I really like the idea of an Israel/Israelite civilization. I would prefer the ancient Israelites, as the influence their religion has had on western civilization is incredible. There would be no Christianity or Islam without Abraham and Judaism. For that reason I was extremely surprised they weren't in Civ4, which prominently featured religion in the game. I can't think of a more significant civilization which has been consistently ignored by the developers.
UUs: Slinger - Short-ranged (one tile?) infantry with special bonuses versus archers. Merkhava - tank with defensive bonus in open terrain.
UA: Chabad telethon!!
Serious UA: Maybe a special bonus from the temple?
UB: I wonder what a Kibbutz could replace?
The only contribution the Israelites made was Judaism and even that was indirectly through Christianity
That would be a complete pain. Could you imagine playing against Israel? I'd burn every one of their cities to the ground.
Uh, what? Judaism came waaaay before Christianity, for one thing.
EDITED ON 9/27:
Shalom everyone!
Since Israel has not been included in the release of Civ 5, I am asking if there is a SERIOUS developer that would like to create a Israel mod?
I speak Hebrew and supplied the Hebrew sounds for the Esnav's Israel mod for Civ 4, and, I would be happy to create and supply the Hebrew language sounds for a Civ 5 mod for Israel.
So, with that being said, name what you guys think should be included in a Israel mod with what Civ 5 is capable to offer?
1. Leaders?
2. Unique Buildings?
3. Unique Units?
4. Other ideas?
Israel has never been in a Sid Meier's game, but I'm not sure about Call to Power.
Go and check the Overlord 2 mod (is now ver 2.3.8), Keldath managed to have a beautiful compilation of tons of mods in there, among them - religion oriented mods.
Go there and study from his successes and mistakes, he's a great guy(not just because he's on my friends list :3) he'll probably could help you with ideas and methods of work related to your mod.
BTW he is from Israel too. ^^