Answer 1
The UN didn't create Israel, and there was no UN vote regarding Israel statehood.
Answer 2
It needs to be clarified that the vote occurred in 1947 and was not about voting for or against Israel. The United Nations Vote was about the validity and binding nature of UN Resolution 181, which was the United Nations Partition Plan. The Partition Plan gave legitimacy to both the establishment of a Jewish State and an Arab State. The Jews eventually used this legitimacy to declare the Independence of the State of Israel, but there has never been a referendum on Israel's legality.
The list of countries that opposed the Partition Plan, usually because they opposed the legitimacy of a Jewish State were:
If Israel had not been created, the Arab countries would not have mobilized forces against it. If the Arab countries had not mobilized forces against Israel, Israel would not have been able to defeat those forces in combat during the Six Day War.
In contrast to some neighboring countries, Israel has no state religion, though most people in Israel are Jewish.
Yes they did
The Arab rejection of the State of Israel is one of the central reasons for the Arab-Israeli Conflict. The rationale is rather straightforward. Since the Arabs refused to recognize the validity of the state, they promote strongly worded rhetoric opposing it. This motivates citizens of Arab countries to have nothing but hate towards Israel and to be willing to fight to eradicate it. This strong will has led to actual wars against Israel and terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians.
Pakistan and Israel have never had normalized relations. Both countries continue to demonize each other. (Israel describes Pakistan as a "Terrorist Haven" and Pakistan describes Israel as a "Racist, Zionist State".) However, there has been talk of normalizing relations between leaders of both countries and there has been past collaboration, especially against Afghan Mujahedin.
NO
yes
Although it was founded under the title of "The State of Israel", Israel is considered a modern country. For most countries, the word "state" means the same thing as "country". Think of Israel as a country with only 1 state in it. So it can be called either word.
In 2013, Israel is not actively at war with any country. However, Israel remains in a de jure state of war with the 20 out of the 22 countries of the Arab World and with Iran. Numerous other countries never established diplomatic relations with Israel, but do not consider themselves at war with Israel.
Most Arabs and most Arab countries are opposed to the recognition of the State of Israel and have actively tried to persuade other countries to stop (or never begin) recognizing the State of Israel. They see recognizing Israel as legitimizing the existence of that country and most Arabs and Arab countries would immensely prefer that Israel is not in existence. Rather than make peace, have mutual recognition and increase trade in their countries, Arab leaders would rather harbor a belligerent attitude because it prevents their citizens from rising up against them.
Yes. Otherwise, it would not have declared independence.
I am sure it is yes!