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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 flowers in Israel?

Everything!

In aggregate, Israel's flower, plant and propagation-material export brings upward of $200 million into the economy annually. The country is third only to the Netherlands and Kenya in supplying the European Union with its flowers. Each year 1.5 billion stems are exported, double from only 10 years ago - while the number of growers engaging in export has dropped by 75 percent. The system, along with the growers, has simply become more efficient.

"Flower export works nicely with the special characteristics of Israeli export and agriculture," says Zvi Alon, director general of the Ministry of Agriculture's Foreign Trade Center, himself from a farming family. "[Even] the small family farm model, a small area yielding a lot of produce; with superintensive farming and using technology, [about five acres] can be adequate."

Israel's total agricultural yield, including agriculture-related technology and other nonedible products, is about 2 percent of the gross national product - or $3.5 billion - of which 30 percent are exports, mostly of fresh produce.

Flowers, in particular, are heavily export-centric, with 90 percent of Israeli growers shipping their blooms out of the country. In the late 1970s, Israel was the first foreign country to enter the Netherlands' auctions and trade fairs; until then, only Dutch growers were allowed to participate. The events are "very exciting, and huge," Sharoni says.

Map of Israel and Gaza?

See link below. maps-greater-israel -and-shrinking-map-of-palestine: http://tinyurl.com/cgujms

Who helped the Israelis fight the 6 day war?

Strictly speaking, no foreign power actively supported Israel during the fighting of the Six Day War.

What has been a defining feature of Israel's history with its neighbors?

Almost incessant conflict, punctuated by a new war or conflict almost every decade at least.

Where did Israel get nuclear weapons?

While it is believed that Israel has possessed nuclear weapons since 1975, they neither deny nor admit to possessing any. It's widely believed that they are a nuclear power, although they have stated they will not be the ones to introduce nuclear weapons to the Middle East.

Why does Israel continue to grow in size?

Israel has grown in size twice since it declared independence in 1948. The first time it grew was as a result of the armistices that ended the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9. The borders expanded from the UN Partition Plan to the places where the soldiers stood on the day of the armistice. These have become the de jure borders of Israel to this day (according to the International Community). Israel expanded once more in 1967 when it conquered six neighboring territories (Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, West Bank, Eastern border of the Sea of Galilee, and the Golan Heights) from its belligerent Arab neighbors in a preemptive war. However, according to UNSC Resolution 242, Israel could only hold onto those territories pending a final peace treaty.

In 1979, Israel devolved the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt for peace. In 1993, Israel devolved part of the Gaza Strip to the PLO for peace and devolved the remainder of it to the PA (the successor to the PLO) in 2005. In 1994, Israel devolved parts of the West Bank to the PLO in accordance with a peace treaty with Jordan. Contrary to what is assumed in the question, Israel has actually been shrinking in terms of what areas it controls since 1967.

What is an anti-Zionist?

An anti-Zionist is a person who is opposed to Zionism.

How do you drive from Jerusalem to the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee other than Road No. 90 through the Jordan Valley?

From Google Maps:

Google Maps routes you to the Jordan Valley by default.

The trick is to locate intermediate spots for the the route, that take you away from the valley.

Two of those spots are Zemer, and Nazereth.

( Mabye Bat Hefer instead of Zemer, because its actually on Highway 6 )

So,

Ask Google Maps,

From: Jeresaelem, Israel

to: Zemer, Israel

From: Zemer, Israel

To: Nazereth, Israel

From Nazereth, Israel

To: Dganya Aleph, Israel

Which takes you thorugh a more heavly traveled route, and probibly better roads.

P.s. I did this from Sacramento CA.

What is the zip code for 1 st Levi Eshkol Kiryat Motzkin Israil?

Use this url to find zip codes in Israel:

http://www.israelpost.co.il/zipcode.nsf/demozip

Enter the city and street (in Hebrew), and you'll get a list of zip codes, for the different numbers.

What did the pope offer the people who joined the crusades to recover the holy land?

the Pope declared the salvation of all those who fought for Christianity. This does not seem right to me.

What is the real capital of Israel?

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

The Debate

The Israeli government proclaimed the capital of Israel as Jerusalem in 1950 (although at that time it was only West Jerusalem de facto). However, the issue that a lot of international groups have with the Israeli Declaration that Jerusalem is its capital is that the city defined by the Israelis as Jerusalem contains both de jure Israeli territory (West Jerusalem) and the de jure non-Israeli territory (East Jerusalem) which is owed, theoretically, to a Palestinian State. The UN Security Resolution 478 crystallized the International Stance on this issue. If Israel, like East Germany, claimed that half of a city was its operating capital (i.e. West Jerusalem - but East Berlin in the German case), many international observers would have fewer objections to recognizing it as the capital of Israel. However, as the official Israeli capital contains territory that is not technically Israeli, many organizations and countries prefer to designate Tel Aviv, a city that is unequivocally Israeli and the site of David Ben Gurion's Declaration of Independence, as the capital. Therefore, all embassies in Israel are in Tel Aviv.

Is ben bernanke a dual citizen with Israel?

Yes he is. His full name is Ben Shalom Bernanke.

What color is the tribe of Asher in Israel and what area of Israel did they live?

The tribe of Asher used to live on the west upper Galile.

Asher tribe did not had a color, but they had a symbol-Olive Tree

Why are they fighting in the holy lands?

'They' are not fighting in the holy lands.

Except for Egyptians fighting the Egyptian government, and Syrians

fighting the Syrian government, who are attempting to overthrow their

respective governments.

How does the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over territory also involve a conflict over ideology?

There are a variety of ideological justifications that are used in both sides of the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Most conspicuously there are the religious ideas found in Judaism vs. Islam. The territory that is under dispute is considered to be sacred by both religions, and therefore, it is thought to be essential for that sacred territory to be in the possession of the correct religious group. Various other ideological elements can be found as well. Jews can claim that they were driven out of Europe by Nazi persecution and therefore have a moral right to return to their traditional home land, while Palestinians can claim that they are the victims of European colonialism. Both sides can claim, correctly, that they were promised this territory by the British Empire which formerly controlled it.

For more information on the causes of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, please see the related question below.

Why did christian pilgrims go to the holy land in turkey?

Your answer most likely resides in the book of Genesis in the 8th chapter, where you will learn the Ark rested on Mount Ararat.
Mount Ararat is in modern day Turkey. The Christians most likely went there, looking for Noah's Ark.

How old was David when Samuel anointed him King of Israel?

Many believe he was 17, but the exact number isn't in the Bible. It was 12 years before he became king after he was anointed. He was young enough to be described as a boy, but old enough to marry Saul's daughter as a reward for killing Goliath.

Are all the tribes of israel Jews?

yep,The real truth is the word Jew has its meaning from Judah and could only mean jew=Judah not any other tribe.

What does hassidic mean?

Follower(s) of one of the various groups of Hassidim, a type of very Orthodox Jews.