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France 5, germany 728, gibraltar 7, greece 311, hong kong 21, india 2, indonesia 1, israel 9, italy 31. Central intelligence agency warned israel this week not to go it alone and attack irans nuclear installations. Other companiessuch as skyhorse publishingalso print a paper edition. The world factbook middle east israel also see separate gaza strip and west bank entries introduction israel background. Israel the world factbook central intelligence agency. Scheuer born 1952 is a former intelligence officer for the central intelligence agency, american blogger, author, foreign policy critic, political analyst, and former adjunct professor at georgetown universitys center for peace and security studies.
The information regarding israel on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence. The factbook provides a two to threepage summary of the demographics, geography, communications, government, economy, and military of 266 u. The central intelligence agency cia is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the u. World book online is an engaging, verified, and trustworthy digital resource for grades prek through high school. Commonly known as the oldest city in the world, jericho is an important historical, cultural, and political center located northwest of the dead. On 24 june 2002, us president bush laid out a road map for resolving the israelipalestinian conflict, which envisions a twostate solution. Middle east israel the world factbook central intelligence. Israel and palestinian officials signed on september 1993 a declaration of principles also known as the oslo accords guiding an interim period of palestinian selfrule. The cia s mission includes collecting and analyzing information about high priority national security issues such as international terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, cyber attacks, international organized crime and narcotics trafficking, regional conflicts. Under a series of agreements signed between may 1994 and september 1999, israel transferred to the palestinian authority pa security and civilian. Discover the world with articles, fact sheets, maps and other resources that explore landscapes, peoples, places, and environments both near and far.
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Following the 1948 arabisraeli war, the west bank was captured by transjordan later renamed jordan, which annexed the west bank in 1950. The united states and its partners continue to face a growing number of global threats and challenges. Israel s central role in the jfk assassination where in the world could anyone come up with the idea that israel s mossad had a hand in the assassination of john f. Issn 155383 for additional information on government leaders in selected foreign countries, go to world leaders. Despite limited natural resources, israel has intensively developed its agricultural and industrial sectors over the past 20 years. She briefed senior intelligence officers from around the world, and gathered information from them on behalf of the us. This comprehensive guide is packed with data on the politics, populations, military expenditures, and economics of 2016. The world factbook, also known as the cia world factbook, is a reference resource produced. What did the cia world fact book have to say about muslim population growth and the changes in group. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Cia world fact book, 2004israel wikisource, the free online library. Cia world fact book, 2004israel wikisource, the free.
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Government, tasked with gathering, processing and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence humint. The full report can be viewed online here known as persia until 1935, iran became an islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling monarchy was overthrown and shah mohammad reza pahlavi was forced into exile. The united states and its partners continue to face a growing number of global threats and. Cia the world factbook references flags of the world. The book was praised and yossi melman was interviewed by the new york times in its new page.
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