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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 the most important city in israel for jewish pilgrims to visit?
Jerusalem.
The holy land for Judaism is Israel, and the holy city is Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is the center of Judaism. It is important to Jews because it was chosen by God (Zechariah 3:2). It was the site of the Akeidah (Binding of Isaac, in Genesis ch.22) and was later the seat of the Davidic Kings, when King David, Israel's greatest king, founded the dynasty that ruled Judah for much of its history, making Jerusalem the capital of the United Kingdom of Israel during his reign and that of his son, King Solomon.
(See: Jewish history timeline)
Most importantly, it was the location of the First and Second Temples, where offerings were made to God and where His presence dwelt in the Holy of Holies (1 Kings ch.8) and was manifested in a number of miracles (Mishna, Avot ch.5).
Jerusalem is called the holy city by the prophets (Isaiah 52:1). It was where Jews would go three times a year to celebrate the holiest festivals (Deuteronomy ch.16). Even after the destruction of the Temple, the Temple Mount and adjacent Western ("Wailing") Wall, which still stands, is the holiest site in Judaism. It is hoped and prophesied (Ezekiel ch.40-44) that one day a third temple will be rebuilt in Jerusalem and that the Messiah will come to it.
Jerusalem has become representative of the connection with the Divine. Jerusalem is also seen as the source of Divine Law, as demonstrated in many Jewish prayers: "Ki miTziyon tetze Torah udvar Hashem miYerushalayim - From Zion comes the Torah and the Word of God from Jerusalem" (Isaiah 2:3).
Jerusalem is also representative of the Redemption of the Jewish people from their physical and spiritual exile, because this exile causes the melancholy that the Jewish people experience by being apart from God's presence. The Redemption, which Jews believe will be brought by the Messiah, will result in the Jewish people returning to Jerusalem.
According to ancient Hebrew tradition, Jerusalem is the site where God took the very earth from which Adam, the first man, was formed (midrash Rabbah 14:8). Read Genesis carefully; Adam was not created in the garden of Eden; he was taken there. Jerusalem, because it is the first place on Earth where the spirit of God dwelt, is considered a direct link to God.
Judaism is the oldest monotheistic religion and Jerusalem has been its only holy site for over 3000 years. King Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by invading Babylonians, and rebuilt at the same site (known as the Temple Mount) about 2500 years ago. It was then destroyed again when the Romans conquered Judea about 2000 years ago, killing a million Jews. All Jews who value their heritage feel ties to Jerusalem and the holy land, where so many of their people struggled for the freedom to practice Judaism. At the same time, Jews believe that all people should be welcome there, regardless of faith.
Jerusalem is the eternal Jewish city, and a symbol of a future time of peace. Jerusalem is also the focal point of prayer of the Jews. When they pray, wherever they are, they face towards Jerusalem (Talmud, Berakhot 30a), with love and longing. The sentiment is aptly expressed in Psalm 137: "By the waters of Babylon, there we sat and wept as we remembered Zion....If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its wisdom."
For thousands of years we remembered our exile and prayed for its end. Now at least we can do so from "up close."
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What did Israel do to make the world hate it?
Some hatred against Israel comes from legitimately being angered by Israel's refusal to allow Palestinians who fled from returning to their homes within Israel. Hatred also stems from Anti-Semitism which is quite common in the Islamic World.
There is a significant part of the global community that would not be satisfied by any concession that Israel could make other than complete and total surrender and occupation. They hate its very existence.
Various reasons for Anti-Zionism can be found at the Related Question below.
What is a journey to the holy land or shrine?
A journey to the Holy Land or Shrine is called a pilgrimage.
Elazar is in Gush Eztyon, a group f settlements near Jerusalem, from South (about 10 minutes driving).
The Youngest King of Israel: 2Ki 22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem # Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. # [17] Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. As for anymore, you do the homework yourself.
What country is north of Israel?
