| Plain of Manasseh |
The Plain of Manasseh ( Hebrew: רָמַת מְנַשֶּׁה, Ramat Menashe, lit.Manasseh Height) is a geographical region in northern Israel, located on the Carmel Range, between Mount Carmel and Mount Amir/ Umm al-Fahm. While it is part of the mountain range, it is actually just 200 m above sea level on average, and peaks at 400 m. The plain is bordered by the Jezreel Valley to the northeast, the Yokne'am Stream to the northwest, Wadi Ara to the southeast, and the Nadiv Valley to the southwest. Ramat Menashe is called Balad ar-Ruha in Arabic, meaning "Land of Winds". |
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| Es Skhul |
Es Skhul (meaning kids) ( Arabic: السخول) is a cave site situated c. 20 kilometers south of the city of Haifa, Israel, and c. 3 kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea. The prehistoric site, was first excavated by Dorothy Garrod in the summer of 1928. The excavations revealed the first evidence of the late Epipalaeolithic Natufian culture, characterised by the presence of abundant microliths, human burials and ground stone tools. Skhul also represents one area where Neanderthals - present in the region from 200,000 to 45,000 years ago - lived alongside these humans dating to 100,000 years ago. The cave also has Middle Palaeolithic layers.
The remains found at Es Skhul, together with those found at the Wadi el-Mughara Caves and Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh, were classified in 1939 byArthur Keith and Theodore D. McCown as Palaeoanthropus palestinensis, a descendent of Homo heidelbergensis. more from Wikipedia |
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| Mamshit |
Mamshit ( Hebrew: ממשית) is the Nabataean city of Mampsis or Memphis( Ancient Greek: Μέμφις). In the Nabataean period, Mamshit was an important station on Incense Road, running from the Idumean Mountains, through the Arabah and Ma'ale Akrabim, and on to Beer-Sheva or to Hebron and Jerusalem. The city covers 10 acres (40,000 m) and is the smallest but best restored city in the Negev Desert. The once-luxurious houses feature unusual architecture not found in any other Nabataean city.
The reconstructed city gives the visitor a sense of how Mamshit once looked. Entire streets have survived intact, and there are also large groups of Nabataean buildings with open rooms, courtyards, and terraces. The stones are carefully chiseled and the arches that support the ceiling are remarkably well constructed.
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| Dubrovin Farm |
Dubrovin Farm ( Hebrew: אחוזת דוברובין) was one of the first farms in the Hulah Valley. It was established by Stanislav Dubrovin (1863–1967) who moved to Ottoman Syria with his family in 1903.
Dubrovin left Astrakhan and settled in the north of the country near Yesod HaMa'ala. Dubrovin and his family were Subbotniks, Russian Christians who kept seventh-day Sabbath. After their conversion to Judaism, they took Hebrew names. Stanislav became "Yoav", and his wife became "Rachel". The family farm, on a plot of 650 dunams, was located near a malaria-ridden swamp. Two of Dubrovin's sons and two grandchildren died of the illness. Dubrovin eventually moved most of his family to Rosh Pina, leaving behind his eldest son, Yitzhak, to manage the buildings, fruit orchards, and gardens. |
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| Shopping malls in Israel |
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In Israel, use of the word kanyon is a play on the words "kana", which means "to buy", and "henyon", which means "parking space" (due to the large amount of parking spaces near the mall), while at the same time sounding like the English word canyon. With the establishment of this mall, the word kanyon entered the Hebrew language. The word is now used to describe any covered shopping centre and many malls in Israel since then have been named with "kanyon" in their title. more from Wikipedia |
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| Gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls |
Traditionally, the Old City has been divided into four uneven quarters, although the current designations were introduced only in the 19th century. Today, the Old City is roughly divided into the Muslim Quarter, the Christian Quarter, the Jewish Quarter and the Armenian Quarter. The Old City's monumental defensive walls and city gates were built in the late 16th century by the Ottomans. The current population of the Old City resides mostly in the Islamic and Christian quarters. As of 2007 the total population was 36,965; the breakdown of religious groups in 2006 was 27,500 Muslims, 5,681 Christians, 790 Armenians and 3,089 Jews.
Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the Old City was captured by Jordanand Jewish residents were evicted. During the Six-Day War in 1967, which saw hand-to-hand fighting on the Temple Mount, Israeli forces captured the Old City along with the rest of East Jerusalem, subsequently annexing them as Israeli territory and reuniting them with the western part of the city. Today, the Israeli government controls the entire area, which it considers part of its national capital. However, the Jerusalem Law of 1980, which effectively annexed East Jerusalem to Israel, was declared null and void by United Nations Security Council Resolution 478. East Jerusalem is now regarded by the international community as part of occupied Palestinian territory. |
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| Lone Soldier Center |
| The Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin was founded in Israel in 2009 in memory of American-Israeli soldier Michael Levin by a group of former "Lone Soldiers": young men and women who either venture to Israel to make Aliyah and join the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), or Israeli-born individuals who are serving compulsory military service but lack the presence or support of their families. Some lone soldiers come from Haredi families within Israel but have been shunned by their communities because joining the army is considered a dismissal of traditional life. In recent years, Israel has experienced an influx of foreigners arriving to serve in the IDF, making the center's operations even more necessary than they were before. The Lone Soldier Center assists lone soldiers before and after their service by providing community meals, clothing and other necessities, furniture for the living quarters of lone soldiers, and a team of advisors ready to answer any questions soldiers have before, during, and after their service. more from Wikipedia |
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| Jordan Rift Valley |
The Jordan Rift Valley ( Arabic: الغور Al-Ghor or Al-Ghawr; Hebrew: בִּקְעָת הַיַרְדֵּן Bik'at HaYarden) is an elongated depression located in modern-day Israel, Jordan, and Palestine. This geographic region includes the entire length of the Jordan River – from its sources, through the Hula Valley, the Korazim block, the Sea of Galilee, the (Lower) Jordan Valley, all the way to the Dead Sea, the lowest land elevation on Earth – and then continues through the Arabah depression, the Gulf of Aqaba whose shorelines it incorporates, until finally reaching the Red Sea. |
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| When Israel, The Soviets And The US Nearly Destroyed The Middle East |
| During the Cold War many countries were on high alert, none more so than Israel, the US and the Soviet Union. One of the tensest occasions was in October of 1973 when Israel lost over 2000 troops and had more than 7000 wounded by a coordinated attack by Egypt and Syria.The two Middle Eastern countries launched the surprise attack on Israel on the Golan Heights in Syria and along the Suez Canal in Sinai. The two-pronged attack ensured Israel had to call up thousands of army reservists to join the fight to defend Israel. Read on |
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| Israel Condemns Vatican Treaty With The 'State of Palestine' |
| The Vatican has signed a treaty with the 'State of Palestine' today and hopes it will stimulate peace with Israel. It is the first time the RC Church has signed a treaty with the State of Palestine and believe it could serve as a model for other Mideast countries. However Israel has condemned the treaty for 'ignoring the rights of the Jewish people' and called it one-sided. Vatican Foreign Minister Paul Gallagher and his Palestinian counterpart, Riad al-Malki, signed the historic treaty at a ceremony inside the Vatican. Read on |
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| Eilat International Film Festival |
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The festival was established in 2003 by Chen Sadan Shelach, former leading Israeli publicist (who died recently).
The festival focuses on quality films the world over, Israeli premieres, children's films and each edition hosts a different specialized category. In addition, every festival hosts a variety of workshops and related events. Guests who have attended the festival include, American actress Valerie Harper, Oscar winner Ari Sandel, cinematographer Adam Greenberg, TV director Jeremy Kagan, leading Hollywood producers Avi Lerner and Dan Dimbort and additionally a host of Israeli leading industry professionals and celebrities.
The first festival opened the night the Iraq War started - an event which caused increased interest from leading international media outlets who in turn interviewed the international guests whom decided to attend the festival despite the threat of imminent missile attack on Israel. |
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| Meet the Muslims who sacrificed themselves to save Jews and fight Nazis in World War II |
| Given recent history, it's a story that deserves retelling. Noor Inayat Khan led a very unusual life. She was born in 1914 to an Indian Sufi mystic of noble lineage and an American half-sister of Perry Baker, often credited with introducing yoga into America. As a child, she and her parents escaped the chaos of revolutionary Moscow in a carriage belonging to Tolstoy’s son. Raised in Paris in a mansion filled with her father’s students and devotees, Khan became a virtuoso of the harp and the veena, dressed in Western clothes, graduated from the Sorbonne and published a book of children’s tales — all before she was 25. Read on |
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| IDF playing war games, but with real Palestinians |
| GOC Central Command Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon concluded nearly a decade in the West Bank this week. He had served in the territories since 2005, apart from a two-year break in which he established the intelligence operations division. Alon was commander of the territorial brigade in the Bethlehem region, chief of the Judea and Samaria Division, and GOC. On Wednesday, Maj. Gen. Roni Numa took over the key role. Alon will become head of the Israel Defense Forces’ Operations Directorate in two months. Even if he doesn’t say so, it’s a safe bet he won’t miss his old job. Read on |
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| Senate warns "strong response" prepared to Palestinian ICC action - Jerusalem Post |
| Key members of the United States Senate issued a warning to the Palestinian Authority on Friday, warning the "deplorable, counterproductive" decision to join the International Criminal Court "will be met with a strong response." "Existing US law makes clear that if the Palestinians initiate an ICC judicially authorized investigation, or actively support such an investigation, all economic assistance to the PA must end," senators said in a statement. "In light of this legal requirement, Congress will reassess its support for assistance to the PA and seek additional ways to make clear to President Abbas that we strongly oppose his efforts to seek membership in the ICC." Read on |
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| History of the Levant |
The Levant is a geographical term that refers to a large area in Southwest Asia, south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea in the west, the Arabian Desert in the south, and Mesopotamia in the east. It stretches 400 miles north to south from the Taurus Mountains to the Sinai desert, and 70 to 100 miles east to west between the sea and the Arabian desert. The term is also sometimes used to refer to modern events or states in the region immediately bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea: Cyprus, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. |
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| Yoseftal Medical Center |
Yoseftal Medical Center ( Hebrew: הַמֶּרְכָּז הָרְפוּאִי יוֹסֵפְטַל) is a hospital in Eilat, Israel.
