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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
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.
No one rebuilt the Jewish temple.
No one rebuilt the Jewish temple.
No one rebuilt the Jewish temple.
No one rebuilt the Jewish temple.
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%
Is Israel a city that is inside Jerusalem?
No, its the opposite. Jerusalem is a city within Israel the country.
In fact - Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
Read more about Jerusalem at: jerusalem
What is the diffrenes between the moshav and kibbutz?
A moshav is a cooperative settlement consisting of independent small farms, or land farmed by the whole community with each family having its own house and garden.
A kibbutz is a communal farm or factory in Israel run collectively and dedicated to the principle that production work and domestic work are of equal value.
Who was Theodore Herzl and why did he become a Zionist?
Herzl, assigned to the Dreyfus trial in Paris by an Austrian newspaper, saw that anti-Antisemitism could not be eliminated in Europe. He sought another land for the Jewish People - Zion (Israel). He became a Zionist because he also realized that Israel, which has been the homeland of the Jewish people as long as Jewish people have existed, is the only realistic, rational choice of homeland for the Jewish people.
Check the Kfar Hamaccabia, just outside Ramat Gan. Not cheap, but definitely significantly
less than the Sheraton or David, and a pure delight.
Where is the location of Armageddon in Israel?
Mount Megiddo (which is the same as Armageddon) is in the northwest of Israel, not far from Haifa (30km, southeast of Haifa).
What are the disadvantages and advantages of saying no to israel partition as catholic country?
The advantages of saying no is that God will bless our country because we all know that Israel is the promised land by God and whoever curses it will also be cursed. The disadvantages is that Palestine can declare war against our country or they will not help us in supplying gasoline that we all Filipinos need.
What languages are spoken in Jerusalem Israel?
Hebrew (among Jewish Israelis), Arabic (among Arab Israelis and Palestinians), Yiddish (in Hasidic Communities), and English (for tourists). Note that most Arabic-speakers also understand and use Hebrew in earning a livelihood among other Israelis.
In Jerusalem, many languages can be heard. From most to least common, there are: Hebrew, Palestinian/Jordanian Arabic, English, Yiddish, Russian, French, foreign Arabic dialects, Spanish, etc.
The residents of Jerusalem speak many languages. Some of them are: Hebrew, Arabic, English, Yiddish, French and Spanish. Being a center for new immigrants, you can probably find speakers of many other languages in Jerusalem.
Hebrew is the primary language. Arabic is spoken by the large muslim minority, and English is the most common foreign language spoken in Jerusalem.
mainly Hebrew, but there is a fair amount of Arabic spoken too
Was Israel invaded during the Holocaust?
Israel was not independent prior to 1948 and the Holocaust ended in 1945. As for the territory on which Israel sits, because of the British victory over the German Afrika Corps in the Second Battle of El-Alamein in Egypt, Nazi German troops never made it to the British Mandate for Palestine, so there was no invasion.
