Israel

At 20,770 square km (according to the CIA World Factbook), the area of Israel

is slightly larger than Massachusetts, and slightly smaller than New Jersey.

Israel is a holy country because it has the western wall which is the last renaming wall of the holy temple which is holy for Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Any conservative clothing will do. Contrary to popular opinion, Israel is just as cosmopolitan as any other nation. As it depends on when you are going, think in terms of what you would wear to Florida in high summer. Obviously you are not going to wear a bikini on the street, but simple summer clothing will do nicely. If you are considering church sightseeing or visiting the Wailing Wall, a scarf is the minimum and a hat is better.

None, other than the fact that they're both in the Middle East.

because there needed to be a place to remember, and a place where people who wanted answers could get them

These expeditions were known as the Crusades.

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However, the Crusades wars were for political reasons rather than for religious reasons to get control on the holy lands. The holy lands are not belonging to Christians alone but also to Jews and Muslims and when controlled by Muslims all people of all the God three religions were equally having the rights in practicing their ritual worships in these holy lands without any kind of discrimination.

Israeli people claim their culture is diverse because the people of Israel are from around the world. Today, these people identify as Israeli and not their former nation's identity. In summary, Israel is diverse in terms of the origin of its population, but the people do not regard their former cultures.

The so-called Middle East is really annexed North Africa. After Suez Canal created, this part of North Africa was called "Middle East."

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Israel is considered part of Asia. A look at a map will reveal

that this is quite reasonable.

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As said above Israel is part of Asia (middle east being more of a cultural group of countries- islamist, than a continent).

That said Israel is at the crossroads between Europe Asia and Africa. This means that while its geographical grouping is definitely Asia, it holds more in common culturally with the rest of europe (It is far less arabic in origin than the rest of the middle eastern countries) - and is treated as a member of europe in some minor ways (e.g. being included in Eurovision song contest). From a flora and fauna point of view Israel is shown to be the central country bordering all three continents, as historically animals from all three continents roamed here, though most of these are now locally extinct.

Acre, the last Christian foothold, fell in 1291.

Hey that's in assassins creed te he

Palestine comes from the Latin name of the region Palestina (the Roman Name for the Province) which in turn comes from Hebrew P'lishtim (Philistines).

Israel comes from Hebrew Yisra'el which loosely translates as "he that striveth with G-d" and is a name for Jews in general (although originally an alternative name for the biblical figure Jacob/Ya'aqobh).

Palestinian Arabs will call Israel Palestine and Jews and Zionists will call Israel Israel.

Jerusalem contains many physical features. They pretty much contain all of the main ones you can think of:

THE GREAT SEA

THE COASTAL PLAIN

THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS PLATEAU

THE DEEP JORDAN VALLEY

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE JORDAN

THE GREAT DESERT

HIGHWAYS AND ROADS

THE ROCKY HILLS

There is a link to additional information at the Related Links below.

Ashurbanipal

Which Palestinian conflict is the question referring to?

Is it the Arab-Palestinian Conflict? -- which began in 1948, but became much more violent in the 1970s and 1980s, killing between 5,000-25,000 Palestinians depending on the estimates used.

Is it the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? -- which began in the 1920s, but became much more widespread in 1947 with the Jewish-Arab Engagement and the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9. Approximately 13,000 Palestinians have died in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

Is it the Palestinian Civil War? -- which began in 2006, but most violence took place in 2007 with approximately 600-1000 deaths.

See the Related Questions below for the different Palestinian Conflicts.

Israel controlled the city of Jerusalem since there Independence in 1948. Jerusalem is Israel Capitol to

The Holy Book of Judaism is the Tanakh.

Israel is a nation without an official state religion. (While Israel is the Jewish State, it is only Jewish in the ethnic sense, not the religious sense.) Most Israelis are Jews, but there are Muslim, Christian, Druze, and Baha'i minorities who each have their own holy books.

To read more about the Jewish Holy Book, please read the Related Question below.

England, France and the United States retook the Suez Canal from Egypt after Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized it unilaterally. After quite a bit of diplomatic attempts to head off hostilities, the England France the US and Israel all took part in removing control of the Suez Canal from Egyptian forces.

The actual events from the point where Nasser nationalized the canal to the point of hostilities is loaded with activity.

there is a ten hour difference between Israel and California (Pacific Time Zone). Israel is ten hours later. If it is midnight in San Diego, CA....it is ten in the morning in Israel. Israel is in Asia....not Europe...like my husband thought!

No,unfortunately not,he died back in June 1997,but he will be remembered for years to come.

Wait a second. Help me out here, and please take it slowly, because sometimes

I get confused . . .

If Palestine was declared a nation for Jews, and the Jewish nation has been a

UN member for 62 years, then exactly what country are Erakat and Abbas and

Ashrawhi trying so hard to get admitted to the UN now ?

If the question is asking as to which two countries desperately claim Jerusalem to be theirs, the answer is: Israel and Palestine.

However, Jerusalem was never designed to belong to two countries. Like all cities, it was designed to be a unified city. Every city that has been divided, from Berlin, to Vienna, to Nicosia, to Rome has suffered from having its urban structure divided between two different countries.

The people of Israel interact with their environment through certain activities. Farming by irrigation is a good example of how the people of Israel interact with their environment.