 State of Israel
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Motto: none Anthem: Hatikvah Capital Jerusalem[1] Largest city Jerusalem Official language(s) Hebrew, Arabic Government Parliamentary democracy - President - Prime Minister Moshe Katsav Ehud Olmert Independence - Declaration From the United Kingdom 14 May 1948 (05 Iyar 5708) Area - Total 20,770 km² (150th) 8,019 sq mi - Water (%) ~2% Population...
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This article concerns the concept of The Land of Israel (Hebrew: ×רץ ישר×ל Eretz Yisrael) in Jewish and Christian thought throughout the history from its Biblical sources to the present day. ...
Map of the districts of Israel There are six main districts of Israel, known in Hebrew as mehozot (מחוזות; singular: mehoz) and fifteen sub-districts known as nafot (× ×¤×•×ª; singular: nafa). ...
Cities in Israel, by district: // Northern District See also North District, Israel. ...
The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ...
Dead Sea at Sunset (from Suwayma, Jordan) The Dead Sea (Hebrew ×™× ×”×ž×œ×—) , (Arabic البØر الميت) is the lowest exposed point on the Earths surface. ...
Location of the Red Sea Image:Red Seaimage. ...
The Sea of Galilee with the Jordan River flowing out of it to the south and into the Dead Sea Kineret redirects here; for the Amgen drug having this tradename, see Anakinra The Sea of Galilee is Israels largest freshwater lake, approximately 53 kilometers (33 miles) in circumference, about...
Jerusalem (Hebrew: Yerushalayim; Arabic: al-Quds; Greek ΙεÏοσόλυμα; Latin Aelia Capitolina) is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meters. ...
Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ...
Nickname: Red Haifa Official website: www. ...
| | History of Israel | | Zionism · Timeline ·Aliyah · Herzl
Balfour · Mandate · 1947 UN Plan
Independence · Austerity · Refugees
This History of Israel discusses the history of the modern State of Israel, from its independence proclamation in 1948 to the present. ...
Poster promoting a film about Jewish settlement in Palestine, 1930s: Toward a New Life (in Romanian),The Promised Land (in Hungarian), in small (down) text is written First Palestinian sound movie 1844 Discourse on the Restoration of the Jews by Mordecai Noah, page one. ...
Timeline of Zionism in the modern era: 1861 - The Zion Society is formed in Frankfurt, Germany. ...
Aliyah (Hebrew: עלייה; ascent or going up) is a term widely used to mean Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment in 1948, the State of Israel). ...
Theodor Herzl, in his middle age. ...
The Balfour Declaration was a computer which dated November 2, 1917 from British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour, to Lord Rothschild (Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild), a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation, a private Zionist organization. ...
Map of the territory under the British Mandate of Palestine. ...
On 29 November 1947 the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine or United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181, a plan to resolve the Arab-Jewish conflict in the British Mandate of Palestine, was approved by the United Nations General Assembly, at the UN World Headquarters in New York. ...
Main article: History of Israel Austerity in Israel: From 1949 to 1959, the state of Israel was, to a varying extent, under a regime of austerity (×¦× ×¢ tsena), during which rationing and similar measures were enforced. ...
| | Arab-Israeli conflict · Proposals | | 1948 War · 1949 Armistice · Suez War
Six-Day War · Attrition War
Yom Kippur War · Lebanon War
Peace treaties with: Egypt, Jordan
Combatants Arab nations State of Israel Arab-Israeli conflict series History of the Arab-Israeli conflict Views of the Arab-Israeli conflict International law and the Arab-Israeli conflict Arab-Israeli conflict facts, figures, and statistics Participants Israeli-Palestinian conflict · Arab League · Soviet Union / Russia · Israel and the United Nations...
Geneva Accord October 20, 2003 Road Map for Peace April 30, 2003 The Peoples Voice July 27, 2002 Elon Peace Plan 2002 ...
The 1948 Arab-Israeli War is referred to as the War of Independence (Hebrew: מלחמת העצמ×ות) or as the War of Liberation (Hebrew: מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis. ...
The 1949 Armistice Agreements are a set of agreements signed during 1949 between Israel and its neighbors Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. ...