If you go due north from Jerusalem, the first country you run into is the Palestinian Authority, controlling Ramallah and its environs. If you continue, you will eventually return to Israel (in the Galilee region). If you keep going further north, you will end up in Lebanon.
How did neighboring nations react to the creation of Israel?
Their reactions were varied, covering the full gamut from hissy snit to blind outrage.
Without exception, they all rolled their armies into Israel with the intention of nullifying
its creation, and were joined in their effort by the armies of other nations who are not
even neighbors of Israel. Strange as it may seem, Israel prevailed in the conflict, as well
as a few more since then that had the same objective, and still exists.
Contrary to the prophecy in Genesis 48v21 Joseph died in Egypt not Israel Genesis 50v24?
The actual scripture says, And Israel said unto Joseph, (Genesis 48:21) 'Behold, I die, but God shall be with you and bring you again and to the land of your father's.' This scripture does not say that Joseph is dying, but it is Joseph's father, Israel, who is dying. It is Israel who is speaking. What the passage states is that Joseph would be brought again to the land of his father's. Nowhere does it state that he was going to go there alive in terms of his residence (although Joseph did go up in order to bury Jacob). It is thus not contrary to the prophecy or in any way a failed prophecy.
What this passage indicates, with Joseph here speaking, is that Joseph knew he would die in Egypt, and that his bones should be carried up to Canaan and buried there.
24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.The reference to Joseph's going up was thus a reference to his bones. Joseph certainly died in Egypt and this is what the statements clearly state when rightly understood.
Since the United States and Israel have very different legal systems (as concerns how human rights are protected) there are two very different reasons why the above question does not accurately capture American or Israeli Law.
As Concerns the United States
This is just completely wrong, and has no basis in fact, at least concerning the laws of the United States. I don't know about Israel. First of all, the question is confusing because under U.S. laws against discrimination or bias-related (hate) crime, there is no such thing as "protected class people".
Read the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and any of its amendments. "Protected class" does not refer to any group of people, despite widespread popular confusion. Under the law, "protected class" is a classification, or the type of discrimination the law applies to, whether it be race, gender, national origin, religion, etc. It doesn't protect any PARTICULAR race, gender, national origin, religion, etc. It outlaws discrimination based on those classes or classifications. Those are protected classes because that is the TYPE or CLASS of discrimination that the law applies to.
In other words, if the protected class is religion, it doesn't protect any one religion over any other. It protects us all equally. Otherwise, it would be unconstitutional, because we all have equal protection under the law.
I will often see comments such as "I am a white, middle aged male, so therefore not in any protected class", but this is completely wrong. NOBODY is IN a protected class. If you are white and the victim of discrimination based on race, you may be the victim of illegal discrimination. The law doesn't say only Asians or Africans are protected.
Also, the comment "no Diversity people can commit hate crime" is confusing and disingenuous. There is no such thing as "Diversity people" under the law. Bias related crime laws, or laws against hate crime say nothing about any particular race or religion or national origin.
Finally, the idea that all of the non-White classes in the United States are galvanized together is completely wrong. Blacks have historically been the strongest and most consistent conservatives when it comes to social policy. Asians tend to be more economically conservative than Hispanics. Religious Jews are typically Republican while non-religious Jews are typically Democrats. If the parties capitalized more on the divide between the majority of Americans, then we would not see a Democratic party that courts minorities so easily.
As Concerns Israel
Israel does recognize that there are certain rights and privileges that belong to different races and ethnicities that are based on their particular affiliations. Jews have a certain bundle of rights, Arab Muslim Israelis have a different bundle of rights, so do Arab Christians, Druze, Circassians, Bedouins, Armenians, etc. Every group in Israel, however, has the right to claim protection from hate crimes and to prosecute offenders civilly if the government does not take a case. The Israeli organization B'Tzelem (בצלם) advocates almost exclusively for the protection of non-Jewish Israelis. If you asked any authority in B'Tzelem, they will tell you that there are certainly incidents of victimization against non-Jewish Israeli citizens. Are they rare, yes, but they exist. In the other direction, not more than a few years ago, a number of Russian Israelis were arrested and charged with an Anti-Semitic hate crime involving the spray-painting of a Nazi Swastika in Tel Aviv.
