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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 is the value of Israeli 10 new sheqalim in US dollars?
There are many Israeli coins with 10s on them, so that alone does not give enough for any substantial inquiry. If it is a 10-shekel NIS coin, it is worth between $2.50 USD and $3.00 USD. If it is a 10-agorot NIS coin, it is worth approximately $0.03 USD.
There are older coins as well, whose values fluctuate with the market.
How many months make a year in the Jewish calendar?
In the Hebrew calendar, most years have twelve lunar months. Once every two or three years, a thirteenth month (the second Adar) is added in order to keep the lunar calendar in step with the solar year and its seasons.
What current events are happening right now in Israel?
Obviously, it depends on what day you ask. See the Related Links below to the Haaretz (Left-Wing) and Jerusalem Post (Right-Wing) Israeli newspapers to get a sense of Israeli current events.
Which countries does not share a common border with Israel?
Only 5 countries share a common border with Israel:
- Lebanon
- Syria
- Jordan
- Egypt
- The Palestinian Authority (not yet a country, but may some day be)
What countries joined with Palestine to stop the creation of Israel?
Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq sent whole armies. Saudi Arabia and Yemen sent additional volunteers.
What religion is most practiced in Israel?
Israel is 75% Jewish, 16.1% Muslim, 2.1% Christian, and 1.6% Druze, with the remaining 5.0% being Baha'i or not classified by religion.
Additional Notes:
Israel has no official national religion, and there is no religious requirement or test for citizenship, land ownership, business ownership, voting rights, or access to education, medical treatment, or public office, including the nation's parliament.
All religions are practiced in Israel, including Christianity and Islam. The majority of Israel's population is Jewish. It's important to mention that unlike several of its neighbors, the government of Israel doesn't designate an "official" religion. All religious practice is legal and is protected.
judaism, after that Islam and after Christianity .
it is important to mention that most of israel society are not religious .
Judaism is the majority religion in Israel followed by Islam then Christianity.
What did Jesus mean when He said He was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel?
Matthew:15:21-29
21: Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
22: And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
23: But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
24: But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25: Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26: But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
27: And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
28: Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
29: And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
Notice that Jesus went to the coast of Tyre and Sidon, met the woman,then immediately left the region.Meaning perhaps he went to region especially for her.If so, why did he answer his disciples that he was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel? Perhaps he answered for them--the disciples--,who to this point thought exactly that.He most likely was showing them the error(speaking of exclusiveness) of their hearts; which would not be fully put away until the Lord gave Peter the vision of animals in the sheet let down from Heaven later in Acts.
What is the special relationship between God and Israel?
Yahweh is the Hebrew name for God (the equivalent of Allah for Islam or, well, God for Christians). The people of Israel are very different. They are penguins. ( In answer to the statement above) You have a name, right. God is a title. Yahweh is God's name in Hebrew. In English it's pronouced : JEHOVAH. Like it or not, that's his name. I explained it all in my origianal post, but you couldn't stand it that the truth is his name. Allah does mean God, in Islam, but what is his name in Islam ? Are you male or female. At ant rate are you addressed as this " This is boy or This is girl". Either one of these are titles.....you have a name and so does the creator..Yahweh, or Jehovah; is his.
How hot does it get in Israel?
Summers are fairly hot. In coastal areas, it gets into the 90's (fahrenheit) and in the deserts, it can get hotter than 110.
Israel was created by some people who had been born there, some who had
been born elsewhere but moved to that region years earlier, and some who
had managed to survive Europe, escape during the previous 20 years, and
make their way to Israel.
In other words, Israel was created by people who lived there at the time,
much like the United States of America was.
How big is Israel compare to Texas?
israel size is like new york city .
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In very approximate numbers:
Israel has 0.0028 times the area of the USA (0.28 percent), and
0.024 times the population of that country(2.4 percent).
Israel has 8.7 times the area of Rhode Island, and 7.1 times
the population of that state.
The USA has 3,130 times the area of Rhode Island, and 295 times
the population of that state.
Rhode Island has 0.11 times the area of Israel (11 percent), and
0.14 times the population of that country (14 percent).
What was Rome's attitude towards the Jews of Palestine?
Historians tells us that, in spite of several insurrections, the pagan Roman emperors treated the Jews with clemency and with toleration of their religion, which was accepted as not allowing Jews to worship the Roman gods.
It was not until the fourth century that the Christian emperors, beginning with Constantine, began to persecute the Jews for their faith.
What is the typical dress of Israel?
The dress code in Israel is similar to that of any other Western nation; ie anything goes as long as there is no gratuitous nudity.
But in some of the more religious holy places, a more modest dress is expected (covering the body).
Why do you give so much money to Israel?
Why any person may choose to give financial support to Israel is their own business. If you meant to ask about why the US gives Israel financial support, please see the Related Link below.
How did Israel respond to the PLO's use of terrorist tactics during the 1970s?
Israel evicted them from the West Bank and sent Mossad agents to follow them wherever they went. Additionally, Israel began to modify its security apparatus to better anticipate PLO attacks.
What major countries are located eastward of Israel?