Yoseftal Hospital, founded in 1968, is the southernmost hospital in Israel and the only hospital covering the southern Negev desert. It is named after Giora Yoseftal. It is Israel's smallest general hospital with 65 beds. Economic problems led to proposals for the hospital's closure; however, after protests from area residents and local government officials, who argued that not having a hospital within a 3-hour radius would be highly dangerous, it was decided to keep the hospital open. |
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| Archaeological sites in Israel |
The archaeology of Israel is the study of the archaeology of the present-day Israel, stretching from prehistory through three millennia of documented history. The ancient Land of Israel was a geographical bridge between the political and cultural centers of Mesopotamia and Egypt. Despite the importance of the country to three major religions, serious archaeological research only began in the 15th century. The first major work on the antiquities of Israel was Adrian Reland's Palestina ex monumentis veteribus, published in 1709. Edward Robinson, an American theologian who visited the country in 1838, published the first topographical studies. A Frenchman, Louis Felicien de Saucy, embarked on the first "modern" excavations in 1850. |
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| Old City (Jerusalem) |
Traditionally, the Old City has been divided into four uneven quarters, although the current designations were introduced only in the 19th century. Today, the Old City is roughly divided into the Muslim Quarter, the Christian Quarter, the Jewish Quarter and the Armenian Quarter. The Old City's monumental defensive walls and city gates were built in the late 16th century by the Ottomans. The current population of the Old City resides mostly in the Islamic and Christian quarters. As of 2007 the total population was 36,965; the breakdown of religious groups in 2006 was 27,500 Muslims, 5,681 Christians, 790 Armenians and 3,089 Jews.
Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the Old City was captured by Jordanand Jewish residents were evicted. During the Six-Day War in 1967, which saw hand-to-hand fighting on the Temple Mount, Israeli forces captured the Old City along with the rest of East Jerusalem, subsequently annexing them as Israeli territory and reuniting them with the western part of the city. Today, the Israeli government controls the entire area, which it considers part of its national capital. However, the Jerusalem Law of 1980, which effectively annexed East Jerusalem to Israel, was declared null and void by United Nations Security Council Resolution 478. East Jerusalem is now regarded by the international community as part of occupied Palestinian territory. |
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| Development towns |
Development town ( Hebrew: עיירת פיתוח, Ayarat Pitu'ah) is a term used to refer to the new settlements that were built in Israel during the 1950s in order to provide permanent housing to a large influx of Jewish refugees from Arab countries, Holocaust survivors from Europe and other new immigrants (Olim), who arrived to the newly established State of Israel. The towns were designated to expand the population of the country's peripheral areas and to ease development pressure on the country's crowded centre. The towns are the results of the Sharon plan - the master plan of Israel. The majority of such towns were built in the Galilee in the north of Israel, and in the northern Negev desert in the south. In addition to the new towns, Jerusalem was also given development town status in the 1960s.
In the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, Jewish refugees were initially resettled in refugee camps known variously as Immigrant camps,Ma'abarot, and "development towns" prior to absorption into mainstreamIsraeli society. Conversely, many Palestinian refugees remain settled inPalestinian refugee camps, while others have been absorbed into Jordanian society or the Palestinian territories. Since 1948, the sovereign State of Israel has guaranteed asylum and citizenship to Jewish refugees, while the self-declared State of Palestine remains unable to absorb the Palestinian refugees, due to lack of de facto sovereignty over its claimed territories. more from Wikipedia
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| Ein Gedi Spa |
Ein Gedi Spa is a wellness center along the Dead Sea, Israel, fed by the waters of the Dead Sea. It provides health by the four elements of the area: water, air, sun, and mud. The spa has hot pools that are filled with sulphur water. It is a famous attraction on the shore of the Dead Sea.
