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Will Netanyahu now Apply to Join the European Union – (in lieu of Greece) – together with its 5 million Dispossessed Palestinians, 400 Nuclear Warheads, 500,000 Illegal Settlers, 1.8m Civilians still under Blockade in Gaza plus its annual shipment of $3bn of guns, missiles and bombs from the powerful U.S. Congress – or would the EU Commission consider such an application from a Middle East state to be somewhat less than advantageous to its 27 members and their incredibly important, European single market?
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GREECE – Hellenic Republic, established 1830.
Full Member State of European Union
Location: Mediterranean
Capital: Athens
Population: 10,993,000
Surface Area: 131,960 km2
Currency: Euro
ISRAEL – UDI declared 1948
Location: Middle East (borders disputed)
Technically in a state of war with: Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Iran.
Concluded (tenuous) peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan
Capital: Jerusalem (disputed)
Population: 8,212,000
Surface Area: 22,070 km2 (disputed)
Currency: Israeli Shekel
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Government |
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| Greece | Israel | |||
| GDP |
2014 |
238,023 M.$ |
303,771 M.$ |
2014 |
| GDP per capita |
2014 |
21,653$ |
36,991$ |
2014 |
| Debt |
2014 |
421,259 M.$ |
196,474 M.$ |
2013 |
| Debt (%GDP) |
2014 |
177.10% |
67.62% |
2013 |
| Debt Per Capita |
2014 |
38,348$ |
24,389$ |
2013 |
| Deficit | 2013 |
-6,815 M.$ |
-11,884 M.$ |
2013 |
| Deficit (%GDP) |
2014 |
-3.50% |
-4.09% |
2013 |
| Expenditure (M.$) |
2014 |
117,400.9 |
119,760.0 |
2013 |
| Expenditure (%GDP) | 2014 |
49.30% |
41.22% |
2013 |
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Trade |
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| Greece | Israel | |||
| Exports | 2014 | 35,966.6 M.$ | 68,120.3 M.$ | 2014 |
| Exports % GDP | 2014 | 15.13% | 22.44% | 2014 |
| Imports | 2014 | 63,399.1 M.$ | 75,338.1 M.$ | 2014 |
| Imports % GDP | 2014 | 26.67% | 24.81% | 2014 |
| Trade balance | 2014 | -27,432.5 M.$ | -7,217.8 M.$ | 2014 |
| Trade balance % GDP | 2014 | -11.53% | -2.38% | 2014 |
| Retail Sales YoY | March 2015 | 1.2% | ||
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Socio-Demography |
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Greece | Israel | ||
| Population | 2014 | 10,993,000 | 8,212,000 | 2014 |
| Density | 2014 | 83 | 372 | 2014 |
