| Jacob's other name: Gen. 32:28 | 34 |
| Its anthem is "Hatikvah" | 34 |
| It turns 60 in 2008 | 19 |
| It has an Acre | 14 |
| Hebrew nation | 13 |
| Hebrew for "one who wrestles with God" | 48 |
| Hebrew for "contender with God" | 41 |
| Handel's "--- in Egypt" | 37 |
| Haifa's land | 16 |
| Haifa's country | 19 |
| Green Line nation | 17 |
| Galilee's locale | 20 |
| Galilee's land | 18 |
| Creation of 1948 | 16 |
| Country whose name means "he that strives with God" | 61 |
| Country whose flag has two blue stripes and a Magen David | 57 |
| Country that's won one Olympic gold medal | 45 |
| Country of kibbutzim | 20 |
| Children of ___ (descendants of Jacob) | 38 |
| Bibi's nation | 17 |
| Begin's homeland | 20 |
| Begin's concern | 19 |
| Ancient Ephraimite's home | 29 |
| Ally of America | 15 |
| 1994 Canadian peace-keeping locale | 34 |
| 1979 peace treaty country | 25 |
| 1948 creation | 13 |
| "The Land of Milk and Honey" | 38 |
| "Author! Author!" author Horovitz | 43 |
| " . . . and ransom captive ___" | 41 |
| Tel Aviv native | 15 |
| Man from Acre | 13 |
| Overly formal | 13 |
| Begin, e.g. | 11 |
| Nazareth native | 15 |
| Haifa native | 12 |
| Begin, for one | 14 |
| Acre resident | 13 |
| Sharon, for one | 15 |
| Begin, for example | 18 |
| Tel Aviv resident | 17 |
| Six-Day War combatant | 21 |
| Sharon, e.g. | 12 |
| Tel Avivan, for instance | 24 |
| Shekel spender | 14 |
| Sharon, notably | 15 |
| Sabra | 5 |
| Netanyahu, for one | 18 |
| Knesset member | 14 |
| Jaffa native | 12 |
| Begin or Sharon | 15 |
| Beersheba native | 16 |
| Adam Sandler's Zohan | 24 |
| War of Attrition combatant | 26 |
| Uzi wielder, often | 18 |
| Uri Geller, for one | 19 |
| Shekel earner | 13 |
| Petach Tikva resident | 21 |
| One of Begin's people | 25 |
| Netanya native | 14 |
| Native of Ramla | 15 |
| Nationality since 1948 | 22 |
| Mossad member | 13 |
| Mideast national | 16 |
| Many an "Exodus" character | 36 |
| Like the Merkava battle tank | 28 |
| Like kibbutzim | 14 |
| Like Bar-Ilan University | 24 |
| Labor Party member, maybe | 25 |
| Knesset member, e.g. | 20 |
| Jerusalem resident | 18 |
| Itzhak Perlman, for one | 23 |
| Herzog is one | 13 |
| Hailing from Haifa, perhaps | 27 |
| Haifa habitant | 14 |
| Haaretz employee, probably | 26 |
| Golda Meir was one | 18 |
| Galilee native | 14 |
| From Tel Aviv | 13 |
| Eshkol or Eban | 14 |
| Elath resident | 14 |
| Ehud Barak or Ehud Olmert | 25 |
| Eban or Meir | 12 |
| Eban or Dyan | 12 |
| Dweller along the Sea of Galilee | 32 |
| Citizen of Olmert's country | 31 |
| Ben-Gurion, e.g. | 16 |
| Begin, say | 10 |
| Begin or Sharon, e.g. | 21 |
| Arens or Herzog | 15 |
| Arab-___ | 8 |
| Arab- -- war | 12 |
| Amos Oz, for one | 16 |
| Acre native | 11 |
| Evaluation by the Knesset | 25 |
| Ambassador Michael Oren's DC home | 37 |
| They live on acres of Acre's | 32 |
| Nazareth natives | 16 |
| Sabras | 6 |
| Knesset members | 15 |