Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Presidential Guard, National
Gendarmerie, National Police
Manpower availability: males age 15-49: 273,662 males fit for military service: 139,439 males reach military age (20) annually: 10,966 (1996 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $154 million, 2.4% of GDP (1993)
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@Gaza Strip —————
The Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government
Arrangements ("the DOP"), signed in Washington on 13 September 1993,
provides for a transitional period not exceeding five years of
Palestinian interim self-government in the Gaza Strip and the West
Bank. Permanent status negotiations began on 5 May 1996.
Map —-
Location: 31 25 N, 34 20 E — Middle East, bordering the
Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Israel
Geography ————-
Location: Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between
Egypt and Israel