• WE DECLARE that, with effect from the moment of the termination of the Mandate being tonight, the eve of Sabbath, the 6th Iyar, 5708 (15th May, 1948), until the establishment of the elected, regular authorities of the State in accordance with the Constitution which shall be adopted by the Elected Constituent Assembly not later than the 1st October 1948, the People's Council shall act as a Provisional Council of State, and its executive organ, the People's Administration, shall be the Provisional Government of the Jewish State, to be called "Israel".
• THE STATE OF ISRAEL will be open for Jewish immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles; it will foster the development of the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants; it will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex; it will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture; it will safeguard the Holy Places of all religions; and it will be faithful to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.^ 'All the rights and freedoms stipulated in this Declaration are subject to the Islamic Shariah.'
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  ^ Jewish immigration was declared illegal.
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  ^ A single uni-national Jewish state.
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  • Israeli Declaration of Independance

• It is permissible to destroy everything.
  • Haim Ramon [1]

• Ramallah is not Auschwitz. Israel is not the Third Reich. .We have no death camps and we haven't massacred one third of the Palestinian population in gas chambers.^ In one section of his book, he suggests making Jordan, where Palestinian Arabs are 75% of the population, the Palestinian Arab state.
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  ^ So now Arabs are proposing a Chomskyian one-state solution with a majority Arab population, to be achieved by opening Israel to anyone and everyone who claims to be a dispossessed Palestinian.
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  ^ Some 10,000 inmates of the German concentration camps had been herded on board 3 ships by the Germans — no one knew why.
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  Therefore, everything we do is quite all right. .We may fill the occupied territories with tear gas and blood, we may kill and injure and torture and blackmail and dispossess, we may surround millions by electric fences and tanks in tiny enclaves, we may hold them under siege and daily bombing, we may make pregnant women walk to hospitals, and we shoot ambulances too, don't we.^ Less obviously, London's recent bombings may force the English to make some critical-for-her-future choices.
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  ^ The new owners of Gaza are too busy to worry about their own infrastructure — they are occupied making bombs and distributing them for free to as many Israeli cities as they can reach.
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  ^ It must also stop surrending its land — giving up its ancestral land creates consequences that make problems that arise from holding on to the land under any circumstance seem trivial.
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  .But as long as we fall even an inch short of the atrocities of Nazi Germany, it's all fine and good, and don't you dare make the comparison.^ And as far as newspapers go, it doesn't make sense to so slant the news leftward that you lose all objectivity.
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  ^ We fear that it's an appeasement of wickedness ....After the failure of the churches to speak out in the face of Nazi Germany's anti-Semitism in the 1930s, we dare not be silent again."
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  ^ READ MORE IT'S ALL THE ZIONISTS' FAULT by Doug Ross If you believe the theme of the Doug Ross's photo essay below — that it's all the fault of the Zionists, the JOOZ — you're in good company.
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  • Ran HaCohen, "The Auschwitz Logic", Antiwar.com (2002-04-01)

Six-day war

• The Upper Galilee — from Dan at the base of Mount Hermon down to the Beit haKerem Valley in south, and from the North Coast across to the Sea of Galilee
• The Lower Galilee — the hills immediately north of the Jezreel Valley
• The Sea of Galilee (Kinneret) — diverse landscapes and settlements around the lake, many with connections to the life of Jesus
• The North Coast — sometimes called "Western Galilee", extends along the Mediterranean shore from Haifa to Rosh Haniqra and the Lebanese border
• The Jezreel Valley — an extensive inland valley, largely rural, extending inland from east of Haifa to the Jordan Valley
• The Beth Shean Valley — the core of the north Jordan River valley
• The Carmel Range — a small yet diverse region of hills just south-east of Haifa
• The Coastal Plain — between the Carmel Range and Gaza.^ Kayitz b’Kibbutz is based at Kibbutz Shluchot in the Jordan Valley, a few kilometers south of Beit Shean.
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  ^ The "Mandate for Palestine," an historical League of Nations document, laid down the Jewish legal right to settle anywhere in western Palestine, between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea...
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  ^ "Settlers claim a right to buy land and live and work on it, anywhere in the Biblical triangle between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean, and between the Red Sea and the Golan Heights, and they act on that right by building and living in communities in places like Hebron, East Jerusalem, Gaza, and Amona."
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  The part north of Tel Aviv is known as the Sharon.
• The Shephelah — the fertile, hilly hinterland between the coastal plain and the Judean highlands
• The Dead Sea — the lake and immediate surroundings forming the lowest point on Earth
• The Negev — desert covering much of the south of Israel, including Machtesh Ramon

