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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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If you are specifically talking about Jewish beliefs and the Jewish religion, then no, they wouldn't have spread as widely. Judaism as a religion spread to multiple countries because Jews as people spread to multiple countries. There was no mass conversion of indigenous populations when they moved from place to place. If Judah and Israel had never been conquered, Judaism likely would have remained solely in what is now Israel.
If you are referring to Jewish values, many of these were taken up by Christianity, such as the Jewish value for all human life (in contrast to the Greek value of useful human life), monotheism, the concept of a day of rest or week-end, and the idea of enumerated ethical laws. These values spread to Europe on account of Christianity and would have spread widely due to the European conquest of the known world.
What is the meaning of Israel?
Israel - which we get from the Greek, is originally in the Hebrew, "Yisrael" (ישראל).
Yisrael means, quite literally, "He has striven with God," or "He has been saved by God," based on which translation of "sra" was meant to be used.
"Yi", in the Hebrew, is a prefix indicating the masculine incomplete verb form "he". "S.R.A" (שרא), in the Hebrew, comes from the Semitic root "S.R.Y." (שרי), which means "to strive or to struggle." The word "El," (אל) in the Hebrew, is a form of the word for God.
When you see 'el' in any Hebrew name, it is a form of the word for God. See other names such as Ishmael (God has heard), Michael (Who is like God), and Daniel (My judge is God).
To better understand which meaning of Sra we are to use, we need to understand the origin of the name Israel. The origins came from Genesis chapter 32 where Jacob struggles with a man all night long until he is blessed. The man asks Jacob's name, then tells him that his name is no longer Jacob, but Israel, because he has striven with God and with man. (Genesis 32:28) Therefore, we can say that the word 'Israel', based on the Bible, means "He has striven with God."
Jacob (now Israel) became the father of the nation of Israel through his twelve sons - which is why you may hear the phrase, "Children of Israel" referring to the nation itself.
Jewish Answer:
Actually, the etymology of "Israel" is given in the verse itself (Genesis 32:29), which according to Jewish tradition is translated as: "for you have striven with angels and with men, and have prevailed." (The word Elohim, unlike יהוה , is not always used as the name of God. It can refer to judges [Exodus 22:6-8], mighty forces, or angels; and in this instance it is traditionally translated as angels). Somewhat similarly, the Aramaic (Targum) translates it as "you have striven in the presence of God" (not "with God").
Bethlehem's-this word from which language?
"Bethlehem" is one of the many words that King James' council of translators
decided to leave in the original Hebrew, or close to it, for their English translation
of the Old Testament.
It's two words in the Hebrew, pronounced "BEYT LEH-khem" and meaning literally
"house of bread".
Here are a few more Hebrew words that were imported into the King James translation
with little or no change from Hebrew:
Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Methuselah, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob,
Joseph, Simon, Asher, Dinah, Judah, Benjamin, Joshua, David, Michael, Gabriel,
Nazareth, Jerusalem, Bethesda, behemoth, leviathan.
Which continent are Israel and Jordan in?
Israel is in Asia. Egypt is mostly in Africa and is generally considered to be an African country, but a small part of it is in Asia.
How Much Does An Mac-Book Pro Cost In Israel?
Since Apple does not operate retail channels directly in Israel, the price will vary between resellers.
Does Israel have anything to do with the Suez Canal?
Yes and No.
It's in Egypt and built nearly a century before Israel existed. However, due to Egypt's belligerence towards Israel between 1948-1979, the Suez Canal was illegally closed off to Israeli shipping. In 1956, this prompted a war from Israel to acquire control of the Canal to offset the Egyptian blockade of the Straits of Tiran. In 1967, Israel conquered all of the Sinai Peninsula up to the Suez Canal, which was only ceded back to Egypt in 1979.
That's a truly frightening thing to think about. If Israel is not real, then my
daughter, along with her husband and three small children, are living in some
shallow mud at the east end of the Mediterranean Sea, a few million Arab
Muslims who think they live in Israel really don't, and several million more
who live in the same neighborhood are getting themselves all worked up
and ruining their children's lives over nothing at all.
Answer:
The question sounds like wishful thinking. Dream on. I live right here in northern Israel, and when I drive I can see (Christian) Arab towns, Druze towns, and Jewish towns. In day-to-day life we manage to get along pretty well.
What were the five countries that attacked Israel after it declared its independence?
Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq.
Saudi Arabia also provided financial support.
Can a Christian be Prime Minister of Israel?
The chances are extremely low. Israel's government is a Parliament style and the Christian would first have to become the leader of a party, and that party would have to gain the most seats in an election. Any party that has a Christian at its head is a minority party to be sure.
Who opposed the plan of creation of the Jewish homeland?
Most Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims, but the nations that voted against it were: Afghanistan, Cuba, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen. Also, the nations that abstained from voting were Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Honduras, Mexico, United Kingdom, and Yugoslavia.
Answer 1
Because it is such an important piece of history and it will never stop being in the news until the war between them finally comes to an end.
