Israel Standard Time (IST, Hebrew: שעון ישראל, She'on Yisra'el; "Israel Time") is the standard time zone in Israel. It is two hours ahead of UTC (UTC+02:00).
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“We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people—the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world.”
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