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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.
6,421 Questions
What body of water is located on the border of Jordan and Israel?
The River of Jordan is connected to the Dead Sea. Both of these are very major water sources for this area.
What nation has part of the dead sea and the Sea of Galilee within its boundaries?
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Who owns the property of the holy places in Israel?
Answer 1
Israel controls access to the ones that are in Israel, which is arguably the main reason that followers of all faiths with holy places in Israel have free and secure access to those places.
Answer 2
To say that the Israeli government controls the Holy Places in Israel is not entirely accurate.
The Jewish Holy Sites are administered directly by the Israeli government ministries devoted to religious matters, which have heavy Orthodox Jewish membership. The Dome of the Rock Shrine and the Al-Aqsa Mosque are maintained and managed by the Islamic Waqf which is a Palestinian/Jordanian Islamic organization which has minimal ties with the Israeli government and has actively promoted anti-Zionist propaganda. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is officially owned by the Palestinian Muslim Nusseibeh family which holds onto the keys of the Church in order to prevent any particular Christian denomination from having control of the church and ostensibly preventing others from worshiping. The Church is used according to the Status Quo Agreement, which stipulates how often each Christian group can use the facility. The Druze community owns and maintains Nabi Shu'ayb (The Tomb of Jethro) which is a Druze holy site in Israel.
What does Israels clothing look like?
Generally they look like more refined people of the middle east. Hair is usually darkish brown, skin is a pretty, medium brown. Striking features. Usually brown eyes. They just look normal, average height generally.
Who was the first queen of Israel?
Golda Meir was the first and only female Israeli Prime Minister, 1969-1974
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But since the question referred to a generic "leader", Deborah should also be mentioned.
Answer 1
Yes, Israel is a bad country because Allah did not give them a home land because Allah hates them a lot . so for a home land they are fighting Palestine to rule the country . This is written by Allah in holy Qur'an.
Answer 2
No. Israel is a good country. People have freedom of speech, faith, and assembly. The police protect the people instead of harassing them. All Israeli Citizens have the right to an education and the ability to vote (once they reach the age of 18). There are currently three Israeli-Arab parties in the Israeli Parliament who vocally criticize Israeli policy (as opposed to Iran where the Jewish representative is a puppet only). Whenever Israel is accused of maltreating its Arab minorities or the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, they mount a full-scale inquiry and these inquiries have, on occasion, presented strong indictments of Israeli policy to the Israeli Government. The Israeli Army is subordinate to the Civilian Government.
As concerns the previous answer, the Holy Qur'an proves that the Jews have rights to the State of Israel (5:20-21, 17:100-104, 26:59) and there is no verse that describes Palestinians, the Levant (Bilaad Ash-Sham), or Arab territorial rights to any place in Israel. Jerusalem/Al-Qods is never actually mentioned, although it is alluded to. A wondrous event took place there, but there is certainly no mention of territorial control or ownership of Jerusalem. This is as opposed to Mohammed actively claiming that Arabia belongs to Muslims in various Hadiths.
As concerns the claim of genocide, which some argue Israel is performing, I invite people to go to the Related Question below which explains step by step why what Israel is doing in the Palestinian Territories is not genocide. Israel does reserve the right, like all countries to prevent violence being perpetrated against its citizenry. Nobody objects to the Russian quashing of Chechen rebels, the Indonesian quashing of Acehnese, nor the Pakistani quashing of the Balochis (except the members of these particular groups) even though these result in a much higher percentage of civilian casualties in the death tolls. The reason that these are "acceptable" is that there is no dispute that Russia, Indonesia, and Pakistan have a right to self-defense. For some reason, people are not willing to concede that part of nationhood to Israel, which is far more liberal socially and politically than Russia, Indonesia, and Pakistan.
As concerns the stifling of Palestinian growth, the West Bank is currently seeing the highest rate of economic growth anywhere in the Middle East (roughly 6% annually) under the leadership of the Palestinian Authority's Salaam Fayyad. New businesses are being developed and opened, infrastructure is growing, and even though the Occupation is still a major concern, Israel is not preventing these good signs. Hamas, and Ismail Haniyeh in particular, prefer to engage in active and passive warfare rather than building a structured economy and the Palestinians in Gaza have been the unfortunate recipients of what that policy yields.
What kind of food do Israelis eat for Hanukkah?
Most Israel people have grandparents or great-grandparents who grew up in over 100 different countries, and when the families came to Israel, they brought not only their styles of everyday cuisine with them, but also their own traditional holiday dishes.
