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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.
6,421 Questions
Why does Hamas fire rockets at Israelis?
hamas hates israel because the jews have killed and tortured many innocen palenstian lives for no reason. also along time the jews traveled away from the land of israel to live with the romans. romans did not like the jews so they decided to go back to israel whee palenstians had occupied the terrritory.
Why is Israel located where it is?
Because it is the land that according to the bible god promised to the Israelites
Why is Dinah not among the 12 tribes of Israel?
Dinah is not a tribe of Israel because she provides no offspring.
Rabbis speculate that she may have had one daughter from the Rape of Shchem which would be Asenath, Joseph's future wife in Egypt. In this case, her claim to be a tribe would have been absorbed by Joseph's marriage of Asenath, leading to the same general outcome that she loses out on becoming a tribe because her offspring are not a unique set of Hebrew individuals.
Presumably, any country that is attacked will fight and several will fight offensively as well.
When were the Hebrews in israel?
It's believed they may have first entered the land of Israel in about 1800 BCE, and they are still there today.
Did the Israelis know that the six-day war was going to happen?
The Israelis knew that a war with Egypt and Syria was certainly imminent. The fact that the war started on June 5, 1967 as opposed to sometime in September or October was Israel's choice since they struck pre-emptively.
In terms of why the Israelis knew the war was imminent:
1) "Wipe Israel off the Map" Statements: Arab Nationalists, especially Charismatic Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, were pushing strongly for Israel's elimination and made daily speeches about how the Arab States were going to invade and remove Israel from the map to form a unified Arab State. He began to coordinate military strategy with Syria and Jordan (to a lesser degree) as to how to invade Israel effectively. These threats were made daily and consistently in 1967. Additional troops were added to the Egyptian Army and that army began to be arrayed closer and closer to the Israeli border.
2) Removal of UNEF Forces: As a condition of the Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula in 1956, the UN deployed security forces to the Sinai Peninsula to prevent Egypt from massing troops in the Sinai. Nasser evicted the UNEF (the UN security force) from the Sinai Peninsula in contravention of the Armistice for the 1956 Suez Crisis and placed large numbers of Egyptian soldiers and armored divisions on the Israeli-Egyptian border.
3) Arab Military Coordination: Nasser coordinated military strategy quite closely with Syria and Jordan. It was clear to many at the time that these forces would not sit idle for long. A number of Syrian battalions were positioning themselves in the Golan Heights above the Sea of Galilee and Jordanian positions in the West Bank were becoming more entrenched.
4) Closure of Waterways: Egypt, counter to the armistice ending the 1956 War, closed the Suez Canal to Israeli shipping and then proceeded to close the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, cutting Israel off from trade with Iran which was Israel's greatest ally in the Middle East at the time and primary supplier of petroleum. This had the effect of strangling Israel and is considered by Israel to be the primary causus belli.
Why did the fighting between the Arabs and Jews increase in 1945?
Answer 1
This is when the Jews officially declared to become an independent country at the United Nations. This angered the Arabs so the Jews had to fight for their independence for their new country: Israel.
Answer 2
A distinction must be made between the increase in fighting in 1945 and the further increase in 1948 (which is what the above answer discusses) the reasons for the increase in fighting as soon as World War II ended are as follows:
The Zionists and others who supported the Creation of the Jewish Nation were finally able to get the International Community to see the entrenched nature of Anti-Semitism in Europe after the Holocaust. This international perspective finally allowed Jews to successfully campaign for a State. When the United Nations was formed and indicated this would be a goal of theirs (the Partitioning of the Mandate of Palestine), a large number of Jews from refugee camps across Europe began to immigrate both legally and illegally to the territory. Arabs, who were repulsed by the idea of a Jewish State, used militias formed to oppose the British occupation and turned them against the Jews. The Jews responded with similarly formed militias and targeted the Arabs.
Did Jerusalem fall in 587 BCE?
The date usually quoted for the final Babylonian conquering of Jerusalem (and Judah in general) is 586 BCE. However, traditional chronology places this event in 422 BCE. See also:
Who did Golda Meir go against in her battle for the Jews?
