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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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Why can you not enter the UAE with an Israel stamp?
Even though the rest of the world recognizes Israel as a state, the UAE does not.
An unhelpful answer - the correct answer is from the UAE Embassy in Washington DC and applies to US citizens with US passports:
"All Americans with US passports valid for more than six months are welcome to enter the UAE, and no longer need to obtain a visa to enter the country if the duration of stay is less than one month. This includes US citizens with visas or entry stamps from other countries." This means you CAN enter the UAE with a US passport that bears a stamp from Israel.
Answer 1
No. Israel is a democratic country.
Answer 2
The definition of "terrorism" is "the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes"
Just by reading that definition, you get the answer.
Answer from Israel:
Israel is a country which has had to contend with the terrorists and terrorism of its neighbors for many decades. Unlike them, it avoids targeting civilians. Unlike them, it has rights for women, complete free-speech, minorities, etc. Israel yearns for peace and makes deep concessions to those who hint at a willingness to work things out, though these offers are often rebuffed with renewed terrorism (Intifada of 2000).
Unfortunately, because of the near-constant attacks which are inflicted on it, Israel is compelled to maintain a high level of security. Anti-Israelis and anti-Semites seize on this to accuse Israel of crimes that its neighbors are ones who are perpetrating, though to the unbiased eye the difference is very clear. Ask yourself:
when is the last time that an Israeli exploded a car bomb in an Arab neighborhood?
When is the last time that Israel's enemies gave Israeli citizens advance notice of an attack, warning civilians to take cover?
Is alcohol readily available for purchace in Israel?
Yes, alcohol is readily available for purchase in Israel. There is a wide variety same as any European country, with a liquor license required in order to sell. Alcohol is sold to adults over the age of 18. One may find alcohol for sale in every convenience store, supermarket, restaurant, hotel, etc.
Where can you find Nu Skin in Israel?
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Who did israel and iraq gain independence from?
Israel and Iraq both gained their independence from the UNITED KINGDOM.
Israel was previously the BRITISH MANDATE FOR PALESTINE from 1919-1948, which was a territory in the Middle East under British Occupation. Contrary to the view that Israel became independent from "Palestine", the territory was not an autonomous country or region called Palestine prior to independence. To say this would be as absurd as saying that the United States gained independence from the Native Americans instead of saying that it got independence from Great Britain.
Iraq was similarly a British Mandate from 1919-1932.
Why does Obama allow Israel to steal Palestinian land and kill Palestinians?
Answer 1
Israel is an independent country and there is no country called/named Palestine. Palestine is a British invention. With that said, Pres. Obama is not allowing Israel to steal Palestinian land anymore than he is allowing Palestinians to shoot their rockets/ missiles into Israel.
Rather than stealing land, Israel has been giving land to a people who did not exist as a people only 100 years ago.
There are lots of Arab and Muslims nations in the Middle East, but only one democracy, that being Israel. Israel is the only country in the Middle East that guarantees the rule of law to all population - the chances of a poor Muslim becoming rich in Israel are far greater than in the Gaza Strip, in Tunisia (a very good country), in Morocco (another good country), in Egypt, certainly better than in Iran (a racist country - the name alone says it all: "Home of the Aryans"), and anywhere else in the Middle East.
Back to the point though, Pres. Obama is not allowing Israel to steal land from the Palestinians because: 1) it's not happening; and 2) Israel is an independent country with a responsibility to protect her inhabitants, something very few Middle Eastern countries do, and Israel protects both Israeli Jews and Muslims (can you imagine Iran providing gas masks to Jews if attacked with chemical weapons? Israel did provide gas masks to all her citizens, Jews, Muslims, Christian and so forth when Saddam Hussein bombed Israel during the first Gulf War - bombings which in the end harmed more Muslims than Jews).
Is Israel a perfect State? No. No country is. Israel is the most tolerant and moderate country in the Middle East though.
Answer 2
Israel is an independent country and although there is - and was - no sovereign country per se called/named Palestine, the land now known as Israel had previously been known as Palestine for centuries, and its inhabitants known as Palestinians. Prior to the self-establishment of Israel in 1948, the vast majority of people living in Palestine were not Jewish, but this majority was mostly ethnically-cleansed by Israel following the Arab/Israel war. According to the Jewish Virtual Library, in 1946 the total population of Israel was 1,810,037 with 30% being Jewish (up from 1882's total population of about 300,000, 8% of whom were Jewish), yet in 1948 the total population had gone down to 872,700, 82% of whom were Jewish. This ethnic cleansing was accomplished by a combination of the denial of the right to return home following the end of the war, forced evictions and massacres such as that which took place at Deir Yassin. It is not for no reason that nearly every single Israeli prime minister has previously been an officer in the Israeli army.
