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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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What strips of land are issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict?
The major issue in the Arab-Israel "conflict" is the strip of land that runs roughly from Eilat northward to the border of Lebanon, and roughly from the Jordan River westward to the Mediterranean Sea. In the places that acknowledge its existence at all, this strip is labeled "Israel" on the maps.
Typically speaking, the areas of land at issue are: the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights.
Answer 1
Firstly you need to understand resolution 242 before you ask if Israel will revert to their normal borders. Once you understand the resolution you will find your views radically changed. Go read resolution 242.
Answer 2
There is a difference in the way that Arabs and Israelis interpret the application of UNSC Resolution 242. For the Arabs, the Israelis must first withdraw from the territories and then they will consider peace talks. For the Israelis, the withdrawal will be a consequence of a successful peace negotiation and since the English is "from territories" and not "from the territories" land-swaps are an acceptable part of the negotiations. However, the imagining an Israeli withdrawal is actually quite possible and reasonable. Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt for peace, gave some control to the Palestinian Authority, and unilaterally withdrew from the Gaza Strip. This shows a general tendency to act according to the spirit and letter of UNSC Resolution 242.
Of course, Israeli politics is not smooth and there are several political parties that oppose returning the land to the Palestinians.
Answer 3
Not too sure of the meaning of the question but before the fiasco we call the U.N. Israel's boundaries were set from the Nile to the EuphratesActually Modern Zionists never advocated this; this is a Biblical verse. After the collapse of Israel around 70 a.d.Israel did not collapse in 70 CE, the Jewish Hasmonean Empire was conquered in 37 BCE and the Jewish Second Temple was destroyed in 70 CE. it was nearly two thousand years before they were penned up in the tiny plot they are stuck with today, but no, they probably will not.
How many miles from Chicago to Israel?
It is 6,169 miles between Chicago, Illinois and Israel. The flight time between these two locations is estimated to be 12 hours and 50 minutes.
After the Zionists declared independence of israel what were the countries that got invaded?
Israel was invaded.
However, it is worth noting that during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-49, some Israeli divisions crossed into sovereign Egyptian territory (east Sinai) after taking back the Negev Desert in the south of Mandatory Palestine from Egyptian forces. When Israel retreated from the Sinai, Egypt was willing to sign an armistice.
How many times does the phrase God of Israel occur in the Bible?
In the King James version
the phrase - God of Israel - appears 203 times
Why do the Arabs blame the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict on the Israelis?
It is significantly easier to blame your opponent than to be introspective.
Arabs and Israelis are both to blame for the Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and only after both parties begin to compromise can a viable solution arise.
The Arab perspective though, goes like this:
The entire idea of Israel is a modern colony in the Middle East. Prior to 1900, less than 10% of the population of what would become Mandatory Palestine was Jewish and the Fellahin or Settled Arabs were the majority. There were also a large percentage of Turks, Circassians, Bedouin, and Druze, but the Settled Arabs were still the majority. Zionist Jews or those Jews who desired to create a Jewish State cleverly manipulated the Great Powers, especially the United Kingdom into giving them the right to immigrate to Mandatory Palestine in large numbers without consulting the rights of the Fellahin. Additionally, Zionist Jews purchased large swaths of land from Turkish nobility without consulting the Fellahin who lived on that land for centuries but did not properly own it. As a result, numerous Fellahin were forced off of their land during the Yishuv period, Yishuv being the word for a Zionist Jewish settlement in Mandatory Palestine. The Jewish population in Palestine continued to rise until 1939 when the Fellahin successfully petitioned the British government to close off Jewish immigration.
However, the Jewish minority had grown sufficiently large in Mandatory Palestine that this combined with the Holocaust was able to earn international sympathy for the Zionist cause of establishing a State for the Jews in a land where the Jewish population had literally "just" shown up. Compare this to Rhodesia which was a state that declared independence to be ruled by the White Settlers of Rhodesia in 1960 that had been on that land. Rhodesia was so vilified in the international community that in only 20 years, it reverted to become the African nation of Zimbabwe. However, in that case, the White Settlers had come to Rhodesia as early as 1860, which makes them far more "local" than the Zionist Jews in Palestine in 1948 (most of whom were in the country for less than 30 years). The attempt by the Yishuv to form a state could not be tolerated and the Arabs formed militias to prevent the Yishuv from asserting control over land that had been historically settled by the Arab people. As a result, war broke out between the Zionist Haganah, Palmach, Irgun, and Lehi militias and the Fellahin, represented by the Holy War Army and the Arab Liberation Army. The neighboring Arab countries joined in when the Yishuv declared independence to help to the Arab militias.
