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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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Israel is located in Israel. It's a separate country, not inside of or overlapping any other country.
No point in Israel is in any other country, and no point in any other country is in Israel. Just like
Canada, Mexico, and the USA.
How many people live in Israel?
Israel's population, as of September 2010, is 7,645,000, according to the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics. This is an increase of 1.8%, for the 7th consecutive year. The breakdown is as follows:
- 75.5% Jewish
- 20.3% Arab
- 4.2% other
The statistics indicated that Israeli is a young nation, with about 28% of the people under the age of 14. (This compares to about 17% in most Western nations.) Only 10% are over 65 years old; in other Western countries, that average is roughly 15%.
When the country declared independence, there were only 806 thousand residents, but this number reached 1 million and 2 million in 1949 and 1958, respectively. In 1990, the population passed 5 million and in 1998, after the Soviet wave of immigration, it topped 6 million. The population is expected to reach 10 million by 2030, according to projections.
Both of those are big places. The distance between them depends on
where in Israel you start, and where in Egypt you're going to.
Start in Haifa
End in Cairo
Straight line . . . about 290 miles
Start anywhere along the Negev/Sinai border
Step across the border into Egypt
Zero distance.
Yes.
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On land set aside by a majority vote in the UN General Assembly, the residents of that
land declared it a sovereign nation in May, 1948, and named it Israel. It was immediately
attacked by the combined military forces of several of its neighbors, but survived the attack.
It was soon admitted as a member of the United Nations, and now is recognized by, and
has mutual diplomatic relations with, all but about 30 other countries in the world.
Israel has a unicameral parliament, composed of representatives elected by popular vote
of all its citizens. The elected representatives include Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Druze.
The head of state is the Prime Minister, the leader of the party receiving the most votes
in the general election. Since its founding in 1948, Israel has had orderly turnovers of the
government, with no revolution or coup d'etat.
What King in the bible was the first to build a temple in Israel?
Solomon built the first temple. This temple was destroyed by the Romans but later rebuilt.
King Solomon, son of David built the first temple. It was destroyed in B.C. 587. After the seventy year captivity Zerubbabel returned and began to rebuild the temple in B.C. 536, but it was not until B.C. 516 that the temple was complete. After that Herod the Great expanded and took some of it down to the foundations and rebuilt it in a more splendid manor. Herod the Great died in B.C. 4, but the building continued until A.D. 40. In A.D. 70 the Romans destroyed the temple and as yet it has not been rebuilt.
What is the centralized Government of ancient Israel?
If you meant "does", the answer is "a representative parliamentary democracy, since 1948".
If you meant "did" (as you wrote), the answer is "monarchy, until the year 70, and
rule by various conquerors from 70 until 1948".
How many Israeli citizens are christians?
None. If they are Christians, then they are not Jews.
If the question is asking how many Messianic Jews there are in Israel, the number is between 6,000 and 15,000. However, Messianic Judaism is a form of Christianity, not Judaism.
What is the traditional costume of Israel?
They wear a cotton dress, usually with certain swirls or stripes
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That person /\ hasn't spent a lot of time in Israel!
Israel is a nation of people born in more than 100 different countries, speaking
every significant language in the world and freely practicing every religion in the
world. The nation has no official state religion, and no "traditional costume".
Many Israeli women wear a light cotton dress, because the climate is sub-tropical maritime.
But many others don't.
Many Israeli men wear short pants and a short-sleeved light-weight shirt, because the
climate is sub-tropical maritime in some places, and sub-desert in other places. But many
others wear the Arab keffiyeh, bisht, and thawb, and crowds of still others wear the
Hasidic black suit, shtreimel, kapoteh, gartle, and yarmulke.
The name of Israel's traditional costume is "Diversity", with a capital Div.
Does Israel celebrate Christmas?
The main spot for Christianity is Bethlehem Jerusalem and Ariel those have the largest populations of Christians.
Christmas is just like any other day in Israel. Since most of the population is Jewish or Muslim (neither of which celebrate Christmas), people go to work on Christmas. Of course, there are some Christians in Israel (mainly messianic Jews). They would celebrate Christmas in the same way as other Christians do.
Also, there are many Russian-born Jews who celebrate Christmas.
Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty in 1994. However, there are rumors according to which King Hussein, the father of the current King Abdullah, had close relationships with several Israeli politicians. According to the rumors, during the 30 years prior to 1994, King Hussein even met Israeli officials in person several times.
Is there more than one religion in Israel?
There are five religions in Israel. In order of decreasing numbers: Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Druze, and Bahai'i. There are also smaller numbers of members of many other religions. Within the five most common religions, there is some diversity. Judaism covers quite a range of levels of observance and regional characteristics. Christianity includes a wide diversity of Christian Sects, ranging from Protestants to Armenians, to Catholics, to Eastern and Oriental Orthodox.
What year did Israel became an independent state?
Israel became a state on May 14, 1948 when they declared independence with the neighboring Arab states.