With that said, Pres. Obama is not 'allowing' Israel to steal Palestinian land any more than he is allowing Palestinians to shoot their rockets/ missiles into Israel. Despite Israel being by far the largest recipient of US military aid, the US does not have a direct influence on Israeli military policy. However it is true that the US could, if it chose, express its disapproval of the illegal expropriation of Palestinian-inhabited land for the construction of racially-segregated Jewish-only settlements with the withdrawal of some or all of its military aid, and an examination of the available information about why that doesn't happen is a worthy journey all of its own.
Israel's position on its actions is that rather than stealing land, Israel has been giving land to a people who did not exist as a people only 100 years ago. However it must be borne in mind at all times when thinking of the conflict that Israel was established in 1948 as a Jewish state against the express wishes of that non-Jewish majority population who inhabited the land it claimed, and that the borders initially claimed by Israel were drawn up without the agreement of the majority of the people who lived there, and were manifestly unfair in that the majority of the land - and the majority of the best land - was given to the population with the smallest numbers, namely the Jewish population. The non-Jewish majority inhabitants of Palestine were not responsible for the horrors visited on Jews over the centuries leading up to WW2, but it is they who have borne the cost of the establishment a Jewish sovereign state and who continue to bear that cost as their lands are taken, their homes destroyed and 'security walls' built which separate them from the lands their families have worked for centuries in the name of protecting Jews from the repercussions of Israels long-running colonial project - the longest-running in the world today, and illegal under international law.
Israelis are very fond of saying that although there are lots of Arab and Muslims nations in the Middle East, but only one democracy, that being Israel, however this is incorrect, as Tunisia, Lebanon, Turkey and Morocco are also democratic states. Whilst Israel claims that is the only country in the Middle East that guarantees the rule of law to all population, this claim must be contrasted with the reality of life for Palestinians living in the West Bank: they live under Israeli military law that is not applied to Jews who live amongst them in the ethnically-segregated settlements built on land illegally expropriated from non-Jewish Palestinian communities. It is also uncertain which law allows, for example, the collective punishment of Gaza's civilian population during Israel's ground and air attacks on Gaza in response to Gazan rocket fire. Some Israelis give the fact that the chances of a poor Muslim becoming rich in Israel are far greater than in the Gaza Strip as an example of the superiority of Israeli tolerance but it is clear that this difference is due more to the decades-long siege which Israel continues to inflict on the Gaza Strip following the withdrawal of its illegal Jewish-only settlements there. Whilst this withdrawal is proudly touted as evidence that the territory is no longer 'occupied', the degree of control Israel exerts on Gaza's borders, fishing fleet, airspace, imports, exports, power, water and even the calorie intake of its residents has not changed its status as an occupied territory in the eyes of the world.
What was the main reason for the breakup of the Kingdom of Israel?
After Solomon's death, the people approached his son Rehav'am (Rehoboam) and asked that he now lower the tax. He ignored the counsel of his elder advisers and refused the people's request. This led the Ten Tribes to turn away from him (1 Kings ch.12).
What patriarch of the Ancient Israelites led the 12 Tribes of Israel to Mount Sinai?
None. Moses led the 12 Tribes of Israel to Mount Sinai, but he was not one of the Israelite patriarchs.
Why does Al-Qaeda hate Israel?
Al-Qaeda claims that all Jews are part of Zionist Conspiracy to rule the world and kill all Muslims, which is both absurd and reeks of Anti-Semitism. As Israel is a political manifestation by Jews, they naturally loathe it. It adds insult to injury that Israel is located on territory that they deem to be "Islamic Land" since it has previously been under the control of Islamic Empires.
What is the currency in Tel Aviv?
The currency everywhere in Israel is the New Israeli Shekel (NIS), which trades at
roughly 3.6 NIS per US dollar.
The short answer is 'several people'. Nahash, coming from a root word meaning 'serpent', was a unisex name; like 'Lesley' it could be either a boy or girl's name. In the ancient Levant (Bible lands of Palestine), the bible mentions 2 specific persons in 2nd Samuel chapters 10-12.
The first Nahash was King of Ammon, and suffered a minor defeat by King Saul; two of his sons eventually succeeded him during the reign of King David (1077-1037 BC). The second Nahash was the parent of David's two older half-sisters, Zeruiah and Abigail. If that Nahash was female, she was David's mother, if male, the former husband of David's mother (his father, of course, was Jesse). Scholars generally believe Nahash was the (possibly) non-Israelite father of David's half-sisters and that his mother was a widow with two young daughters when she married Jesse.
The text of the Bible is ambiguous on the second Nahash's gender, perhaps deliberately so. Later on, some scholars (with no evidence but considerable vehemence) insisted Nahash was another name of Jesse, which is highly unlikely.
However, it is possible that as an enemy of Saul, David was given shelter by King Nahash, despite the Ammonites technically being considered reprehensible by the ancient Israelites. As today, names tended to be familial, tribal, national; perhaps David got a warm welcome from the Ammonite king because his two half-sisters were Nahash's relatives-possibly as close as nieces or granddaughters through a dead namesake son. Nahash wasn't a popular Hebrew name, though not entirely unheard of.
