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• Yad Vashem - Activities
• Yad Vashem - Museum
• Yad Vashem - Righteous among the nations

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The State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל ▶ (help·info); Medinat Yisra'el; Arabic: دَوْلَةْ إِسْرَائِيل, Dawlat Isrā'īl) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It is a parliamentary democracy and the world's only Jewish state. The name "Israel" is rooted in the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh, wherein Jacob is renamed Israel after wrestling with a mysterious adversary ("a man", and later "God" according to Genesis 32:24- ...

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• Israel - History
• Israel - Historical roots
• Israel - Zionism and Aliyah
• Israel - Establishment of the State
• Israel - War of Independence
• Israel - Continuing immigration
• Israel - Subsequent wars
• Israel - Articles related to the wars
• Israel - Politics and law
• Israel - Legislature
• Israel - Constitution and Legal System
• Israel - Judiciary
• Israel - Military
• Israel - Geography
• Israel - Metropolitan areas
• Israel - Economy
• Israel - Demographics
• Israel - Children's welfare
• Israel - Religion in Israel
• Israel - Culture and religion
• Israel - Footnotes
• Israel - Annotated List of Israeli Media Sources

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On 29 November 1947 the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, 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. The plan partitioned the territory into Jewish and Arab states, with the Greater Jerusalem area (encompassing Bethlehem) coming under international control. The failure of this plan led to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. 1947 UN Partition Plan - Creation of the plan. The U ...

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• 1947 UN Partition Plan - Creation of the plan
• 1947 UN Partition Plan - Reactions to the plan
• 1947 UN Partition Plan - Text of the Resolution

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In order to be accepted into the unit one must enlist to the Israeli Engineering Corps and go through basic training ("Tironut"), in which the best trainees are tracked by the commanders and sent to "Gibush" (a 5-days test of physical and mental condition in intensive field trials) from whom the very best are selected to join the unit and received advance training. The extra training takes another year (which bring to a total of 1.5 years of training) and therefore joiners must commit themselves for two more years of ...

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Sayeret Yahalom, Sayeret Yahalom - Organization and Activities, Sayeret Yahalom - General Activities, Sayeret Yahalom - Sub Units, Sayeret Yahalom - Weapons and means, Sayeret Yahalom - Activities during the Al-Aqsa Intifada, Sayeret Yahalom - Joining the unit and Trainings

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The 1949 Armistice Agreements are a set of agreements signed during 1949 between Israel and its neighbors Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. The agreements ended the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and established the armistice lines between Israel and the West Bank, also known as the Green Line, until the 1967 Six-Day War. 1949 Armistice Agreements - Agreements. 1949 Armistice Agreements - With Egypt. The agreement with Egypt was signed on February 24. The main poin ...

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• 1949 Armistice Agreements - Agreements
• 1949 Armistice Agreements - With Egypt
• 1949 Armistice Agreements - With Lebanon
• 1949 Armistice Agreements - With Jordan
• 1949 Armistice Agreements - With Syria
• 1949 Armistice Agreements - Others
• 1949 Armistice Agreements - Cease-fire line vs. permanent border
• 1949 Armistice Agreements - Violations
• 1949 Armistice Agreements - Arab-Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties
• 1949 Armistice Agreements - Texts

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Zionism is a political movement and an ideology that supports a Jewish homeland in the Land of Israel, where the Jewish nation originated and where Jewish kingdoms and self-governing states existed at various times in history. While Zionism is based heavily upon religious tradition linking the Jewish people to the Land of Israel, the modern movement was originally secular, beginning largely as a response to ram ...

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• Zionism - Establishment of the Zionist movement
• Zionism - Zionist initiatives
• Zionism - Jewish reaction to Zionism
• Zionism - Zionism and the Arab Muslims
• Zionism - The struggle for Palestine
• Zionism - Zionism and Israel
• Zionism - Anti-Zionism and post-Zionism
• Zionism - Non-Jewish Zionism
• Zionism - Relevant articles
• Zionism - Types of Zionism
• Zionism - Zionist institutes and organization
• Zionism - History of Zionism and Israel
• Zionism - Notes

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• Western Wall - History
• Western Wall - Eyewitness accounts of Roman actions
• Western Wall - Venerated by the Jews
• Western Wall - Restricted holy areas
• Western Wall - During subsequent occupations
• Western Wall - The Wall as viewed by Muslims
• Western Wall - Ottoman control
• Western Wall - Jordanian rule
• Western Wall - Under the British
• Western Wall - Israel since 1967
• Western Wall - Recent damage to plaza

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YAMAM stands for Special Police Unit (יחידת משטרה מיוחדת). In Israel it is also called "The Unit for Counter-Terror היחידה ללוחמה בטרור". The YAMAM answers to the MAGAV central command and belongs to the civilian Israeli police forces rather than the military. Its operators and officers are professional policemen on payroll, usually with combat experience from their military service within the IDF. The YAMAM is self-dependent, training its own operators in all fields, such as sniping, recon, dog operat ...