Golda Meir pursued a pro-Jewish agenda against many different individuals and groups of people. She attempted to dialogue with and opposed Soviet Leaders (such as Stalin and Khrushchev) who prevented Jews from practicing freely in the Soviet Union. As Israel's Prime Minister, she was tasked with handling the Yom Kippur War which put her in direct opposition to Sadat of Egypt and Assad of Syria.
Who gave Israel the land for their own state?
Nobody and no organization "gave" the Jewish people a Jewish State aside from Zionists who built the infrastructure and mechanisms for their State.
British Contribution
The first international support of the Zionist enterprise was the Balfour Declaration in 1917 which expressed British intentions to realize a Jewish State in the Middle East. In 1919, the British and the League of Nations created the Mandate of Palestine which would provide for the preparation of a Jewish State in part of the Mandate. It is important to note that the British Mandate would only facilitate the creation of a Jewish State, but would not support its actual creation.
UN Contribution
Most people incorrectly believe that UN Resolution 181 in 1947 "created" a Jewish State (Israel) and an Arab State (Palestine) on the map. This is not the case. What the UN Resolution does provide for is the permission for the different ethno-religious groups in Mandatory Palestine to declare a state. In the case of most mandates, the understanding was that the mandate would eventually become independent as one new state, like Iraq or Syria had. The case of a Palestine was therefore unique and needed the permission to deviate from the traditional path of independence. Because of their being two states, provisional borders had to be provided, which is why a map was used, but those borders would only come into play if both sides decided to remain at peace.
Zionist Leaders
The Zionist leadership was ardently secularist with one or two critical exceptions. These leaders included Theodor Herzl (who developed the concept of Modern Jewish Nationalism or Zionism), Eliezer ben Yehuda (who developed the Modern Hebrew Language), Ze'ev Jabotinsky (Jewish Advocate to the British and Leader of the Palmach), Menachem Begin (Leader of the Irgun and future Israeli Prime Minister), and the Halutzim in general (the Jewish pioneers who arrived in the British Mandate of Palestine in the 1920s and 1930s). On the religious side, there was primarily Rabbi Avraham Kook (First Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel and founder of Religious Zionism) who was treading a new theological doctrine to back up Zionism with Jewish religious values
The Jews acted on the permission granted to them by UN Resolution 181 by declaring independence on May 14, 1948 (nearly six months after the Resolution was passed) and therefore creating the State of Israel.
Why doesn't Israel hand Gaza to the Egyptians?
There are several reasons why this cannot happen
1) Israel cannot just 'hand Gaza to the Egyptians' as it is currently under Palestinian/Hamas rule. Israel disengaged from the Gaza strip in September 2005, and it has been under Palestinian rule since then. First under Fatah, and subsequently Hamas.
2) The Gaza strip is not an occupied territory that belongs to Egypt 3) The Egyptians do not want to control the Gaza strip
4) The Palestinians want an independent country that include TheGaza strip and the West Bank and they don't want to be ruled by the Egyptians
What is the cheapest price to rent an automatic car in Israel during the summer months?
Castles Car Rental agency offers a Seat Punto or a Hyundai Getz for $643. This includes 4,500 km, and general insurance (as of 08-2008). +972 (0)2 538 9911
What country currently occupies the land that was considered the North Kingdom of Israel?
