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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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Quran pak ka zikar surah bani israel ki kun kun ayat main hay?
quran kareem ki kis surat m bani israel ka sab se zyada zikar aaya hain..
Which former Egyptian territory occupied by Israel in the 1967 war?
Israel captured the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza strip during the 1967 war.
The Sinai Peninsula was reverted to Egypt under the 1979 peace treaty.
Israel evacuated its settlers and military from the Gaza strip in 2005, and handed
it over to the PLO. The residents of the strip trashed the economic infrastructure
inherited from Israeli settlements, and Hamas expelled the PLO.
There is presently (early 2011) no 'former' Egyptian territory occupied by Israel.
What event sparked the call for the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine?
There was no particular issue that caused Zionism as a movement. Theodor Herzl, the founder of the movement, was motivated quite strongly by the Dreyfus Affair in France. Other Zionists were motivated by other rationales or events. The worldwide (Non-Jewish) community finally embraced the Jewish Right to a State after the realization of how extensive the Holocaust was.
Why is Passover celebrated 7 days in Israel and 8 days outside of Israel?
Actually, Passover was established as a 7 day festival. In fact, Passover is still celebrated as a 7 day festival in the land of Israel. However, in the Diaspora, the festival is 8 days. The reason for this is that when the new moon was originally sanctified in Jerusalem, the messengers couldn't get to the Jews living in the diaspora in time in order to let them know when the festival was to begin. As such, Jews in the diaspora kept an extra day because of the doubt. Now, even though there is a fixed calendar, this tradition continues and the festival is 7 days in Israel and 8 days in the diaspora. The first day of Passover (first two in the diaspora) is considered a holy day (Yom Tov). On the first day the Jews left Egypt. The seventh day (and the 8th day in the diaspora) is also considered a holy day. On the seventh day the miracle of splitting the sea occurred. The days in between are the intermediate days of the festival.
What does Israel have in common with Saudi Arabia?
Is it true the Jewish prophets discourage the people in their longing to return to Israel?
This depends on the prophet, since the prophets lived at different times over the course of several centuries and their prophecies reflected the changing conditions and what God expected of them (the people) in the different times. For example, Jeremiah tells the people to settle down in Babylon and seek its peace, since the time had not yet come to do otherwise. Later, Ezra and Nehemiah encouraged the people to return to the land and personally led thousands of Jews from Babylonia back to the Holy Land.
Who was the Irish prime minister of Israel?
There has never been an Irish prime minister of Israel.
However, William Annyas became the first Jewish mayor in Ireland when he was elected
mayor of Youghal, County Cork, in 1555.
And in 1956, Robert Briscoe became the first Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin.
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Chaim Herzog was the president of Israel, though never the prime minister.
Herzog was born at Clifton Park Avenue in Belfast, Ireland, the son of notable Rabbi
Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, who was Chief Rabbi of Ireland from 1919 to 1937 (and later,
of Palestone and Israel). The family home (from 1919) was at 33 Bloomfield Avenue,
Portobello in Dublin, Ireland. Herzog studied at Wesley College, Dublin, and was involved
with the Federation of Zionist Youth during his teenage years.
What modern day countries were once part of the Israelite empire?
Part (not all) of Syria, Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon, as well as most of the Modern State of Israel and the West Bank territories.
What rights did the woman of Israel have?
Israel is a democracy, therefore women get equal rights as men. Because Israel is a democracy and everyone equals between them and in front of the law, Israel gets support by the west countries because all the Arab states - or countries that most of the population are Muslims do not give equal rights, over the years and under west organizations in the Middle East, women slowly get equal rights .
When was the biblical Israel formed?
The biblical nation was formed when the twelve tribes, guided by Joshua the successor of Moses, took possession of the land. The nation expanded under King David.
How do current tensions in israel relate to church history?
Good Question that I wondered on myself.
And amazingly the church had a very big influence on the the tensions in Isreal.
Early christianity wasn't united as it later became. They grew stronger up till the first Crusade in 1099.
And before this Crusade, Islam grew and conquered Isreal and a number of countries in the middle east. At the time Isreal wasn't a Jewish state. Jews were spread about living under non jewish rulers (like Roman Rulers, Muslim Rulers, etc.)
