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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
Does Israel read left to right?
Israel doesn't read. But a great majority of its population are educated, literate
people ... the highest in that part of the world, in fact ... and there are a great
many languages read by the people who live there. Some languages read from
left to right, others read from right to left, and there are even a few that read from
top to bottom.
The languages that are spoken and read by the greatest number of people in
Israel are the three official and semi-official languages of the country, and here
are their directions:
-- Arabic . . . . . official . . . . . right to left
-- Hebrew. . . . official . . . . . right to left
-- English . . . semi-official . . left to right
Who is the President of Israel in 2013?
Shimon Peres is the President of the State of Israel in 2013. Peres was elected by the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) for the presidency on 13 June 2007 and sworn into office on 2007 July 15 for a seven-year term, becoming the 9th President of Israel. He also previously served as the 8th Prime Minister of Israel.
It should be noted that the Israeli President is a largely ceremonial position, like the Queen of England is today. The person with real power in Israel is the Prime Minister and as of 2012, that is Benyamin Netanyahu.
Why did many people proclaim Jesus as king of Israel?
The people were looking for the messiah who was prophesied to come in the Jewish (Old Testament) writings.
When people saw the many miracles that Jesus did and heard His teaching they believed Jesus was the messiah. They thought He was going to deliver Israel from Roman rule and be king of Israel.
So when Jesus was crucified their hopes were lost. Jesus' disciples also did not fully understand what had happened until Jesus appeared to them after His resurrection and taught them more about why He had to die.
What are some problems Israel faced right after independence?
Conflict with Arab nations and Palestinians
Who WAS Israel is the question. Bruddah Iz was the most popular entertainer in Hawaii before his tragic death in 1997- a great singer. We miss you, bra....
Was the modern state of Israel found in 1937?
It was found long before 1937, but
it was not founded until 1948.
In a map of all the land promised by God, there would be no modern Israel at all. The reality is that God never actually promised any land to the Israelites. The Bible talks of the lands that the Jews wanted to belong to them and which they therefore claimed that God had promised them, but these accounts were written by humans. In fact, the Book of Joshua was written as late as the seventh century BCE, almost seven hundred years after the legendary Joshua supposedly parcelled out the land.
For much of their history, the combined lands of Israel and Judah were not much larger than the modern Palestinian territory of the West Bank, which Israel actually refers to as 'Samaria [Israel] and Judah'.
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It would look like it does now, with the land extending further south, north (into southern Lebanon) and east. See Genesis 15, Numbers 34, Deuteronomy 11:24 and 19:8-9.
What are the minor religions in israel?
16% of Israelis are Muslim (about 1,300,000 inhabitants), while the remaining 8.7% (about 700,000 individuals) include: Christians (2%), Druze (1.5%), Bahai, smaller numbers of many other religions, and residents who do not have a religious classification (4%). The majority religion in Israel is Jewish (75%).
What do ultra-orthodox Jews believe the government should do?
Which government?
In Israel:
1) Many Jewish immigrants were encouraged or pressured (especially in the 1950s) to leave their Orthodoxy. This still happens, through such avenues as the media, which is largely very anti-Torah. Obviously, we religious Israelis would like to see that change.
2) The official, gov't sponsored majority school system (mamlakhti) is secular. Rates of alcohol-use, drug use and violence (for example) are much higher than among religious school students. Here too, we would like to see change. However, the secular establishment is so "allergic" to Torah that they prefer to endure the ills of their society (teen suicides, teen abortions, etc.), rather than try encouraging stronger Judaism as a solution.
3) The government has sponsored such forbidden things as digging up graves, public Sabbath-violations, and tens of other examples.
4) Unlike in the U.S.A., when a politician here (except in the minority religious parties) invokes mention of God, it creates a political brouhaha, as if a contemptible thing has been committed.
5) The religious community is discriminated against in housing, allocations, school funding, etc.
These are just a very few examples.
See also:
•90% Jews
•5% Muslim
•2-4% Christian
•1-2% all the others
How many festival days is Israel supposed to observe?
Israel observes all Jewish holidays, though not all are bank holidays.
Here is a list of Jewish Holidays:
1 Rosh Hashanah - The Jewish New Year
2 Aseret Yemei Teshuva - Ten Days of Repentance
3 Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement
4 Sukkot - Feast of Booths (or Tabernacles)
5 Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
6 Hanukkah - Festival of Lights
7 Tenth of Tevet
8 Tu Bishvat - New Year of the Trees
9 Purim - Festival of Lots
10 Pesach - Passover
11 Sefirah - Counting of the Omer
12 Lag Ba'omer
13 Shavuot - Feast of Weeks - Yom HaBikurim
14 Seventeenth of Tammuz
15 The Three Weeks and the Nine Days
16 Tisha B'av - Ninth of Av
17 Rosh Chodesh - the New Month
18 Shabbat - The Sabbath - שבת
19 Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance day
20 Yom Hazikaron - Memorial Day
21 Yom Ha'atzmaut - Israel Independence Day
22 Yom Yerushalaim - Jerusalem Day
Why is the Israeli flag being flown across Belfast and Bangor?
As this is the week of the 12th of July, it could be a show of support by members of the unionist and loyalist communities in Northern Ireland for the people of Israel.
As this is the week of the 12th of July, it could be a show of support by members of the unionist and loyalist communities in Northern Ireland for the people of Israel.