It is not a single country, it is in fact three countries; the northern Kingdom of ancient Israel, was comprised, mostly of Israel, a southern chunk of Lebanon, part of Syria, and a tiny portion of Jordan. The tribe of Manasseh, who were descendants of Joseph, were among the people who lived in the northern Kingdom. While I probably should not be typing this, my own personal theory is that many (not all) Lebanese, may in fact descend from one of the lost tribes. The reason I believe this, is because the people of Lebanon are unusually attractive physically, by anyone's standards, and one of the things Joseph was known for was his outstanding beauty. Lebanese women are known throughout the middle east for being very beautiful; in addition to being very handsome, Joseph was also praised for being an outstanding and moral man, prefering to serve a 10 year prison sentence, with execution at the end of that sentence mind, than commit adultery. Among the ancient Hebrews it was believed, that a man's heart, determined the beauty of his daughters. How pure his soul was, how pure his heart was, determined how beautiful his daughter would become. If it is true, that a man inherits more than just his father's flesh, that he in fact inherits a piece of his father's own soul, down the generations, father to son, father to son, then, the possibility that many people in Lebanon, are in fact descendants of Joseph, the biblical Joseph, is very real. They ARE, unusually attractive physically, both men and women. In fact, the women of the Arab world generally live in envy of Lebanese women. Whatever the case this answer was two paragraphs longer than it needed to be, and likely I'm gonna get kicked out again. [[User:67.148.120.72|67.148.120.72]]stardingo747
Where was the State of Israel founded?
The State of Israel is found in the same place it has always been, in the southwest Levant.
What are some famous plays of Israel Horovitz?
Plays
- The Comeback,Suffolk Theatre, Emerson Theatre, Boston, MA, 1958
- The Death of Bernard the Believer,Il Cafe Cabaret Theatre, SouthOrange, NJ, 1960
- This Play Is about Me,Il Cafe Cabaret Theatre, 1961
- The Hanging of Emmanuel,Il Cafe Cabaret Theatre, 1962
- Hop, Skip, and Jump,Il Cafe Cabaret Theatre, 1963
- The Simon Street Harvest,Il Cafe Cabaret Theatre, 1964
- The Killer Dove(two-act), Theatre on the Green, West Orange, NY,1966
- Line(one-act), Cafe La MaMa, 13th Street Theatre, New York City,1967, then Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1971, also (as two-act), Mark TaperForum, Los Angeles, 1969; published inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus (Lyme, NH), 1996
- The Indian Wants the Bronx(one-act), Astor Place Theatre, New York City, 1968; published by Dramatists Play Service (New York City), 1968, inFirst Season,Random House (New York City), 1968, and inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith &Kraus, 1996
- It's Called the Sugar Plum(one-act), Astor Place Theatre, 1968; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1968, inFirst Season,Random House, 1968, and inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
- Rats(one-act), Cafe Au Go Go, New York City, 1968; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1968, inFirst Season,Random House, 1968, inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996, and inTheatre for Young Audiences: Around theWorld in 21 Plays,1997
- Chiaroscuro(one-act; also known asChiaroscuro (or Morning)), Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto Festival Theatre, Spoleto, Italy, 1968, then as "Morning,"Morning, Noon, and Night,Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, 1968; published by Random House (New York City), 1969; publishedasMorninginIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
- The Honest-to-God Schnozzola(one-act), Act IV Theatre, Provincetown, MA, 1968, then (withLeader), Gramercy Arts Theatre, New York City, 1969; published by Breakthrough Press, 1971, and inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
- Leader(one-act; double-bill withThe Honest-to-God Schnozzola), Gramercy Arts Theatre, 1969; published withPlay for Trees,Dramatists Play Service, 1973
- Acrobats(one-act), Mickery Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1970,then (double-bill withLine), New Comedy Theatre, Theatre de Lys, NewYork City, 1971; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1971 and inIsraelHorovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
- Clair-Obscur,Theatre Lucernairre, Paris, 1970; published by Gallimard, 1972
- Dr. Hero(also known asThe World's Greatest Play), PublicTheatre, New York City, 1971; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1973
- Le premiere,Theatre de Poche, Paris, 1972
- Shooting Gallery,Workshop of the Performing Arts Theatre, New York City, 1973; published withPlay for Germs,Dramatists Play Service,1973, and inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
- Play for Germs(based on his television playVD Blues), published withShooting Galleryby Dramatists Play Service, 1973, and inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