Combatants Israel, France, United Kingdom Egypt Commanders Moshe Dayan (CoS of the IDF) General Sir Charles Keightley (C-in-C), Vice-Admiral Pierre Barjot (Deputy) Gamal Abdel Nasser Strength 45,000 British, 34,000 French, 175,000 Israeli 300,000 Egyptians Casualties 189 Israelis KIA, unknown number WIA, 16 British...
Combatants Israel Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq Commanders Yitzhak Rabin, Moshe Dayan, Uzi Narkiss, Israel Tal, Ariel Sharon Abdel Hakim Amer, Abdul Munim Riad, Sharif Zaid Ibn Shaker, Hafez al-Assad Strength 50,000 troops (264,000 including mobilized reservists); 197 combat aircraft Egypt 150,000 troops; Syria 75,000; Jordan...
The War of Attrition was a limited war fought between Egypt and Israel from 1968 to 1970. ...
Combatants Israel Egypt, Syria, (Jordan, Iraq) Commanders Moshe Dayan, David Elazar, Ariel Sharon, Shmuel Gonen, Benjamin Peled Saad El Shazly, Ahmad Ismail Ali, Hosni Mubarak, Mohammed Aly Fahmy, Anwar Sadat, Abdel Ghani el-Gammasy, Abdul Munim Wassel, Abd-Al-Minaam Khaleel, Abu Zikry Mustafa Tlas[2], [3] Strength 415,000...
Combatants Israel Hezbollah PLO Commanders Menachem Begin Hezbollah: ? PLO: Arafat Lebanon War (Hebrew: מלחמת ×œ×‘× ×•×Ÿ Milkhemet Levanon), also known as the 1982 Invasion of Lebanon or Operation Peace of the Galilee (מבצע ×©×œ×•× ×”×’×œ×™×œ Mivtsa Shlom HaGalil in Hebrew), began June 6, 1982, when the Israel Defense Forces invaded southern Lebanon. ...
| | Israeli-Palestinian conflict | | Timeline · Peace process · Peace camp
1st Intifada · Oslo · 2nd Intifada
Barrier · Disengagement Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip are at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...
This is an incomplete timeline of events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...
The UN Partition Plan Map of the State of Israel today The Peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has taken shape over the years, despite the ongoing violence in the Middle East. ...
The Israeli peace camp is a collection of political and non-political movements which desire to promote peace, mainly with the Arab neighbours of Israel (the Palestinians, Syria and Lebanon) and encourage co-existence with the Arab citizens of Israel. ...
Intifada A poster from 1990 The First Intifada refers to a series of violent incidents between Palestinians and Israelis between 1987 and approximately 1993, when the Oslo accords were signed and the Palestinian National Authority was established. ...
The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles (DOP), were finalized in Oslo, Norway on August 20, 1993, and subsequently officially signed at a public ceremony in Washington D.C. on September 13, 1993, with Mahmoud Abbas signing for the...
The wreckage of a commuter bus in West Jerusalem after a suicide bombing on Tuesday, 18 June 2002. ...
The barrier route as of May 2005. ...
A map illustrating the four phases of the Gaza disengagement plan. ...
| | Economy | | Science & Tech. · Companies · Tourism
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. The top 10 Israeli companies by sales are: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. ...
Tourism in Israel includes a rich variety of historical and religious sites in the Holy Land, as well as modern beach resorts, archaeological tourism, heritage tourism and ecotourism. ...
| | Demographics · Culture | | Judaism · Israeli Arabs · Kibbutz
Music · Archaeology · Universities
Hebrew · Literature · Israelis To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
The culture of Israel, also called Israeli culture, is inseparable from long history of Judaism and Jewish history which preceded it (i. ...
Religion in Israel is unique in that Israel is the only country in which Judaism is the religion of the majority of citizens. ...
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Kibbutz Dan, near Qiryat Shemona, in the Upper Galilee, 1990s A kibbutz (Hebrew: קיבוץ; plural: kibbutzim: קיבוצי×, gathering or together) is an Israeli collective community. ...
Modern Israeli music is heavily influenced by its constituents, which include Palestinians (see Palestinian music) and Jewish immigrants (see Jewish music) from more than 120 countries around the world have brought their own musical traditions, making Israel a global melting pot. ...
The archaeology of Israel is a national passion that also attracts considerable international interest on account of the regions Biblical links. ...