Jews cumulatively are the majority in Israel (75%) and all of the minorities together make up the remaining 25%, which is nowhere near a super-majority. As concerns unified voting, you have clearly never met an Israeli. Israel currently has 12 different parties in the legislature (with only 120 seats) and this is not unusual. The Arabs have their own parties as do the Religious Jews as do the Left-Wing Peaceniks, the Right-Wing Warhawks, and the Centrists. Druze are represented in nearly every major party, which shows how divided their opinions are.
As concerns the Palestinian Territories, there are a vastly different set of rights that apply between Israeli Settlers and Endemic Palestinians. If a Settler were to throw stones at a Palestinian, he would be arrested, arraigned, and tried before a jury of fellow Israelis inside the borders of 1949 Israel. The trial would be conducted in his native language (Hebrew) and his guilt or innocence would depend solely on this jury. If a Palestinian were to throw stones at an Israeli, he would be arrested by the Israeli Military, be tried by an Israeli Military Judge in a language he may not even speak (Hebrew) with no peers to vouch for him and no ability to call witnesses. He will then be punished or not punished as the military officer sees fit. That's not equality, which is why Settlers are so hated internationally and even among a good number of Israelis. That's why the Palestinians in the Territories (as opposed to those in Israel whose rights were discussed in the first paragraph) are considered victims.
Mistaken Rumor on these Laws for Reference
Diversity protected class people, also labeled Diversity or multicultural people, have historically been and continue to be oppressed by white supremacists. In fact, there is different adjectives used when there is discrimination activity between Diversity people and a white supremacist. For example, when a white supremacist promotes discrimination against a black or brown person, that is racism or hate. However, when a black or brown or yellow person promotes discrimination against a white supremacist, that is reverse-racism or social justice.
Similarly, no Diversity people can commit hate crime, but can only react to white supremacist hate. A Diversity person's reaction to white supremacist hate is usually morally justifiable, or is at the very least mitigated by historical wrongs committed in the name of white supremacy.
The Diversity protected-class includes the following subclasses of people...
Afro-American
Female
Asian
Jewish
Latino
Hispanic
Disabled
Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual & Transexual
Native American
As the majority of voters inside the US, Diversity people have a right to self-determination, including government interventions to achieve social justice and equality. Similarly with its super-majority of of Jewish Diversity, Israeli people have a right to self-determination, including government interventions to achieve social justice and equality with gentiles.
The white supremacist, the opposition to American Diversity and multiculturalism, is the oppressive counterpart of each Diversity subclass...
White
Male
Occidental
Gentile
Gringo
Able-Bodied
Straight
Settler
To be a white supremacist, a person must meet only two criteria:
1. Embody all of the profile attributes of the oppressor class profile - white, male, occidental, gentile, gringo, able-bodied, straight, settler.
2. Actively oppose government remedies to promote equality and social justice for Diversity protected class people.
How are Muslims and Christians treated in Israel?
Both Muslims and Christians are treated the same in China. Both religions are heavily persecuted because the government is atheistic. Those who do not conform to the tight governmental controls are sometimes subjected to surveillance, restrictions on movement, arrests, torture, and execution.
1) God (Leviticus 18:3, Numbers 33:55)
2) Moses (Deuteronomy 18:9)
3) the ten spies (Numbers ch.13).
What do the boundaries of ancient Israel tell about its size?
The boundaries of ancient Israel grew and shrunk depending on the historical period. At its largest, Israel's eastern limit of rule was the Euphrates. This was in the times of King David and Solomon, when the Israelites were the most Torah-observant and God gave them the greatest success.
At its smallest, when it was called Judea, it was perhaps one-half of its present size.
