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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 is the the least popular religion in Israel?

According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, the religious affiliation of the Israeli population as of 2011 was:

75.4% Jewish, 16.9% Muslim, 2.1% Christian, and 1.7% Druze, with the remaining 4.0% not classified by religion.

Accordingly, the least popular religion in Israel is Druze. However, there are other religions that have just a handful of adherents in Israel.

What were the wars between Israel and Palestine called?

Since Israel's modern inception in 1948, there have been a number of declared wars between Israel and surrounding countries, including at various times, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. There has never been a war between Palestine and Israel. The area now known as Israel was part of the area known as Palestine before 1948.

Since 1948, there is no Palestinian army, navy, air force, marines, SEALs, National Guard, or other regular military organization. There is also no Palestinian language, currency, or capital city, and no Palestinian country. The Palestinian people are a loose agglomeration of mostly Arab, mostly Muslim, people without a country, kept suppressed, without economic, political, or social rights, in "refugee camps", for over 60 years, for the political purposes of their ethnic and religious 'brothers' in the countries that border Israel. These people don't have the resources to conduct war against Israel, but the countries that keep them oppressed have, and have fought at least three major wars with Israel since 1948.

However, despite not having an army, Palestinians have directly engaged both Israeli civilians and soldiers in the Lebanese Civil War 1980-1982, both Intifadas (1987-1993, 2000-2005), and Operation Cast Lead (although admittedly that battle was terribly one-sided).

Why do Israel and Palestine hate each other?

This contributor will attempt an answer, in order to get the ball rolling, and post

something to which others can react. It is hoped that others who wish to weigh in

on the subject will react reasonably and responsibly, rather than merely vandalize

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This contributor has some knowledge of the subject in one direction, very little

first hand "on-the-ground" knowledge in the other direction.

The people of Israel do not hate Palestinians as a blanket policy. A significant

number of Israeli citizens, including elected members of the Knesset (Israel's

parliament) is comprised of Arabs including Palestinians. But Israelis do tend to

regard with suspicion masses of people who cheer Israeli misfortune, launch

rockets and suicide bombers against Israeli civilians, and train their children

from birth to believe that Israel is their enemy and that Jews are apes and pigs.

It is my impression that Palestinian people hate Jews in general, hate the concept

of a Jewish nation, and hate the fact that the people of Israel seriously intend for

their country to continue to exist.

Israel tiny and strongest in the world?

This question needs to have more details , but i believe that it refers as being the strongest country in the world . Israel is rated as the 6th most powerful country in the world. But , Israel has 100% control over The US . Russia's president is a Jew France's president is a Jew . So that's the only reason that Israel is considered the the most powerful country in the world.

When did the Romans conquer what is often called the Holy Land?

In 63 BC, Pompey the Great added the territories of the mid east to the Roman possessions. Among them was Jerusalem and the territory that today is known as the Holy Land. However, the Jews kept their independence and were considered a client kingdom of Rome. It was not until 6 AD that Augustus made Judaea a province.

How many times has Israel been convicted of war crimes?

Israel has been neither tried nor formally so charged before any world judicial body.

What club does Israel Torres Sanz play for?

Israel Torres Sanz is the brother of Fernando Torres. He was a goal keeper as a youth, but currently does not belong to a club. Fernando Torres is a striker for Liverpool F.C.

What is the Wall between Palestine and Israel?

It is unclear what the question is asking, but perhaps it is referring to what the Israelis call the Separation Fence and the Arabs call the Apartheid Wall. This is a security fence that runs along the edge and at some points penetrates deeply into the West Bank with the intent of preventing Palestinian Suicide Bombings on Jewish Settlements in the West Bank and Israeli cities within the internationally accepted borders. This approach has been successful with the effective end of the suicide bomber. However, many Palestinians have been cut off from their lands and their wells by this fence which was built primarily on Palestinian (West Bank) land.

What was the GDP for Israel in 2008?

$201 BillionPPP was the GDP of Israel in 2008.

"PPP" is their currency.

Why does no one help the Palestinian Children who are under attacks from Israel?

Answer 1

Cause the Western superpowers especially USA and UK support Israel for

Religious reasons and decided to turn a blind eye. The Arab Leaders are

corrupted. The obvious root cause of this bloody conflict is Zionism but no

country wants to risk their neck. Personally, the only country that can solve this

conflict is US by migrating all the Jews to USA and UK and give back the

Palestinians their land which was taken away from them by the British.

Answer 2

First of all, this question is slanted in two major ways and makes an incorrect

implicit assumption.

For the slanting: Firstly, it separates Palestinian dead and wounded from Israeli

dead and wounded. You could easily ask "Who is protecting the Israeli school-

children in Sderot from missile attacks from Palestinian Militants?" and get a

similar answer. Secondly, it separates Palestinian dead from numerous other

regions in far more serious conflict such as Kashmir, Xinjiang, and the Lord's

Resistance Army areas of East Africa.

As for the assumption, there are numerous NGOs that assist the Palestinian

people on a daily basis. Foremost among these is UNRWA, but there are also

international monitors in the West Bank, Israeli organizations like B'zelem which

promote Palestinian causes and help Palestinians sue for recompense.

Additionally, Hamas and Hezbollah are well-known (in addition to their Paramilitary

and Terrorist Activities) for their social wings which assist Palestinian civilians.

And lastly, the most egregious slant, so blatantly out there in the open that

it's easy to miss: No Palestinian children are under attacks from Israel.

Did Israel conquer Palestine or did Palestine conquer Israel?

It is a difficult question to answer.

If we review ancient history, Israel was there 5 thousand years go till about year 0. In early 20th century Israeli was mainly populated by tribes of Arab nations and Israeli settlers, and in 1948 the UN declared a two countries solution in Israel for the Jewish and the Palestinians. Therefore, Israel declared independence - followed up by war declaration from most of the Arab nations around Israel and the Arab tribes living in Israel - later be called Palestinians (by the name of the place - Palestine), Israel won the war while conquering a few areas in Israel.

Another reference can be made to the name "Philistines" - which is an ancient word from the bible describing invader tribes from around Israel. Philistines in biblical Hebrew means invaders. Often times, the Palestinians are identified with the Philistines since the Roman Name "Palestine" was derived from the word "Philistine".

What is the largest bank in Israel?

There are two very large banks in Israel: Bank Hapoalim and Bank Leumi.

Immediately after Israel became an independent nation on May 14 1948 it was opened to what type of immigrants from all over the world?

It opened up to Jewish immigration. However, the laws providing for assimilation, documentation, and naturalization of foreign-born Jews in Israel were passed in 1950 and have been called "the Law of Return".

What did Ahmadinejad say about Israel?

Ahmadinejad has said numerous things about Israel, none of them pleasant and many of them are considered incitements to violence.

His most famous statement is "Israel will be wiped off the map." Most Iranian Government Officials and Iranian-sympathizers note that it is in the passive voice, and claim that it is a historical statement. Those who oppose the Iranian State say that this along with shouts of "Death to Israel", "Israel is the Little Satan", etc. and direct monetary and military arms support to Hezbollah and Hamas show a direct intent to be part of the "wiping Israel off the map". They further claim that the passive sentence structure is to obfuscate this intent.

Ahmadinejad also does not usually refer to Israel by name, instead considering it the "Zionist entity", the "Zionist Occupier", the "Jewish Murderers", etc.

Whom does the golan heights belong to?

The Golan heights belonged to Syria. Israel took the Golan Heights from the Syrians during the Six Day War of 1967 and continued to hold onto them in the Yom Kippur War of 1973.

Who was the southern king of Israel?

The question as posed is impossible to answer.

Reasons:

Israel was the Northern Kingdom and Judah was the Southern Kingdom. As a result it is hard to tell which one you are referring to when you say "The Southern Kingdom of Israel".

Secondly the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah reigned for a few hundred years and therefore had many kings. Without specifying an exact event or year or period, it would be impossible to know which king you want to know about.

Who were the victims in the Six Day War?

It is unclear what "victim" means.

The Palestinians were the only clear victims of the Six Day War in that they neither instigated violence with the Israelis in this period and were not defended by the Arab States in any substantial way. The Six Day War was responsible for the Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

It could be said that the Egyptians, Jordanians, and Syrians were the victims of the Six Day War in that the result of the war was counter to their interests, but it is difficult to sympathize with these three parties considering Egypt and Syria made overtly bellicose moves against Israel prior to the initiation of hostilities and Jordan and Syria actually declared war on Israel, not the other way around.

It could be said that Israel was the victim prior to the Six Day War considering the amount of shelling that came from Syria and economic and military threats that came from Egypt prior to the war. However, since the results were so positive for Israel, it is hard to consider Israel to be a victim of the Six Day War.

Do Arabs control any part of Israel?

I am not sure what "control" means. There are no Autonomous Arab Regions within Israel, if that is what the question is asking. Arabs are relatively integrated into the Israeli political structure with their own political parties as well as having candidates on the rolls of predominantly Jewish parties. In fact, there is a Druze Arab in almost every major political party in the current Knesset.

In terms of locally, there are a number of townships and cities (Nazareth and Umm el-Fahm are the largest) that are overwhelmingly Arab in population and therefore have a city board and legislative council made up overwhelmingly of Arabs. However, these cities do not have unique laws that strengthen Arab culture or implement punishments and laws that contravene general Israeli standards.