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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
What part of Egypt did israel capture during the six day war?
During the war of 1967, Israel took control of the Sinai Peninsula. It was
returned to Egypt under the terms of the 1979 Peace Treaty.
What is the changing demographic tension in Palestine?
The issue is the Arab Palestinians, especially those locked away in refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan are out-reproducing the Israeli Jews. There is a fear that the Jewish State could be undone by population growth alone. However, within Israel, holding the current borders, the Arab-Israeli population is not increasing substantially as a percentage. (The average ultra-religious Jewish family has more children than the average Arab-Israeli family, offsetting the fact that the average Israeli Jew has fewer children than the average Arab-Israeli.)
How many medals did israel win during the winter Olympics?
Through the 2010 Games in Vancouver, Israel has not won a medal in the Winter Olympics.
How high is the sea of Galilee?
Lake Kineret (the Sea of Galilee) is Israel's largest freshwater lake.
At 209 meters (686 feet) below sea level, it's the world's lowest freshwater lake.
What was the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land seized by Muslim forces in 1291?
The last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land seized by Muslim forces in 1291 was Acre. It was taken in the Siege of Acre.
How did Israel become a kingdom?
Israel, which had been a confederation of the Israelite tribes under the Judges, became a kingdom when the Prophet Samuel anointed Saul as its first king. See 1 Samuel ch.8-10.
What did Israel take from Egypt during the 1973 war what is it?
Israel did not take anything away from Egypt in the Arab-Israeli War of 1973. In the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, Israel took the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt.
Was the first Arab nation to make peace with israel in Africa?
Yes. Egypt, the first country to make peace with Israel is in Africa.
What was the primary goal of the establishment of Israel in 1948?
It depends on whether you are referring to a short-term or long-term goal.
The long-term goal was to validate centuries of Jews trying to return to their ancestral homeland and declare a state wherein they could be free to believe as they will and live as they will in a culture that they could modulate without fear of oppression.
The short-term goal was in order to allow for Jewish immigration from Europe following the Holocaust, which was largely stalled by the British, in order to increase the numbers of Jewish Militia Members and to be able to negotiate with other states and arms dealers in order to supply these additional soldiers.
How to use Zionism in a sentence?
Zionism is the belief that the Jews should have political self-sovereignty and is the patriotic sentiment behind the Establishment of the State of Israel.
What was the Six Day War about and when did it occur?
When: June 5-10, 1967
What: Please see the Related Question below.
Was the state of israel a part of the Ottoman Empire that was ceded to the Israelis in 1923?
From 1517 until 1917, the land that is now Israel was part of the Ottoman Empire. After that, it was part of the Mandate of Palestine, until it was partitioned into Israel in 1948.
How did israel show restriant during the Persian gulf war?
There were 3 PGWs. 1. Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988 2. Operation Desert Storm Jan/Feb '91 3. Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003- Which one?
Exactly what are you asking? If you're asking where the promised land is, it is part of present-day Israel. If you're asking if they ever got it, yes they did. Why is it being battled over now? God only knows that. He could possibly be punishing his people for sin, but the thing is that even though the Muslims may be fighting the Israelis for some pieces of the Promised Land, they have not taken it, and I don't believe they ever will. At least not until it comes time for them to.
Where can you see photos of Madonna during her trip to Israel in September 2009?
http://images.google.co.il/images?hl=iw&rlz=1C1CHMB_iwIL324IL325&um=1&ei=a1WiSuP_C4KxsgbH9s3SBA&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&q=madonna+tel+aviv&spell=1&biw=1280
What conflict enabled the Israelis to take sinai peninsula?
The Israelis took the Sinai Peninsula in the Arab-Israeli War of 1956, returned it to Egypt in 1957 and retook the Sinai Peninsula in the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 and returned it between 1980-1982.
What year did Britain France and Israel invade Egypt?
It all happened in 1956 -
In July 1956 the independently owned Suez Canal was seized and nationalised by President Nasser of Egypt. They also blocked the Canal and Strait of Tiran to Israeli shipping. Almost 3 months of tense negotiation took place with Nasser refusing to give way and causing Britain and France to plan for a takeover of the Canal Zone. The Israelis, who had been subject to many raids by Egyptian sponsored terrorists, and were concerned by Egypt's large purchases of tanks and military aircraft from Russia, were ready to join Britain and France.
In late October after 3 months of inaction, Israel invaded Sinai with tanks and paratroops in an effort to open the Canal and overthrow Nasser. Britain and France followed within days, landing paratroops and Commandos all round the northern end of the Canal Zone and defeating the Egyptian forces. Within a few days the UN interrupted, demanding Britain, France and Israel to cease fighting and the Egyptians to re-open the Canal.
In 1956, Britain, France and Israel invaded Egypt. Britain and France sought to regain control of the Suez Canal. Israel wanted to end guerrilla attacks from Egypt.
Which two nations have been directly involved with the three major Arab-Israeli wars?
Egypt and Syria
Where you can buy Playstation 3 in Israel?
You can buy it in numerous shopping malls in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Herzliyya, and other smaller cities. You can also buy it on the internet.
Would ancient Israel or ancient Egypt be a better place to live in?
Answer 1
Ancient Egypt was a Superpower, something like the USA today. Of course small Israel could not be compared to Ancient Egypt.
Answer 2
It honestly depends more on personal taste and the exact time-period than the political and social differences between Ancient Egypt and Israel. It would probably be better to be a wealthy Egyptian than a wealthy Israelite, but it would probably be better to be a poor Israelite than a poor Egyptian. In antiquity, most people were poor.
Who established the independence of Israel in 1948?
David Ben Gurion of the Palestinian Jewish community declared the State of Israel in 1948 in front of fellow Zionists in Tel Aviv.
