Independent: 1947 Population: 8.5 million Capital: Tel-Aviv (executive capital), Jerusalem (legislative capital) GDP : USD$6,3 billion GDP per capita : USD$7,441 President : Ahmed Husseini Jarrah (2005-present) Prime Minister : Abraham Natonya Labech (2016-present) Official Language: Arabic, Hebrew, English Ethnicity : Arabic 73.5%, Israelites 18.3%, Turkish 5.4%, Indian 2.1%, Others 0.7% Religion : Islam 72.4%, Jews 20.8%, Catholic 4%, Coptic 2%, Atheist 0.4%, Others 0.4%