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Israel
Located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, Israel is the only Jewish-majority state in the world. It has a total land area of 22,072 sq km with an estimated population of approximately 7.7 million as of 2010.
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Zionism has only at its root the idea that that Jews should have self-sovereignty in their own country: Israel. Every other aspect of Zionism is at the whim of the individual who can has a number of auxiliary beliefs about how best to achieve the goal of Zionism, such as:
- Whether or not a Palestinian State helps or hinders the existence of a Jewish State?
- What is the best way to realize such a state if it is in Israel's benefit?
- What rights and privileges should Jews have in this state and should they be more, less, or equal to non-Jews?
- What should the welfare system of this country be like?
- How should the government be structured?
- What should immigration policy look like?
- How should the economy be organized and what economic activities should be incentivized?
- Many other questions.
The core tenet of Zionism cannot be changed (or else the person is no longer a Zionist) but the other pieces of a person's Zionist beliefs are completely at his discretion. Convince someone, and perhaps he'll believe like you do.
How far is it from Tel Aviv to Safed - Tzfat Israel?
About 175 km road distance. And Zefat is the official spelling, which you'll see on road signs.
What would have happened if Israel had lost the Six Day War?
If Israel had lost any of the wars she faced there would have been a genocide.
On the eve of the 1967 war, President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser said:
"We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand, we shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood".
"The battle has come in which we shall destroy Israel." - Cairo Radio (Egyptian state radio) broadcast
"Arab masses, this is your day. Rush to the battlefield...Let them know that we shall hang the last imperialist soldier with the entrails of the last Zionist." - Damascus Radio (Syrian state radio) broadcast.
What happened to ziva in Israel?
At the end of season 6 ziva stayed in israel and stayed with her father and became hassad full time again. Then she was sent on a mission to the terrorist camp in north africa.
For having places that are special for Jews, Muslims, and Christians.
Israel is famous for housing the Messiah and many other " Great Ones " in
the religion of Christianity .
it also is the homeland of the Jews and is the basis of the Jewish Bibel (called the Torah) which was before the christians.
Is the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict about land?
This question is divisive and so you may get conflicting answers.
Answer 1
No. It is a conflict between ideologies. The land-issue is just a diversion from the actual goal, which is to remove Jews and their State from the Middle East.
Answer 2
Partially. In order to resolve whether a conflict is over is exclusively over a certain piece of land, you can ask the question: if one side got all of the land that they wanted would there be peace. In the Morocco-Algeria Sands War of 1981-1982, there would be (as each just wanted control of a small piece of land). In the case of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, there would still be sectarian conflicts, even if the land was returned. However, having access to the land and control over it is certainly among the aims of both sides.
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is primarily a nationalistic conflict, between two camps of peoples: Israelis (Jews, Israeli Arabs, Bedouins, Druze, Circassians, and others on the one side) and Palestinians (Palestinian Muslims, Palestinian Christians, and others on this side) who identify with specific national governments and governing ideologies. This is similar to other conflicts between nations, such as between India and Pakistan where Indians and Pakistanis identify by loyalty to their countries and those countries' governing ideologies. Part of nationalistic identity is a view of where their borders are and in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, the Israelis and Palestinians do not agree on where the borders should be between the two countries (or even whether there should be two countries).
Why is the Jordan river important to Israel and their Arab neighbors?
I think it is important becase the river is important for trade
What did the Palestinians do so that the Jews would want their own homeland?
Many of the Jews were taken as slaves by the Romans in ancient times and
transported to Europe. In fact, Jews were a major force in the building of the
Coliseum. Other conquerors did the same thing. Over the centuries, Jews kept their
traditions and religion while living in Europe. After the holocaust, many went to
Jerusalem and surrounding areas, having a need for safety and being in a land
that was meaningful to them.
The Palestinians were people who had remained over time. Their actions had
nothing to do with the fact that the Israelis wanted to build a country. Continuing
actions are not something most of us understand--territorial, racism, jealousy??
But, there is nothing in the Koran that says they should not be able to live peacefully.
There has been a continuous Jewish presence in that place for thousands of
years. That means that Jews have lived there continuously. But oppression and
war forced most of them to move and give up their homes. It has been an area of
conflict since records have been kept, But Israel is now the only real force for
peace in the Middle East.
