| Sabra's home: Abbr. | 23 |
| Rep. since 1948 | 15 |
| Qishon River's country: abbr. | 33 |
| Pres. Peres's nation | 24 |
| Place to spend shekels: Abbr. | 29 |
| Part of AIPAC | 13 |
| Non-Eur. U.S. ally | 18 |
| New UN member in 1949 | 21 |
| Neighbour of Syr | 16 |
| Neighbor of Syr. and Eg. | 24 |
| Neighbor of Jordan: Abbr. | 25 |
| Neighbor of Jor. | 16 |
| Neighbor of Egypt (Abbr.) | 25 |
| Negev locale: Abbr. | 19 |
| Nation with controversial settlements: Abbr. | 44 |
| Nation since 1948: Abbr. | 24 |
| Nation estd. in 1948 | 20 |
| Nation established in 1948 (abbr.) | 34 |
| Nation estab. in 1948 | 21 |
| Nation accepted by the UN in 1948 | 33 |
| Nat. whose Independence Day is 5/14 | 35 |
| Nat. that turned 60 last year | 29 |
| Nat. ruled by a parliament | 26 |
| Nat. protected by Iron Dome | 27 |
| Nat. of Tel Aviv | 16 |
| Much of its water comes from L. Tiberias | 40 |
| Mt. Tabor's land: abbr. | 27 |
| Mt. Tabor's country: Abbr. | 30 |
| Mt. Carmel site: Abbr. | 22 |
| Mt. Carmel site (Abbr.) | 23 |
| Mt. Carmel setting | 18 |
| Mt. Carmel locale, briefly | 26 |
| Mt. Carmel locale (Abbr.) | 25 |
| Mr. Netanyahu's birthplace | 30 |
| Mount Zion's land: Abbr. | 28 |
| Mount Carmel's locale: Abbr. | 32 |
| Mount Carmel's loc. | 23 |
| Modern site of ancient Caesarea: Abbr. | 38 |
| Mideastern republic: Abbr. | 26 |
| Mideast map abbr. | 17 |
| Mideast loc. | 12 |
| Mideast land since 1948: Abbr. | 30 |
| Mideast country: Abbr. | 22 |
| Middle East st. | 15 |
| Med. republic | 13 |
| ME nation | 9 |
| Masada Natl. Pk. setting | 24 |
| Maccabiah Games setting: Abbr. | 30 |
| Lydda's land: Abbr. | 23 |
| Locale of Acre: Abbr. | 21 |
| Livni and Netanyahu's nation: Abbr. | 39 |
| Levantine land: Abbr. | 21 |
| Lev. nation | 11 |
| Lebanon neighbor (abbr.) | 24 |
| Land that's largely desert: Abbr. | 37 |
| Land that's around 16% Muslim: Abbr. | 40 |
| Land on the Medit. Sea | 22 |
| Land of Acre: Abbr. | 19 |
| Land est. in 1948 | 17 |
| Land bordering the Dead Sea: Abbr. | 34 |
| Knesset's nation: Abbr. | 27 |
| Knesset's land: Abbr. | 25 |
| Knesset setting: Abbr. | 22 |
| Kibbutznik's home: Abbr. | 28 |
| Kibbutz land: Abbr. | 19 |
| Jerusalem's home: Abbr. | 27 |
| Jerusalem's home (abbr.) | 28 |
| Jaffa's land: Abbr. | 23 |
| Its highest mtn. is Meron | 25 |
| Its flag features a six-pointed star: Abbr. | 43 |
| Its anthem is "Hatikvah" (abbr.) | 42 |
| It's S. of Leb. | 19 |
| It's on the Medit. | 22 |
| It touches the River Jordan: Abbr. | 34 |
| It has more museums per capita than any other country: Abbr. | 60 |
| Ind. nation since 1948 | 22 |
| Homeland of G. Meier | 20 |
| Home to Bar-Ilan Univ. | 22 |
| Home of the Ramon Crater: Abbr. | 31 |
| Home of the Knesset: Abbr. | 26 |
| Haifa's land: Abbr. | 23 |
| Haifa's home (abbr.) | 24 |
| Haifa's country: Abbr. | 26 |
| Haifa locale: abbr. | 19 |
| Haifa loc. | 10 |
| Haifa is here: Abbr. | 20 |
| Haifa cit. | 10 |
| Galilee loc. | 12 |
| Frequent negotiator with the P.L.O. | 35 |
| Foe of Hezbollah: Abbr. | 23 |
| Eshkol's land: abbr. | 24 |
| Eshkol once led it: Abbr. | 25 |
| Ehud Olmert's nat. | 22 |
| Eastern Medit. country | 22 |
| Dayan's state: Abbr. | 24 |
| Dayan's land: Abbr. | 23 |
| Country with a blue-and-white flag: Abbr. | 41 |
| Country whose national anthem's title means "The Hope": Abbr. | 75 |
| Country on the Mediterranean: Abbr. | 35 |
| Country of I. Rabin | 19 |