Disputed Territories

• Gaza Strip — a narrow coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean. .Israel withdrew its military and settlements from this region in 2005, and it has since been under control of the Palestinian Authority.^ When the Palestinian Authority took control of the Gaza aquifer as part of the Oslo Accord, they quickly ruined it.
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  ^ England has been under Romes control, the Popes control, since, at the very latest, 1850.
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  ^ The day after he was sworn in as president of the Palestinian Authority , Mahmoud Abbas asked militants to refrain from violence so as not to "provide excuses to Israel" to attack Palestinians.
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  .Hamas violently took over the area in 2007, forcing the PA to withdraw in addition to winning parliamentary elections in 2006. Israel still maintains control over the airspace and borders.
• West Bank — a larger region to the west of the Jordan traveler internationally recognized as not part of any country.^ Israel refused to hand over security control of the West Bank to Palestinians .
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  ^ The Iranian government promised to give $50 million to the Palestinian Authority , now controlled by Hamas , which let it be known that it would recognize Israel's right to exist if the Jewish state were to withdraw from the entire West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.
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  ^ Israel was planning to dump 10,000 tons of garbage a month into the West Bank .
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  Government services (security, medical service, etc.) are provided by .Israel, the Palestinian Authority, or a combination, depending on the exact location as a result of the Oslo Accords.
• East Jerusalem- Annexed to Israel and West Jerusalem in 1980. However, Israel recognizes the city as united.^ The Iranian government promised to give $50 million to the Palestinian Authority , now controlled by Hamas , which let it be known that it would recognize Israel's right to exist if the Jewish state were to withdraw from the entire West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza.
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  ^ When the Palestinian Authority took control of the Gaza aquifer as part of the Oslo Accord, they quickly ruined it.
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  ^ Palestinians from the West Bank can be found in universities around the world, but - to my knowledge - there is only one such student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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  .East Jerusalem is predominately Palestinian demographically and therefore it is often considered part of the West Bank.
• Golan Heights — Mountain area north-east of Sea of Galilee.^ MAJOR ISSUES FOR ISRAEL. For Israel, the major issues are that a Palestinian State will a) remove Biblical Israel from Israel; b) remove that part of Jerusalem that houses some of Israel's holiest religious sites from Israel; c) remove the source of much of Israel's water from Israel; and, oh yes, position a Terror State smack up against Israel: the West Bank together with Gaza will flank Israel.
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  ^ Palestinians from the West Bank can be found in universities around the world, but - to my knowledge - there is only one such student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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  ^ UNRWA's clientele is exclusively Palestinian arab; in 2007, UNRWA cared for 4.5 million people in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank.
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  Occupied in 1967 by Israel, annexed in 1980, but still claimed by Syria.

