Israel -

6.9: population (million, 2005) . . . 20,770: size in square kilometres . . . 4: main religions (Jewish - 76.7%; Muslim - 15.8%; Christian - 2.1%; Druze - 1.6%) . . . 120: members of Knesset (Israeli parliament) . . . 54: members of Ariel Sharon's current coalition government . . . 6: percentage of Israeli Jews who define themselves as "ultra-Orthodox" . . . 30: percentage of Jewish inhabitants of Jerusalem who define themselves as "ultra-Orthodox" . . . 80,000: Bedouin living without basic amenities in communities in the Negev Desert because the government does not recognise them as residential . . . 3: Muslim states with which Israel has full diplomatic ties (Egypt, Jordan, Mauritania) 3.7: (£ million, equivalent) fine Israeli court ordered Greek Orthodox church in Jerusalem to pay over property development deal in 2004, one year before Patriarch Irineos I was removed following illegal sales of church land . . . 15: "pink vote" as percentage of total in Tel Aviv 34: polished diamonds as percentage of Israel's total exports (2004) 22: uncut diamonds as percentage of Israel's total imports (2004) 150: estimated annual cases of "Jerusalem syndrome", in which new visitors to the city adopt the persona of a biblical figure . . . 7.7: percentage of the 937,000 post-Soviet immigrants who have left Israel 30: estimated percentage of wells and water sources in the West Bank that fall on Israeli side of security barrier . . . 33: estimated percentage loss of Israel's fresh water supply if Golan Heights were returned to Syria and current demands on Sea of Galilee continue . . . 2.6: total US aid to Israel in 2005 (US$ billion) . . . 2.2: US military aid to Israel in 2005 (US$ billion) . . . 90: estimated percentage of damage to Israel's Red Sea reefs caused by caged fish-farming . . . 31: percentage of Israeli Jews who support expulsion of Israeli Arab citizens 85: percentage of Israeli citizens who support the idea that Israel should apply for EU membership 74: percentage of Israeli citizens who think that the EU favours Palestine over Israel . . . 1: rank in YouGov poll asking British public to name the world's least beautiful countries . . . 8: members of "Operation Icebreaker", the 2004 Israeli-Palestinian mission to the South Pole 66, 65: location in degrees S and W of the Mountain of Israeli-Palestinian Friendship, named by the team

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