The Hebrew language is one of the oldest languages in the world and like Arabic originated from old forms of languages such as Aramaic, Akkadian and Amharic. Hebrew is a Semitic language and is written from right to left. The Hebrew alphabet, consists of 22 characters. Ancient Hebrew is the language of the Bible but Modern Hebrew, which was brought about in the 19th century, is now the most commonly spoken. Of the 7.1 million people who speak Hebrew worldwide, six million live in Israel where Hebrew is the official language. It is spoken in regions and countries such as the Gaza strip, the West bank, other Arabic nations and the USA. In fact, in the USA alone there are over 200,000 native Hebrew speakers, in addition to about 2.5 million non-native speakers. Worldwide, there are over 3.8 million Hebrew speaking individuals on the Internet.

Israel is the land of the Hebrew speaking population, and has long been involved in much conflict concerning politics, land, religion and history. Israel has a technologically advanced economy and is dependent upon a number of imports and foreign money in the form of investments, loans and transfer payments. Much of the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts have kept the Israeli economy low but Israel holds a GDP of about 156.9 billion dollars despite this. The Hebrew speaking population worldwide is fairly present in business affairs and represents an important part of the international markets.

Hebrew search engines directory:
	Hareshima http://www.hareshima.com Google Israel http://www.google.co.il ZooLoo http://www.zooloo.co.il Tapuz http://www.tapuz.co.il Walla http://www.walla.co.il Gogo http://www.gogo.co.il MSN Israel http://www.msn.co.il IOL http://home.iol.co.il iGuide http://www.iguide.co.il/hindex.html Reshet http://www.reshet.co.il