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   Note: This section last updated 14th March 2021

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

In Arabic:

   ۱٫۲۳۴٬۴۵

(where ٬ indicates the decimal separator and ٫ the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 2nd May 2021

   dd/mm/yyyy
   dd.mm.yyyy

   14:32

   Note: This section last updated 23rd July 2018

Israel counts 31 languages. The national languages are Hebrew (4 510 000 speakers), written in Hebrew script; and Arabic (about 1 600 000 speakers in 6 different forms), written in Arabic script. A law of July 2018 downgrades Arabic as an official language below Hebrew.

This may be transliterated as Lichvod.

The use of forms of address is regarded as pompous, and even in formal correspondence, the first name only is usually used. The exception is with Rabbis, saluted as Rabbi+family name.

If you do wish to use forms of address, use Mar for men and Geveret for women, both followed by the family name.

Names are written in the same order as in the West, given name+family name. Women may take their husband’s family name upon marriage, or hyphenate it to their own family name.

benmeans "son of" and bat "daughter of" (sometimes used with the mother’s name).

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

Israeli company types include:

   BM/בע"מ(Be’eravon Mugbal) - limited 

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 11th April 2020

Post for the Palestinian Authority areas should contain the full address in Israeli format, with extra lines containing “Gaza Strip” or “West Bank”, and with the extra line “Via Israel”, in this way:

A trilingual thoroughfare name sign in Tel Aviv-Yafo. Source: Wikipedia

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

Other elements commonly found in address databases

The Hebrew word for post office box is Ta Do’ar. This may be found transliterated into Latin script in different ways.

   Note: This section last updated 27th September 2013

On 1^st February 2013, postal codes in Israel (מיקוד) changed from 5 digits to 7. The first 5 (or 4) digits remain the same. The code has been in use domestically in Israel since May 2012. In 96 localities the new code is unique for each building. For smaller localities a single code covers the whole locality.

They are generally numbered from the north (starting 10) to the south, with Jerusalem codes starting with 9. Army unit postal codes commence with a 0.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired   

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   Note: This section last updated 14th August 2016

Refer to Exonyms in Israel for full lists of place names in Israel in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

Israel has 6 districts (mehozot, singular - mehoz), not used in addresses: Central , Haifa , Jerusalem , Northern , Southern , Tel Aviv .

Administrative districts graphic

All Israeli land line area codes (except for mobile services) have a length of 1 digit when called from abroad, and a full number length of 8 digits. Mobile area codes have a length of 2 and a full number length of 9 digits. Mobile numbers have the area codes 50-59.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm