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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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If I was a palestinian I would want the entire world to be a Palestinian state. If was an Arabian I would want the entire world to be slaves of the Arabian people. If I was a Jew I would want the land of Israel to be a homeland for the people who believe in the Jewish faith so there would be at least one place on earth where wearing a Jewish round hat to be normal and not weird.
I think Palestinans are lucky to have Jordan, and if they were good people they would stop sending missles into Israel and be good neighbors.
How has Arab rejection of the state of Israel contributed to the ongoing conflict?
When countries have disputes, in many cases their representatives sit down and discuss the issues, enabling compromise or at least a civilized disagreement. But when they refuse to even accept the very existence of their perceived enemy, the hostility can remain indefinitely, causing problems for both sides, and making war a realistic scenario. Take for example the case of the two Koreas.
Arab rejection of Israel has forced Israel to highly militarize itself in an effort to ward off its own eradication at the hands of those who have loudly called for its destruction. This contributes to the regional arms race.
Arab rejection of Israel has also been translated into thousands of attacks against Israel over the last seven decades, against which Israel defends itself, and these events become an ongoing vicious cycle.
- When Israel's neighbors have pursued a policy of discussion and debate, solutions have been implemented, not only argued over. Israel pulled out of Sinai and gained a peace treaty with Egypt. A very cold peace, but a strategic and useful one, benefiting both sides.
- Israel made border-adjustments and water concessions to Jordan, and gained another cold but useful peace.
- The same process brought a treaty in May 17, 1983 with Lebanon but it was blocked by Syria.
- The same process was almost completed by Rabin and Arafat in 2000. They were at the treaty-signing table, having hammered out all the details. Then Yasser Arafat pulled out of the ceremony, and initiated the Second Intifada, loading the "Karin A" ship with tons of weapons for terror-use.
Answer: Because then they'd be called upon to change their official stance (as Egypt did), which does not recognize Israel at all. They don't want to do that, so negotiations are scuttled before they can begin.
How long does it take to drive from the northern tip of Israel to Eilat at its southern tip?
About eight hours by car.
What does zionism in europe mean?
The phrase "Zionism in Europe" does not mean anything different than the individual words "Zionism", "in", and "Europe" mean when put in sequence. There is no distinctly European form of Zionism, even though Zionism really developed in Europe, the concept was understood relatively uniformly in almost every country where it was discussed regardless of whether the Jewish community embraced it or rejected it.
How many miles from Atlanta Ga to Telaviv Israel?
Kennedy Airport NY is 12 hours to Tel Aviv. I'm not sure if that helps at all.
Why did great Britain France and Israel launch a surprise attack on Egypt?
This is referring to the Suez Crisis in 1956. The reason the attack was launched was that in that year President Nasser of Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal. Britain and France were worried that they would be extorted by Egypt for the usage of the canal. Israel expected Egypt to ban Israeli use of the canal (which happened almost immediately after nationalization). In order restore the prior situation of British and French control of the canal, the three countries agreed to launch an attack on Egypt and reclaim the Suez Canal.
Poems about Gaza by mahmoud darwish?
From "Silence for Gaza" ". . .Gaza is far from its relatives and close to its enemies, because whenever Gaza explodes, it becomes an island and it never stops exploding. It scratched the enemy's face, broke his dreams and stopped his satisfaction with time. Because in Gaza time is something different. Because in Gaza time is not a neutral element. It does not compel people to cool contemplation, but rather to explosion and a collision with reality. Time there does not take children from childhood to old age, but rather makes them men in their first confrontation with the enemy. Time in Gaza is not relaxation, but storming the burning noon. Because in Gaza values are different, different, different. The only value for the occupied is the extent of his resistance to occupation. That is the only competition there. Gaza has been addicted to knowing this cruel, noble value. It did not learn it from books, hasty school seminars, loud propaganda megaphones, or songs. It learned it through experience alone and through work that is not done for advertisement and image. Gaza has no throat. Its pores are the ones that speak in sweat, blood, and fires. Hence the enemy hates it to death and fears it to criminality, and tries to sink it into the sea, the desert, or blood. And hence its relatives and friends love it with a coyness that amounts to jealousy and fear at times, because Gaza is the brutal lesson and the shining example for enemies and friends alike. Gaza is not the most beautiful city. Its shore is not bluer than the shores of Arab cities. Its oranges are not the most beautiful in the Mediterranean basin. Gaza is not the richest city. It is not the most elegant or the biggest, but it equals the history of an entire homeland, because it is more ugly, impoverished, miserable, and vicious in the eyes of enemies. Because it is the most capable, among us, of disturbing the enemy's mood and his comfort. Because it is his nightmare. Because it is mined oranges, children without a childhood, old men without old age and women without desires. Because of all this it is the most beautiful, the purest and richest among us and the one most worthy of love. We do injustice to Gaza when we look for its poems, so let us not disfigure Gaza's beauty. What is most beautiful in it is that it is devoid of poetry at a time when we tried to triumph over the enemy with poems, so we believed ourselves and were overjoyed to see the enemy letting us sing. We let him triumph, then when we dried our lips of poems we saw that the enemy had finished building cities, forts and streets. We do injustice to Gaza when we turn it into a myth, because we will hate it when we discover that it is no more than a small poor city that resists. We do injustice when we wonder: What made it into a myth? If we had dignity, we would break all our mirrors and cry or curse it if we refuse to revolt against ourselves. We do injustice to Gaza if we glorify it, because being enchanted by it will take us to the edge of waiting and Gaza doesn't come to us. Gaza does not liberate us. Gaza has no horses, airplanes, magic wands, or offices in capital cities. Gaza liberates itself from our attributes and liberates our language from its Gazas at the same time. When we meet it- in a dream- perhaps it won't recognize us, because Gaza was born out of fire, while we were born out of waiting and crying over abandoned homes. It is true that Gaza has its special circumstances and its own revolutionary traditions. But its secret is not a mystery: Its resistance is popular and firmly joined together and knows what it wants (It wants to expel the enemy out of its clothes) The relationship of resistance to the people is that of skin to bones and not a teacher to students. Resistance in Gaza did not turn into a profession or an institution. It did not accept anyone's tutelage and did not leave its fate hinging on anyone's signature or stamp. It does not care that much if we know its name, picture, or eloquence. It did not believe that it was material for media. It did not prepare for cameras and did not put smiling paste on its face. Neither does it want that, nor we. Hence, Gaza is bad business for merchants and hence it is an incomparable moral treasure for Arabs. What is beautiful about Gaza is that our voices do not reach it. Nothing distracts it; nothing takes its fist away from the enemy's face. Not the forms of the Palestinian state we will establish whether on the eastern side of the moon, or the western side of Mars when it is explored. Gaza is devoted to rejection. . . hunger and rejection, thirst and rejection, displacement and rejection, torture and rejection, siege and rejection, death and rejection. Enemies might triumph over Gaza (the storming sea might triumph over an island. . . they might chop down all its trees) They might break its bones They might implant tanks on the insides of its children and women. They might throw it into the sea, sand, or blood. But it will not repeat lies and say "Yes" to invaders. It will continue to explode. It is neither death, nor suicide. It is Gaza's way of declaring that it deserves to live. It will continue to explode It is neither death, nor suicide. It is Gaza's way of declaring that it deserves to live. " Translated by Sinan Antoon From Hayrat al-`A'id (The Returnee's Perplexity), Riyad al-Rayyis, 2007.
Why HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX in Mexico is high?
Because Mexico isn't has United States shows to all the world...
Mexicans aren't has the Mexicans in the United States (ignorant and "beaners"), the Mexicans living in Mexico have a high qualify of life between the developing countries... Mexico isn't a poor country.. but the economy isn't the same for all the Mexicans... that's the reason for why some Mexicans go to USA.Mexico isn'y a developed country but is one of the best in all the world... now think... how are the rest of the world?Mexico has many problems to answer if it wanna be a developed country, but it has many good things that USA never see.