• Akko (Acre) — a fascinating historical city on the far north coast of Israel, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a pilgrimage site for the Bahá'ís.
• Beer Sheva — the capital of the Negev region.
• Eilat — the 'Goa of the Middle East', Israel's window on the Red Sea, a vibrant resort city.
• Haifa — Israel's third largest city, main port and industrial city in the north of the country.^ The article above, The Loss of East Palestine , made plain the circumstances at the time of World War I that would lead to the drastic redrawing of the map of the Middle East.
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  ^ Jonathan Spyer makes the point that while around the world authoritarian regimes are giving way to economic and political reform, this isn't true in the Middle East.
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  ^ It has every intention of pursuing "a defiant, revolutionary agenda, where emphasis will be placed on support for the terrorist and Islamic networks around the world, especially the Middle East."
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  .Also world center of the Bahá'í Faith, home of the beautiful Shrine of the Báb and Terraces and home to an interesting German Quarter.
• Jerusalem — the political and spiritual capital of Israel, as well as city sacred for millennia to three religions: Jews (the site of the Temple), Christians (the scene of Christ's Passion), and Muslims (site of the al-Aqsa Mosque.^ The Patriarch spoke of the mystery of Jerusalem lived by Jews, Christians, and Muslims, and reviewed elements of the history of the Holy City and the way that followers of these religions have related to one another down through the centuries.
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  ^ Evangelical Christians from the United States and ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel were working together to stop homosexuals from marching through Jerusalem.
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  ^ Chazan, a Professor of Political Science at Hebrew University, spoke with great warmth and humor and detailed the wrenching dilemmas of the mix of religion and politics in the State of Israel.
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  ). .Containing the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Old City.
• Nazareth — the hometown of Jesus, now the largest Arab city in Israel.^ What you have now in Israel is a majority opinion that wants to separate from the Arabs and a minority Marxist opinion that wants to bolster the Palestinians even if it means destroying Israel.
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  ^ After 1967, when Israel regained the city and against the opposition of the local Arabs and their own government, Jews began to resettle in Hebron.
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  ^ Jonathan Mark agrees with the those who claim that Israel's response to the Arabs shelling Israeli cities over the years has been disproportionate.
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  Nazareth lays in the lower Galilee and not far from the lake of the Sea of Galilee, is a small city of mainly modern appearance. Nazareth is a mix of races and religions.
• Tel Aviv — first new Jewish city in 2000 years and one of the three largest, the most vibrant city in the country, a mere century old but incorporating the ancient port city of Jaffa and a sprawling metropolis along the coastal plain - includes the White City cultural UNESCO World Heritage site of Bauhaus architecture.
• Tiberias — located on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, a modern resort town with an ancient background.
• Safed (Tzfat) — In the Northern part of Israel, this fascinating city is filled with artists and mystics, boasting home to ARI, who essentially established what is known today as (Lurianic) Kaballah.

The Western Wall and Temple Mount in Jerusalem at night

• Akko(Acre) — an ancient town with a historic port the most sacred Bahai site.
• Belvoir Castle — a magnificently-located Crusader castle located high above the Sea of Galilee
• Beth Guvrin — A chain of caves which was used for various purposes in Ancient times.^ He employed the hallowed personages, historic legends and sacred sites of Judaism and Christianity."
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  ^ The government doesn't act because it fears the Arabs will riot; they are not ashamed of allowing the desecration of Judaism's most sacred site.
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  .It includes colombariums, frescoes and other remains.
• Beth Shean — explore the remains of Canaanite, Egyptian and Romano-Byzantine cities
• Beth Shearim — Jewish Catacombs from Roman period.
• Caesarea — the evocative remnants of Herod the Great's Roman city by the sea
• Gamla— a site in the lower Golan that was a Jewish stronghold from 87 BCE until it fell to the Romans in 67 CE
• Hazor — the largest ancient site in Israel.^ In doing so, they ignore that the land that is Israel, Samaria, Judea, the Golan, and yes, Gaza, is held in irrevocable trust for the Jewish people.
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  ^ Intent on reestablishing the Caliphate worldwide, in Israel they are chiefly concentrated around the Jewish Holy cities of Jerusalem and Hebron.
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  ^ Chance that a Jewish Jerusalemite agrees that sovereignty over the city's holy sites “ultimately belongs to God ”: 1 in 3 .
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  .(UNESCO World Heritage Site)
• Jaffa — An old port town near Tel Aviv.
• Masada — high on a plateau above the Dead Sea, the scene of the Zealots' last stand against the might of Rome, a powerful symbol for modern Israel.^ Thousands of Israelis rallied against the Gaza pullout in Tel Aviv.
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  ^ A woman hitchhiking from Milan to Tel Aviv dressed as a bride in order to promote world peace was raped and strangled in Turkey.
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  ^ In Israel over the last 40-60 years, the Marxists in charge of education have by omission and commission taught that Israel is really Arab land and that Israel is acting as a colonial power.
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  .(UNESCO World Heritage Site)
• Megiddo — an ancient Canaanite and Israelite city and the location of several key battles, both ancient and modern.^ READ MORE IN DISCUSSING JERUSALEM, HISTORY MATTERS by Jenny Grigg Jenny Grigg highlights the major periods in the history of the city of Jerusalem, pointing out that not only is it Judaism's holiest site and capital of Jewish states both in ancient times and in modern times, but there has been a Jewish presence there for some 3000 years.
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  ^ JAMES PARKES: A FINAL RECKONING by Haim Chertok James Parkes was an Anglican clergyman and a historian of Jewish history, both ancient and modern.
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  .(the location of Armageddon) (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
• Nimrod Castle — a magnificently-located Crusader castle located above the Sea of Galilee.
• Ramla — The only town in Israel founded by the medieval Arab empires.^ Palestinians from the West Bank can be found in universities around the world, but - to my knowledge - there is only one such student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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  ^ This includes not only Hizbullah and Syria and Hamas and the PLO but also the many Israeli Arabs, full-fledged citizens of Israel, who have no loyalty to the Jewish state.
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  ^ It is proof that Israel is their only habitat, because in no other way are they different from other Arabs.
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  .It includes the White Mosque.
• Safed — home to the Kabbalah mystical branch of Judaism, one of four Jewish holy cities, and home to an Old City and Artists Colony.
• Zippori: Best preserved mosaics in a Roman town.
• Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev — the four Nabatean towns of Haluza, Mamshit, Avdat and Shivta are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
• Ancient Synagogues: there are quite a few of them mainly distributed in the Galilee.^ The hypothesis that the secularists destroyed the Gazan Jewish community to demoralize the religious is one of the few 'makes sense' reasons adduced for the expulsion disaster.
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  ^ The problem is that Israeli is one of the few democratic countries in the world where there is no separation of religion and state.
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  ^ It would solve the separation problem without separating the Jews from their ancient holy sites.
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  .Best known is Kapernaum at the Sea of Galilee with the famous Bizantine Tabgha Church nearby.

• The Dead Sea — A sea of hypersalinated water and the lowest point on Earth.
• Ein Avdat — canyon situated in a National Park.
• Ein Gedi — nature reserve, kibbutz, and botanical gardens on the shores of the Dead Sea.
• Golan Heights
• Mitzpe Ramon — crater (cliff) located in the middle of the Negev desert (the largest of three similar craters found in Israel)
• Sea of Galilee itself — the home of Christ, a freshwater lake located in northern Israel.^ Syria gets the Golan Heights and the Arab refugees come into Israel.
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  ^ Now the ISG announces that not only is the U.S. prepared to deal with those regimes, but that it will do the bidding of one of them, Syria, by again putting maximum pressure on Israel to abandon the Golan Heights."
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  ^ Israel has first to secure its borders boldly by itself — and that means holding the land from the Mediterranian Sea to the Jordan River.
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  Leisure and cultural activities can be enjoyed in fascinating surroundings.
• Israel National Parks — a series of national parks up and down Israel.

Understand

History

.Whilst Israel is relatively new country, the land has a long and often very complex history stretching back thousands of years to the very beginnings of human civilization.^ A human rights group in Israel accused the country's army of using Palestinians, including an 11-year-old girl, as human shields.

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^ Evacuating the Arab refugee camps and setting up the refugees in this new country would simultaneously solve the very expensive Arab refugee problem, money that can be used for genuine refugees.

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^ As Mark Steyn writes, "It may be some consolation to an ever-lonelier Israel that, in one of history's bleaker jests, in the coming Europe the Europeans will be the new Jews."

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It has been invaded by virtually every empire worth its salt including the Persians, Romans Ottomans and the British. It is also the birthplace of both Judaism and Christianity. .Jerusalem is also a sacred city for Muslims.^ READ MORE MOSES IN MECCA by Dr. Jack Wheeler This essay by Dr. Jack Wheeler is entertaining but it is also a serious retelling of the story of how Jerusalem got to be sacred to the Muslims.

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^ Mordechai Keidar recounts how Jerusalem became sacred to the Muslims — several times over, with long intervals of indifference when Jerusalem was politically unimportant.

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.Israel has been inhabited for tens of thousands of years, with Neanderthal remains from the region dating back 50,000 years.^ READ MORE AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER? by Maurice Cohen Eliahu Cohen spied for Israel, posing as a Syrian during the 50's and 60's, critical years for Israel's future.

