Immigration to Israel from Arab lands - Immigration to Israel from Arab lands History of Jews in Arab lands Jews lived in what are now Arab states since the Babylonian destruction of the first Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, in 586 B.C.E. Except for intermittent periods when Jews in Arab lands were able to contribute to their countries of residence, Jews, along with Christians and Zoroastrians, had the legal status of Dhimmis: second-class citizens who received some measure of protection in exchange for subordination to their Muslim rulers. Jews were required to live in segregated quarters, wear distinctive clothing, and either embrace Islam or pay the jizya, a protection tax. In return for this they received some benefits such as exemption from military service. The Jewish and Christian communities constituted semi-autonomous entities under their.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Other conflicts related to these two have also sprung up at a later stage. It is those two issues that both parties agree must be solved before a just and lasting peace can be established. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 1.1 Jewish immigration 1.2 The Great Uprising 1.3 World War II and its aftermath 1.4 The 1947 partition plan 1.5 The war for Palestine 1.6 The founding of PLO 1.7 The Six-Day War 1.8 1982 Lebanon War 1.9 The first intifada 2 The Peace Process 2.10 Palestinian views of the peace process 2.11 Israeli views of the peace process 2.12 Camp David 2000 Summit 2.13 Al-Aqsa Intifada 2.14 "Road Map" for Peace 2.15 Alternative peace proposals 3 Peace and reconciliation 4 Related Articles 4.16 Ethnicity: 4.17 Religion 4.18 Geography 4.19.
Demographics of Israel - Demographics of Israel This article discusses the demographics of the State of Israel. Of the approximately 5.9 million Israelis in 1997, about 4.7 million were Jewish. While the non-Jewish minority grows at an average rate of 4.9% per year, the Jewish population has increased by more than 27% (3% per year) since 1989 as a result of massive immigration to Israel, primarily from the republics of the former Soviet Union. Since 1989, nearly 841,000 such immigrants have arrived in Israel, making this the largest wave of immigration since independence. In addition, almost 20,000 members of the Ethiopian Jewish community have immigrated to Israel, 14,000 of them during the dramatic May 1991 Operation Solomon airlift. Of the non-Jewish population, about 75% are Muslim Arabs, 16% are Christian Arabs,.
Islam as a political movement - was local and quite suppressed. Islam is sometimes militant Today Islamic political movements are usually at least somewhat more conservative than their secular counterparts in the Islamic World. Furthermore, some movements within Islam hold that a much more interventionist militant Islam is required to eject and prevent corrupt influences on children, women, and the young in particular. The term radical Islamist has come into use in propaganda to deliberately confuse the difference between radical and fundamentalist views, and militant actions. Radical, as an adjective, implies a return to fundamentals. So does the term fundamentalist. Neither implies militant stances or violent actions. The Mennonite sect in Christianity, for instance, is both radical and fundamentalist, but is neither militant nor violent. It is always problematic to assign any one ideology to a religion,.
History of anti-Semitism - allowed to return to "holy Jerusalem which you have for many years longed to see rebuilt". 386 John Chrysostom of Antioch writes eight homilies Adversus Judaeos (lit: Against the Judaizers). 388 A Christian mob incited by the local bishop plunders and burns down a synagogue in Callinicum. Theodosius I orders punishment for those responsible, and rebuilding the synagogue at the Christian expense. Ambrose of Milan insists in his letter that the whole case be dropped and defends violence in pursuit of a religious cause: "The maintenance of civil law is secondary to religious interest." Later he interrupts the liturgy in the emperor's presence with an ultimatum that he would not continue until the case was dropped. Theodosius complies. 399 The Western Roman Emperor Flavius Augustus Honorius calls Judaism superstitio indigna and.
September 2003 - Blackout: In Italy and a small part of Switzerland 57 million people were without power from late Saturday night until Sunday noon. The power outage was more extensive than the US-Canada blackout in August. [1] [1] Terrorism: Ukraine warns United States of nuclear terror threat. Officials in Kiev have formed a joint task force to examine purchase of nuclear materials by U.S.-based terrorists. Officials investigate radioactive package addressed to America seized in Kiev's airport. Ukraine Ministry of Emergencies official states the package was emitting radiation "higher than the acceptable norm". [1] Natural disaster: Hurricane Juan is expected to make landfall near Halifax, Nova Scotia. Space: Europe has launched its first mission to the moon, using SMART-1, an unmanned probe. [1] Pope John Paul II names 30 new cardinalss, including Marc Ouellet,.