What are the effects of the Arab-Israeli War of 1956?
Effects in the Middle East:
Israel, Britain, and France were very successful in achieving their military objectives, but pressure from both the United States and Soviet Union forced a withdrawal from the conquered Sinai Peninsula. Additionally, Britain and France failed in their political and strategic aims of controlling the Suez Canal as they had prior to its recent Nationalization and removing Nasser from power. Israel had more luck with gains such as attaining freedom of navigation through the Straits of Tiran. Finally, the United Nations Expeditionary Force would police the Egyptian-Israeli border in the Sinai Desert to help both nations to adhere to the ceasefire.
Effects Worldwide:
- Western Europe was proven to be ineffective at negotiating against the United States, signalling the rise of the Superpowers.
- As a result of the American-Soviet Agreements over the resolution of the Arab-Israeli War, the concurrent Hungarian Revolution against Soviet Authority was not supported in the West and the Hungarians suffered mightily.
- Nasser remained in power and was seen as the hero of the Arab World for Stopping Israel even though his military efforts were a complete failure. Ba'athism and Arab Nationalism spread throughout the Middle East.
- The United Nations effectively became a rubber-stamp for the Superpowers.
- The disagreements between the Americans and the British and French became the most divisive issue between the NATO allies.
- Britain and France realized that they could no longer maintain their imperial projects in Africa and began to withdraw their forces.
Why did the Zionists want to establish a Jewish national state in the middle east?
There are two operative parts to that question. There is the implicit question as to whether a Jewish State is something that should exist. There is the explicit question as to whether the geographical location chosen for this Jewish State is proper for its mission.
1) Why a Jewish State: Herzl explained quite well that the European concept of a nation-state was dependent on the idea that all of the people in any particular nation were of the same ethnic stock and heritage. Jews were branded by this system to be "the Other" and were regarded at best as possible equals and at worse as traitors, spies, thieves, and fifth columns. When the Dreyfus Affair turned out marches in Paris that said "Death to the Jews" on account of a kangaroo court against a particular guiltless Jew, it became clear that the Jew could not be integrated into Europe. After the Holocaust, the strongest proof that the Jew and the European Nation-State were irreconcilable, this view persists. In Europe, it is now directed at the Muslims since the Jews are not large enough of a threat to the European System. Unlike Muslims, though, which can return to their countries of origin if the discrimination becomes intolerable, the Jews did not have such a place. This is why the Jewish State is necessary. Since it came into existence it has accepted Jewish political refugees from over 50 nations and flown missions at its own expense to rescue Jews from at least 10 nations.
2) Why Palestine: Ahad Ha'am explains that the Jewish Soul is intrinsically connected to his history and in the same way that a German-American can never be as properly German as a German in Germany, the People of Israel can never be as properly Jewish if they are not in the Land of Israel. The relics in that land speak to a Jewish sensibility and character. There are also religious reasons as expounded by Rav Avraham Kook which posit that the development of a Jewish State in Israel hastens the arrival of the Messiah. There are additional political reasons why Palestine and not Europe. As explained above, the European Culture is strongly anti-Other and making a Jewish State there would have fostered much more contempt and alienation (ironically).
How was life before the Suez Crisis?
Daily life did not change much on account of the Suez Crisis unless you lived in the Sinai Peninsula and then you simply had a half-year interruption in your life as Israel invaded, conquered, and retreated.
How did Israel deal with terrorism?
Israel knows how to deal with terrorism better than the United States. Back in the early 1980's, Israel bombed one of Saddam Hussein's facilities known to be producing weapons of mass destruction; perhaps this is one reason the U.S. never found such weapons when invading the country 25 years later. It weakened Hussein beyond repair--not just the bombing, but the threat of another one down the road.
What three strips of land are issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict?
Gaza
Golan Heights
West Bank
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The Gaza strip was cleared of Israeli settlements by Israel's army,
and handed over to the Palestinian Authority, years ago. Shortly
after that, Hamas launched an armed takeover and threw out the
Palestinian Authority.
