Dead Sea

  Dead Sea is located between Israel and Jordan. It is a salt lake. From the north of Dead Sea Jordan river flow in, but there is no outlet of the lake. Dead Sea is famous for anyone easily float on the water because of high salinity. Water of the lake has evaporated because the part of the country is dry cimates. Accordingly, the salinity of the water is very high.

Transportation - Taxi

   As Israel is a small contury, enable to move from one place to another place in a short space of time. The taxi fare is levied by the taximeter on city and apply decided the standard price by the Ministry of Transportation. Extra charge are applied on taxi fares from 9:01p.m to 5:29 a.m. The extra charge is 25 percent more expensive than in usual time.

Jewish Eating Custom

 Kosher food is permitted to eat by the Jews of the religious law. Universally, In the Jewish eating customs are banned to eat the pork, raminating animal and having cloven hooves animals. The law forbids to eat oysters, seafood and also other meat with milk together. Kashrut certificate of approved by rabbi is displayed in the places of selling the Kosher food. Most hotels and restaurants sell the Kosher food, but it is not compulsory by law.

Terms of Service in the I.D.F.

     I.D.F means Isael Defense Forces. All able-bodied men and women above the age of eighteen are drafted. Men serve for three years. Women serve for twenty-one months. Excellent students at institutions of higher education may have a chane as temporary draft exemption. New immigrants were exempted or serve for shoter period according to their age and personal status on entering Israel. After every soldiers finished the mandatory military service, they keep as the reserves. A man of the reserve serves 39days for a year until the age of 51 years.

The major cities of Israel

    Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Also, Jerusalem is prosperous, most vibrant and the biggest city in Israel.

    Tel Aviv-Yafo was founded in 1909. The city made by Jewish city for the first time in morden times. Today, Tel Aviv-Yafo is the capital of the industry, business, banking and culture.

   Haifa has been the famous coast city since the ancient times. The important port is situated in the city of the Mediterranean sea. Haifa is the center of the industry and commerce in the north of Israel.

      Beer Sheba is the biggest central city in the south of Israel. There are a lot of remains in the Israel Bronze Age and the Iron Age.

The national flag of Israel

  The national flag of Israel was legislated in October 28, 1948. There are two blue horizontal lines in the white square and middle of the flag is located a star. Blue and white color means the Judaism prayer's shawl. A six angles star in the center of the flag consists of two triangles. It means Shield of David in ancient Israel.



Overview

  After the Second World War, Israel was established that abiding by U.N.'s decision that to establish the each nationls of Arab and Jewish in Palestine in 1948 on the southeast shore of the Mediterranean and the whole area northwest of the Arabian Peninsular. Israel borders Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt. Israel is the unique Jewish people's Rebuplic in the world and only one country of parliametary democracy in the Middle East. The name of the country means that be ruled by God as Hebrew language. The country cosist of the six administrative district. Hebrew is national language of Israel. Also, they use Arabic and Enghish as an offical language.