The Torah itself gives more than one size for Israel. The boundaries in Numbers ch.34 are the minimum which they were commanded to take and settle. The area described in Genesis ch.15, however, is the maximum, which God would give the Israelites if and when they are fully deserving (see also Deuteronomy 19:8).
How did the Israelis come to occupy what is now called Israel?
It is a leading question to suggest that Israelis "occupy" Israel and conveys bias in the phrasing of the question itself. Israel is occupied only in the same sense that Britain is occupied by the British. Jews and Arabs consisting of Moslems, Christians, Bahai and many others, LIVE in Israel now and have equal democractic rights and access to the welfare system. With that in mind, the following answer is provided to the question.
Jews had lived in the area of modern Israel for more than 3,000 years continously, but with the official persecution of Jews by the ruling conquerors from 132 AD to the demise of the Ottoman Empire, their numbers were often limited. Jews had prayed daily for their return to Zion since the expulsion by the Romans in 132 AD, and concluded Passover and other festivals with the exhortation, "Next Year in Jerusalem" during the 2 millennia. The end of the Ottoman Empire by 1922, together with the increase in violence against Jews in Europe which would eventually result in the Holocaust, and the greater ease of transport, allowed Jews to escape to the region. This exodus had began in the mid to late 19th century, and continued throughout the 20th century.
Britain was granted a mandate over the region of Palestine by the League of Nations after WWI. Britain, although supposedly committed to assisting the establishment of a Jewish homeland, prevented many Jews from accessing the area as a refuge during the Holocaust of WWII . This was under heavy Arab pressure on the British but even prior to this, Arab attacks on Jews was escalating and in 1929 a pogrom in Hebron murdered 67 Jews and forced the rest of the population from their homes. After WWII, thousands of Jews, no longer welcome or safe in Europe, migrated to Palestine. As mentioned previously, the U.N. voted for the partition of the land in 1947 and Britain then withdrew from the mandatory rule.
The modern state of Israel declared independence in 1948. At the time, in the whole area between the Jordan river and the Mediterranean Sea which the UN wished to partition between Arabs and Jews, the Jewish population numbered approximately 650,000 and Arabs approximately 740,000.
The U.N voted in 1947 to split the land for both Jews and Arabs, with Jerusalem being an international city. Each new country would govern themselves. The Jews agreed but the Arabs did not, and 5 Arab armies launched an a war to destroy Israel upon its independence. The Jordanian Arab Legion commanded by the British General Glubb Pasha seized East Jerusalem and wiped out the Jewish Quarter of its Jews and synagogues. The Temple Mount, Hebron, Bethlehem, Gaza and other areas of Jewish historical interest were made Judenrein. Transjordan, as it was called then, seized the West Bank of the Jordan river consisting of Judea and Samaria, whilst Egypt occupied Gaza. Israel became a sliver of land, with a narrow waist of a mere 9 miles.
The best independent estimates are that approximately 550,000 Arabs fled what became Israel between November 1947 and December 1948, and that an estimated 50,000 returned thereafter to join the 140,000 Arabs who remained. Most of these Arabs resided in Transjordan and Gaza, although many returned to their original homes in Syria, Lebanon and Egypt from whence they had been attracted by the the creation of economic boom by the Jews who drained malarial swamps and established viable agricultural projects. At the same time, there were approximately 1,000,000 Jews living in Arab countries but expulsions immediately after 1948 reduced this number to 500,000 and by 1967, the Jews in Arab lands fell to under 100,000. Many of these people found their way to the only country that would take them in, Israel.
Israel is mentioned in the Bible many times as the home of Jews so it goes way back to 4,000 years ago.
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What is the distance between Caesarea and Kibbutz Afikim in Israel?
The distance from Caesarea to Kibbutz Afikim via Rt 65 (Wadi Ara) is about 90 kilometers.
What did Ofra Sherman decide to do in the Wellcome Israel case study?
I don't think she works with Promedico
Where are the plains in Israel?
The Plains in Israel are located along the coast it is also a fre coutry