Palestinian immigration (Israel) - Palestinian immigration (Israel) The neutrality of this article is in dispute Palestinian immigrations into Israel, were mass border-crossing by Palestinian Arabs, during the first years of Israeli statehood. Most of the immigrants were re-immigrating refugees from homes recently lost to the Israeli state. They wanted to return to their homes prior to the Arab-Israeli War, looking for their lost loved ones, harvesting crops from fields that were confiscated, and to reclaim property other than land. There were also Bedouins to whom the concept of newly established borders were foreign. During the 1949-1956 period the re-immigrants were motivated by social or economic concerns (1). Between 2,700-5,000 Palestinians were killed in the period 1949-1956, the great majority of them unarmed. (Ibid 412-416) The immigrants were in breach of Israel's.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict timeline - crackdown on militants, but he is prevented from doing so by Yassir Arafat June 29, 2003 Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah agree to a three-month cease-fire. June 2, 2003 A two-day summit is held in Egypt. Arab leaders announce their support for the road map and promised to work on cutting off funding to terrorist groups. May 27, 2003 Ariel Sharon states that the "occupation" of Palestinian territories "can't continue endlessly." April 30, 2003 The details of the Road map for peace are released. March 24, 2003 Hilltop 26, an illegal Israeli settlement near the city of Hebron, is peacefully dismantled by the Israel Defence Force. March 19, 2003 Mahmoud Abbas is appointed as the first Palestinian Prime Minister. March 16, 2003 Rachel Corrie, an American member of the International Solidarity.
Israeli security barrier - Israeli security barrier In 2003, Israel began construction on a security barrier inside the West Bank, called the "seam zone". There is already a similar barrier inside the Gaza Strip (seperating it from both Israel and Egypt), and along the borders with Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Official Purpose 2 Structure and Timeline 3 Reaction 3.1 Pro 3.2 Con 4 See also 5 External Links Official Purpose The Israeli government says the purpose of the security barrier is to prevent terrorists from entering Israeli cities, a problem which has plagued Israel since the start of the Al-Aqsa Intifada. Its secondary purpose is to prevent illegal infilitrations of Palestinians, mainly illegal immigrants and car thieves. Political commentators have suggested a wide variety of other explanations. Structure and.
History of Israel - History of Israel The neutrality of this article is disputed. This article discusses the history of the State of Israel, from 1948 A.D. to the present. See also History of Palestine for history of the region from approximately 600 B.C to 1948 A.D., and History of ancient Israel and Judah for history prior to approximately 600 B.C. This article concerns controversial issues. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Zionism and Israel 2 Early History of Modern Israel 2.1 References 3 The Lavon Affair 4 1956 Suez War 5 Six-Day War 6 The Yom Kippur War 7 "Zionism is Racism" Resolution 8 Egyptian-Israeli Peace Process 9 Lebanon 10 First Intifada 11 Gulf War 12 Immigration from the former Soviet Union 13 Middle East Peace Process 14 Assassination of Rabin.
From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict over Palestine - From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict over Palestine From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict over Palestine is a controversial book by Joan Peters written in 1984. Peters argues in her book that a large portion of Palestine's 1948 non-Jewish population were recent immigrants from adjacent Arab states. "Much of Mrs. Peters's book argues that at the same time that Jewish immigration to Palestine was rising, Arab immigration to the parts of Palestine where Jews had settled also increased. Therefore, in her view, the Arab claim that an indigenous Arab population was displaced by Jewish immigrants must be false, since many Arabs only arrived with the Jews." [1] She concludes therefore that many of the "refugees" from the 1948 Arab-Israeli war were not native.
Culture of Israel - Culture of Israel Israeli culture is inseparable from the Jewish culture which preceded it (i.e. dated earlier than the Israeli Declaration of Independence, in May 14 1948). However, this article concerns only the cultural aspects of the modern Israeli state. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Poetry and Literature 2 Plastic Art 3 Music 3.1 National\\Folk Music 3.2 Classical music 3.3 Rock 3.4 Pop 3.5 Heavy metal and alternative rock 3.6 Ethnic music 3.7 Oriental music 3.8 Hip hop 4 Film and Theatre 5 Comedy and Satire Poetry and Literature The modern Hebrew poetry of the first two or three decades is considered by many to be among the most remarkable achievements of Israeli culture, especially the poetry of the 1950's and 1960's, which introduced modern Hebrew poetry,.
January 2003 - a state of emergency. The afternoon sky turned dark or yellowish-grey and city residents saw a yellow-orange full moon that night. January 17, 2003 Tom Ridge is unanimously recommended by a United States Senate subcommittee to be confirmed by the full Senate as head of the new United States Department of Homeland Security which is scheduled to begin operation on January 24.[1] (RealAudio stream) A 1.3-mile tunnel, representing the latest major piece of Boston, Massachusetts' Big Dig, opened, connecting the Massachusetts Turnpike to Logan International Airport. The tunnel will reduce the trip from downtown Boston from 45 minutes in traffic to 8 minutes. The next phase, taking the elevated Interstate 93 and putting it underground, should be finished by early 2004. Gertrude Janeway, the last widow of a Union veteran from.