As this is the week of the 12th of July, it could be a show of support by members of the unionist and loyalist communities in Northern Ireland for the people of Israel.
As this is the week of the 12th of July, it could be a show of support by members of the unionist and loyalist communities in Northern Ireland for the people of Israel.
As this is the week of the 12th of July, it could be a show of support by members of the unionist and loyalist communities in Northern Ireland for the people of Israel.
As this is the week of the 12th of July, it could be a show of support by members of the unionist and loyalist communities in Northern Ireland for the people of Israel.
As this is the week of the 12th of July, it could be a show of support by members of the unionist and loyalist communities in Northern Ireland for the people of Israel.
As this is the week of the 12th of July, it could be a show of support by members of the unionist and loyalist communities in Northern Ireland for the people of Israel.
As this is the week of the 12th of July, it could be a show of support by members of the unionist and loyalist communities in Northern Ireland for the people of Israel.
As this is the week of the 12th of July, it could be a show of support by members of the unionist and loyalist communities in Northern Ireland for the people of Israel.
As this is the week of the 12th of July, it could be a show of support by members of the unionist and loyalist communities in Northern Ireland for the people of Israel.
In what year did Israel Kamakawiwo'ole record Over the Rainbow?
Israel Kamakawwiwo'ole recorded Over The Rainbow in 1993. He has a very strong influence on Hawaian music especially since his passing in 1997 at the age of 38.
The Israelite clans, or tribes as they are called came from the twelve sons of Jacob.
Jacob had two wives and each wife had a handmaiden. Leah, Jacobs first wife bore him 1. Reuben, 2. Simeon, 3. Levi, and 4. Judah.
Rachel was Jacob's second wife but she was baren so she gave her handmaid (Bilhah) to Jacob to bear children in her name. 5. Dan, 6. Naphtali.
Then Leah seeing she bore no more children gave Jacob her handmaid (Zilpah). 7. Gad, 8. Asher.
Then God opened Leah's womb again and she bore 9. Issachar, 10. Zebulun.
Later God opened Rachel's womb and she bore 11. Joseph, and 12. Benjamin.
When the tribes were given their inheritance Levi was chose as the priestly tribe and served only in that position and were not counted as part of the twelve tribes.
Joseph was not counted as a tribe, but his two sons were, Ephraim and Manasseh.
So taking this into consideration there are still twelve tribes for Israel.
Who was the prophet carried away from Israel in 597 BC?
Jeremiah was in prison in Israel when the Babylonians overran Jerusalem in 587 BC; however, the Babylonians did not take him hostage.
Lod is a couple of kilometers due south of the Ben Gurion international airport. It is about eight kilometers east of Rishon Letzion, and 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv.
What is the zip code of afula israel?
Afula is an entire city, containing hundreds of zip codes. If you write 1810000 or 1820000, it should work. Israel uses a seven-digit code.
What do people think of Israel?
You better not know what people think of Israel. Leave the war alone and you got a dumb country, you know how many lies people spread about israel? It's not so much technologically advanced as people might tell you, there's no industry here at all, everything is in-sourced.
People don't know how to drive here, everything costs a fortune, even insurance (Ah, yeah, how much did you pay for that vw golf over there? what? $400 ? I didn't hear you, but it costs here around the $2000). Wanna know how much coca-cola costs here? $2 for a can!
Wanna know how much the average (Not counting millionaires who stole from israel, in one way or another) folk makes a month? 5000 ILS (That's barely $1400).
Come here only if you're rich, and then again, I wouldn't wonder why more than half your pocket is gone, because of nothing.
Source? Duh, I live here... not for long, suckers.
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Another contributor observed:
Well ! After reading that, can there be any doubt that even in Israel,
it takes all kinds.
But when you think about it, you realize how totally honest this answer is:
The question asks about the opinions of "people". The first answer outlines
the impression and opinion of this one single individual, but he holds them
so viscerally that he honestly believes that his opinion is shared by everyone.
It's obvious that what Israel offers is not what he's looking for. We're sure he'll
be a lot happier once he leaves. We wish him well, and know that the feeling
will be mutual.
Does Trader Joe's buy products made in Israel?
Indeed they do! Israel has amazing produce and ethnic foods (like seelan-date syrup)
Trader Joe's sells groceries from all over the world because they recognize the health benefits, variety and global palate of their customers.
They do not use products as political tools or to make any statements about political causes nor do they have any intention of removing any products based on pressure from any group, no matter what they support or don't support. They believe their customers are smart, and they are capable of making decisions about what they purchase.
Does Israel provide gender reassignment surgery?
The State of Israel is a modern western country and a parlementary democraty, the only in the Middle East. When an Israeli citizen is declared transsexual after a psycological research etc and the citizen wants to change from gender, probably gender reassignment surgery is no problem. Israel has a large by government accepted LGBT-community. Gay, Lesbian and Transgenders are allowed to serve in the army and are protected by law against discrimination. Dana International (Yaron Cohen first, now Sharon Cohen) is a famous Israeli Transsexual singer. She joined the Eurovision Song Festival this year, and in the 90s she even won one time.
Why is israel competing in the European athletics championships?
Because their Athletics Federation is a member of European Athletics. A full list of members can be found on the European Athletics website. Israel also 'competes', if that is the correct expression, in The Eurovision Song Contest!
