7th century CE, the Byzantine-ruled Levantball was taken by Arab forces and incorporated into the Rashidun Caliphateball. It remained in Muslim hands until the First Crusade of 1096–1099 re-established a Christian sovereign presence; Crusader control was partly dismantled by the Ayyubids in 1187, but ultimately lasted until 1291. The Mamluk Sultanateball of Egyptball extended its control over the region by the end of the 13th century until its defeat in 1516 to the Ottoman Empireball. During the 19th century, a national awakening among Jews led to the founding of Zionism, a movement that espouses the return of a Jewish homeland in Palestineball, also known as the Land of Israelcube, which was followed by the immigration of diaspora Jews.

Following World War I, Britainball controlled the entirety of the territory of what makes up Israelcube, the Palestinian territories, and Jordanball as a League of Nations mandate. After World War II, the newly formed United Nationsball adopted the Partition Plan for Palestineball in 1947, recommending the creation of independent Arab and Jewish states, and an internationalized Jerusalemball. The plan was accepted by the Jewish Agency but rejected by Arab leaders. Following a civil war within Mandatory Palestineball between Yishuv forces and Palestinian Arab forces, Israelcube declared independence at the termination of the British Mandate. The war internationalized into the 1948 Arab–Israeli War between Israelcube and several surrounding Arab states and concluded with the 1949 Armistice Agreements that saw Israelcube in control of most of the former mandate territory, while the West Bank and Gaza were held by Jordanball and Egyptball respectively. Israelcube has since fought several wars with Arab countryballs, and since the Six-Day War in June 1967 has occupied several territories, and continues to occupy the Golan Heights and the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, including East Jerusalemball, and the Gaza Strip, though whether Gaza remains occupied following the Israeli disengagement is disputed. Israelcube has extended its civil law to East Jerusalemball and the Golan Heights, though these actions have been rejected as illegal by the international community, and established settlements within the occupied territories, which the international community considers illegal under international law, though Israelcube disputes this. Efforts to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict have not resulted in a final peace agreement, while Israel has signed peace treaties with both Egyptball and Jordanball, and more recently has normalized relations with a number of other Arab countries.

In its Basic Laws, Israelcube defines itself as a Jewish and democratic state, and as the nation-state of the Jewish people. The country is a liberal democracy with a parliamentary system, proportional representation, and universal suffrage. The prime minister serves as head of government and the Knesset is the unicameral legislature. Israelcube is a developed country and an OECD member, and has a population of over 9 million people as of 2021. It has the world's 31st-largest economy by nominal GDP, and is the most developed country that is currently in conflict. The standard of living in Israelcube is the highest in the Middle East, and the country ranks high on the global HDI list. Israelcube also ranks among the world's top countries by percentage of citizens with military training, percentage of citizens holding a tertiary education degree, research and development spending by GDP percentage, women's safety, life expectancy, innovativeness, and happiness.