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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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General Discussion
Plan Dalet is an initiative that the proto-Israeli militias (like the Haganah or Palmach) had among a number of other initiatives to defend the nascent state of Israel from a civil war with the Arab population and invasions from hostile neighbors. Plan Dalet is often cited by those who argue that Israel had a clear and unambiguous intent to ethnically cleanse the nascent state of Arabs destroy or cleanse all Arab villages, but this perspective is not supported by its general understanding or application.
Benny Morris, a historian who has argued both for and against Israeli policy has stated that, "Plan D called for securing the areas earmarked by the United Nations for Jewish statehood and several concentrations of Jewish population outside those areas (West Jerusalem and Western Galilee). The roads between the core Jewish areas and the border areas where the invading Arab armies were expected to attack were to be secured."
Refutation of the Ethnic Cleansing Argument
The argument that positions and towns granted by the United Nations to Israel and those areas outside of it with large Jewish populations were to be held at all costs against invading armies says nothing about how Arabs civilians should be treated in those areas. The general policy practiced by the proto-Israeli militias in engaging with Arab civilians was to allow those that submitted willingly to Israeli control to continue unharmed, but to fight with those that contested the Israeli military presence. Abu Ghosh and several Arab towns around Jerusalem were spared violence by Israeli militias precisely because of this peaceful submission to Israeli authority. Similarly, a large number of Arab civilian towns surrendered in the Galilee region and were not forced out or ethnically cleansed. In fact, the numbers of Arabs who did not leave the Galilee were so high that Arabs have maintained a consistent majority of the population in the central Galilee since 1948 in Israel (in some places over 75% of the population).
Conversely, all Jews in what would become the West Bank or Jordanian-Occupied Jerusalem were forcibly evicted due to ethnic cleansing and those areas became Judenrein from 1949 until the Israeli conquest of the West Bank in 1967. If you are looking for ethnic cleansing during the Jewish-Arab Engagement of 1947-1949, it is much clearer in both word and deed coming from the Arab side against Jews than the Zionist Jewish side against Arabs.
Who was the major prophet who spent his entire life outside israel and judah?
Assuming that you are talking about Juudaism, there are a few: Moses, Ezekiel, and Daniel, among others.
Of course, with the exception of certain sects of Christianity, the overwhelming majority of non-Jewish prophets spent their entire lives outside of Israel and Judah, including: Mohammed, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Joseph Smith, etc.
When did Mary Joseph and Jesus come back to Israel?
It is in Matthew's Gospel that Mary, Joseph and Jesus fled from their home in Bethlehem to Egypt, out of fear of King Herod who wished to have Jesus killed. They remained in Egypt until they had heard of Herod's death and then began the return journey to Bethlehem. Warned by an angel that Herod's son, Archelaus, still posed a threat, they turned aside from Bethlehem and travelled to Galilee, where they settled in a town called Nazareth.
The young family must have remained in Egypt for several years, since Matthew would suggest that Herod was not yet near death when he sought to have Jesus killed. Herod died in 4 BCE and Archelaus was deposed ten years later, in 6 CE. The gospel account therefore means that the return journey took place between 4 BCE and 6 CE.
Bethlehem was in the province of Judea (with as its core the Old Testament territory of Judah) and Nazareth was in Galilee. In strict, historical terms, Mary, Joseph and Jesus did not come back to Israel, because Israel had ceased to exist in 722 BCE, following its destruction by the Assyrians.
Well, first, Egypt and Morocco are in Africa and the rest are in Asia. Also, Israel is a Jewish country whilst the others are all Muslim. Iran is a Shia Muslim country and all the others (except Israel) are Sunni Muslim. Turkey alone is in NATO and Turkey alone has a land border with the EU and part of Turkey is on the European continent. Jordan and Morocco are the only monarchies and Turkey and Israel are the only democracies.
What was the US position toward the new state of Israel in the late 1940s?