The political rulers of England and France called Christians to travel to the Holy lands in the Middle East. However, it was not to fight the enemies of the church because the holy lands were under control of Muslims and Muslims were not enemies of the church. It was the opposite. There were very good relations between Muslim leaders and Christian leaders. the holy lands were not only for Christians but also for Muslims. The full rights were secured for all Christians to practice their worships with no limitations. The fights against Muslims in the Middle East at that time, which was known as the Crusaders wars, were for political reasons and never were for religious reasons.
Why is Israel so important to Jews?
Israel was important because it was the holy land to christian, Jews and Muslims. It was holy because the phrophet of the religions were around israel in the religious storys.
It is important to Christianity and Judaism because it is where they were founded, Islam originates from Arabia.
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Jerusalem is the center of Judaism. It is important to Jews because it was chosen by God (Zechariah 3:2). It was the site of the Akeidah (Binding of Isaac, in Genesis ch.22) and was later the seat of the Davidic Kings, when King David, Israel's greatest king, founded the dynasty that ruled Judah for much of its history, making Jerusalem the capital of the United Kingdom of Israel during his reign and that of his son, King Solomon.
Jerusalem is called the holy city by the prophets (Isaiah 52:1). It was where Jews would go three times a year to celebrate the holiest festivals (Deuteronomy ch.16). Even after the destruction of the Temple, the Temple Mount and adjacent Western ("Wailing") Wall, which still stands, is the holiest site in Judaism. It is hoped and prophesied (Ezekiel ch.40-44) that one day a third temple will be rebuilt in Jerusalem and that the Messiah will come to it.
What is the IBAN no for Israel discount bank?
Le code BIC est : POALILIT L'IBAN dépend de chaque compte, il est structuré ainsi : IL?? 012G GG00 0000 0xxx xxx où GGG = n° de guichet xxx xxx = n° de compte à six chiffres (si sept, enlever un zéro en tête) et ?? est la clé IBAN que l'on peut calculer grâce aux calculateurs que l'on trouve sur internet (le 012 est le code banque Hapoalim)
What American state is closest in size to Israel?
Slightly smaller than New Jersy per the CIA fact book.
Do you have to be a Jew to be a citizen of Israel?
i don't know, but i do not think so
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No. If you want to move there, however, you will have to pay a special tax imposed on non-Jewish inhabitants.
What is the symbol for Israel?
There is no symbol from Israel on a dollar bill. There is a pyramid, but that's Egyptian.
How long have Jews and Arabs lived in Israel?
According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, the Arab population in 2010 was estimated at 1,573,000 which is about 20.4% of Israel's population. Most Israeli Arabs were born within the borders of the State of Israel.
Which countries attacked Israel?
From Iran, to Morocco, all those countries are sworn enemies of Israel, and the rest of the Muslim world, although not a sworn enemy, has neither diplomatic ties, nor do they recognize the country's existence, the only exceptions being Turkey and Egypt. Although all Arabic speaking + Iran countries are officially enemies of Israel, the countries that are the biggest threat right now, are Iran and Syria, and to a certain extent Saudi Arabia, whose inhabitants have been agitating for an outright invasion of Israel for quite sometime now.
How big is Israel compared to the us?
When we searched on-line for the area of Israel, we found sources that list 8,367 square miles
and other sources that list 7,992 square miles. We suspect that the difference may consist of
things like Gaza, the West Bank, Golan Heights, etc. We really don't want to get into all of
that right now, mainly because it has very little to do with the answer to this question.
We'll give you two numbers for each item below. The first one corresponds to
the smaller area of Israel ... 7,992 sq mi ... and the number in parentheses is
what you get if Israel is actually the larger number ... 8,367 sq mi.
-- The USA is 474.7 times (453.5) times the size of Israel.
-- Israel is 5.2 times (5.4 times) the size of Rhode Island.
-- Israel is 1.44 times (1.51 times) the size of Connecticut.
-- Israel is 8.3% (4.1%) smaller than New Jersey.
-- Israel is 24.3% (20.7%) smaller than Massachusetts.
Why don't Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs get along?
Israel is hated in the Middle East and has been since its creation. This is because Israel is the Jewish homeland but the Arabs who live across the Middle East and also North Africa also see Israel as their homeland. Syria are one of the many Arab nations in the Middle East. It is this religious conflict that stops Syria and Israel getting along.
What was the population of Ancient Israel?
The estimated population of Jerusalem in the time Jesus was about 200,000. It is thought that at Passover, the population would more than double for several months.
What is a region north of Judea called?
Samaria was directly to the north of Judaea. Samaria was the former kingdom of Israel.
Why does Israel need to exist?
Israel needs to exist for the same reason many other countries need to exist (I'm sure you can think of a number of them).
But the main reason is to give the Jewish people a safe place, after being persecuted for hundreds of years.
Israel also is one of the leading countries in technology development.
