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| 11=Israel–Jordan peace treaty

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| 14=Israeli disengagement from Gaza

| 15=List of Israel international footballers

| 16=History of ancient Israel and Judah

| 17=History of Israel

| 18=Culture of Israel

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| 21=Dance in Israel

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| 28=LGBT rights in Israel

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| 45=Dome of the Rock

| 46=Women in the Israel Defense Forces

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| 49=Acre, Israel

| 50=History of Jerusalem

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| 52=List of Israeli football champions

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|File:Israel-2013-Aerial 21-Masada.jpg|An aerial view of Masada in the Judaean Desert, with the Dead Sea and Jordan in the distance

|File:Jerusalem Railway Station2.jpg|The Jerusalem Railway Station c. 1900. The locomotive on the turntable is "Ramleh" (J&J No. 3), a Baldwin 2-6-0. The station was the terminus of the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway until its closure in 1998. Today, the station is abandoned and suffering from neglect and vandalism, although it is one of 110 buildings selected for preservation in Jerusalem.

|File:Jerusalem-2013-Temple Mount-Dome of the Rock-Detail 01.jpg|Ceramic tile on the Dome of the Rock, an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem

|File:Israel-2013-Aerial 00-Negev-Makhtesh Ramon.jpg|An aerial view of Makhtesh Ramon, a geological feature of Israel's Negev desert. Located some 85 km south of the city of Beersheba, the landform is not an impact crater from a meteor nor a volcanic crater formed by a volcanic eruption, but rather is the world's largest "erosion cirque" (steephead valley or box canyon).

|File:ISR-EGY border 6521a.jpg|A more recent section of the Israel-Egypt barrier fence, north of Eilat, June 2012. It is a border barrier built by Israel along its border with Egypt. It was originally an attempt to curb illegal migrants from African countries.Butcher, Tim. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/1504945/Sharon-presses-for-fence-across-Sinai.html Sharon presses for fence across Sinai], Daily Telegraph, December 07, 2005. Construction was approved on 12 January 2010cite web| title=11 Jan, 2010; from google (Israel–Egypt barrier construction began) result 8|url=https://www.rt.com/politics/israel-approves-democratic-barrier/}} and began on 22 November 2010.{{cite web|title=November 22, 2010; from google (Israel–Egypt barrier construction began) result 10|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/11/22/israel.egypt.border.barrier/}}

|File:Jerusalem panorama early twentieth century2.jpg|A view of Jerusalem from southeast, showing the Walls of Jerusalem, the Dome of the Rock, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. This image was taken sometime between 1900 and 1940.

|File:Israel-2013-Tel Aviv 01-Reading Power Station.jpg|Reading Power Station, built in Tel Aviv in 1938, was named for Rufus Isaacs, the 1st Marquess of Reading. Reading Light is pictured on the left.

|File:44444 חדרו של דוד בן גוריון בצריף בשדה בוקר.jpg|David Ben-Gurion's room at Ben-Gurion's Hut, the retirement home of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and his wife Paula (Pola) from the years 1953 until Ben-Gurion's death in 1973.

|File:Maurycy Gottlieb - Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.jpg|Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, an 1878 painting by Maurycy Gottlieb

|File:Jerusalem-2013(2)-Aerial-Temple Mount-(south exposure).jpg|Southern aerial view of the Temple Mount, a hill located in the Old City of Jerusalem that for thousands of years has been venerated as a holy site, in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

|File:Israel-2013-Jaffa 01.jpg|A view of Jaffa, from the beachfront of Tel Aviv

|File:Jerusalem-2013-Temple Mount-Al-Aqsa Mosque (NE exposure).jpg|Northeast exposure of Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, in the Old City of Jerusalem. Considered to be the third holiest site in Islam after Mecca and Medina.

|File:ISS035-E-007148 Nile - Sinai - Dead Sea - Wide Angle View.jpg|"The Nile and the Sinai, to Israel and beyond. One sweeping glance of human history." Caption by astronaut Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.

|File:צנחנים בכותל המערבי.jpg|Paratroopers at the Western Wall, an iconic photograph taken on June 7, 1967 by David Rubinger.

|File:Eilat Dolphin Reef (3).jpg|Diving tourism site on the southern coast of Eilat, around a horseshoe-shaped reef. Many animal species are found in the area, including dolphins.

|File:Juvenile Nubian ibex in Mitzpe Ramon (40409).jpg|Young Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) on a stone wall by the edge of Makhtesh Ramon in Mitzpe Ramon.

|File:עץ על אי מלח באמצע ים המלח.jpg|Dead Tree in Sea of Life is an installation artwork from 2017 by Amiram Dora, a travel guide from the nearby city Arad. The work consists of a tree planted on a salt pile in the Dead Sea. The purpose of the work is to show that as opposed to its common name, the Dead Sea is actually a place of rich tourist activity, healing and relaxation.

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