What Is the distance in miles from Eilat Israel to Mount Sinai?
The location of Mount Sinai is as of yet undetermined. If we assume that St. Catherine's Monastery is the location of Mount Sinai, it is 95 miles (151 kilometers) as the crow flies between them. It probably takes a lot more than 90 minutes to travel between them though because of the Taba border crossing and the difficulties of traversing the Sinai roads.
How many Muslim countries recognize Israel?
1. Turkey (1949)
2. Egypt (1979)
3. Albania (1991)
4. Azerbaijan (1992)
5. Kazakhstan (1992)
6. Kyrgyzistan (1992)
7. Uzbekistan (1992)
8. Tajikistan (1992)
9. Turkmenistan (1992)
10. Jordan (1994)
What year did Jews begin to move into Palestine?
Israelites and Jews have been in the Palestine region continuously for over 3000 years. However, if the question is referring to the immigrations of Jews preceding the establishment of the Modern State of Israel, those increased in the late 1800s to a small trickle and became more substantial in the 1920s and 1930s. There have also been massive immigrations to Israel from 1948-1955 (primarily from the Arab World. but also from former Holocaust Europe) and the 1990s (primarily from the former Soviet Union).
Why the world did not face Israel after the crimes in Gaza?
The 'world' is not very well organized. It doesn't even face Hamas after the continuing crimes of firing rockets into civilian population centers. You can't expect the world to always do the obvious thing.
What were three reasons Arabs protested the formation of Israel?
There are numerous reasons why the Arabs protested the formation of Israel and the below constitute three of those reasons:
1) It's Been Ours for Generations: Palestinians were outraged and greatly saddened by the creation of the State of Israel because they believed that the land that had physically belonged to their parents and grandparents should have been theirs for inheritance. In their minds, it did not make sense that a group of German, Polish, French, English, and Russian speaking people should claim land that their ancestors had not even visited for centuries.
2) Jews Will Kick Us Out: Many Palestinians were afraid that they might lose their rights and territories under the authority of the Jewish State. In the Middle East, ethnic cleansing was a relatively common phenomenon by victors in wars. (Turks and Greeks expelled each other from territories. Lebanese Christians and Muslims had also done this throughout history.) As a result, Arabs were afraid of losing all of their rights in a Jewish State. Those who stayed realized that this would not be the case, but that was the minority.
3) Pan-Arabism: Many Arabs claimed that a Jewish State would prevent Pan-Arabism from occurring even though the most successful Pan-Arab Nationalist project was the Egyptian-Syrian United Arab Republic which was physically split by Israel. Simply put, a Jewish State in Israel's location drives a geographical wedge between Egypt and North Africa in the west and the Levant, Iraq, and Arabia in the east.
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Can Karaites make aliyah to israel?
Karaites can immigrate to Israel, but they are not privy to the Law of Return of 1950 (which is the law under which Jews immediately become citizens of Israel).
The Law of Return's applicability to any group of Jews or quasi-Jews is determined by the Orthodox Rabbinate of Israel based on how Halakhic or in Accordance with Jewish Religious Law, the group of Jews or quasi-Jews is. Since the Karaites chose to deny the validity of the Rabbis and the Oral Law, the version of the law that they follow is significantly different from proper Halakha or Jewish Religious Law. Therefore they are not considered to be Jews. This is the same issue that the Samaritans and other Jewish-like religions suffer.
It should also be noted that there is a difference between immigration and Aliyah. Aliyah is so-called by Jews because there are a group of commandments that the Rabbis hold are only valid in the Land of Israel. Therefore a Jew "rises up", which is what "Aliyah" means, when he comes to Israel. Karaites do not believe that there are any commandments that are specifically bound the Land of Israel. As a result, there is no "Aliyah" for them in a spiritual sense. As a result, the Karaites could not perform "Aliyah" regardless of whether any Israeli law were to recognize them.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon did not think it was worthwhile to use a large number of soldiers to protect 8,000 Israeli Settlers in a region with 1.5 million Palestinians. The calculus was too high.
Which side do you think is right between Israel and Palestine?
"Palestinian armed groups made clear in their statements that harming civilians was their aim," Sarah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said.
"There is simply no legal justification for launching rockets at populated areas. It´s a war crime"
I am not going to side with the war criminals.
This is likely a discussion of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
A Jewish state is created: Declaration of Israeli Independence in 1948
Six day war results in Arab losses: Six-Day War of 1967
Withdrawal begins from West Bank: 1993 Oslo Agreement with the PLO
The Palestinians do have independent government in the Gaza Strip. It is not recognized since it is a rogue state that refuses to acknowledge or follow past treaties.
What does Israel want from Palestine?
Israeli or Jewish Perspective
Israelis and Jews want the Palestinians to be a partner for peace. Israelis are most concerned with living their day to day lives without the fear of a suicide bomber exploding in the streets, qassam or katyusha rockets raining down on them from the skies, and such a frigid relationship with their neighboring Arab States. Most Israelis want more Palestinians to be like Salam Fayyad, a man who represents the idea that Palestinians can build a successful and peaceful country that can live alongside (and not instead of) a Jewish State and has actually begun to implement change on the ground. The Israeli military in the West Bank has noted how cooperative and effective the newly trained Palestinian Police in the West Bank are and are proud that such a thing exists, both because it makes their duties less dangerous, but also it gives hope to the Two-State Solution. Now, the political structure in Israel favors minority viewpoints and as such has resulted in a very conservative government (perhaps more conservative than at any other point in history) and that government has a very aggressive policy towards the West Bank and Gaza and is very skeptical about what an independent Palestine can bring, but this is not a majority Israeli view.
As concerns the view below, Jews and Arabs did not live side by side in Israel/Palestine before the time of Jesus. The Arabs only arrived in Israel/Palestine during the conquest of the Levant in 634-638 CE by the Muslims under Caliph Omar. There were Jews and non-Jews in Israel/Palestine prior to the Muslim invasion, but the non-Jews were other indigenous Levantine peoples who did not identify as Arab.
Palestinian or Arab Perspective
Israel would like to see all of the Palestinian territory under its control, hence the building of the wall, the confiscation of land owned by Palestinians, the destruction of farmland and orchards, the annihilation of entire villages and cities, and the bulldozing of homes, building illegal settlements in Palestinian territories. The recent barbaric attacks on Gaza are evidence of Israels desire to wipe out entire groups of people, much the same way the Jews were killed in Germany. Some believe that Israel would not stop at taking what's left of Palestine, but also Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt, and preferably without any Arabs (Muslims and Christians). The Israelis tout the concept of wanting peace with the Arabs only to appease certain influential groups in Europe and the US; however, their actions speak much louder than any agreement on record. There is a difference between Israelis and Jews. Jews believe that Palestine is the land that was promised to them by God after their exodus from the land of the Pharaohs. This land, however, belongs to Palestinians-the original inhabitants of the area. Ironically, Jews and Arabs lived side by side long before the time of Jesus.
Israel wants the Palestinian land. they have been in war for more than 60 years. they have many killed Palestinians but we(Palestinians) know that it will be our country once again because it is ours from the first place.
How wide is Israel from east to west?
Israel's area is approximately 20,770 square kilometers (7,992 sq mi), which includes 445 square kilometers (172 sq mi) of inland water. Israel stretches 424 kilometers (263 mi) from north to south, and its width ranges from 114 kilometers (71 mi) to, at its narrowest point, 15 kilometers (9 mi). Israel also partially controls the West Bank, 5,879 square kilometers (2,270 sq mi) and the Golan Heights, 1,150 square kilometers (444 sq mi)
How is the six day war significant?
Israel gain control of six new territories: East Jerusalem, West Bank, Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, the Eastern Bank of the Sea of Galilee, and the Golan Heights. However, this control was based on UNSC Resolution 242 which requires that Israel devolve these territories to their original countries in return for peace agreements.
In addition to the new territories , Israel also gained a fundamental shift in Middle Eastern policy. It would now be negotiating with Arab countries from a position of strength, being able to return tracts of Arab land to the Arab States for peace as opposed to merely just asking for peace. This is the main reason that Egypt and Jordan eventually were willing to sue for peace even though no other Arab country has done so.
Where was Israel at the time of King Tutankhamun's reign?
Going by the Bible story, the Jews had still not reached present-day Israel by that time. Where they lived then is uncertain. It is highly improbable that they lived in Egypt at the time. The Bible story about Moses, the slavery in Egypt and the flight from Egypt that also first mentioned Israel as 'the promised land' is not supported by a single shred of historical evidence, physical or otherwise. It is moreover inconceivable that the Egyptians who were meticulous record-keepers through the ages, would not with a single word have mentioned the works of a viceroy called Moses, the mass exodus, the plagues and the drowning of a whole Egyptian army in a miracle opening and closing of the Red Sea. But the fact is they didn't.
The general opinion among today's historians is that the story was invented to give the later-generation Jews a sense of common heritage, identity and destination; and that 'Jews' in the days of King Tut consisted of a number of semi-nomadic Semitic tribes living at the western edges of the Babylonian Empire.
What were the names of the Gods in Israel?
Clearly, Yahweh (Jehovah) was the dominant God for the Israelites, whom scholars regard as the early Israelite weather god or storm god. The dominant goddess was Asherah, who was apparently the consort of Yahweh. The next most important god in Israel was Baal. Excavations at the city of Samaria produced over a hundred ostraca (inked notes on sherds) dating probably from the first part of Jeroboam II's reign (roughly 770 BCE). The notations on each contain all or part of a range of information: a date referring to the king's reign, a place of origin, one or more personal names associated with a product, and the nature of the product (wine or oil). These are mundane records, but the personal names of Samarian residents is of great interest. The majority are Yahweh-compound names, but a large minority of them are compounded from the divine name Baal.
The Bible refers to other gods worshipped in Israel and Judah but, being written much later by adherents of the Yahweh-only party, usually attribute their worship to foreign influence. There are biblical references that suggest the Israelite worship of the sun god and moon god. Ezekiel 8:14 describes women in the Jerusalem Temple 'weeping for Tammuz', the shepherd-god and lover of the goddess Astarte or Inanna.
Keel and Uehlinger cite Lang, translated from German: "In the four and a half centuries during which there were one or two Israelite monarchies (ca. 1020-586 B.C.), there was a dominant, polytheistic religion that was indistinguishable from that of neighboring peoples. Insofar as there were differences between the Ammonite, Moabite, Edomite, Tyrian, etc. versions of religion, these beliefs stayed within the framework of Near Eastern polytheism, and each should be interpreted as a local variant of the same basic pattern. The Israelites . . . venerated their own protector god who was there to provide for health and family. But they venerated Yahweh [God] as well, the regional and national god, whose special domain dealt with war and peace issues."
Even in post-Exilic times, there are clear references to Wisdom, who was seen as a spirit to be venerated, if not as a goddess (eg Proverbs 1:20ff: "Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, ..."). Some scholars believe that Wisdom was the pre-Exilic goddess of wisdom.
Why did people save their money in the middle ages in the holy land?
Large amounts of money were routinely transferred by the Knights Templar who provided many of the services of later banks. The Knights Templar could transfer money to the Holy Land, if that was what a person wanted, but they would not do so unless it was specifically requested, and the money deposited with them was usually kept where was. And transfers were also possible to other places.
Please see the link below for information on the Knights Templar.
What two countries that controlled the area of Palestine before Israel was founded in 1948?
Only one country controlled the area of the Mandate for Palestine prior to Israeli Independence: the British Empire.
What is the original name of Israel?
The origin of the name "Israel" came from Genesis chapter 32 where Jacob struggles with a man all night long until he is blessed. The man asks Jacob's name, then tells him that his name is no longer Jacob, but Israel, because he has striven with God and with man. (Genesis 32:28) Israel - which we get from the Greek, is originally in the Hebrew, "Yisrael".
Yisrael means, quite literally, "He has striven with God," or "He has been saved by God," based on which translation of "sra" was meant to be used. "Yi", in the Hebrew, is the masculine form "he". "Sra", in the Hebrew, comes from the Semitic root "Sry", which means "to strive or to save." The word "El," in the Hebrew, is a form of the word for God. When you see 'el' in any Hebrew name, it is a form of the word for God. See other names such as Ishmael (God has heard), Michael (Who is like God), and Daniel (My judge is God). Since Genesis 32:28 tells us that Jacob was named Israel because he has striven with God, we know that the meaning of the name is "He has striven with God" The word IS-RA-EL is an acronym for;
ISIS, one of the goddess of Ancient Egypt,
RA, A Primeval god of Ancient Egypt, Amen RAand,
ELOHIM, the Hebrew word for god in plural form.