It would have been highly inconvenient for later Rabbis of the more radical type to have it known that the glorious King David's mother a) was married to someone else before Jesse, b) that her first husband was a non-Jew, c) that he belonged to the despised Ammonites and d) was probably/possibly a member of the Ammon Royal Family.
Of course that theory is just conjecture, but it could account for the deliberate ambiguity that David's family is treated with in the Bible, which is unusual given that usually great clarity was utilised to establish relationships.
For example, David was born in 1107 BC, and was only 14 when he first encountered Saul and Jonathan, in 1094-3BC. Although he and Jonathan became great friends, they did not even register each other's existence until David became a semi-permanent member of Saul's royal retinue 18 months later in 1092 BC.
The point is however that in 1194 BC, David's father Jesse was "already old amongst men" (1st Samuel 17:12). Since the Israelites were accustomed to persons living lifespans of 70-80 years, Jesse must have been at least 85 years old in 1192 BC for his lifespan to have been so noteworthy.
In short, Jesse was either not monogamous, or he had been widowed at least once (like David's mother) and David's mother had to be at least 40 years younger that Jesse (b.abt 1180-1175 BC) to have been of childbearing age in 1107, when she had David. Given she already had two young daughters, it is likely she was probably in her late 20s/early 30s in 1107 bC.
It is therefore highly likely that at least Jesse's 3 eldest sons, Eliab, Abinadab and Shimmea, if not more, were also half-brothers of David, by an earlier or the primary wife of Jesse. Altogether he had 8 sons, though the 7th born died without any children and is unnamed in the bible.
As a man "mighty in wealth", Jesse might have been tempted to have wives and concubines, and he was also unlikely to have many rivals for his fortune; his father Obed was the son of Boaz (an extremely rich Israelite) and Ruth the Moabitess - given Boaz was in his 60s-70s when Obed was born, it is highly probable Obed was an only child who inherited his father's entire fortune. 1st Samuel 17 highlights the 'bad blood' between David and Eliab, Jesse's firstborn and heir, making it more likely they were half-brothers. David certainly had a great deal more to do with his half-sisters' sons during his reign, indicating a lack of emotional closeness to Jesse's other sons.
It is possible, though no evidence exists, that Jesse married consecutively rather than concurrently - his first 3 sons could have been by his first wife; sons 4,5 and 6 by his second wife or a simultaneous wife or concubine, then sons 7 and 8 could have been by David's mother; perhaps David's only full brother was the 7th, immediately his elder, who died as a young man without children. There is no way to know.
Finally, one possibility to really confuse - it is entirely possible that Nahash was a title rather than a personal name, like Pharaoh, and Abimelech and Jabin were titles rather than names. A more modern parallel, though fanciful, is that of Merlin and Arthur - Merlin, the ancient name for Eagle was a title, not a name, and so was Arthur, deriving from a title meaning 'Bear'; in ancient tribes, names had great significance, so calling a great warrior or wise man (magician) Nahash (snake like cunning) or the Bear (Arthur) was a bit of propaganda. Again, there is no way to know due to the immense span of time since that period, but it is interesting to speculate on the deliberate ambiguity that seems to exist in the text on the issue of who Nahash really was.
Why is salad the most favorite food in Israel?
Tomatoes and olives and salad are very plentiful in Israel. Israelis are also people who like to eat healthy foods. The Israelis have taken desert land and made it into farm land. Salad is just one of the staples of the Israeli diet.
Will the government of Israel rebuild the Temple if not who?
It is very unlikely that the government of Israel will ever rebuild the temple. There is a Muslim holy site on the Temple Mount. Furthermore, the Israeli government is not a religious government.
Moreover, Orthodox Jews believe the Temple cannot be rebuilt until the messiah comes.
Difficult to tell. You would need to have them analysed to find out
Is the kingdom of god the kingdom of Israel's?
The kingdom of God is spoken about in the book of daniel 2:44, as crushing and putting an end to all earthly Goverments,it is the tool God will use to make the Earth the way it should have been originaly, matt 6:10,the Kingdom would be preached globaly during the time of Christ presence{the time of the end}matt 24:14 God will answer this qeustion for you soon ,Will you like the answer?
Why did the nation of Israel split into two kingdoms?
The immediate reason was because the king, Rehoboam, flouted the advice of his elder advisers and turned down the people's request that he lower the taxes. This led the Ten Tribes to secede from his kingdom (1 Kings ch.12).The background reason was because King Solomon was less than perfectly righteous. This led God to punish him by diminishing his dynasty during the reign of his son (Rehoboam). See 1 Kings ch.11.
What is the Israels main relion?
The main religion in Israel is Judaism with 76.4% of the population following it.
Who are the current leaders of Israel and Palestine?
As of May 4, 2013, the leader of Israel is Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, the leader of the Palestinian Authority is Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, and the leader of Hamas is Ismail Haniyeh.
What was the goal of the revolt led by Judah Maccabeus and his brothers against the Syrians?
The goal was to end the forced assimilation of Jews by the Syrians and to reclaim their country.