If you wanted to nail them all down to just a few cultural backgrounds, those might be the Ashkenazi from eastern Europe and Russia, the Sefardi from the countries of the Spanish and Portuguese empires, and the Mizrachi from what is now the Arab/Persian world. But even within one of those categories, you would find a broad spectrum of tastes and traditions, reflecting many countries and many centuries. Just like the modern state of Israel itself.
Jelly donuts have become popular for Hanukkah in Israel in recent years. For Ashkenazim, latkes (potato pancakes) are traditional.
What does Israel currency look like?
see:
http://www.worldwide-tax.com/israel/images/test.jpg
http://www.kumah.org/blog/shekel.jpg
http://www.kniht.com/wpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/shekel.jpg
Did Israel enter into world war 2?
The country of Israel did not exist in WW II. Israel was established in 1948. WW II ended in 1945.
What river is a key water source for Israel Lebanon and Syria?
The Jordan River is the/a key water source to Israel, Lebanon and Syria.
How far is Jerusalem from the dead sea?
The Tel Aviv beach is about 40 mins away by Car.
The Dead Sea is about 1.15min away by Car.
Why is Judaism founded in Israel and not in most other Middle east countries?
A religion can only be founded in one place. Judaism was not an expansionist religion seeking converts. It stayed in a very small enclave until it was brought to other regions through deportations and forced exoduses.
If you meant to ask "Why is Judaism found in Israel and not in most other Middle East countries?" see the Related Question below.
How does Israeli-Palestinian conflict affect the world?
There are a vast number of effects of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. The list below is not exhaustive.
Israel
- The existence of the State of Israel is a direct result of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- The Israeli War Budget and Compulsory Military Service
- The Expansion of Israel from the 1947 UN Resolution Boundaries to the 1949 Armistice boundaries to the the 1967 Six-Day War boundaries to the 1973 Yom Kippur War boundaries.
- The Contraction of Israel in 1982 (giving up Sinai)
- The Israeli Occupation of Southern Lebanon (1981-2000) and the two Israeli engagements in Lebanon.
- The Israeli Alliance with Iran (1948-1979), Turkey (1949-2010?), Egypt (1979-Present), Jordan (1994-Present), and the United States and Western Countries.
- The Lack of major Israeli-Arab trade even though they are neighbors.
- The Annexation of East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, and the city of Ghajar.
- The Military Occupation of the West Bank and Blockade of Gaza
- The Relinquishing of Gaza and portions of the the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority
Palestine
- The lack of existence of the State of Palestine as a fully sovereign and internationally recognized state is a direct result of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (both by Israel and by Jordan and Egypt)
- The Palestinian Exodus from the former British Mandate of Palestine
- The Palestinian Refugee Displacement and Diaspora
- The Arab-Palestinian Conflict (typically refugee camp disputes that became massacres)
- Jordanian and Egyptian Annexation of Palestinian territories (1949-1967) and denial of Palestinian self-rule up to the Israeli conquest of those regions.
- The formation of the PLO and the numerous police actions brought against it by Arab States
- Around 18% of Israelis being ethnically Palestinian.
- The first Intifada and the Israeli Recriminations
- The Relinquishing of Gaza and portions of the the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority
- The second Intifada and the Israeli Recriminations
- The Palestinian Civil War of 2007 that separated Gaza (under the control of democratically-elected Hamas) from the provisional West Bank territories (under the control of Western-supported Fatah)
- Constant belligerence between Gaza and Israel since the Palestinian Civil War and Operation Cast Lead
- The pervasive loss of land due to Israeli Settlements in the West Bank and formerly (they were removed by Israel in 2005) in the Gaza Strip.