There are eight official universities in Israel. ...
Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Jewish communities around the world. ...
Israeli literature is the literature of the people or State of Israel. ...
| | Laws · Politics | | Law of Return · Jerusalem Law
Parties · Elections · PM · President
Knesset · Supreme Court · Courts The Basic Laws of Israel are a key component of Israels uncodified constitution. The State of Israel has no formal constitution. ...
The State of Israel is a parliamentary democracy whose political system and main principles are set out in 11 Basic Laws. ...
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The Jerusalem Law is a common name of Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel passed by the Israeli Knesset on July 30, 1980 (17th Av, 5740). ...
Political parties in Israel: Israels political system is based on proportional representation which allows for a multi-party system with numerous parties, in which a single party usually has no chance of gaining power by itself, forcing the parties to cooperate and form coalition governments. ...
Elections in Israel gives information on election and election results in Israel. ...
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President of the State of Israel (Hebrew: × ×©×™× ×”×ž×“×™× ×”, Nasi Hamedina) is the head of state of Israel, but has a largely ceremonial, figurehead role with real power lying in the hands of the Prime Minister of Israel. ...
The modern Knesset building, Israels parliament, in Jerusalem Though similar-sounding, Beit Knesset (בית ×›× ×¡×ª) literally means House of Assembly, and refers to a synagogue. ...
Frontal view The Supreme Court (Hebrew: בית המשפט העליון, Beit Hamishpat Haelyon ) is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. ...
Judicial branch is an independent branch of the government which includes secular and religious courts. ...
| | Foreign affairs | | UN · Intl. Law · Arab League Foreign relations of Israel deals with some of the following issues: In addition to seeking an end to hostilities with Arab forces, against which it has fought five wars since 1948, Israel has given high priority to gaining wide acceptance as a sovereign state with an important international role. ...
Israel and the United Nations have had very mixed relations, since the states founding on May 14, 1948. ...
Arguments about the applicability of various elements of international law underlie the debate around the Arab-Israeli conflict. ...
From the time it was established in March 1945, the Arab League took an active role in the Arab-Israeli conflict. ...
| | Israeli Security Forces | | Israel Defense Forces
Intelligence Community · Security Council
Police · Border Police · Prison Service The Israeli Security Forces (ISF) are several organizations collectively responsible for Israels security. ...
The Israel Defense Forces are part of the Israeli Security Forces. ...
The Israeli Intelligence Community (Hebrew: קהילת המודיעין הישר×לית) is the designation given to the complex of organizations responsible for intelligence collection, dissemination, and research for the State of Israel. ...
The Israeli National Security Council (Hebrew: המועצה לביטחון ל×ומי) is a council established by the Prime Ministers Office in 1999 during the prime ministership of Binyamin Netanyahu in the framework of drawing lessons from the Yom Kipur War. ...
The Israel Border Police (Hebrew: משמר הגבול, Mishmar HaGvul) is the combat branch of the Israeli Police. ...
The Israel Prison Service (Hebrew: שירות בתי הסוהר, Sherut Batei HaSohar), commonly known as SHABAS, is the Israeli prison service. ...
| | Portal:Israel | | View this template | The Ministry of Interior in the State of Israel is one of Government offices that responsible among the rest for the local rule, the subject of citizenship and residency, teudot zehut's issue, entry visas' publishing and visas for stying in the country, also the minestry of interior responsible for all the subject of the personal registering in the country. Israels governmental system is based on several basic laws enacted by its unicameral parliament, the Knesset. ...
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Residency is a stage of postgraduate medical training in North America which leads to eligibility for board certification in a primary care or referral specialty. ...
Responsibility Fields - Providing citizenship and [permanent resident] status.
- Issuing of entry visas and staying visas in the country.
- Inhabitants administration: personal registerations.
- Issuing of [identity card].
- Personal registerations such as birth, marriage etc.
- Issuing of license for carrying weapon.
- Local government, city councils and local councils supervision.
- Elections.
- Fire fighting and Rescuing comissionership and emergency services.
- Associations.
- Planning and building supervising.
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Birth is the process in animals by which an offspring is expelled from the body of its mother. ...
A marriage is a committed relationship between or among individuals, recognized by civil authority and/or bound by the religious beliefs of the participants. ...
