Referring Clues

• Handel's "___ in Egypt"
• Name given to Jacob after he wrestled with the angel
• Galilee's land
• Judean Plateau locale
• 1948 creation
• Where Mount Tabor is
• Land of Canaan
• Middle East land
• David, "the sweet psalmist of ___"
• The last word of "The First Noel"
• Creation of 1948
• Tel Aviv's land
• Ally of America
• Where Jehu ruled
• Hebrew for "one who wrestles with God"
• Galilee's locale
• Ehud Barak's country
• Neighbor of Jordan
• Lost tribes' home
• Its flag is blue and white
• Abba Eban's land
• Where shekels are spent
• Name given to Jacob
• West Bank neighbor
• Country of kibbutzim
• Mediterranean nation
• Six-Day War side
• Six-Day War country
• Country that's won one Olympic gold medal
• Sabra's home
• Knesset member's home
• Where Jaffa oranges are grown
• Setting of the Maccabiah Games
• Mideast neighbor of 3-Down
• Where Mount Carmel is
• Jordan neighbor
• With 68-Across, Mideast soap?
• 1979 peace treaty country
• Negev desert country
• Jerusalem's land
• State since 1948
• Ahab's kingdom
• Mount Carmel locale
• Negev nation
• Literally, "God perseveres"
• Jerusalem is its capital
• Jerusalem's locale
• Mideast land
• Hebrew nation
• Promised land
• Country since 1948
• Where Elat touches the Red Sea
• Land with a blue and white flag
• Melville's Potter
• UN member since 1949
• Netanyahu's nation
• The land of milk and honey, according to Exodus
• Six-Day War nation
• Solomon's kingdom
• Its anthem is "Hatikvah"
• Kibbutz site
• 1994 Canadian peace-keeping locale
• Land of Dayan
• Media maven Asper
• Zionist's homeland
• Land of milk and honey
• Dead Sea land
• Nation since 1948
• Location of Ben Gurion International Airport
• Six-Day War participant
• Where Tel Aviv is
• Tel Aviv setting
• Mount Carmel setting
• Last word of 'The First Noel'
• Mideast nation
• Negev locale
• Home to Haifa
• Sabra's homeland
• Children of ___ (descendants of Jacob)
• Country whose name means "he that strives with God"
• Knesset country
• Acre's acres?
• The Negev's nation
• Ancient Ephraimite's home
• Haifa's country
• UN member since '49
• "The Land of Milk and Honey"
• Last word in the Torah
• Haifa's land
• State since '48
• Lost Tribes' land
• Kibbutz country
• Result of a 1940s partition
• Begin's land
• Haifa locale
• Beersheba's land
• Amos Oz's country
• State created in 1948
• Country with kibbutzim
• Its prime minister historically visited Cyprus in 2012
• Jacob's name after he wrestled with the angel
• Ben-Gurion's land
• Kibbutz setting
• Its flag features a six-pointed star
• The Negev's land
• It was founded by Saul
• Lebanon neighbor
• El Al's headquarters
• Knesset's land
• Tel Aviv's country
• Nation born in 1948
• Mideast republic
• Jordan's neighbor
• Acre's country
• Where Natalie Portman was born
• ___ Baline (Irving Berlin)
• Mediterranean land
• Haifa's site
• Jewish country
• The Promised Land
• Saul's kingdom
• Middle east country is backing king
• Ariel's new land
• Jerusalem's country
• Country Gene Simmons was born in
• Middle East country
• One king's revolting state
• One's king set up a republic
• Ariel's ground here
• Land of endless realism?
• Country
• Serial broadcast in the country
• Ariel's new republic
• King's one overthrown in modern republic
• Where Ariel Sharon's heading for reform, disorder or disaster
• Land of serial disruption
• Jaffa's country
• Serial (anag)
• Its national anthem is "Hatikvah"
• Beersheba's nation
• Place mentioned in "The First Noel"
• Jewish nation or media giant Asper
• Tel Aviv is there
• Holy Land nation
• Is Lear staged in the Middle East?
• Country - Iceland - has genuine internal mix-up
• State of former PM's heart?
• Is 'king' over in Jewish republic
• Is king back in country?
• One's upset king and country
• Republic is demanding king's return
• Country needing prime minister without extremes?
• Modern Jewish state
• Lebanon's southern neighbour
• Acre's land
• Country is leaving Europe after Remain leaders retire
• Wailers not beginning to reform country
• Serial that's diverted a country
• Middle Eastern country
• Serial set in the country
• Home of the Knesset
• Serial involving a country
• Country that, according to its tourist bureau, has the highest number of museums per capita
• ___ Museum, home of the Dead Sea Scrolls
• Mediterranean country bordered by Lebanon and Egypt
• Nation on the Red Sea
• Country on the Mediterranean
• Country bordered by Jordan and Lebanon
• Itzhak Perlman's birthplace, today
• Land on the Mediterranean
• Country whose stamps use glue that's certified kosher
• Tel Aviv's nation
• Gal Gadot's birthplace
• Mideast country west of 32-Down
• Mount Carmel's country
• Sports reporter Gutierrez
• "Hawai'i '78" singer Kamakawiwo'ole
• Mediterranean country
• Mideast birthplace of actress Gal Gadot
• Country with the most Hebrew speakers
• Nation with a Star of David on its flag
• The "I" of 11-Across
• Serial broadcast in Middle Eastern country
• ___ Gershovitz, birth name of Ira Gershwin
• Setting for "Fauda" and "Shtisel"