What is the best currency to take to Israel?
If you can't get Shekels Dollars is the best but it's best to convert it to Shekels right away. Alternatively you could use a foreign ATM card to withdraw Shekels.
What three things the children of Israel complained about?
They complained about:
Being led out of Egypt: Exodus 14:11,12,13,14
The food God provided: Numbers 11
The 'giants' in the promised land:Numbers 14:2
Only 170,000 Arabs who lived in what would become Israeli-held territory after the war prior to the war in 1948 remained in Israel after 1948. (The phrasing is convoluted since the borders of Israel were only established after the 1948 war, however, if we use those same borders and extrapolate them into the past, this is where the 170,000 number comes from. Note also that this number does not count Druze, Bedouins, Circassians, Armenians, and any other non-Jewish minority that does not identify as Palestinian).
Since the question does not ask about it, this question will not deal for the reasons behind that departure. More on that can be read at the Related Question below.
It is also worth noting that 170,000 Israeli Arabs who remained in Israel in 1949 have now blossomed into a population of more than 1.6 million individuals. Please see the comment section for more information on other ambiguities.
What were donkeys used for in ancient Israel?
In ancient Israel donkeys were used for riding on if it was to far to walk.
Why do Bahais not live in Israel?
Baha'is live in Israel. They life there in order to work at the Baha'i World Center in Haifa.
What is the route from Jerusalem to Kadesh-Barnea?
To get from Jerusalem to Kadesh-Barnea as the crow flies would be roughly south-southwest. The site that is most likely Kadesh-Barnea, as it is unclear exactly where it is, is in Egypt, so a current road-trip would have to go from Jerusalem to the Israel-Egypt border crossing at Eilat-Taba and then to proceed northwest once in Egypt.
In terms of the Ancient Israelites, which may be the target of this question, they never went from Jerusalem to Kadesh-Barnea. According to the Bible, the Israelites marched from Kadesh-Barnea to Jericho, but by a circuitous route that took them through the Negev Desert (in modern Israel), up the east side of the Arabah Valley and Dead Sea (in modern Jordan), before crossing the Jordan River (from the east bank to the west bank) at Jericho. The Israelites would not conquer Jerusalem until the time of King David, a few centuries later.
Why was Israel placed where it was?
Answer 1
Your question as worded is nebulous and there are two different answers depending on what you are driving at.
1) Why was the Biblical Kingdom of Israel/Judah situated where Israel, Jordan, and Palestine are currently situated? -- This is just a historical circumstance. This question is no different than "Why did the Japanese Empire start in Japan?". The Biblical Kingdom of Israel/Judah was constituted Israelites. They happened to be the indigenous people.
2) Why did the World Zionist Conferences in the late 1890s choose the future British Mandate of Palestine as the place where the Modern Jewish State of Israel should be created? -- This was a calculated decision based on a number of factors: the land's sacredness to the Jewish people. The inability to make such a state in Europe where the neighbors were much more bellicose. The increased draw that a state in the Biblical territory would give to people desiring to populate the area. There are numerous other reasons, but those three are the most important.
Further to this, Ahad Ha'am explains that the Jewish Soul is intrinsically connected to his history and in the same way that a German-American can never be as properly German as a German in Germany, the People of Israel can never be as properly Jewish if they are not in the Land of Israel. The relics in that land speak to a Jewish sensibility and character. There are also religious reasons as expounded by Rav Avraham Kook which posit that the development of a Jewish State in Israel hastens the arrival of the Messiah. There are additional political reasons why Palestine and not Europe, primarily because the Great Powers would not have acquiesced to another European State.
Answer 2
because in the Jews bible (which is called a Torah) this is where the state of Israel is.
What territory did Jordan acquire as a result of the 1948 war between Israel and the Arab countries?
Jordan acquired the West Bank and East Jerusalem, including the Old City. Contrary to stipulations in the Armistice Agreement, Jordan forbade Jews (both from Israel and abroad) from visiting holy sites in the Old City.
How many years was Israel free from harsh rule after the Maccabean revolt?
It depends on how you perceive the Hasmonean Dynasty (the dynasty set up by the Maccabees). Most of its Kings were relatively draconian and authoritarian, but they were Jewish. Israel was not under foreign occupation for barely more than a century before being conquered by Rome.
