Israel

Modern Israel won their independence from Great Britain in April, 1948.

Judea had fallen under Roman Occupation. While there was a degree of secularization, there was also an entrenchment of the religious structure and a fight for the future of Judaism. The elite and powerful Sadducees were the High Priests who held a more constrictive view of Jewish teaching and the more popular/populist Pharisees had a more open and nuanced view of Jewish teaching.

The major disagreements between the "Palestinians" and the state of Israel

narrow down to two brazen aspects of Israel's behavior in rejection of almost

universal world opinion:

-- The obstinate insistence of Israel on its right to exist as a Jewish state in the

Middle East, and on its unapologetic intention to continue doing so.

-- The stubborn refusal of Israel and its people to die in armed conflict, to accept

rocketing of their residential areas with a wink and a smile, and in general to

relinquish their uppity attitudes and just go away.

It depends on the airline and wind. The El Al schedule says 10 hr 25 min using a Boeing 747-400. The Delta schedule says 13 hr 00 min using a Boeing 767-300ER. A strong headwind can delay a flight. Rarely will a flight arrive early because of favorable weather such as a tailwind. The pilot will slow the plane so as not to arrive early. The airlines simply don't have their ground crews ready for an early arrival.

Israel is, like most developed countries, at the forefront of technology. Israelis were responsible for many inventions of which some include:

The Saltwater Tomato: a tomato that grow in salt-water conditions and maintains a sweet flavor.

The first Cell-Phone Batteries

Numerous Military technologies such as tank, airplane, and drone improvements.

Israel does not murder Palestinians. However, while protecting its citizens and defending its borders, many Palestinians both armed and unarmed have died. I often wonder what the reaction of the US might be if 60,000 unguided rockets had been lobbed from Tijuana into San Diego over the past 5 years. And how long the US would show 'restraint'. And whether the US would worry a lot about 'proportionate' response. Just musing.

In Israeli society, Jewish citizens generally have more rights and privileges compared to Arab citizens, who make up about 20% of the population. While both groups are entitled to basic civil rights under Israeli law, disparities exist in areas such as land access, political representation, and economic opportunities. Arab citizens often face systemic challenges and discrimination, which can limit their rights and participation in society compared to their Jewish counterparts.

I think they had one feast the passover.

Kibbutz (ki-BOOHTS)

Some of the anticipated effects on human lifestyle Will be: Food shortage's, as some areas experience devastating flood's, wile others experience prolonged drought's.

4 hours, assuming you have a direct flight.

The United States supports both Israel, Egypt, and Palestine. The United States is also prepared to support and aide any Arab country (like Egypt) that is willing to trade violence and antagonism for peace.

The United States support for the State of Israel is the strongest of the three comes from a variety of sources. Israel has cooperated with the United States on diplomatic issues, military and intelligence exchanges, large amounts of trade, and significant technological investment. In addition there a numerous Americans who support the State of Israel because of religious convictions on top of the already-listed reasons.

Egypt is the second-largest individual recipient of American Aid (after Israel) and this money has gone to fund the Egyptian Army primarily as well as infrastructure maintenance. Given the corruption in the Mubarak Regime, not much of this money trickled down to Egyptian commoners, but it was there. The United States maintains a strategic alliance with Egypt also on account of the Suez Canal which sees most of the Persian Gulf oil-tankers pass through.

The United States is the largest donor to UNRWA, the UN organization maintaining the Palestinian Refugee Camps, and is one of the largest donors to the Palestinian Authority, the current official government of Palestine. The United States has consistently endorsed a Roadmap to Peace with a Two-State Solution since the Oslo Accords in 1993.

It depended on who ruled; Israel was subject to Hellenic (ancient Greek), Roman, Persian, and of course, Torah law, at one time or the other. During the reign of King David, there was no law, at least, no legal system; David's Israel was ruled by the "honor system," by that I mean, there was no real regulation of anything, except things dealing with temple affairs, because it was assumed everyone was such a loyal follower of God, no one would cause anyone any harm, that is, no one would cheat anyone, women would be left alone, there would be no murder, and if an incident occured, everything was handled by royal decree, by order of the King, remember it was an absolute monarchy.

If you need a shorter version, likely wanting what was law in ancient Israel when ancient Israel was at its peak, it can be sumarized like this;

First comes the law of the priests, then comes the law of the King. Indeed, Old Testament law, is influential to this day; even in modern day England, the most well known monarchy in the west, a King or Queen can not be crowned unless a ceremony is conducted in that church of theirs. Its tradition, however in the old testament, Kings were annointed, not crowned. From the annointing of David, ever after power was inherited.

The modern Torah, and the Torah of David, however, are not the same; know that much.

TRUE. One King Hussein bin Talal's greatest accomplishments was helping the Israelis and Palestinian Authority to come to agreements in the Oslo Accords. However, the greater accomplishment was the following year when King Hussein made peace between Israel and his country of Jordan.

Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. Israel is an open, progressive, multicultural society which does not through governmental policies oppress women, gays or religious minorities. Israel has many Arab citizens who vote, are represented in Parliament (Knesset) and are business owners or otherwise productive members of the socioeconomic fabric of the country. It is also a society which has been in the forefront of technological advancement, medical breakthroughs and humanitarian efforts including refugee absorption and the provision of medical/surgical care not only to indigeneous Bedouin populations but also globally in places like Haiti. Israel has been a partner with the US in protecting American lives through the sharing of intelligence.

Traditional greeting is Shalom meaning peace, hello or goodbye.

Israel became a nation on two separate major occasions.

-- The first followed the Exodus from Egypt, placed by various sources

somewhere during the the 12th to 14th centuries BCE.

-- The second occurred on May 14th, 1948. The next day a war broke out when Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq declared war on Israel. The war ended a year later with a ceasefire.

El Al Israel Airlines.

There are also two much smaller carriers, called Arkia and Israir.

Scholars say that in the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke), the entire mission of Jesus appears to have lasted less than one year. In John's Gospel, the mission of Jesus was three years long.