At first Crusade, christian Pope Urban II hyped up Christians to go to war ("Holy War") to cleanse the middle east ("holy Lands") of the Muslims. Isreal was conquered during this first Crusade. Jews who lived in Isreal under Muslim Rule were killed by the Crusaders.
From 1187 to about 18'th century, Isreal was again conquered and ruled by Muslims followers.
1917/22 Brittain captured Isreal/Palestine (I think England was a Christian Country alreday) during World War I
World War 2 (Holocaust) during 1947. Brittain let go of their mandate over Palestine and divided the country between the jews and arabs. the Arabs were not satisfied with how the land would be split between the two. And that's when they started fighting.
Basicly Brittain (the Church), left the country to the Jews and Arabs without seeing the that they keep to their parts.
Till today the Israel government is taking more and more land for themselfs in spite of the agreement that held when Brittain left.
Is mount Hermon part of one mountain or a mountain range?
Mount Hermon is the highest peak in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains which extend along the southern part of the Lebanese-Syrian border.
How long is the term in Israel?
The Presidency of Israel, which is a largely ceremonial position, has a term of 7 years, after which the President is barred from further service. The Prime Minister, the actual power in Israel, has no exact term. He is required to call elections within four years of the previous elections, but if if his party keeps winning, there is no reason that he could not serve indefinitely.
Show a map of where Israel is located?
Israel is located at the extreme eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, and is
bounded by Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt.
How do the Israelis react to the Palestinian question?
First Answer
The first objective was to get a sufficient number of Jews to migrate to Israel to make the concept of a Jewish homeland in Palestine plausible. This was achieved by both legal and illegal migration. Next, the Jews bought up rural properties, often from absentee landlords, but sometimes from the Palestinians themselves, and would assert not just land rights but also sovereign rights over the land bought by Jews. Then, they refused to employ Palestinians on the land, hoping that Palestinians would move elsewhere in search of work.
When Britain seemed likely to implement a democratic, one-state solution that would inevitably favour the Palestinians, the Zionists began a terrorist campaign with the objective of driving the British out. The British finally relented and handed the Palestinian question over to the United Nations, which at first proposed a unitary, democratic state, but then agreed to a two-state solution preferred by the Jews, with both sides having equal shares. Gradually, the Jewish negotiators whittled away the Palestinian share of the proposal, until the United Nations Green Line was reached. Fortunately, the Soviet Union and America supported the Jews in the United Nations.
In the period leading up to the Jewish declaration of independence, they armed their citizens until they were ready to begin the civil war. This was the opportunity to drive many of the Palestinians out of the area that was to become Israel, with some forced over the border into Lebanon and Jordan as refugees, while others were driven into the West Bank. The Green Line was never implemented, as the Jews expanded Israel's borders. After the declaration of independence, Israel's envoys encouraged the rulers of Jordan and Egypt to annex the West Bank and Gaza strip. This plan would mean that there no longer were any Palestinians - just Jordanians and Egyptians, but the Palestinians did not assimilate into their neighbours as planned.
After the 1967 War, Israel annexed the Palestinian territories of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem and began settling Jews in these territories. Again, the Jewish settlements were not intended to remain part of a future Palestinian sovereign state, and the Jews who settled there were not intended to become Palestinian citizens. Each new settlement simply whittled away at the Palestinian territories.
Both sides continue to attack the other; the Palestinians through the use of primitive rockets, the Israelis through military power and, unofficially, rifle fire from settlers on the West Bank. A protective wall and fence has been built between Israel and the West Bank, but in places cuts deep into Palestinian territory.
The main weapon used by the Israelis in recent years has been public opinion in western nations. The Palestinians have little ability to organise on their behalf internationally, but Jews have been able to monitor the western press and put into action letter writing campaigns and opinion articles to support the Israeli cause. At one stage, a number of internet sites called for Jews to join this campaign and gave instructions on how to pressure newspaper editors to favour Israel in news coverage, and how to have letters published. The substantial Jewish population in the United States is concentrated in a small number of states, giving them the swing vote in those states and, arguably, disproportionate political power.
In the negotiations over Palestinian statehood, time is on the Israeli side, as they continue, on one pretext or other, to expand the settlement in the Palestinian territories. Intentionally or otherwise, Israel has no good reason to rush towards a solution to the Palestinian question.