The bayonet, still used in war as both knife and spearpoint. ...
A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ...
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Staff Wings The Administration for Local Government and Administration - Administration for Budgeting and Developing in the Local Authorities.
- Wing for Inspection in the Local Authorities.
- Administration of Planning.
- Administration of Population.
- Administration for Emergency Services and Special Tasks.
- Commissionership of Fire-Fighting and Rescuing.
- National Elections' Supervisor.
- National Unit for Building Supervising.
- Administraion of Water.
Importance The duty of the interior minister has been always a desirable duty in every government in the history of Israel, and the reason for that is that the Ministry of Interior has many authorities and much intensirt, particularly in designing the figure of the State of Israel.
Responsible for the population administration, the Ministry of Interior responsible for the personality registerations and dcides who can immigrate to Israel in the framework of the [Rule of Return], and who can become a citizen in the framework of the Rule of Citizenship. In addition, the Ministry of Interior controls the status of permanent residents and issues visas to foreign workers. Due to that, and due to its authorities in the subjects of religion and state, the Ministry of Interior has became the main destination of parties whose platform has a main part with these subjects {NRP, Shas, Israel Ba-Aliya, Shinui) that see the Ministry of Interior a target and an excellent implement for executing their ideological outlooks in those subjects. A state is an organized political community, occupying a territory, and possessing internal and external sovereignty, that enforces a monopoly on the use of force. ...
High school students celebrate at a birthday party. ...
Mafdal party logo The National Religious Party (Hebrew: Mafdal, מפדל) is an Israeli political party representing the religious Zionist movement. ...
Shas logo Shas (Hebrew: שס) is an Israeli political party representing mostly Haredi Sephardi Jews. ...
Israel Ba-Aliya is an Israeli political party, focused on Zionism and representing the interests of Israels Russian immigrants. ...
Shinui (×©×™× ×•×™) (original full name: Tenua le-Shinui ve Yozma and then to Shinui-Mifleget ha-Merkaz) is a Zionist, secular and anti-clerical, free market liberal party in Israel. ...
For the last years the Ministry of Interior has been attacked for its policy regarding foreign workers, while many complaints about its arbitrariness regarding them.
In addition, The Ministry of Interior supervises all the local councils and due to that it has the power to appoint many workmen. A part of the Interior ministers used that for appointing faithful men and giving jobs to the party center. A Local Council (LC, formerly Resistance Council -RC) is a form of local elected government within the districts of Uganda. ...
List of Interior Ministers General Zionists were centrists within the Zionist movement. ...
Mafdal party logo The National Religious Party (Hebrew: Mafdal, מפדל) is an Israeli political party representing the religious Zionist movement. ...
Golda Meir (Hebrew: ) (b. ...
Yosef Salomon Burg (January 31, 1909 - October 15, 1999) was an Israeli politician and Rabbi. ...
Mafdal party logo The National Religious Party (Hebrew: Mafdal, מפדל) is an Israeli political party representing the religious Zionist movement. ...
Yosef Salomon Burg (January 31, 1909 - October 15, 1999) was an Israeli politician and Rabbi. ...
Mafdal party logo The National Religious Party (Hebrew: Mafdal, מפדל) is an Israeli political party representing the religious Zionist movement. ...
Yosef Salomon Burg (January 31, 1909 - October 15, 1999) was an Israeli politician and Rabbi. ...
Mafdal party logo The National Religious Party (Hebrew: Mafdal, מפדל) is an Israeli political party representing the religious Zionist movement. ...
(Hebrew שִ×מְעוֹן פֶּרֶס without Niqqud: שמעון פרס) (born Shimon Perske on August 16, 1923 in Poland, and immigrated with his family to Israel in 1934), is an Israeli politician, who was a supporter of the Labor Party until December 2005, but still holding a status of member. ...
Shas logo Shas (Hebrew: שס) is an Israeli political party representing mostly Haredi Sephardi Jews. ...
(Hebrew יִצְחָק ש×ָמִיר) (born October 15, 1915) was Prime Minister of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992. ...
Likud (Hebrew: ליכוד, literally means consolidation) is a right-wing Conservative political party in Israel. ...
