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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 difference between Israel and the West Bank?
The West bank passed like a hot rock, through the fortunes of war.
It has passed from Ottoman to British to Jordanian to Israeli control after the 1967. Now to a semi autonomous.
The population of the West Bank is Arab/Muslim as opposed to that of Israel which is predominantly Jewish.
The West Bank is a HOT piece of real estate effectively cutting Israel in half leaving but a narrow strip. An expanding Israeli population has been making inroads into the West Bank.
The two populations are very different as far as culture, ethnicity, religion, hopes and aspirations go leaving a gap hard to bridge.
Is Israel occupying land illegally?
Answer 1
No, of course not. Israel became a legal nation on May 14, 1948.
Answer 2
Long Answer: In terms of international law, Israel is fully legitimate in its control of all territories acquired according to the armistices of 1949 pending a full and final border resolution through peace treaties. However, the areas of the West Bank and the Golan Heights (including East Jerusalem and the Eastern border of the Sea of Galilee) are areas that Israel holds pursuant to UN Resolution 242. According to this Resolution, Israel is allowed to administer, but not own the territories until a final resolution is reached. Israeli laws such as the Jerusalem Unification Act in 1980 and the Annexation of the Golan Heights in 1981 violate this standing in international law and may be seen as foreign occupation. Additionally, the numerous Israeli-built settlements in the West Bank are also a form of occupation contrary to the intent of UN Resolution 242.
Short Answer: Most of Israel's land belongs to it legally, but there are some areas under Israeli control that are considered to be occupied illegally.
What is the Hebrew word for might?
Might as in Strength = חוזק (khozek)
Might as an auxilliary verb depends on the context of the sentence.
Israel is a country located in the Middle East, surrounded by the nations of Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt. It is also bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the west.
Where might one go online to find information about El Al Israel Airlines?
To find information about El Al Israel Airlines someone could checkout the official website of El Al Israel Airlines. Here they will find information on flight status, baggage info, online check-in, and so on.
What side of the road do Hebrews drive on?
It depends on what you are referring to with the term "Hebrews".
If you are referring to the Ancient Israelite States in the Land of Israel, the question is anachronistic. The idea that a horse (and any carriages attached to it) should stay to one side of a road did not come into existence prior to the last 400 years. If two horses/donkeys passed each other in Ancient Israel, they would pass each other on whichever side that they wanted.
If you are referring to modern Jews, they are not exclusive to one country. They drive on whatever side of the road they are required to in accordance with the laws of the given country. Specifically in Israel, which consists of Jews, Arabs, Druze, Maronite Christians, and many other ethnic groups, they drive on the right side of the road as is Israeli law.
What contributions did the ancient Israelites make to world religion?
Monotheism, the Ten Commandments, the Torah and the Prophets.
Judaism is egalitarian and values all individuals, both men and women. The wealthy have no privileges; and the poor are valued, treated well and their opinions listened to. (Compare this to those societies in which only mature, land-owning males had any legal status.)
Judaism applied laws, and rules of moral behavior, to all its members equally. The laws of Moses form much of Western legal background.
Quote:
"I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation ... fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations" (John Adams, 2nd President of the United States).
"Certainly, the world without the Jews would have been a radically different place. Humanity might have eventually stumbled upon all the Jewish insights, but we cannot be sure. All the great conceptual discoveries of the human intellect seem obvious and inescapable once they had been revealed, but it requires a special genius to formulate them for the first time. The Jews had this gift. To them we owe the idea of equality before the law, both Divine and human; of the sanctity of life and the dignity of human person; of the individual conscience and of collective conscience, and social responsibility" (Paul Johnson, Christian historian, author of A History of the Jews and A History of Christianity).
What is the political capital of Israel?
Jerusalem
Has the Knesset (The Israeli parliament) and all other government buildings
Did peter drown in the sea of galilee?
No.
The Roman emperor, Nero, was very unhappy about the burning of Rome, so he decided to blame the Christians. One of the more well-known Christians was Simon Peter, or just "Peter".
Peter was put to death on Nero's orders by being crucified (A common Roman execution method) but it was more horrific than even Jesus' crucifixion in that Peter was crucified head down.
Yes it will work, you need an adapter from SAKAL for electricity, it costs around $50. One problem you will face is the games, the games in Israel sold as PAL, while US xbox version is NTSC, so if you are gonna buy games in Israel make sure to ask if it is PAL or NTSC. There are some small stores, that offers to get you the NTSC version, but it might take 3 days to a week to get to your house.
I hope that's helpful, because i have Xbox 360 from the USA, i still play on it, and get NTSC games for it from specific stores, but one down turn, netflix and buying movies or renting is not available because ur IP address is Israel :/
How many states recognize the State of Israel?
Israel is formally recognized by, and has mutual diplomatic relations with,
all but about 30 of the United Nations member nations.
Did the Romans control the Holy Lands or what is known as Israel today?
