Israel
General Country Information
Capital: Jerusalem
Population: 6,426,679 (July 2007)
Form of Government: Parliamentary Democracy
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 2.936 million (2005)
Telephone- mobile: 7.757 million (2005)
Internet hosts: 1.252 million (2006)
Internet users: 3.7 million (2006)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.69
World Rank 2005/2006: 14
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Access Israel
webmaster@access-israel.com
Israel's Center for Technology and Accessibility (MILBAT)
milbat@netvision.net.il
Israel Rehabilitation Society
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