Egypt
- The Rise of Arab Socialism and Nasserism were indirectly a result of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Nasser provided a new way to deal with Middle East policy for Egypt)
- The loss and recovery of Sinai from Israel twice (1956-1957, 1967-1982)
- Normalization of ties with Israel (1979) after bitter defeats or stalemates in previous wars
- Military Alliance with Israel in the aftermath of the Peace Treaty and especially after the Palestinian Civil War
- Palestinian Refugee Camps in Egypt
- Assassination of President Anwar Sadat and one of several reasons for popular dissatisfaction with President Hosni Mubarak (the economy was a bigger issue)
Jordan
- Massive influx of Palestinians in the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9
- Gave citizenship to many Palestinian refugees, making 60% of Jordanian citizens ethnic Palestinians
- Lost the West Bank to Israel in 1967
- Suppressed the Black September Palestinian Uprising in 1970
- Made peace with Israel in light of the Oslo Accords of 1993 conditioned on further negotiations with the Palestinians and dropped its claim to the West Bank
- Fruitful trade and peace with Israel (1994-Present)
- Assisted negotiations between Israel and Fatah
Syria
- Massive influx of Palestinians in the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9
- Loss of the Golan Heights in 1967 and the Syrian internal displacement (Syrians fleeing the Golan to the remainder of Syria)
- The establishment of the UNDOF demilitarized zone in 1973
- The tragedy of the Syrian Druze (some are in Israeli-occupied territory and some are in Syria, but they cannot travel)
- Headquarters of Hamas and Hezbollah in Damascus
- No diplomatic relations between Syria and Israel
Lebanon
- Massive influx of Palestinians in the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9
- Numerous conflicts and massacres between Lebanese and Palestinians in Lebanon
- Israeli, PLO, and Syrian participation in the Lebanese Civil War
- Israeli Jewish and Lebanese Christian Alliances and the assassination of Gemayel
- Israeli and Syrian occupation of Lebanon from 1982 until 2000 and 2007 respectively
- 2006 War between Israel and Hezbollah destroyed South Lebanon
- No diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Israel and no person with an Israeli passport stamp is allowed in Lebanon
Turkey
- Allied with Israel as early as 1949 against the Arab States
- Placed Turkey in an interesting position as one of the few Muslim-majority countries allied with Israel
- The Arab-Israeli Conflict causes much turmoil and controversy in Turkey
- The Mavi Marmara Incident which cooled Israeli-Turkish relations
Iran
- Strategic anti-Arab Israeli-Iranian Alliance (1948-1979) which resulted in large petroleum commerce between Iran and Israel
- The resentment of the Iranian population towards Israel on account of the war and the above-mentioned alliance being connected to the Shah
- Since 1979, an attempt by Iran to use the Arab-Israeli Conflict to create alliances with other Arab states and spawn several militant organizations.
- Iranian-Syrian Shi'a Alliance (1979-Present)
- Iranian support and backing of Hezbollah (1980s to Present)
- Iranian desire for nuclear weapons to counter Israel's arsenal and all of the sanctions and international ostracism that comes from that desire
United States
- Alliance with Israel (1949-1967), Top-Level Alliance with Israel (1967-Present)
- The United States was able to use the Arab-Israeli Conflict to reposition itself as the strongest power in the Middle East after 1956 (removing the United Kingdom from that position)
- Military, diplomatic, technological, economic, and other trade increasing between Israel and the United States
- United States Aid to Egypt in the wake of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Peace treaty
- Aid to a number of Arab countries due to their poverty.
Soviet Union/Russia
- Initial Alliance with Israel (1948-1953) which was rescinded when it became clear that Israel would not be a Communist country
- Arms supplier to the Arab States and the dumping ground of many ex-Russian military devices such as machineguns, missiles, tanks, and fighter planes.
- Soviet/Russian attempts to prevent Western intervention in the Middle East
What is the city on the West Bank of the Jordan River between Israel and Jordan?
There are numerous cities in the West Bank, but none of them are exactly on the Jordan River. This is because the land is far too inclined to build any major cities.
The closest major city to the river is Jericho.
The most famous city in the West Bank is Jerusalem.
What US president was the first to recognize the state of Israel?
The US government recognized the provisional Israeli government in a de facto capacity on May 14, 1948 (US time) or May 15, 1948 (Israeli time). However, American recognition of the Israeli government on a de jure basis following its election on January 31, 1949.
Who won the election for Prime Minister in Israel in 2001?
Benjamin (Binyamin) Netanyahu, leader of Likud, had won and is the prime minister.
What was King David of Israel famous for?
The names Land of Israel and Children of Israel have historically been used to refer to the biblical Kingdom of Israel
What is Benjamin Netanyahu's mailing address?
He can be contacted through the Prime Minister's office website. Use the link below.
When its 11.30 am EST what time is it in israel?
According to the Clock app on the iphone, upon entering Jerusalem as a location compared to New York, which runs in the Eastern Time Zone, Jerusalem is 7 hours ahead. 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time would be 5:30 p.m. in Jerusalem, Israel.
Yes, Israel lies along the eastern side of the Mediterranean sea, and also on the northern tip of the red sea (along with Egypt and Jordan). also, the Dead sea is between Israel and Jordan, but it is not exactly a sea.
