Judaism - 80,1 %, Islam - 14,6 %, Christianity - 3,2 %, others.

Currency of Israel:
The international name: ILS
1 shekel = 100agorot. In a course of a coin advantage in 5, 10, 50 àãîðîò, 1, 5, 10 shekels. Banknotes advantage in 20, 50, 100 and 200 shekels.

Whether the visa to entrance is necessary: No

The visa:

All citizens of the Russian Federation, including the minors owning general civil passports, can, without making out visas, unitary or repeatedly to drive to Israel and to leave the country, to follow transit and to stay in the Israeli territory without visas of 90 days.
The obligatory requirement: At the moment of entrance to Israel before the termination of period of validity of the passport should be not less than 6 months.

It is desirable to have at itself:
- The air ticket with entrance and departure dates;
- The policy of medical insurance on rendering of services abroad;
- Acknowledgement on hotel booking (if the purpose of a trip - tourism);
- The letter from medical institution (if the trip purpose - treatment);
- The documents confirming solvency.
- For visiting of the Israeli relatives, friends or the organisations - the invitation received in the original or by fax, or an e-mail.

For visiting of relatives or friends which work in Israel on the basis of visa B1 and have no Israeli citizenship, it is necessary to address beforehand in foreign diplomatic representatives of the State Israel or the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Israel to check up the status and before departure in the country to receive the corresponding document.

At planning of business trips of representatives of mass media we ask to check up in the press-service of the Israeli embassy in Moscow necessity of registration of accreditation for Bureau on communications with mass-media of the government of the State Israel.

Foreign citizens who worked before in Israel on the basis of the working visa (B1) and did not break laws, can visit the country with the tourist purposes without registration of visas not earlier than in a year of stay behind its limits.

At trips to Israel citizens of Russia with diplomatic and office passports registration of visas still is required.
Customs restrictions:

Import and currency export in any kind is not limited. It is duty-free possible to import about 1 l of spirits and to 2 l of wine, to 250 ã spirits, to 250 pieces of cigarettes or to 250 ã tobacco, gifts for the sum no more than $150, and also subjects and private use things. Besides, following goods if they have small dimensions are released from taxes and look were in the use: typewriters, cameras and movie cameras (except for videocameras), radio receivers, tape recorders, field-glasses, personal jewels, musical instruments, carriages for chest children, sports equipment and the equipment for campings, bicycles and similar accessories of the tourist.

Import of drugs, the weapon and ammunition, plants and animals without special documents is strictly forbidden. The strict control over transportation of subjects of olden time and works of art, and also video equipment, computers and other data carriers (are declared and passed only on the security).