History of the Jews in the United States (Colonial Era-1906) - in North America 3 First Jewish settlers from Spain and Portugal 4 German Jewish settlers 5 Russian Immigration 6 In the cities and states 6.1 First Settlement 6.2 Asser Levy 7 Under English Rule 8 Shearith Israel 9 In the American Revolution 10 Up-State New York Settlements 11 Rhode Island 12 In New England 13 Maryland 14 Philadelphia 15 Mickvé Israel and Rodeph Shalom 16 In the Revolution 17 Jewish Company 18 Jacob de Cordova 19 Solomon Heydenfeldt 20 Characteristics of Congregations 21 3. Relation to the Federal Government: 22 Damascus Affair 23 Swiss Disabilities 24 Servia and Palestine 25 Russian Passports 26 Kishinef Petition 27 4. Education: 28 Free Schools 29 Theological Institutions Coming to the Americas The history of Jews in the Americas dates back to Christopher Columbus, who.
1922 Text: League of Nations Palestine Mandate - the rights of other religious groups :"...political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment of the Jewish national home, as laid down in the preamble, and the development of self-governing institutions, and also for safeguarding the civil and religious rights of all the inhabitants of Palestine, irrespective of race and religion." Article 4 calls for an appropriate "... Jewish agency that shall be recognised as a public body for the purpose of advising and co-operating with the Administration of Palestine in such economic, social and other matters as may affect the establishment of the Jewish national home and the interests of the Jewish population in Palestine..." And that it will be the " Zionist organization, so long as its organization and constitution are in the opinion of the Mandatory.
Abraham - the same time as the covenant of circumcision (chapter 17), which is practiced in Judaism to this day. At this time Abraham was promised not only many descendants, but descendants through Sarah specifically, as well as the land where he was living, which was to belong to his descendants. The covenant was to be fulfilled through Isaac, though God promised that Ishmael would become a great nation as well. The covenant of circumcision (unlike the earlier promise) was two-sided and conditional: if Abraham and his descendants fulfilled their part of the covenant, Yahweh would be their God and give them the land. The promise of a son to Sarah made Abraham "laugh", which became the name of the son of promise, Isaac. Sarah herself "laughs" at the idea, when Yahweh appears.
August 2003 - It reports 11,500 more deaths than the previous three years would be due to the heat wave of early August. It had previously been suggested that the number was 3,000. Russian nuclear submarine of K-159 November class sinks in the Barents Sea. The sub was decommissioned and it had 10 crew on board. The incident comes three years after Russia's worst peacetime naval disaster when all 118 crew of the nuclear submarine Kursk died when it sank in the Barents Sea on 12 August 2000. Environmental organizations say that the submarine could be dangerous for fishes, because radioactive material could leak to the sea from its two nuclear reactors. [1] August 29, 2003 Najaf, Iraq: A car bomb explodes during prayers outside the holiest shrine for Shiites, Imam Ali Mosque (Tomb.
Current events - desired server and aids in delivering Web content to broad range of devices. José Bono, a prominent Socialist Spanish politician, is recorded calling Tony Blair "a complete dickhead" (un gilipollas integral). [1] Popeye, like Tintin, turns 75 this month. [1] January 14, 2004 J.P. Morgan Chase strikes a $58 billion merger deal to buy Bank One to create the second-largest bank in the United States. Iraq and weapons of mass destruction: Tests performed by American and Danish military experts indicate no chemical agents are present in the "suspicious" mortar shells discovered in Iraq on January 9th. [1] Self-confessed killer of Swedish FM Anna Lindh, 25 year old Mijailo Mijailovic, says during cross-examination in a Stockholm court that he heard voices in his head commanding him to attack Lindh when he encountered.
Timeline of trends in music to 1899 - music c. 2000 BC The trumpet is played in Denmark Percussion instruments are added to Egyptian orchestras c. 1500 BC Hittites use guitars, lyres, trumpets, tambourines Harps are used to accompany dances in Egypt c. 1000 BC Music accompanies religious ceremonies in Israel c. 800 BC Five and seven tone scales are used in Babylon A cuneiform hymn from Sumeria is the earliest known written music Rhapsodes, traveling musicians, appear in Greece c. 700 BC Arion, a Greek composer, invents the strophe and antistrophe c. 685 BC Tyrtaeus invents the trombone c. 675 BC Terpander invents a new seven-stringed lyre and the Mixolydian scale c. 600 BC Modes appear in music The vina is invented in India c. 586 BC Music becomes a part of the Pythian Games c. 550 BC.
November 2003 - the city was rocked by riots. Preliminary autopsy results show that Jones had an enlarged heart, and his blood contained cocaine and PCP, Hamilton County Coroner Carl Parrott says.class="external">[1 The draw is made for the 2004 European Football Championship. England are drawn with holders France, and hosts Portugal are drawn with neighbours Spain. [1] In tennis, Australia wins the Davis Cup by three rubbers to one when Mark Philippoussis defeats Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain in the first reverse singles match, played in Melbourne. It is the 28th time Australia has won the trophy, the most prestigious title in men's team tennis. [1] November 29, 2003 In Norfolk, Virginia, the USS Cole leaves port on the destroyer's first overseas deployment since it was bombed is the year 2000 in Yemen's port.
