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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 did the British Government leave Palestinians to fend for themselves against the Zionists?
By the late 1940s, Britain was tiring of the "Palestinian problem", having suffered too many casualties at the hands of the Jewish terrorist gangs. They decided to leave the problem to the United Nations to solve, and simply left the Palestinians to fend for themselves. The result was a short, one-sided civil war, followed by the declaration of independence by the new state of Israel.
Answer 2
In addition to what is stated in Answer 1, the British were equally tired of having to restrain Arab militants who were violently attacking Jewish settlements and forcibly evicting Jews from their dwellings. The British were tired of tryng to mediate a problem that did not look like it could be resolved. The British actually abstained from the vote on UNGA Resolution 181 (II) because it did not agree with the Partition Plan, but did not wish to militarily oppose it.
Additionally, the Palestinian Civil War of 1947-1948 (the first part of the Jewish-Arab Engagement of 1947-1949) was not a "short civil war" as it took a total of six months. Compare this to nearly every other Israeli engagement with the Arab States (1956, 1967, 1973, etc. where the conflict was a month or less).
9th September 1993 : Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat may well sign an agreement in Washington this week that might pave the way for peace between Jews and Arabs after 45 years of war. Or possibly it is your birthday?
What was the point of establishing Israel?
To make a homeland for the Jews after the Holocaust.
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What is the demographic breakdown of the city of Haifa in Israel?
80% - Israeli Jews
19% - Arab Citizens of Israel
1% - Other
80% - Jewish
10% - Various and Nonreligious
6% - Christian Arab
4% - Muslim
How much does it cost to go on a pilgrimage to Israel?
do you mean mecca?
anyways it depends on where you live, look it up yourself.
How easy is it to travel in Israel and Jordan alone?
I can not answer about Jordan, but I can certainly give up-to-date information about Israel.
It is perfectly safe to travel on you own in Israel - whether you are male or female. Sanitary level is excellent and it is safe to drink the water or eat in any standard restaurant. Just judge the place by how clean it looks. I would not eat in a restaurant in a side street of a big market (like Hacarmel market in Tel Aviv), but I would feel ok buying food in the street (you should try Falafel) or sit in any fast food restaurant, and of course, higher class restaurants are a real treat.
As for walking around, the places to keep away from are first of all Arab neighborhoods and the Palestinian Territory. These places are ridden with crime and drugs, and political unrest may cause the place to boil in a matter of minutes. The cities I would avoid are Ramle and Lod (two adjacent cities known for a high level of crime and drugs) as well as some regions of Tel Aviv in what is called the Old Central Bus Station. They are ok during the day, but stay away from there at night.
Transportation is easy and bus service is adequate. There is a subway only in Haifa, and it goes up and down the mountain (only 7 stations). The train is a bit slow and at the moment train service to the south has been suspended due to maintenance work. Taxi service is fast and not terribly expensive. There is also a taxi service that works like a bus - a taxi on a set route which leaves as soon as it fills up by passengers - the price is only slightly higher than bus fare (Taxi Sherut).
All in all, I, as a woman, have traveled alone all around Israel without any problem.
Welcome and enjoy your visit.
What are the best pick up bars in tel aviv Israel?
The best pick up bars in tel aviv include Molly Blooms, Betty Ford, Abraxas among others.
Are 1978 50 dollar bill from Israel worth anything?
No. In 1978, Israel had "Old" Israeli Shekels, not dollars. The "Old" Israeli Shekels only have value as a collectors item, not as a currency.
Why is Israel allowed nuclear weapons but not Iran?
Answer 1
It is the policy of double standards adopted by the West. They want Israel to be the only dominating power in the Middle East.
US always supports Israel in UN by veto and UN can not have any limitation for Israel.
Answer 2
Iran is a country that has made clearly bellicose statements about how it would like to remake the Middle East. It has endorsed Hezbollah's violent attacks on the Lebanese Government, stalled progress in Syria by arming the vile Bashar al-Assad, threatened the Gulf Countries with violence, claimed a mandate to overthrow Bahrain's monarchy and liberate the Shiites of Bahrain and east Saudi Arabia, it has sent the Al-Kutz forces into Iraq to further inflame religious and ethnic tensions in Iraq, systematically and violently attacked the Balochi minority in the southwest and the Kurdish minority in the northeast, prevented the expression of Sunni Islam in its borders and violently attacked Sunnis gathering to pray - never mind the Baha'i, Yarsan, and Jewish minorities, repressed its own citizens in the Green Revolution of 2009 through violence and intimidation, and last but not least, has made clear that it wishes to remove Israel from the map.
Israel has done nothing even remotely similar. While the Occupation of Palestinian Territories is definitely problematic, it is not a crime or a threat on the order of magnitude of the Iranian crimes.
The West is quite reasonably afraid of a country like Iran acquiring nuclear missiles. This is the same reason why Western countries are opposed to North Korea having nuclear missiles.
