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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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What is considered offensive in Israel?
Israel is a modern Western State, so people while being somewhat sensitive as concerns religious issues are not as offended by it as Muslims in Arab countries would be or Hindus in India might be. Asking why a Jew might do "x" or "y" in Israel will be treated like a cultural question and not an assault on their character or religion. However, symbols such as the swastikas and foul names for Jews are seen as very offensive. In addition, violating Jewish Law in observant neighborhoods is seen as offensive by the local residents.
Israelis are also offended by insinuations that Israel does not have the right to be a state. Israelis are very patriotic and to assert to them that their state has no valid grounds for existing is seen as antagonistic. (This is no different than if a French person were to come to America and proclaim that all the Americans should go back to Europe because the USA is not a valid country.) Debating the solution to the Israeli-Palestine problem with Israelis is completely acceptable, even disapproving of the Israeli government or military's actions, just not the idea that Israel's existence is invalid.
Save those two issues, pretty much everything goes. Israel has strip clubs and a pornography industry, they are willing to speak English with foreigners, Israeli society is multicultural with various religions, and free speech is both guaranteed and protected.
How many Israelis live in the US?
By definition, an Israeli lives in Israel. US Citizens who HAPPEN to be of Jewish ancestry number in the millions. Since there is no way to count the NON-Practicing people of Jewish ancestry, any number you pick could be just as accurate as anything that I might post.
Why does Israel have to import goods?
First of all, in today's world, every country imports goods since no country makes everything it consumes. However, Israel, in particular, needs to import fuel since it does not have domestic coal mines or petroleum deposits. Israel also needs to import raw diamonds for its diamond-cutting industry.
Who are the conquerors of Israeli?
There were several conquerors of Israel. During the Hellenistic period, it was Pompey. During the Persian period it was Cyrus and during the Babylonian period it was Ashkelon.
Israel as piece of land was first discovered by hominids around 100,000 years ago. We have archaeological evidence of settlements near Haifa dating from that time.
The earliest permanent settlements there were built by the Proto-Canaanites in around 4000 B.C.E.
i think what you are referring to is Israelites, which is just a way of calling the Jewish nation. for example, people from America are called Americans, and people from England are called English.
In the story of David what were the invaders of Israel called?
The main enemies of Israel at that period were the Philistines.
What separates Israelis from Arabs?
Arabs are people of the Middle East that are united by a common language: Arabic, and a common history: the Islamic Caliphates. Arabs are not necessarily of the same ethnic stock and in many cases are of mixed heritage due to intermarriage between the Arabs coming up from the Arabian Peninsula and indigenous Semites and Berbers. Not all Arabs are Muslim, but all Arabs have (in their history) spent time under an Islamic government.
Israelis are a national group, which is to say that they are a group of people who all have a certain citizenship. This is similar to the term "American" since a person is defined as being American by having a certain citizenship, not by race, religion, ideology, political aspirations, or creed. The term Israeli is just that. There are Jewish Israelis from as varied places as India, Ethiopia, Russia, Morocco, and the United States (among nearly 50 other nations) who form the majority of the country's population. Arab Israelis are both Christian and Muslim are a sizable minority. Additionally, there are guest-workers and refugees in Israel from Africa, East Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Being Arab and being Israeli are not based on the same criteria and are not the same thing in the slightest. Additionally, 20% of all Israelis are Arab, which means that the terms are not mutually exclusive. It just so happens that both groups of people live in the Middle East, that's it.
What did the wilderness mean to the Israelites?
1) It meant a place in which God's help was demonstrated constantly (Deuteronomy 8:15-16, and 29:4).
2) It meant a setting in which the Israelites learned humility (Numbers ch.14).
3) It meant a setting in which the Israelites gave themselves over completely to God's guidance (Numbers 9:15-23).
Among other things.
Were Israelite kings thought of as gods?
No. Unlike many other nations, the Israelites did not deify their kings. See also the Related Links.
There is no such thing as a "good country" or a "bad country." Countries are concepts, amoral, neither capable of good nor bad. The people of a country, especially those who run its government however can be termed good or bad. More accurately, their behavior, their actions in dealing with people and other nations' governments can be labeled good or bad.
What is Israels human development index?
In 2010, Israel was given an human development index of 15 which is the highest it has ever been ranked. It rose 12 places since its previous ranking.
Does Israel have nuclear submarine?
No - not only are they cost-prohibitive for such a small nation, Israel's Navy and coastline isn't that big to begin with.
Israel relies on several Diesel-Electric Dolphin-class submarines, which are built by Germany for the Israeli Navy.
Where does israel make non-alcoholic wine?
In every simple supermarket. It is called Tirosh and it is like grape juice, with the aroma of real wine...
How many all season rivers are in Israel?
1 - the Jordan River. All other rivers in Israel are seasonal.
What is the name of the Zionist who helped found Israel?
David Ben-Gurion among a number of other prominent Zionists helped found the Modern State of Israel.