The spa is known for its unpleasant odor resulting from the sulphur springs. However, it still draws large crowds who believe in its health benefits.
Initially built directly along the shoreline of the Dead Sea, due to the sea's shrinkage, the spa is now found at quite a distance from the lake.
The annual Ein Gedi Race starts off at the spa's location. more from Wikipedia |
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| Scots Hotel |
| The Scots Hotel is a hotel in Tiberias, founded in 1885 by the Scottish doctor and minister David Watt Torrance as a mission hospital. that accepted patients of all races and religions. In 1894, it moved to larger premises at Beit abu Shamnel abu Hannah. In 1923 his son, Dr. Herbert Watt Torrance, was appointed head of the hospital. After the establishment of the State of Israel, it became a maternity hospital supervised by theIsraeli Department of Health. After its closure in 1959, the building became a guesthouse. In 1999, it was renovated at the cost of around £10,000,000 and reopened as the Scots Hotel. more from Wikipedia |
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| Max Brenner |
Max Brenner is a worldwide chocolate restaurant and retail brand headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel. The company operates more than 50 locations internationally, the majority (38) of which are in Australia. Other locations include five in the United States, one each in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Bethesda, MD and Paramus, NJ, as well as in Israel, Japan, Singapore and Russia. The company's mantra is that it is creating a new chocolate culture by inviting people to watch, taste and smell its love story. It specializes in decadent, chocolate-based desserts such as fondue,crepes, milkshakes, waffles, and hot chocolate, many of which it serves in signature utensils. Max Brenner operates as a subsidiary of the Strauss Group, Israel’s second-largest food and beverage company. more from Wikipedia |
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| Postal codes in Israel |
Postal codes in Israel ( Hebrew: מיקוד, Mikud) are numeric and consist of seven digits. They are assigned from north to south, thus, Metula in the north has 10292 as its postal code, and Eilat in the south was assigned 88xxx. Jerusalem postal codes start with the digit 9, although this does not correspond with its geographical location. Each postal code corresponds to a mail carrier route or RR, thus, when the letters are sorted by the postal code, they are assigned to a specific carrier.
Army unit postal codes start with a 0 and are not changed even if a unit is roaming.
In March 2012 the Israel Post service announced that it will move to a seven-digit postal code from 5 December 2012, although this date was subsequently put back to 1 February 2013. Changes to specific postal codes may be searched on Israel Post's website.
Starting on February 2013 the Israel postcodes change from 5 to 7-digit.
The 5-Digit codes will be valid until 31. January 2013. more from Wikipedia |
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| Arabah |
| The Arabah (Hebrew: הָעֲרָבָה, HaAravah, lit. "desolate and dry area";Arabic: وادي عربة, Wādī ʻAraba), known in Hebrew as Aravah, is a geographic name used with two different meanings in antiquity and in modern times. The old meaning, which was in use up to the early 20th century, covered almost the entire length of what is today called the Jordan Rift Valley, running in a north-south orientation between the southern end of the Sea of Galilee and the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba atAqaba/Eilat. This included the Jordan River Valley between Sea of Galilee and Dead Sea, the Dead Sea itself, and what is commonly called today the Wadi Arabah or Arava Valley. The modern use of the term is restricted to this southern section alone. In both cases, it forms part of the border between Israel to the west and Jordan to the east. more from Wikipedia |
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| Australian Soldier Park |
The park was established in 2008 on a large area, and is maintained by a team of its own employees. On its eastern corner there is a memorial statue of a mounted Australian lighthorseman as well as documentary materiel on aluminum boards, written in three languages. The park also includes an area for picnics, gardens, artificial waterfalls, a maze, and a large playgroundunder a circuses-tent-like shade that defends the visitors from the desertsunlight.
Most of the playground facilities are fully accessible for children who use wheelchairs. It includes slides one can climb to via a wheelchair ramp, a carousel with two regular benches and two secured places for wheelchairs, hammock and swings one can easily use without sitting straightly and without holding tight, and so on. The handicap parking is located in the middle of the park, much closer to the facilities than the rest of the parking spaces. |
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| Negev |
The Negev ( Hebrew: הַנֶּגֶב, Tiberian vocalization: han-Néḡeḇ , Arabic: النقب an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. 196,000), in the north. At its southern end is the Gulf of Aqaba and the resort city of Eilat. It contains several development towns, including Dimona, Arad and Mitzpe Ramon, as well as a number of small Bedouin cities, including Rahat and Tel as-Sabi. There are also several kibbutzim, including Revivim and Sde Boker; the latter became the home of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, after his retirement from politics. |
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