How long does it take to get an email from Israel to Texas?
It takes 12 years because the email has to be sent by wire all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. This takes most of the time because they have to build a wire especially for your house. Then it has to be sorted out in a computer room and translated to your language and make sure nothing bad is in your email. You know, cause they read it. AND THAT'S HOW LONG IT TAKES.
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How where the high priests of Israel chosen?
Hebrews 5:4-"Also, a man takes this honor, not of his own accord, but only when he is called by God, just as Aaron also was" High priests were chosen from the line of Aaron, generally the firstborn.
Why was Jesus crucified outside the city of Jerusalem?
In the Old Testament, God gave instructions to the jews to never use nails
inside Jerusalem. This is why everything in Jerusalem is made of marble, rather
than wood that requires nails. So, since a crucifixion required nails, they had to
take Jesus outside of the city's gates to Golgotha.
Fascinating!
Right here, in three or four short lines . . .
-- We learn that the forces of the Roman empire that occupied the holy land
were sensitive to the instructions of the old testament, and adhered to them,
apparently so as to avoid upsetting the locals. (Presumably right up until they
defiled and destroyed the locals' Holy Temple of the old testament less than
50 years later.)
-- We learn that it was the followers of the old testament, aka Jews, who
crucified Jesus.
-- We learn for the first time that crucifixion was a routine method of execution
among adherents of the old testament. We didn't know this, because it isn't
mentioned anywhere in the old testament, even where the methods of legal
execution are explicitly listed.
-- We learn for the first time that the old testament prohibits the use of mails
anywhere inside Jerusalem. We didn't know this either, because we don't find it
stated anywhere in the old testament.
In what ways did religion unite the people of ancient Israel?
Common ancestoral belief ............. They were all freed from slavery !
When did Israel stop speaking Aramaic?
The diaspora of the Jews caused the language to no longer be spoken in the land of Israel, though Arabic is a daughter of Aramaic, so even during the early Arabian conquests, a form of Aramaic persisted. However, the Jewish people never stopped using Aramaic altogether. The Oral law, recorded in the volumes of the Gemara (Talmud) are written in Bavli and Yerushalmi Aramaic. Thus, scholarship among devout Jews maintains a healthy level of Aramaic.
Why did Canaanites continue to live in Israel?
The Israelites were commanded to take Canaan (Israel) from the Canaanites (Deuteronomy ch.7), but they did so incompletely, allowing Canaanites to remain in various regions (Judges ch.1-2).
How did Judah come to be Palestine?
The Romans changed the name of the territory after a Jewish revolt, from Iudea (Judea) to Palaestina (Palestine) in order to discourage further insurrections.
Why can't Israelis and Palestinians live together?
Answer 1
The problems between Israelis and Palestinians are based on territorial claims. When the United Nations passed the resolution granting the creation of sovereign Israeli State, problems began. The people called Palestinians, most of which were Muslims, believed that the territory belonged to them. With the aid of other Islamic States in the Middle East, there were decades of violence and wars. These acts of violence only made the situation worse. There are now negotiations between Israel and the people representing the Palestinians. There is a distinct belief that the violence will be ended and that peace will come to that region.
Answer 2
The problem actually started prior to the Israeli State's creation and independence. There had been constant repression of the indigenous Jews in Ottoman Palestine (1800s), including some small pogroms. However, a proper conflict did not emerge until the 1920s and 1930s with the confrontations between immigrant Zionist Jews and the indigenous Arabs. Before that point, the immigration into the land had been a small trickle and Arabs were not terribly concerned. However, the Jewish immigration in the 1920s was quite large and disruptive. By the mid 1930s, both sides had developed militias which they used both to attack British colonial institutions and each other. Jews also flooded back to the Holy Land following World War II, since they felt that they would always be persecuted in countries where they were the minority. In 1947, as UN Resolution 181 was being debated, a full-scale war erupted between the Jewish militias and the Arab militias. When Israel declared its independence in 1948, the Arab States joined in the War which caused it to be internationally recognized and called the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9. The on and off conflict that has remained unresolved for over half a century now.
Today, the primary issue is that both the Jews and the Palestinians say that they are willing to tolerate the presence of the other, but only if they are in control. Neither side really wants to take the needs, desires, and fears of the other group into consideration. Jews often pretend that the atrocities that took place during the Nakba did not happen, that Palestinians do not have a unique ethnic identiy, and that Palestinians suffer under the Occupation of the West Bank and the blockade around Gaza. Palestinians often do not to understand the prevalence of Anti-Semitism worldwide and the fear culture it creates, how Jews see their history in the Islamic countries, and why Jews are bothered by the idea of complete Palestinian Right of Return.
To read more about the causes of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, please see the Related Questions below.
Who is the President of Israel?
Shimon Peres is the current President of the state of Israel. 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.
The President of Israel is Shimon Peres, a member of the Kadima party, he took office in 15 July 2007