The United States supported the state of Israel.
Is Samaria the capital city of the Kingdom of Israel?
Yes. Samaria was the capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel. (Gibeah, Hebron, and Jerusalem were the capitals of the United Kingdom of Israel.)
According to the maps of now where is the promised land from the Bible?
Primarily in the State of Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
Where does the story of Israel start?
It generally starts with Abraham, around the year 2000 BCE, though the establishment of an actual government in Israel happened nearly a thousand years later.
What is the symbol of the Holy Land in the countries of Europe?
Typically the Holy Land is represented religiously by the Jerusalem Cross. However, if you are referring to politics, all European Countries recognized the State of Israel and some also recognized Palestine.
How long is the flight from Israel to Manila?
since there is no direct flight from Israel to Manila, you must take connection fights which make the journey much longer.
from Israel to Hong-Kong with El-Al, 11 hours
in Hong-kong you have to wait at least 4 hours.
from Hong-Kong to Manila 2.5 Hours.
the total is around 18 Hours until you get from Tel-Aviv To Manila.
Does golan heights border the Middle East?
The Golan Heights is a small region within the Middle East, particularly, the central Levant region.
Israel receives aid from the US in the form of grants and loan guarantees,
just as Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan, India, Russia, Ukraine, West Bank and Gaza,
Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and others do.
No.
How did ancient israel affect ancient Egypt?
Actually, according to the Bible, the ancient Egyptians enslaved the Hebrews, until they broke out of Egypt and headed back to their "Promised Land" in Canaan.
However, there are no Egyptian records or archaeological evidence of them ever being in Egypt. If it affected Egypt at all, it wasn't very much.
Difficulties with integration would be one answer. A desire that separation outweighed all else.
How are Rwanda and Israel different?
There are almost no similarities between the two countries other than that (1) they recognize each other, have had violent relations with their neighbors and occupy territories that officially belong to their neighbors, (2) they are of comparable size and population, (3) contain humans and some animals, and (4) that some of those humans are white and some of them are black with interspersed minorities.
Some differences (of the many thousands include)
- Economy - Israel is a first-world country whereas Rwanda is a rural, developing nation. Rwanda's gross domestic product per capita (an indicator of the economic situation) is $1538. Israel's is $38,000.
- Internal Politics - Israel is a functioning liberal democracy whereas Rwanda is an illiberal democracy. Rwanda's president has broad powers; in Israel, power is held by the parliament.
- Internal Repression - Rwanda had a genocide around 20 years ago whereas Israel has never had a genocide.
- Climate - Israel is an arid to semi-arid country with low hills and flat coastline, whereas Rwanda is a landlocked country with tropical rainforests and high fluctuations in elevation. Rwanda has two rainy seasons each year. Israel has one.
- Location - Israel is in the Middle East whereas Rwanda is in Central Africa
- Colonizer - Israel was a former Ottoman Empire territory that passed to being a British colony after World War I whereas Rwanda was a German colony that passed to being a Belgian colony after World War I.
- Languages - Israel has two official languages of Hebrew and Arabic whereas Rwanda has three official languages of Kinyarwanda, French, and English.
- Religion - Israel has a Jewish majority with a large Muslim minority whereas Rwanda has a slight Catholic majority and a very large Protestant minority. Both also have less significant religious minorities.
What was one effect of American efforts to achieve peace in Israel?
Israel withdrew from much of the West Bank.
What eventually happened to the kingdoms of Israel and Judah and their people?
The people of Israel were carried away by the Assyrians, 133 years before the First Destruction. They are known as the Ten Lost Tribes and their location (if any) is not known. http://judaism.answers.com/jewish-history/where-are-the-ten-tribes-where-is-the-ark-of-the-covenant
The people of Judah were taken into Babylonian captivity and were allowed to return and rebuild the Temple. Most Jews today are descendants of these Judeans, who comprise a portion of the original Israelites.