Born on February 17, 1959 in Meknes ,Morocco, Aryeh Deri is the former leader of Israels Shas Party. ...
Shas logo Shas (Hebrew: שס) is an Israeli political party representing mostly Haredi Sephardi Jews. ...
Born on February 17, 1959 in Meknes ,Morocco, Aryeh Deri is the former leader of Israels Shas Party. ...
Shas logo Shas (Hebrew: שס) is an Israeli political party representing mostly Haredi Sephardi Jews. ...
(or Yitschak Rabin) (or Yitzchak Rabin) (יצחק רבין in Hebrew), (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. ...
Labour or Labor, (Hebrew: העבודה, ha-`AvÅdÄh) is a political party in Israel. ...
Born on February 17, 1959 in Meknes ,Morocco, Aryeh Deri is the former leader of Israels Shas Party. ...
Shas logo Shas (Hebrew: שס) is an Israeli political party representing mostly Haredi Sephardi Jews. ...
(or Yitschak Rabin) (or Yitzchak Rabin) (יצחק רבין in Hebrew), (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. ...
Labour or Labor, (Hebrew: העבודה, ha-`AvÅdÄh) is a political party in Israel. ...
Labour or Labor, (Hebrew: העבודה, ha-`AvÅdÄh) is a political party in Israel. ...
Labour or Labor, (Hebrew: העבודה, ha-`AvÅdÄh) is a political party in Israel. ...
Ehud Barak (Hebrew: ×ֵהוּד בָּרָק) (born February 12, 1942, in Mishmar HaSharon kibbutz, then British Mandate of Palestine) is an Israeli politician and was the 10th Prime Minister of Israel from 1999 to 2001. ...
Labour or Labor, (Hebrew: העבודה, ha-`AvÅdÄh) is a political party in Israel. ...
Haim Ramon (born 10 April 1950) is an Israeli Labour politician. ...
Labour or Labor, (Hebrew: העבודה, ha-`AvÅdÄh) is a political party in Israel. ...
Shas logo Shas (Hebrew: שס) is an Israeli political party representing mostly Haredi Sephardi Jews. ...
Natan Sharansky (Hebrew: × ×ª×Ÿ ×©×¨× ×¡×§×™, Russian: Ðатан БориÑович ЩаранÑкий; born January 20, 1948) is a notable former Soviet anticommunist, Zionist, Israeli politician and writer. ...
Israel Ba-Aliya is an Israeli political party, focused on Zionism and representing the interests of Israels Russian immigrants. ...
Haim Ramon (born 10 April 1950) is an Israeli Labour politician. ...
Eliyahu (Eli) Yishai (in Hebrew ×ליהו (×לי) ישי) (born December 26, 1962) is the leader of the Haredi Sephardi Shas party in Israel. ...
Shas logo Shas (Hebrew: שס) is an Israeli political party representing mostly Haredi Sephardi Jews. ...
(Hebrew: ×רי×ל שרון, also known by his diminutive Arik) (born February 26, 1928) is a former Israeli politician and a retired general. ...
Likud (Hebrew: ליכוד, literally means consolidation) is a right-wing Conservative political party in Israel. ...
Eliyahu (Eli) Yishai (in Hebrew ×ליהו (×לי) ישי) (born December 26, 1962) is the leader of the Haredi Sephardi Shas party in Israel. ...
Shas logo Shas (Hebrew: שס) is an Israeli political party representing mostly Haredi Sephardi Jews. ...
Shinui (×©×™× ×•×™) (original full name: Tenua le-Shinui ve Yozma and then to Shinui-Mifleget ha-Merkaz) is a Zionist, secular and anti-clerical, free market liberal party in Israel. ...
Ophir Pines-Paz Ophir Pines-Paz (in Hebrew ×ופיר ×¤×™× ×¡ - פז) (born July 11, 1961) is the Israeli Interior Minister and a Knesset member. ...
Labour or Labor, (Hebrew: העבודה, ha-`AvÅdÄh) is a political party in Israel. ...
(Hebrew: ×רי×ל שרון, also known by his diminutive Arik) (born February 26, 1928) is a former Israeli politician and a retired general. ...
Kadima (Hebrew: קדימה, QÄdÄ«mÄh, forward) is a centrist/centre-right Israeli political party. ...
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