Yes, it is mentioned in the Bible during the birth of Christ that the Roman Emperor of the time required a census to be taken of the land
Har Eitan is located in the Golan Heights region of Israel, near the town of Katzrin. It is the highest peak in the Golan Heights and offers panoramic views of the surrounding area.
When is the first Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure taking place in Israel?
The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure will take place on Thursday, October 28, 2010. It is a five-kilometer run/walk, starting from Jerusalem's Gan Sacher and ending at the Valley of Hinnom, outside Jerusalem's Old City walls. The race starts at noon and will end by 4PM.
The Syrians have lost which piece of territory to the Israelis?
Note on "Winning"
It's important to note beforehand that Israel did not "win" the territories on two counts. Firstly, Israel fought and shed blood to gain those territories, they were not just awarded or gifted to Israel. Secondly, no one can "win" territories without a formal peace treaty awarding territories to one country or another. The Arab-Israeli Conflict has only had partial treaties and none of them have awarded territory conquered during the Six Day War to Israel. (1979 Peace with Egypt returned the Sinai to Egypt and confirmed follow-up discussions on the Gaza Strip and 1994 Peace with Jordan required Israel to cede the West Bank to a future Palestinian State.)
Territories
To see the list of territories for which Israeli occupation was legitimated subject to a future peace treaty according to UNSC Resolution 242 that were taken from Syria, see the list below:
Eastern Bank of the Sea of Galilee: This is the smallest peace of land (5 km square) that Israel recaptured and is the only territory from the British Mandate of Palestine that the Palestinians have never explicitly claimed. From 1949-1967, Syria held this piece of land, giving Syria direct access to a small portion of the Sea of Galilee and thus Israel/Palestine's main water source.
Golan Heights: This is a Syrian Mountain Range just north of western Jordan. This territory is small, but strategic, giving Israel a position where Syria cannot take military advantage of it. Currently, UNDOF monitors the border between the Golan Heights and Syria.
70: The Roman Army destroyed Jerusalem, killed over 1 million Jews, took about 100,000 into slavery and captivity, and scattered many from Palestine to other locations in the Roman Empire.
Circa 115 -117: Jews in Cyprus, Cyrene, Egypt and parts of Mesopotamia revolted against the Roman Empire in what is known as the Kitos War. This caused the death of several hundreds of thousands of Romans and Jews. The Roman Legions eventually crushed the rebellions.
132: Bar Kochba led a hopeless three-year revolt against the Roman Empire. Many Jews had accepted him as the Messiah. About a half-million Jews were killed; thousands were sold into slavery or taken into captivity. The rest were exiled from Palestine and scattered throughout the known world, adding to what is now called the "Diaspora." Judaism was no longer recognized as a legal religion.
135: Serious Roman persecution of the Jews began. They were forbidden, upon pain of death, from practicing circumcision, reading the Torah, eating unleavened bread at Passover, etc. A temple dedicated to the Roman pagan god Jupiter was erected on temple mountain in Jerusalem. A temple of Venus was built on Golgotha, just outside the city.
Basically the Romans expelled them. Jews battled with Romans for quite a while and were perceived as a threat to the Roman Empire. Some remained in Israel and continued to fight, but most spread to many different areas. There has been a consistent Jewish presence in Israel for thousands of years. In fact unified Jerusalem has one of the oldest recorded histories of anywhere in the world. Romans named Palestine after the biblical Phillistines as an insult to Jews. Palestinians are not actually philistines and did not arrive in Israel until the 7th century. Now Jews are denied their rights to all of Israel because they are small minority in the world and Europeans and Arabs have far more power than them. Other countries in the world act in their self-interest which is typically not with a very small population such as the Jewish people. It's hard to get straight answers about Israel because their is so much revisionist history and propaganda put out by Muslims and some people who dislike Jews, so be careful to double check anything you read.
What fraction of the world is Israel?
if you mean land size,
The earth is is roughly 197 million square miles; 57 million square miles of land and the rest water.
Israel is roughly 10,000 square miles.
So Israel is 1/19,700th of the Earth.
What day did the Arab nations attack Israel?
The Arab nations formally declared War on Israel on the 19th of May 1948, the day after Israel declared its independence.
What geographic problems has Israel overcome to build a healthy nation?
Israel contains desert areas, arid areas, rocky-terrain areas, and (in the recent past) swamp areas. The geographic feature most related to health would be the swamps (associated with malaria), which the Israelis drained. See also:
If you mean Israel the country, then no. I think you mean the Jewish state of Birobidzhan (see link below).
Who rebuilt the city of Jerusalem?
No one rebuilt the Jewish temple.
No one rebuilt the Jewish temple.
No one rebuilt the Jewish temple.
No one rebuilt the Jewish temple.
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No one rebuilt the Jewish temple.
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No one rebuilt the Jewish temple.
8,367 sq mi (21,671 sq km)
Israel is about 8% smaller than New Jersey, and 2% larger than Massachusetts.
It would fit into the USA about 440 times.
Israel (22,072 Square Km) is about the size of New Jersey in America.
What percentage of israel's population live in cities?
About 90 percent OR If you need the straight answer 92%