The real issue in the Arab-Israel "conflict" is the strip of land that runs
roughly from Eilat northward to the border of Lebanon, and is labeled
"Israel" on maps in places that acknowledge its existence.
When did the Knights Templer start to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land?
Protection of all poor and weary pilgrims travelling from Europe to the Promised Land occurred after the First Crusade in the 11th century. Hughes de Payen, a Frankish knight, petitioned Bernard of Clairveaux to ask the Pope to create a military order. Originally it consisted of nine knights who took a pledge to give up their families and their wealth in order to become warrior monks. Their code was written by Bernard who modelled it after the Cistercian order's. Patrols around Jerusalem and the rest of Palestine were made by two knights at a time. Originally the name of the order was The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon.
Israel was formed from part of which country?
Palestine
Israel was formed from part of the British Mandate of Palestine, which Britain had
administered since it was taken over from the crumbling Ottoman Empire early in
the 20th Century. The lands of the Mandate had never been a "country" in modern
times. The territory was partitioned by the United Nations, with the larger part
designated to be added to Egypt and to what is now Jordan, and the smaller part
designated for Jewish administration.
Israel was formed from part of the British Mandate of Palestine, which Britain had
administered since it was taken over from the crumbling Ottoman Empire early in
the 20th Century. The lands of the Mandate had never been a "country" in modern
times. The territory was partitioned by the United Nations, with the larger part
designated to be added to Egypt and to what is now Jordan, and the smaller part
designated for Jewish administration.
What is an example and refutation of Arab conspiracy theories about America making Israel?
basically palestine was a country including west bank and jerasulaem
Palestine was a region, taken by the British from the dissolving Ottoman Empire,
and administered by the British until their decision to leave the area, whereupon
the UN designated the larger part of the region for Arab control, and the smaller
part of the region for Jewish control. The region known as Palestine included lands
that are now parts of Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Israel. Palestine has never been
a country.
America invaded the land and gave the land to the Jews
No nation from North or South America, including the USA, has ever "invaded" any
part of the region formerly known as Palestine. The only "invasion" was the one by
the combined armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, that immediately
followed Israel's declaration of sovereignty in 1948.
and theres constant battles between them over ownership of the land
There are no constant battles. There are relatively constant and relatively limited
terrorist activity against Israel and its civilian population, and relatively infrequent
and relatively large Israeli military reactions in defense of its territory and its citizens.
The debate has nothing to do with "ownership of the land", which is obvious
since so many Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel own land in Israel.
The debate is over the existence of a Jewish country.
basically America invaded it illegally well it was illegally found was it it may
that but it not it's just lieing about it read this cause you don't you'll never
know the truth now will you mhaw
Unintelligible. Our internet connection must be fading out.
oh well what can you do Americas the superpower and they control the media and the u.n its a shame
Who is stronger hezbollah or israel?
It entirely depends on how you define "strength".
The Israeli Army is certainly much better armed than Hezbollah and while Israel has invaded Lebanon in ground invasions, Hezbollah has never attempted a ground invasion of Israel. Hezbollah has no army that could contest Israel in traditional international combat (such as was seen during World War II for example). However, Hezbollah's effectiveness lies in its ability to blend into local areas and put its men into locations not easily discoverable to Israeli soldiers. This was why the 2006 Hezbollah-Israel War has usually been seen as a stalemate or slight Hezbollah victory even though all fighting occurred in Lebanon and Hezbollah incurred many more casualties; Israel was not able to remove Hezbollah from Lebanon as it had previously been able to remove the PLO from Lebanon in 1982.
However, to me, strength is about the idea to form a society where people desire peace and love in their lives even when their neighbors try to act divisively. In this way, Israel is clearly stronger. Regardless of any particular Israeli government, the leadership of the Israeli Army is disinclined from international conflict and openly differs to a civilian government that wants long-term peace (whose conditions vary with the politics of the day). Hezbollah has made clear that they are wholly disinterested in any peace or settlement, saying in their organizational charter that even if all of the Islamic countries made peace with Israel (including a future Palestine), they would continue to fight to oppose Israel.
