what is the name of the capital city of israel
Israel Israel (/ˈɪzriəl, -reɪəl/; Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל‬; Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل‎), officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip[13] to the east and west, respectively, and Egypt to the southwest. The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area.[7][14] Israel's economic and technological center is Tel Aviv,[15] while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, although the state's sovereignty over Jerusalem is only partially recognized.[16][17][18][19][fn 2]
History of the Jews and Judaism in the Land of Israel On 14 May 1948, one day before the end of the British Mandate, the leaders of the Jewish community in Palestine led by the future prime minister David Ben-Gurion, declared the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz-Israel, to be known as the State of Israel.[148]