Israel (; Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, romanized: Yīsrāʾēl; Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل, romanized: ʾIsrāʾīl), formally called the State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, Medinat Yisra el), is a nation in Western Asia. It is positioned on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the north shore of the Red Sea, and shares boundaries with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian regions of the West Bank and also the Gaza Strip to the east and also west, specifically, and also Egypt to the southwest. Tel Aviv is the economic as well as technological facility of the nation, while its seat of government and also proclaimed funding is Jerusalem, although international recognition of the state s sovereignty over the city is limited.Israel has proof of the earliest migration of hominids out of Africa. Canaanite people are archaeologically attested given that the Middle Bronze Age, while the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah arised throughout the Iron Age. Th...