Israel

The State of Israel (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל‎; Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل‎), commonly known as Israel, is a country on the coast of and the northern shore of the . The capital and largest city is .
==Statistics==
The land area of Israel is 21,497 km2. As of 2020, the population is estimated to be 8,675,475, including the , making it the in the world.
==Apple in Israel==
Apple's Senior Vice President of Hardware Technologies Johny Srouji, who joined Apple Inc. in 2008, is from the coastal city of , where the company maintains an office.Johnny from Haifa took Apple by storm. by Sagi Cohen, Ynet News.2014-08-17.Apple Israel hiring 49 new employees by Tzahi Hoffman, Globes. 2015-02-18.
In January 2012, Apple acquired Israeli firm Anobit to bring into the company. In November 2013, Apple confirmed that it was acquiring PrimeSense, an Israeli 3D sensor design company that developed for Microsoft.
Apple leased a site in for its new Israeli headquarters. The research and development center was inaugurated in February 2015 and became Apple's second largest facility in the world.Tim Cook: Apple’s Herzliya R&D center second-largest in world by David Shamah, The Times of Israel. 2015-02-27.
Apple has not yet opened a retail store in Israel as its most recent negotiations with the developer of the in broke down in 2019 over terms.Apple reportedly abandons plans for Apple Store in Israel as mall owners reject terms by Ben Lovejoy, 9to5Mac. 2019-04-01.
==References==
==External links==
*Gov.il official government information and services
**משרד ראש הממשלה official site of the prime minister (Hebrew)
*Visit Israel official tourism website
*Israel at OECD
*Apple (Israel)
*Atlas of Israel at Wikimedia Commons
* at Wikipedia
Category:Israel