- Capella,published by Harper & Row (New York City), 1973 produced, 1978
- The Wakefield Plays(containsAlfred the Great,Hopscotch,Our Father's Failing,Alfred Dies,Stage Directions,Spared,andThe 75th), performed in various combinations between 1973 and 1986;Alfred the Greatpublished by Harper & Row, 1974,HopscotchandThe 75thpublished asHopscotch and The 75th: The Quannapowitt Quartet, Parts One and Two,by Dramatists Play Service, 1977, and inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
- The First,The Last,andThe Middle(a "comic triptych"), 1974
- Turnstile,Hanover, NH, 1974
- Spared,1975 published inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
- Uncle Snake: An Independence Day Pageant,New York City, 1975; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1976
- The Primary English Class,Cubicula Theatre, then Circle in the Square, both New York City, 1975; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1976
- The Bottom,1975-1976
- The Reason We Eat,Hartman Theatre, Stamford, CT, 1976
- Sunday Runners in the Rain,1976
- The Former One-on-One Basketball Champion,Actors Studio, New YorkCity, 1977; published withThe Great Labor Day Classic,Dramatists Play Service, 1982, and inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
- (Adaptor) Eugene Ionesco'sMan with Bags,translated by Marie-France Ionesco, Towson State University Theatre, Towson, MD, 1977; published by Grove Press (New York City), 1977
- The Lounge Player,New York City, 1977
- (With David Boorstin)Cappella(adaption of his novel of the sametitle), Off-Center Theatre, New York City, 1978
- Stage Directions,Actors Studio, 1978; published inIsrael Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith &Kraus, 1996
- The Widow's Blind Date,New York City, 1978; published by TheatreCommunications Group (New York City), 1981, and inNew England Blue: Playsof Working-Class Life,Smith & Kraus, 1996
- Mackerel,Gloucester Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1978; publishedby Talonbooks Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1979
- A Christmas Carol, Scrooge and Marley(based on the novelA Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens), Baltimore, MD, 1978; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1979
- The Good Parts,produced at Actors Studio, New York City, 1979; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1983
- The Great Labor Day Classic,inHolidays,Louisville, KY, 1979, then alone, New York City, 1984; published withThe Former One-on-OneBasketball Champion,New Dramatists Play Service, 1982
- A Trilogy(also known asGrowing UpandThe Sault Ste. Marie Trilogy;based on material by Morley Torgov; containsThe ChopinPlayoffs,A Rosen by Any Other Name,andToday, I Am a FountainPen), American Jewish Theatre, New York City, 1985-1986;The Chopin Playoffspublished by Dramatists Play Service, 1987;Today, I Am a Fountain Pen(also known asIsrael Horovitz's Today, I Am a Fountain Pen) published by Dramatists Play Service, 1987;A Rosen by Any Other Namepublished by Dramatists Play Service, 1987
- Henry Lumper,Gloucester, MA, 1985, then Actors Outlet Theatre, New York City, 1989; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1990, and inNewEngland Blue: Plays of Working-Class Life,Smith & Kraus, 1996
- North Shore Fish,Workshop of the Performing Arts Theatre, 1985-1986; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1989, and inNew England Blue: Plays of Working-Class Life,Smith & Kraus, 1996
- Year of the Duck,Portland, ME, 1986, then Hudson Guild Theatre, New York City, 1987; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1988
- "Faith,"Faith, Hope, and Charity,South Street Theatre, New YorkCity, 1988-1989; published by Dramatists Play Service, 1989, and inIsraelHorovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays,Smith & Kraus, 1996
- Strong-Man's Weak Child,Los Angeles, 1990; published inNew England Blue: Plays of Working-Class Life,Smith & Kraus, 1996
- Park Your Car in Harvard Yard,Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1991-1992; published asIsrael Horovitz's Park Your Car in Harvard Yard,Samuel French (New York City), 1993, and inNew England Blue: Plays of Working-Class Life,Smith & Kraus, 1996
- Fighting over Beverley,Gloucester, MA, 1993
- Green-Eyed Monster,1993
- Unexpected Tenderness,Workshop of the Performing Arts Theatre, 1994; published inNew England Blue: Plays of Working-Class Life,Smith& Kraus, 1996
- Barking Sharks,1995
- Lebenstraum,Gloucester Stage Company, 1996, then New York City, 1997
- My Old Lady,Gloucester Stage Company, 1996, then New York City, 1997
- One Under,Gloucester Stage Company, 1997
- Captains and Courage(based onCaptains Courageousby Rudyard Kipling), 1997
- Stations of the Cross,Gloucester Stage Company, Gorton Theatre, Gloucester, MA, 1998
- Fast Hands,1999
- Also author ofThe Lounge Player.Horovitz's plays have been translated into as many as thirty languages and have been produced in several cities throughout the world.