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YAMAM, YAMAM - Name and organization, YAMAM - History, YAMAM - Operational record 1974 - September 2000, YAMAM - Operational record during the al-Aqsa Intifada since October 2000, YAMAM - YAMAM Directors

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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 Yasser Arafat signing for the Palestine Liberation Organization and Shimon Peres signing for the State of Israel. It was witnessed by Warren Christopher for the United States and Andrei Kozyrev for Russia, in the presence of US President Bill Clinton and Israel's Prime Minister Y ...

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• Oslo Accords - Background
• Oslo Accords - Principles of the Accords
• Oslo Accords - Annexes of the accords
• Oslo Accords - Agreed minutes of the accords
• Oslo Accords - The acceptance of the accords by the two peoples
• Oslo Accords - Subsequent negotiations
• Oslo Accords - Oslo 2
• Oslo Accords - Additional agreements
• Oslo Accords - Fate of the accords
• Oslo Accords - Loss of credibility
• Oslo Accords - Arab-Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties
• Oslo Accords - Issues
• Oslo Accords - People

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• Altalena Affair - Background
• Altalena Affair - Confrontation with the IDF
• Altalena Affair - Aftermath
• Altalena Affair - External link

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• Agudat Israel - External link

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Aliyah (Hebrew: עלייה; "ascent") is a term widely used to mean Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment in 1948, the State of Israel). The opposite action, Jewish emigration away from Israel, is called Yerida ("descent"). Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jerusalem · Tel Aviv · Haifa Zio ...

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• Aliyah - Aliyot
• Aliyah - First Aliyah 1882-1903
• Aliyah - Second Aliyah 1904-1914
• Aliyah - Third Aliyah 1919-1923
• Aliyah - Fourth Aliyah 1924-1929
• Aliyah - Fifth Aliyah 1929-1939
• Aliyah - Aliyah Bet: Illegal immigration 1933-1948
• Aliyah - Immigration from 1948-1950
• Aliyah - Middle Eastern Jews
• Aliyah - Ethiopian Aliyah
• Aliyah - Russian Aliyah
• Aliyah - Argentine aliyah
• Aliyah - Recent Trends
• Aliyah - Trivia
• Aliyah - Notes

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The ISF are viewed by most experts as one of the best in their fields, especially in counter-terrorism. Many of the world's security experts, as well as inventors of security technology, are Israelis who trained and served many years in the ISF. The ISF works within tight budgets and is known for creativity and innovation in resolving difficult situations. Some Israeli SF units such as Sayeret Matkal, Shayetet 13 (naval commando) and the YAMAM are considered to be among the best special forces units in the ...

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Israeli Security Forces, Israeli Security Forces - Combat security organizations, Israeli Security Forces - Non-combat security organizations, Israeli Security Forces - General Remarks, Israeli Security Forces - External link

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Religious Zionist Movement, Religious Zionist Movement - Ideology, Religious Zionist Movement - History and organizations, Religious Zionist Movement - Religious Zionism today, Religious Zionist Movement - Politics, Religious Zionist Movement - Military service, Religious Zionist Movement - Notable religious Zionist figures

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The CH-53 saw vast combat experience, especially with the American armed forces and the Israeli Air Force. In 1970, during the War of Attrition, an IAF Yas'ur CH-53 landed in Egypt and lifted an advanced Soviet radar and carried it back to Israel, for examination by Israeli scientists and engineers. The Yas'ur played a major part in 1973 Yom Kippur War, moving artillery batteries around the fronts, evacuating wounded soldiers and rescuing pilots from behind enemy lines. In one event, a Yas'ur w ...

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CH-53E Super Stallion, CH-53E Super Stallion - Combat experience, CH-53E Super Stallion - External link

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Most citizens in the State of Israel are Jewish, and most Israeli Jews practice Judaism in some form. While Judaism has always affirmed a collection of Jewish Principles of Faith, it has never developed a fully binding catechism. While individual rabbis, or sometimes entire groups, at times agreed upon a firm dogma, other rabbis and groups disagreed. With no central agreed-upon authority, no one formulation of Jewish principles of faith could take precedence over any other. Judaism's core belief, however, firmly remains a binding principle agreed upon by Jews of all back ...

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Religion in Israel, Religion in Israel - Religious breakdown, Religion in Israel - Religion and citizenship, Religion in Israel - Judaism in Israel, Religion in Israel - The secular-traditional spectrum, Religion in Israel - The Orthodox spectrum, Religion in Israel - The secular-religious Status Quo, Religion in Israel - Role of the Chief Rabbinate, Religion in Israel - Jerusalem Jews and Judaism, Religion in Israel - Islam in Israel, Religion in Israel - Jerusalem and Islam, Religion in Israel - Christianity in Israel, Religion in Israel - Jerusalem and Christianity, Religion in Israel - Religious tensions, Religion in Israel - Marriage and religious authority

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Refusal to serve in the Israeli military - The high school seniors' letter. On April 28, 1970, a group of high school seniors about to be drafted sent a letter to Prime Minister Golda Meir expressing their reservation about the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, the War of Attrition and the government's failure to take steps to avoid conflict. In 2001, a new high-school refuseniks movement called Shministim (Hebrew: שמיניסטים, literally "eighth graders"), followed in ...

