state of israel(n = noun.location) israel, sion, yisrael, zion - Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine;
is a kind of country, land, state
is a part of middle east, mideast, near east
has parts: accho, acre, akka, akko, west bank, galilee, gaza, gaza strip, golan, golan heights, capital of israel, jerusalem, caesarea, sodom, gomorrah, gomorrha, tel aviv, tel aviv-jaffa, tel aviv-yalo, haifa, hefa, negev, negev desert, dead sea, mount carmel

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