Second Answer
The above answer, while giving very accurate and precise details about how Israel has sought to form itself and the Israeli government's support of the Settlements in the West Bank, does not discuss much about the Israeli reaction to the Palestinian Question: Is Palestine a State? or Should Palestine be a State? While there are a minority of opinions on the extreme that believe emphatically that Palestine does not and should not ever exist, the vast majority of Israelis believe that Palestine should be a state. However, there are a variety of pre-requisites that the Palestinians need to do before they can become this state. These Israelis believe that first and foremost among these is to recognize the State of Israel as a Jewish State on at least the 1949 borders as a final state of negotiations. (This is as opposed to Hamas which has made it unclear if this is the first set of negotiations or final set.) Palestinians have to be willing to negotiate and respect Israel.
Most Israelis are in favor of a Palestinian State because they recognize that it is a necessity to give the Palestinians something both on account of their historical connection to the land and to maintain the Jewishness of the State of Israel, the Palestinians must be able to go somewhere.
What feast day where the Jewish people celebrating during the night of the Last Supper?
It is speculated by some that the Jewish people were celebrating the Passover seder during the Last Supper, but this is disputed.
Where are most Muslim people situated in Israel?
It depends on how you are defining Israel.
If you are defining Israel as all places under Israeli control, including the Palestinian Territories and the Golan Heights, then most Muslims are in the West Bank (about 2.4 million Muslims).
If you referring to Israel as exclusively within the 1949 ceasefire-lines (also called the 1967 borders), the majority of Muslims live in northern Israel, in the cities of Umm al-Fahm and Afula. Additionally, large numbers of Muslims are in the mixed cities of Haifa and Acre (also in the north). In fact, some parts of the Jezreel Valley (part of Northern Israel) are over 70% Muslim.
Why did the Israelites love the 10 commandments so much?
Because God spoke them to the entire assembled nation (Exodus ch.19-20).
There are several important assumptions in the question. The first assumption is that because Western countries are majority-Christian, they will naturally pursue political interests in-keeping with the values of that religion. Nothing could be further from the truth. Historically, European nations broke out of the idea of a united Christendom in the Renaissance and fought each other openly even though they had the same religion. The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) showed a pivotal turning point when Catholic France sided with the Protestant Countries against the Catholic Countries led by the Spanish/Austrian Hapsburgs. The reason for this shift was geopolitical. From that period on, Western countries would be motivated primarily due to geopolitical concerns as opposed to religious ones. It is no surprise that Jews were beginning to see toleration during this period since Christian Anti-Semitism was giving way to commercial arguments in favor of bringing skilled Jewish labor into countries that had previously expelled Jews, like England and the Low Countries.
The second assumption in this question is that Western Nations do not show favor to the Islamic World. Saudi Arabia and the other oil-rich emirates are strongly protected and defended by Western countries. The United States led the call to defend Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War to stop the Iraqi Army along with the help of nearly every Western European country. The United States has not intervened militarily in any Israeli conflict, even those with multiple armies. (It is worth noting that the Soviet Union actually did send soldiers to assist Egypt in the War of Attrition.) The United States also gives a massive amount of aid to Egypt (making it the second-highest recipient of USAID after Israel). The United States has very close diplomatic and state relationships with Turkey and Jordan. It was discovered that the United States sent more priority CIA cables to Jordan than to Israel, indicating Jordan's important role in US foreign policy.
The final assumption is that the Church still holds to the line in Matthew where Jews take upon themselves the bloodguilt for the Crucifixion. The recent Popes, and the Catholic Church in general, have made clear that this part of Matthew (if not the whole book) is a polemic and that the truth is that Romans executed Christ. Many Protestant Churches (like the Lutheran and Episcopalian Churches) got there even sooner than the Catholics. Since Christian Leadership does not hold those lines in the Book of Matthew to be necessarily authentic or worth following, Christian Leadership does not even advocate for them.
However, even with all of these misconceptions, there is still clear support from the United States towards Israel in a way that is unique and different from the US interaction with the Islamic World. The United States support for the State of Israel comes from a variety of sources. Firstly, the two nations both have liberal democracies creating a similar cultural and political base. Israel has cooperated with the United States on diplomatic issues, military and intelligence exchanges, large amounts of trade, and significant technological investment. In addition, there a numerous Americans who support the State of Israel because of religious convictions on top of the already-listed reasons.