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Refusal to serve in the Israeli military, Refusal to serve in the Israeli military - Overview, Refusal to serve in the Israeli military - Refusals actions and movements, Refusal to serve in the Israeli military - The high school seniors' letter, Refusal to serve in the Israeli military - Yesh Gvul, Refusal to serve in the Israeli military - Courage to Refuse, Refusal to serve in the Israeli military - New Profile, Refusal to serve in the Israeli military - The pilots' letter, Refusal to serve in the Israeli military - The commandos' letter, Refusal to serve in the Israeli military - Refusal to remove settlements, Refusal to serve in the Israeli military - Reaction to the refuseniks

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The selection of authors mentioned here is according to the articles under References below. Quoted text is from the 2003 article except where indicated otherwise. The first Modern Hebrew prose in the Land of Israel was written by "immigrant authors", for example: Yosef Haim Brenner "saw flaws everywhere"; "favored the rabbinical and medieval forms of spoken Hebrew". Lived 1881-1921. Shmuel Yosef Agnon addressed "major contemporary spiritual concerns"; loss of tradition, faith, and identity; "inner uncertainties"; trag ...

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Israeli literature, Israeli literature - History, Israeli literature - The 1940s and 1950s, Israeli literature - The 1960s, Israeli literature - The 1980s and 1990s, Israeli literature - About the Holocaust, Israeli literature - New themes, Israeli literature - Women authors, Israeli literature - Detective fiction, Israeli literature - The younger generation, Israeli literature - Late 1990s, Israeli literature - Authors of children's books

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The Israeli Police is a professional force, with some 30,000 officers on payroll. There are also some 70,000 Citizen Guard (Ma'shaz) volunteers who contribute time to assist officers in their own communities. The police is divided into the following main divisional groups: Israel Police - Headquarter units. International Relations Legal Counsel Immigration Control Audit & Accounts Economic Crimes Public Complaints Disciplinary Court Ser ...

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Israel Police, Israel Police - Roles, Israel Police - Organization, Israel Police - Headquarter units, Israel Police - Departments, Israel Police - Regional Districts, Israel Police - Operational Units, Israel Police - Weapons and gear, Israel Police - Issued weaponry, Israel Police - Honors and Awards, Israel Police - List of General Commisioners

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The Israeli peace camp is highly criticized for lacking realism given the absence of a corresponding movement on the Arab side of the conflict. It is also accused for being forgiving toward Palestinian terrorism and not being able to stand up for the rights of the Israelis and the vital interests of Israel. The Israeli peace camp has poor standings in the Israeli public, as regular surveys by the Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research show (for example: May 2004). The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research is watching over the Israeli public opinion toward the peace pr ...

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Israeli peace camp, Israeli peace camp - Political movements but not parties, Israeli peace camp - Non-political organizations, Israeli peace camp - Political parties, Israeli peace camp - Political power in the Knesset, Israeli peace camp - Criticism, Israeli peace camp - Ideological right wing, Israeli peace camp - Political center and pragmatists, Israeli peace camp - Zionist left wing, Israeli peace camp - Far left, Israeli peace camp - People, Israeli peace camp - Political leaders, Israeli peace camp - Leaders of organizations, Israeli peace camp - Politicly affiliated peace activists, Israeli peace camp - Peace activists without political affiliation, Israeli peace camp - Arab-Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties

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The Arab-Israeli conflict is the result of numerous factors. Reasons cited for the conflict therefore vary from participant to participant and observer to observer. A powerful example of this divide can be found in opinion surveys of Palestinians and Israelis. In a March, 2005 poll 63% of the Israelis blamed the failure of the Oslo Peace Process on Palestinian violence, but only 5% of the Palestinians agreed. 54% of Palestinians put the blame on Israeli policies, but only 20% of the Israelis agreed.[11] It is therefore difficult to develop a single, objective reason for the conflict, so ...

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Arab-Israeli conflict, Arab-Israeli conflict - History, Arab-Israeli conflict - Before 1947, Arab-Israeli conflict - War of 1948, Arab-Israeli conflict - Aftermath of the 1948 war, Arab-Israeli conflict - War of 1956, Arab-Israeli conflict - Between 1956 and 1967, Arab-Israeli conflict - War of 1967, Arab-Israeli conflict - War of 1968-1970, Arab-Israeli conflict - War of 1973, Arab-Israeli conflict - War of 1978, Arab-Israeli conflict - War of 1982, Arab-Israeli conflict - Intifada of 1987-1993, Arab-Israeli conflict - Gulf War of 1990-1991, Arab-Israeli conflict - Intifada of 2000, Arab-Israeli conflict - Reasons for the conflict, Arab-Israeli conflict - Israeli views, Arab-Israeli conflict - Palestinian and other Arab views, Arab-Israeli conflict - Mutual claims, Arab-Israeli conflict - Peace and reconciliation, Arab-Israeli conflict - Quotations, Arab-Israeli conflict - Abbreviated timeline

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