The State of Israel came together as the result of Jewish immigration to the British Mandate of Palestine, Zionist leadership, Jewish militias and political and financial support from the West (primarily Jewish philanthropists). The first group are called the Halutzim or the Pioneers and they took it upon themselves to modernize Israel by cultivating the land and using European technology to improve its output and productivity. The Zionist leadership included some like Theodor Herzl, who envisioned the state, to Eliezer ben Yehuda, who developed Modern Hebrew as a functional language, to David Ben Gurion who declared Israel's independence and sovereignty, among many others. There were numerous Jewish militias defending the Halutzim and attacking the British (and eventually the Arabs when conflict started) such as the Palmach, the Haganah, and the Irgun. Finally, without the monetary contributions from families like the Rothschilds, there would have been no way for the nascent pre-governmental and governmental organizations to acquire enough capital to maintain an internal infrastructure.
Were the countries of both Israel and Palestine before or after the Arab-Israeli Conflict?
There was no country of Israel prior to 1948 (when Israel declared independence in Tel Aviv), although there had been Jewish States in the area 2000 years earlier.
There was no country of Palestine prior to 1988 (when Palestine declared independence in Tunis, Tunisia). There had never been an Arab State with its center in the southern Levant prior to this and the last Arab Empire to rule the southern Levant lost control to the Ottomans nearly 500 years ago.
The Arab-Israeli Conflict began in the 1920s between the the Yishuv (Jewish Settlers who would eventually become the Israelis) & their allies and the Arab Fellahin (Arab peasants who would eventually become the Palestinians) & the surrounding Arab countries. So, both Israel and Palestine came about as a result of the continuing conflict.
What rivers did they have at the time of Jesus in israel?
The Jordan is the only annual river in Israel, all of the others, like the Yarkon dry up in certain months.
The missing word is "displacement".
What belief set the Israelites apart from other groups living in the fertile crescent?
Monotheism- The Israelites were monotheists, meaning that they believed in the One Almighty God. Others on the Fertile Crescent were polytheists, which means that they believed in many gods and goddesses.
Answer:
Judaism differed from other ancient religions in the following ways:
1) It was the only religion in which God spoke to the entire assembled nation (Exodus ch.19) of over two million people.
2) It made a complete break from the surrounding idolatry. Their monotheism (belief in One God) set the Jews apart because other ancient nations did not share it. We've heard (for example) of the Greek mythology and Roman mythology. What not everyone is aware of is that idolatry tended to go hand in hand with cruel, licentious and excessive behavior, since the caprices which were narrated concerning the idols were adopted as an excuse to imitate those types of behavior.
Compare that to God, who reveals His attributes in the Torah as wise, kind, holy, and pure. God is One, so the command to imitate His attributes (Deuteronomy 8:6) was (and is) a straightforward matter once one is even minimally familiar with the Torah.
Accordingly, Judaism was:
3) The only ancient religion in which a large percentage of its adherents were literate and scholars.
4) It was the only religion in which the people were ruled by God, with no need for a king, for several centuries (see Judges 8:23 and 1 Samuel 8:4-7).
5) The concept of morality was also the work of the Hebrews' religion, including the dignity and value of a person. It is the responsibility of the community to support the widow, the orphan, the poor, and the stranger passing through.
6) Under the law of Judaism, everyone had recourse to the courts. A child, widow, wife, etc., could initiate legal action against any citizen to redress perpetrated harm. Compare this to those societies in which (at most) only mature, land-owning males had rights.
7) Government is accountable to a higher authority. In other ancient societies, the monarch was all-powerful. Among the Israelites, however, the king was under the constant scrutiny of the Divinely-informed prophets, who didn't hesitate to castigate him publicly for any misstep in the sight of God. And, other than for the crime of rebellion, the king couldn't punish any citizen by his own decision. He was obligated by the Torah-procedures like everyone else (Talmud, Sanhedrin 19a).
8) A robber repays double to his victim, or works it off. Unlike in many other ancient societies, in Judaism debtors are not imprisoned or harmed. They are made to sell property and/or work to repay what they owe. Compare this to the Roman practice by which anyone could accuse a man of owing them money and the debtor could be killed.
It is important to note that every one of the above existed in Judaism thousands of years earlier than in other nations. Here's just one example: Aristotle, who was among the greatest of the Greeks, and Seneca, the famous Roman, both write that killing one's young babies is perfectly acceptable.
Did the Arab states want Israel to become a nation?
No.
The Arab States tried to do everything in their power to prevent a Jewish State in that area from voting against the United Nations Partition Plan, to invading the country to destroy it three times (each time unsuccessfully).
The question does not reflect reality. In fact, Israel has:
-- nightclubs
-- non-kosher restaurants
-- non-kosher meats and grocery items for sale
-- immodest women's clothing
-- strip clubs
-- shops, markets, or businesses that operate on Saturday
-- school curricula without religious subjects
Israeli citizens are free to practice their religion as they like it, including Jews. Israel's "week end" comprises Friday and Saturday, in deference to both the Muslim and Jewish sabbaths. Israel is a predominantly secular country, with no officially designated, state religion.
