ISR

Mount Carmel's locale: Abbr.

• 1948 UN entrant

• 1949 armistice locale: Abbr.

• 1967 war participant: Abbr.

• 60-yr.-old state

• A neighbor of Leb.

• A neighbor of Syr.

• A. Sharon's home

• Abbr. after Acre

• Abbr. for windsurfer Gal Fridman, who recently became his country's first Olympic gold medalist

• Acre's land: abbr.

• Acre's loc.

• Acre's locale: Abbr.

• Acre's place: Abbr.

• Acre's setting: Abbr.

• Ahab's kingdom: Abbr.

• AIPAC concern

• Arabic is one of its two official langs.

• Barak's land: Abbr.

• Bat Yam loc.

• Beersheba's loc.

• Begin's land: Abbr.

• Big exporter of diamonds: Abbr.

• Camp David Accords signer: Abbr.

• Country behind the Stuxnet computer virus: Abbr.

• Country est. in 1948

• Country on the Med.

• Country recognized by the U.S. eleven minutes after it was founded

• Country whose national anthem's title means The Hope: Abbr.

• Country with a blue and white flag: Abbr.

• Dayan's land: Abbr.

• Desert land: Abbr.

• Egypt neighbor (Abbr.)

• Ehud Olmert's nat.

• El Al destination: Abbr.

• El Al's primary destination (Abbr.)

• Eshkol once led it: Abbr.

• Eshkol's land: abbr.

• Exodus subj.

• Fertile Crescent land: abbr.

• Foe of Hezbollah: Abbr.

• Frequent negotiator with the P.L.O.

• Galilee loc.

• Haifa cit.

• Haifa loc.

• Haifa locale: abbr.

• Haifa's country (abbr.)

• Haifa's homeland (abbr.)

• Haifa's land (abbr.)

• Haifa's nat.

• Herzog's home (abbr.)

• Home of the Ramon Crater: Abbr.

• Hula Valley land: Abbr.

• Ind. nation since '48

• It has more museums per capita than any other country: Abbr.

• It touches the River Jordan: Abbr.

• It's 56 years old: abbr.

• It's on the Medit.

• Its anthem is Hatikvah (abbr.)

• Its cap. is Jerusalem

• Its flag features a six-pointed star: Abbr.

• Its highest mtn. is Meron

• Its natl. anthem is Hatikvah

• Jaffa's land: Abbr.

• Jerusalem is its cap.

• Jerusalem is its capital: Abbr.

• Jerusalem's country: Abbr.

• Jerusalem's home (abbr.)

• Jerusalem's land

• Jerusalem's land: Abbr.

• Jordan neighbor (abbr.)

• Kibbutznik's home: Abbr.

• Knesset setting: Abbr.

• Knesset's land: Abbr.

• Land bordering the Dead Sea: Abbr.

• Land est. in 1948

• Land of Acre: Abbr.

• Land on the Med.

• Land on the Medit. Sea

• Land that's around 16% Muslim: Abbr.

• Land that's largely desert: Abbr.

• Leb. neighbor

• Leb. neighbor, for short(z)

• Lebanon neighbor (abbr.)

• Lev. nation

• Levantine land: Abbr.

• Livni and Netanyahu's nation: Abbr.

• Location of Technion Univ.

• Lod's land (abbr.)

• Maccabiah Games setting: Abbr.

• Masada Natl. Pk. setting

• ME nation

• Med. country

• Med. land

• Medit. nation

• Medit. republic

• Medit. Sea country

• Medit. state

• Middle East count.

• Middle East st.

• Mideast land since 1948: Abbr.

• Mideast land: abbr.

• Mideast map abbr.

• Mideast nation: Abbr.

• Mideast rep.

• Modern site of ancient Caesarea: Abbr.

• Mount Carmel loc.

• Mt. Carmel locale

• Mt. Carmel locale (Abbr.)

• Mt. Carmel locale, briefly

• Mt. Carmel setting

• Mt. Carmel site (Abbr.)

• Mt. Carmel site, briefly

• Mt. Tabor's country

• Mt. Tabor's country: Abbr.

• Much of its water comes from L. Tiberias

• Nat. of Gene Simmons' birth

• Nat. on the Mediterranean

• Nat. ruled by a parliament

• Nat. that turned 60 last year

• Nat. where Gene Simmons was born

• Nat. where you can play at Caesarea

• Nat. where you might hear klezmer music

• Nat. whose Independence Day is 5/14

• Nat. whose leader was assassinated on Nov.4, 1995

• Natalie Portman's birthpl.

• Nation accepted by the UN in 1948

• Nation estab. in 1948

• Nation founded in 1948 (Abbr.)

• Nation on the Med.

• Nation on the Medit. Sea

• Nation since 1948: Abbr.

• Nation turning 50 in '98: abbr.

• Nation with controversial settlements: Abbr.

• Negev loc.

• Neighbor of Eg.

• Neighbor of Egypt (Abbr.)

• Neighbor of Jor.

• Neighbor of Jordan: Abbr.

• Neighbor of Leb.

• Netanyahu's land: Abbr.

• Netanyahu's nation: Abbr.

• New UN member in 1949

• Nimrod Fortress Natl. Pk. setting

• Onetime UAR neighbor

• Place to spend shekels: Abbr.

• PLO adversary

• Pres. Peres's nation

• Qishon River's country: abbr.

• Rabin's land: Abbr.

• Sabra's home: Abbr.

• Sabra's homeland: Abbr.

• Sharon's land: Abbr.

• Shekel spender: Abbr.

• Sinai borderer: Abbr.

• Six-Day War victor: Abbr.

• State founded in 1948 (abbr.)

• Syr. neighbor

• Tel Aviv-Yafo's land: Abbr.

• Tel Aviv's home: Abbr.

• Tel Aviv's land: abbr.

• Tel Aviv's nat.

• The Land of Milk and Honey (abbr.)

• U.N. member since '49

• U.N.-created land: Abbr.

• U.S. ally since '48

• U.S. ally whose capital has the letters U-S-A in the middle of its name: Abbr.

• UN mem. since 1949

• UN member since 1948

• UN-created country (abbr.)

• War of Attrition nat.

• West Bank locale: Abbr.

• Where Hatikvah is sung: Abbr.

• Where Mount Carmel is: Abbr.

• Where Mt. Carmel is: Abbr.

• Where Mt. Tabor is, briefly

• Where Mt. Tabor is: Abbr.

• Where Oskar Schindler is buried: Abbr.

• Where Tel Aviv is: Abbr.

• Where the Knesset legislates (abbr.)

• Winner in 1967: Abbr.