Israel in the region

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"This book offers a captivating plenty for a target audience who displays interest in the chronicles of the state of Israel in the context of the Middle East."-- "Digest of Middle East Studies" "Two renowned professors of Middle East and Jewish history and diplomacy selected and edited the sources, which cover events from early Zionism in the s through the Israeli-Hezbollah War /5(6).

Israel in a Turbulent Region Security and Foreign Policy, 1st Edition. Edited by Tore Compared to much of the turbulence in the region, Israel’s diplomacies have been remarkably resilient and inventive.

With the background of th anniversary of the Balfour declaration this book is a multidisciplinary study using several different.

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Statement backed by all members, including US, urges sides to ‘refrain from undermining viability of 2-state solution,’ after Israel announces new building plans in East Jerusalem.

By AFP and. Israel (/ ˈ ɪ z r i ə l, ˈ ɪ z r eɪ ə l /; Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל ‎; Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل ‎), formally known as the State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל ‎ Medinat Yisra'el), is a country in Western Asia, located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red has land borders with Lebanon to the Capital and largest city: Jerusalem.

The Land of Israel, also known as the Holy Land or Palestine, is the birthplace of the Jewish people, the place where the final form of the Hebrew Bible is thought to have been compiled, and the birthplace of Judaism and contains sites sacred to Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, Islam, Druze and the Bahá'í Faith.

The region has come under the sway of. The expression "Land of Israel" is first used in a later book, 1 Samuel It is defined in detail in the exilic Book of Ezekiel as a land where both the twelve tribes and the "strangers in (their) midst", can claim inheritance.

The name "Israel" first appears in the Hebrew Bible as the name given by God to the patriarch Jacob (Genesis Contested Frontiers in the Syria-Lebanon-Israel Region studies one of the flash points of the Middle East since the s―a tiny region of roughly square kilometers where Syria, Lebanon, and Israel come together but where the borders have never been clearly marked.

This was the scene of Palestinian guerrilla warfare in the s and '70s Cited by: 8. Eager to boost its influence in the region, and prevent Nasser from siding with the Soviet Bloc, the U.S. policy remained neutral as it did not wish to appear too close to Israel.

During Lyndon Johnson's () presidency, U.S. policy shifted to a whole-hearted support for Israel. Israel During the Book of Exodus. The World During the Book of Exodus. The Exodus of the Hebrews From Egypt. Mount Horeb or Mount Sinai. The Red Sea at the Time of Moses.

Leviticus. Numbers. Kadesh barnea. Moab and Ammon. Deuteronomy. Canaan Before Joshua. The Island of Caphtor. Joshua. The Conquest of Canaan.

The City of Jericho. The City of Sidon. The State of Israel is the only Jewish nation in the modern period, and the region that now falls within its borders has a lengthy and rich history that dates from prebiblical times.

The area was a part of the Roman Empire and, later, the Byzantine Empire before falling under the control of the fledgling Islamic caliphate in the 7th century ce.

The geography of Israel is very diverse, with desert conditions in the south, and snow-capped mountains in the north. Israel is located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea in Western Asia.

It is bounded to the north by Lebanon, the northeast by Syria, the east by Jordan and the West Bank, and to the southwest by Egypt. To the west of Israel is the Mediterranean Sea, Area: Ranked th. Over tours in Israel including day tours, multi-day tours, packages, private tours, and more.

From the must-visits including tours to Jerusalem, Masada, Dead Sea, Galilee, and Petra, to the more off-the-beaten-track, all tours on Tourist Israel are available to book with guaranteed departures and the best prices. The Sharon plain (Hebrew: השרון HaSharon) is the central section of the Coastal Plain of Plain lies between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the Samarian Hills, 15 km ( mi) to the stretches from Nahal Taninim, a stream marking the southern end of Mount Carmel in the north, to the Yarkon River in the south, at the northern limit of Tel Aviv, over a.

The Best Middle Eastern History & Politics Books A camel train passing Jerusalem infrom The Library of Congress The Best Middle Eastern History & Politics Books is a reading list for those with a serious interest in understanding the modern Middle East.

Novels about the Founding of Israel Score A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Like all Martin Gilberts book i found Israel:a history crammed full of historical documentary evidence without a bias or a salespitch.

It is difficult to find a book on Israel which doesnt either try to justify the racism and brutality of Zionism and Israel war crime violations or spend the entire chapters of the book chronicleing only war crimes and UN violations/5.

Palestine is a small region of land—roughly 2, square miles—that has played a prominent role in the ancient and modern history of the Middle East.

Violent. Book review. Mapm sector not solution to Israel’s economic problems, book says the leading source of independent and fair-minded journalism on Israel, the region and.Within a century of Solomon's death, the kingdoms of Israel and Judah were left as tiny little states - no bigger than Connecticut - on the larger map of the Middle East.

As history proved time and again in the region, tiny states never survived long.