Many countries lie east of Iran such as China, India, Japan, Australia, etc.
If the question refers exclusively to the countries that form Iran's eastern border, those would be Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Why is judaism the religion of Israel?
Judaism is popular in Israel because most Israelis are Jewish. The Jews were given the land of Israel by G-d as an inheritance and therefor it only prospers when Jews live there. Whenever Jews are chased out or exiled the land return to be desert-like; compare the land of Israel now to what it was like 100 years ago under foreign rule.
Our Department of Clairvoyance is closed for the evening, and without
them, I can't even tell when they'll be open again.
But personally, it seems to me that Israel can't afford to allow that to happen.
Why do Jews feel the land of Canaan belongs to them?
Answer 1
Because God gave it to us.
Answer 2
In addition to the religious belief (discussed more in (2)), Jews believe that there are historical, legal, and political grounds that Israel belongs to them. It is also worth noting that all Israeli minorities other than ethnic Palestinians, such as Bedouins, Druze, Circassians, and non-Arab Churches (such as the Armenians and the Orthodox) support the Jewish claim to power over the Palestinians' claim to power.
1) Historically: The Jews have an undeniable presence in the land from at least 700 BCE until 70 CE and this is proven not only by the Biblical account, but from Assyrian Ruins, Babylonian documents, Hellenistic inscriptions, and Roman volumes. Jews had a continuous presence in the land from 70 CE until the present day (even though they were nowhere near the majority) even though they were forcibly deported from the territory. The fact that they survived, as opposed to the Arameans or Hittites who were similarly exiled does not illegitimate their claims.
In addition to the population-part of the historical claim, Jews have physical ruins and cities that are very sacred to them in the territory of the British Mandate of Palestine. The city of Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in the Jewish Bible. The city of Nablus used to be the Northern Metropolis of Shechem. Hebron was the first capital of Ancient Israel whence Saul ruled and David ruled until he conquered Jerusalem from the Jebusites. Even more recent sites like Masada document the Jewish presence and struggle to persevere.
2) Religiously: The Jewish claim to have a connection to the land of the British Mandate of Palestine is firmly grounded in their religion. Jews as early as the Babylonian exiles wrote about returning to the land because God had promised it to them. According to the Pentateuch, God promised Abraham that piece of land. (This promise is even acknowledged in the Qur'an 5:20-21, 17:104, and 26:59.) Many Jewish Holy Sites are in Israel such as the Kotel Hama'aravi (Western Wall).
3) Legally: By international law, the Ottoman Empire took the territory from the Seljuks and Abbassids by internationally recognized conquest. The territory was ceded to the British as a Mandate by the Ottomans as a term of surrender in World War I. (Even though the British had promised the territory to both the Arabs and Jews during the War, neither promise is legally binding.) According to the terms of the Mandate, even though the British were in control, the League of Nations had official jurisdiction. In 1947, the British gave direct authority to the League of Nations' successor, the United Nations, in accordance with the terms of their Mandate. The UN passed the 1947 Partition Plan that gave both a Jewish State and an Arab State the Right to Declare Statehood. The fact that the Arabs decided not to immediately declare such a state does not make the Israeli declaration any less valid. (It is important to note that Palestine did declare statehood on these grounds in 1988, which further cements the legality of this view.)
4) Politically: Jews invested a lot in building the political and physical infrastructure of the land even before they had control. Jews built farms, trained military brigades, created political parties, studied government, and defended themselves. This created a system that was able to repel the Arab Attacks in the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9, secure expanded borders in the Six Day War of 1967, and hold those borders in the Arab-Israeli War of 1973. Israelis were actually able to exert control over this territory.
Of course, this list is not exhaustive, but should capture the sentiment of the question.
As a general rule people who hate a particular race, religion or creed do so because of fear or ignorance. It is also encouraged by people with an agenda against that group, using propaganda, half truths and lies. Hatred also underlies much violence in the world. If people stopped exerting so much energy toward hating people who are different, they might just have the energy to rebuild this world to be a happier place. This hatred provided much of the legitimacy towards oppressing Jews.
Additionally, in the case of oppression there were two main advantages:
(1) When people are oppressed, their belongings and wealth can be confiscated. This can lead to lower taxes on the majority, increased privileges for the majority, and a party from which the majority can steal with much more impunity than the government coffers.
(2) Oppressed peoples are the perfect scapegoats for bad public policy or when governments lack knowledge as to a problem's true cause. Rather than try to calm the people and give rational explanations as to how and where they should direct their anger, it is far easier to point at a maligned group of people and say "They did it", regardless of their actual complicity. This was most prevalent during the Black Death and the European Great Depression.
How did the kingdom of Israel allow for the growth of Judaism?
According to the Bible itself, the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel was at all time polytheistic until its destruction in 722 BCE, so Judaism never took root there. Monotheistic Judaism began in Judah much later, during the seventh-century-BCE reign of King Josiah.
How old is the Modern State of Israel?
The Modern State of Israel was founded in 1948 which makes it 65 years old as of 2013.
Israel is a very special place not only to me but to you. Israel is apart of god thats why would love the country Israel.