Answer 2
The argument that most experts who trace the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict to World War II makes is that the Holocaust (the genocide, predominantly of Jews, that occurred during World War II) convinced many nations of the necessity of a Jewish State. As a result the UN Partition Plan of 1947 and the eventual creation of the State of Israel are a direct result of World War II.
The reasoning, however, indicates a lack of subtlety and a tendency to exaggerate the role of the Holocaust in furthering Zionism. The institutions and settlements that would form Israel were already being established in the 1920s, long before World War II and fights between the Jews and the Arabs began in the later 1920s. World War II merely helped the Zionist Jews achieve the independence they were already beginning to gain for themselves.
The most basic reason for the conflicts between Israel and other countries of the Middle East is?
religious differences
Traditional for Arabs expansionist policy supported by the new wave of Pan-Islamism.
Was Israel the aggressor in the conquest of the West Bank in 1967?
No. Jordan was the aggressor in 1967, in that theatre of the war. On June 5, 1967, Israel preemptively attacked Egypt and Prime Minister Eshkol sent a message to King Hussein of Jordan explicitly asking him to stay out of the conflict so that Israel could concentrate its attack on Egypt. On June 6, Jordanian radar picked up Israeli fighter jets over Egyptian airspace returning to Israel. Egyptian President Nasser wanted Jordanian involvement so that Israel would have to fight a war on two fronts and communicated to King Hussein that the jets were Egyptian on a victory invasion of Israel. As a result, on June 7th, Jordan began to shell West Jerusalem from the West Bank, resulting in an Israeli invasion of the West Bank later that day. So, while Israel was the aggressor with respect to the Gaza Strip occupation, Jordan was the aggressor with respect to the West Bank Occupation.
How did anti-Semitism help give rise to Zionism in the late 1800s?
Herzl explained quite well that the European concept of a nation-state was dependent on the idea that all of the people in any particular nation were of the same ethnic stock and heritage. Jews were branded by this system to be "the Other" and were regarded at best as possible equals and at worse as traitors, spies, thieves, and fifth columns. This negative view of Jews is the foundation of Anti-Semitism. When the Dreyfus Affair turned out marches in Paris that said "Death to the Jews" on account of a kangaroo court against a particular guiltless Jew, it became clear that the Jew could not be integrated into Europe. Because of this, Jews wished to create their own state, which is called Zionism.
Why was Israel originally established?
In 1948 Israel became the home land for all the Jews who were disenfranchised during the 2nd world war, they were scattered throughout Europe, after what these people had to go through during the Holocaust it was finally established that Jews had their own country and state
When was the nation of Israel dispersed over the earth?
Three times.
1) When the Assyrians exiled the Ten Israelite tribes, around 2600 years ago.
2) When the Babylonians exiled the population of Judah (Judea), around 2500 years ago.
3) When the Romans destroyed the Second Temple and made life in Judea too difficult, beginning around 1950 years ago.
Why do some people hate the Jews when God clearly favors them?
I don't know , Whats Your religion,so I can't answer you properly , But there is a Answer here . Some people hate the Jews when God clearly favors them ,because they have studied the history which clearly tells us that God did Favored them much in the past but they didn't proved to be that much Worthy , they clearly disobey God and thus were granted His distrust in them and after that , Jews used to get Strength for some time but eventually they fall . And even now they face Hate every where and are near to their Down Fall again No doubt.
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Answer 1
yes for a long time.
Answer 2
No. Palestine was never an individually governed Arab territory. No Arab Empire from the Rashidun Caliphate to the Ayyubid Caliphate ever ruled from Jerusalem nor was Palestine administered as a central territory. It was a near-permanent backwater, especially during the Ottoman Period, when it was actually portioned off in three pieces that were smaller parts of governates headquarted outside of Palestine.
Prior to the Nakba in 1948-1949, there was not even a unique Palestinian identity as we know it today. The Palestinian Arabs called themselves Fellahin (which means settled peasant) and considered themselves to be ethnically 'Arab Bilaad ash-Shaam or Levantine Arabs or Greater Syrian Arabs.
The first ever Palestinian Arab state in the history of the world was declared in absentia in Tunisia in 1988 and was partially realized in 1993 with the Oslo Accords.
Zion was the name of a hill on the outskirts of the Old City of Jerusalem and has been used to refer to Jerusalem, and the Land of Israel generally, in a poetic sense.
Is Israel the oldest country in the Middle East?
NO. The Modern State of Israel gained independence in 1948, but nearly half of the Middle East has older dates of independence. The Sultanate of Oman was founded in 1744, Egypt gained independence in 1922, Saudi Arabia was established and Iraq gained independence in 1932, Lebanon and Syria both declared independence in 1943, and the Kingdom of Jordan declared independence in 1946. Conversely, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates did not become independent until the 1970s and the current Iranian government tracks to the Islamic Revolution of 1979.
If the question is asking about the original Israelite Kingdoms, there are many older civilizations in Phoenicia, Ancient Egypt, and Mesopotamia as well. Ancient Egypt and Sumeria were founded over 2000 years prior to the Israelite Kingdoms.
