it has a mayor and a city hall‚ it has shopping centers and office buildings‚ and it has schools‚ playgrounds‚ parks‚ museums and a zoo. To the Jewish people however‚ Jerusalem is much‚ much more than just a city. It’s even more than the capital of Israel. In many ways‚ Jerusalem is the very heart and soul of Judaism‚ Jewish history‚ and the Jewish people. Today‚ Jerusalem is constantly in the headlines‚ and for over 3‚000 years it has been an ever-present feature in Jewish life‚ Jewish spirituality
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The Problem of Water in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict The promised land is primarily an arid land: Israel has very scarce water resources to ensure its survival. The water issue is a central part of the relationship that Israel maintains with its neighbors. The Middle East is a geographical area that is experiencing what experts have called a state of "water stress"‚ that is to say‚ a structural imbalance between a limited water capital and a consumption in strong growth given its population
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NAME _________________________ DATE _____________________ PERIOD _________ Mini-Qs in World History Volume 2‚ Unit 3 Why was the Jewish state of Israel created in 1948? MINI-Q LESSON PLAN Day 1 – 45 Minutes Step One: Hook - Refer to the Step One teacher notes in the Mini-Q. Read the directions aloud. The purpose is to get students engaged‚ talking‚ and wanting to do the Mini-Q. Step Two: Background Essay - Refer to the Step Two teacher notes in the Mini-Q. Students can write out answers
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A Braindead Country Called Lebanon By: Rasha Abouzaki Published Tuesday‚ June 26‚ 2012 http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/8933 The myth of superiority clearly has a grip on the Lebanese. They presume that they are the masters of science‚ civilization‚ and progress. But looking beyond this “chauvinist” posture‚ we find a country barren of any institutions that encourage achievement. The feebleness of Lebanese scientific research could be one of the reasons for Lebanese society’s ignorance of its
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A Direct Order from the Lobby Since 1948‚ the U.S had initiated an alliance with the state of Israel and built a relationship that remains secure to this day. This “bond” that is shared by both Israel and the U.S has been visibly strong throughout the years and has placed the U.S in a supportive position. The United States has been providing Israel with the sizeable amount of approximately $3 billion a year in direct economic and military foreign aid since the October War of 1976 and receives significantly
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Israel believes and argues that if they are to give up land‚ their people should be able to live long happy lives. Not lives lived in fear of suicide bombers and air raids. The Israeli government believes that the West Bank should be demilitarized. Israelites should be able to live lives without the fear of dying. Israel believes - and I agree‚ that the West Bank should be demilitarized because the towns near it could potentially be annihilated if any of the heavy machinery was to go off. Israel
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your country is in the war with itself. Where words of peace were only spoken‚ not carried out. Israel was one of those countries; it was 1993 when a break to the seemingly endless war began. The Oslo Accords‚ a result of both Israel and Palestine desire to move beyond the reputation of the intifadah‚ gave Palestine independence from Israel and brought the country into a financial golden age (“Israel”). The Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government‚ also known as The Oslo Accord‚ was
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the land of Canaan until he arrived at Shechem where God blessed the land of to Abraham’s children‚ “ To your offspring I will give this land.”2 The idea of an independent Jewish State is not one that was simply devised before the independence of Israel in 1949‚ but
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"well-organized pro-Israel constituency thus becoming a major player in the creation as well as the keeping of the state of Israel. In the early 1940s President Franklin Roosevelt declared that "no decision altering the basic situation of Palestine should be reached without full consultation with both Arabs and Jews. No matter how vague‚ this statement was the first of its kind that officially stated a policy and even a role in the conflict between the current Palestine and the future Israel. Later in
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prohibited ships from using Egyptian territorial waters on the eastern side of the peninsula to travel to and from Israel‚ effectively imposing a blockade on the Israeli port of Eilat. Subsequently‚ in what is known in Egypt as the Tripartite Aggression‚ Israeli forces‚ aided by Britain‚ and France‚ invaded Sinai and occupied much of the peninsula within a few days. Several months later Israel withdrew its forces from Sinai‚ following strong pressure from the United States and the Soviet Union. Thereafter
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