- Play Collections
- First Season(containsThe Indian Wants the Bronx,It'sCalled the Sugar Plum,andRats), Vintage Books (New York City), 1968
- An Israel Horovitz Trilogy,Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1987
- Israel Horovitz: Collected Works,Volume I:Sixteen Short Plays(also known asWorks;containsAcrobats,Faith,The Former One-on-One Basketball Champion,The Great Labor Day Classic,The Honest-to-God Schnozzola,Hopscotch,The Indian Wants the Bronx,It's Called the Sugar Plum,Line,Morning,Play for Germs,Rats,The 75th,The Shooting Gallery,Spared,andStage Directions), Smith & Kraus (Lyme, NH), 1994
- New England Blue: Plays of Working-Class Life(containsHenry Lumper,North Shore Fish,Park Your Car in Harvard Yard,Strong Man's Weak Child,Unexpected Tenderness,andThe Widow'sBlind Date), Smith & Kraus, 1996
- Plays represented in anthologies, includingCollision Course,edited by Edward Parone, Random House (New York City), 1968;The Waterford Plays,edited by John Lahr, Grove (New York City), 1968;The Best Short Plays,edited by Stanley Richards, Chilton, 1968-1970, 1975, 1977-78; andFamous American Plays of the 1960s,edited by Harold Clurman, Dell (New York City), 1972.
Since there are a number of different Arab-Israeli Wars (wars between Israel and its neighbors) and there are different belligerents in each of them. The Arab countries most often involved have been Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. See the Table Below for more information.
Note: Every Arab-Israeli War involves Israel, although in the Persian Gulf War of 1991 Israel did not retaliate when attacked.
Note 2: Palestine can refer to Palestinian Militias, the PLO/Hamas, and the Palestinian Authority.
This list is not exhaustive.
Years of WarIsraeli NameArab NameEgyptIraqJordanLebanonPalestineSaudi ArabiaSyriaUSSR1947-1949War of IndependenceAn-Nakba (Catastrophe)YESYESYESYESYESYESYESNO1956Suez Crisis / Sinai CampaignTripartite War of AggressionYESNONONOYESNONONO1967Six-Day WarSix-Day War / An-Naksa (Setback)YESYESYESNONONOYESNO1967-1970War of AttritionWar of AttritionYESNOYESNOYESNOYESYES1973Yom Kippur WarRamadan War / October WarYESYESYESNONONOYESNO1980-1982Lebanon WarLebanese Civil WarNONONOYESYESNOYESNO1991Persian Gulf WarPersian Gulf WarYES (but against Iraq)YESNONONOYES (but against Iraq)YES (but against Iraq)DNE2006War on HezbollahIsraeli Invasion of LebanonNONONOYESNONOYESDNE2008-2009Operation Cast LeadInvasion of GazaNONONONOYES (Gaza Only)NONODNE2012Operation Pillar of DefenseOperation Blue SkyNONONONOYES (Gaza Only)NONODNE
What are the differences between Egypt and Israel cultural achievement?
Egypt has developed world renowned Mammy culture while Israel has world famous The Ten Testaments.
How does the Philippines feel about the creation of Israel?
The Philippines were one of the last countries to vote affirmatively on U.N. Resolution 181, the Partition Plan and had relations with Israel since Israel's Declaration of Independence. Currently, a large number of Filipinos work in Israel as guest workers and send remittances home to their families. In addition, many Filipinos see a parallel between the Islamic Terrorist insurgencies in their own country and the Palestinian Terror Organizations that plague Israel, increasing their solidarity with the Jewish State.