Why did the Assyrians and Chaldeans want to rule the Israelites?
They could and they perceived that doing this was their gods' wills that they expand in every direction.
Historically, there was the "Right to Conquest" which was a pervasive idea in political thought. The idea was that it was natural for any country or state to grow and control more territory as it grew stronger. This allowed weaker states to dissolve in place of ones that were better run, a bureaucratic version of "survival of the fittest". The "Right to Conquest" prevailed as the dominant theory of nation-building until the mid-1800s when people started bringing up the concept of self-sovereignty and ethnic nationalism, which held the idea that people should govern themselves even if they are not the most powerful in the world. This view of state sovereignty has become dominant today and the Right to Conquest is seen as incorrect.
Since the Assyrians and Chaldeans existed well within the Right to Conquest Period, their kings did not have to assert a reason to conquer neighboring territories in Southwest Asia. It was their natural prerogative. That the Israelites happened to be in their crosshairs is a matter of circumstance and the Assyrians and Chaldeans had no particular enmity for the Israelites when compared to other Southwest Asian peoples.
Why wouldn't Jews emigrate to another country instead of the fighting?
There are four major reasons why Jews do not "just emigrate" and they are the below reasons.
1) I live here!: This is a very simple, but important reason. The notion the Jews should vacate Israel is very offensive to native Israelis. Nobody tells the Australians to go back to the United Kingdom even though they stole vast amounts of land from the Aborigines. Nobody tells the Africans in Brazil to go back to Africa. The Jews who live in Israel are part of the fabric of that country and that society and should not be asked or requested to give up their homes, dreams and lives for the possibility that it may end violence.
2) Been there, tried that: Jews have lived in numerous countries all across the world and have never lived in a country that unequivocally accepted them as equals at all points in their history. Even the United States, which has certainly been the most tolerant country for Jews in history did not truly open up to Jews until the 1960s. There were quotas on Jewish admission to University, slander of them in the public square, and it was an unspoken rule that Jews were not allowed political office. In less tolerant countries, Jews were massacred and annihilated, treated like second-class citizens, had their religion repressed, had their job opportunities minimized, lacked consistent basic rights, and were charged additional taxes and fees for the privilege of not being killed. Jews are not interested in leaving their future to others any longer.
3) Necessity of the Jewish State: Herzl explained quite well that the European concept of a nation-state was dependent on the idea that all of the people in any particular nation were of the same ethnic stock and heritage. Jews were branded by this system to be "the Other" and were regarded at best as possible equals and at worse as traitors, spies, thieves, and fifth columns. When the Dreyfus Affair turned out marches in Paris that said "Death to the Jews" on account of a kangaroo court against a particular guiltless Jew, it became clear that the Jew could not be integrated into Europe. After the Holocaust, the strongest proof that the Jew and the European Nation-State were irreconcilable, this view persists. In Europe, it is now directed at the Muslims since the Jews are not large enough of a threat to the European System. Unlike Muslims, though, which can return to their countries of origin if the discrimination becomes intolerable, the Jews did not have such a place. This is why the Jewish State is necessary. Since it came into existence it has accepted Jewish political refugees from over 50 nations and flown missions at its own expense to rescue Jews from at least 10 nations.
4) Jewish Historical Connection: Ahad Ha'am explains that the Jewish Soul is intrinsically connected to his history and in the same way that a German-American can never be as properly German as a German in Germany, the People of Israel can never be as properly Jewish if they are not in the Land of Israel. The relics in that land speak to a Jewish sensibility and character. There are also religious reasons as expounded by Rav Avraham Kook which posit that the development of a Jewish State in Israel hastens the arrival of the Messiah. There are additional political reasons why Palestine and not Europe. As explained above, the European Culture is strongly anti-Other and making a Jewish State there would have fostered much more contempt and alienation (ironically).
