What is the approximate area of Israel and what rank is it in?

Answer 1

Israel's area is 8,019 sq miles (20,770 square kilometers).

-- Israel is 1/19 (about 5%) the size of California.

-- Israel is about 21/2 times the size of Rhode Island.

-- Israel is about 9% smaller than New Jersey.

-- Israel is slightly larger than the Canary Islands.

-- Israel would fit inside nearly every US state.

-- Israel would fit inside Florida seven times.

-- Israel would fit into the fifty US states 768 times.

-- The longest straight line inside Israel is about 260 miles long.

-- At its narrowest point, Israel is about 9 miles wide. A high-powered

rifle could fire a slug across the country there.

-- Israel, with a population of about 8 million, is opposed by

22 Arab/Islamic dictatorships, with about 640 times its territory

and 60 times its population.

-- Israel, with its 8 million total inhabitamts, including its 7 million Jews,

who have brotherly ties to the remaining 7 million Jews worldwide, are

currently held responsible and accountable for the problems and political

dissatisfaction of the 300 million Arabs, who have brotherly ties to the

1.4 Billion Muslims worldwide.