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^ Hamas has acted as the spoiler, refusing to recognize Israel as legitimate, while offering a truce with a 10-year expiration date, providing that Israel first settles the millions of Arabs who claim descent from the original 420,000 Arab refugees.

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^ Hillary Rodham Clinton got spooked by accusations that she was not sufficiently loyal to Israel and returned $50,000 in campaign contributions to some Arabs.

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.Its strategic location serving as the gateway from Asia to Egypt and Africa had made Israel an ideal target for conquerors through the ages.^ It is bizarre that living on an egalitarian kibbutz made him a believer in Israel as evil while living in Egypt with its "open racial and religious discrimination" made him a believer in the Arab desire to destroy Israel.

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^ That attack was provoked by the Jesuits International Intelligence Community through Egypt falsely perceiving the weakness of the Israeli army and the supposed abandonment of Israel by the American Empire.

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The first nation to have influence was the great Egyptian civilization. .Approximately 1000 B.C, an independent Judean Kingdom was set up under King Saul.^ When the Lord Jesus destroys all the Gentile armies, he will then set up the Davidic Kingdom that he came to set upthe born-again nation of Israel.

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.After intermittent civil war, the land was conquered by the Assyrians and Persians and in ~330B.C by Alexander the Great.^ As Sharon becomes more dictatorial and civil disobedience is denounced as civil war, Israel is in danger of losing both her historical lands and her democratic nature.

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.A newly independent Jewish state ruled by the Maccabees was conquered in the 1st century B.C by the Romans.^ The establishment of a state and the creation of a Jewish majority in Israel have stood at center stage in the life of the Jewish community this century.

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^ The notion that the Jews stole Palestinian land has been applied to the current settlements but also to the settlements starting in the late 19th century that led to the rebirth of the Jewish state.

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^ According to the Arab narrative, this has been an Arab Islamic state since the days of Omar, the caliph who conquered the country in the seventh century.

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Around 30AD, Jesus Christ began his ministry in the Galilee. .Following a revolt in 179A.D, the Jews were expelled from the land, starting nearly 1800 years of exile.^ A popular pro-Arab argument is that it has "been nearly 1,900 years since Jews exercised sovereignty there — and it is absurd to argue that any group still has rights to land they last governed such a long time ago."

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^ "In Biblical terms, it is the return from exile of the Jews to Zion — to that very special land promised by God to the first Jew, Abraham.

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^ The Jews of Gaza came to a barren rocky land some 30 years ago and have made it beautiful and productive.

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The area was captured by Muslim invaders in the 7th Century. .In the middle ages, European Christians invaded in a period known as the crusades, but after a few centuries were expelled.^ This idea will be well known to those who know the Christian writings of the Crusader period where Christians were pitted against Muslims for rule in Jerusalem.

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.The land was then ruled for many years by different Muslim empires, culminating in the Ottoman Empire.^ The Muslim Brotherhood has quietly been spinning a web to entangle different countries for many, many years ( Read a comprehensive background article here.

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^ During that year, new rules mean that many more households will be hit by estate taxes.

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^ The territory the Ottoman Empire had owned for hundreds of years was taken over by England and France after World War I. The area labeled Mandated Palestine was to be Jewish.

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.During WWI, Palestine, as it was known, was captured by the British, who agreed to the idea of creating a Jewish homeland in 1917. During this period there was mass migration of Jews fleeing persecution in Europe that eventually culminated in the Holocaust.^ He believes that "[i]f there is a collective leadership, it will include leaders of very different viewpoints who will be unlikely to agree to any new or different direction.

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^ There is a whole framework to ensure kashrut (Jewish dietary laws) which also limits the freedom of members of other religious communities not subject to the same restrictions as Jews.

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^ It is a fascinating detailed look at a real-life spy thriller with duped diplomats, blackmailable leaders, spies, moles and duplicitous British politicians who schemed to divide Palestine among the Arab countries, not help it become a Jewish state.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The events of WWII significantly strengthened the Independence movement, which led to civil strife between Jews and both the British and Arabs.^ But "[i]f the choice is between the expulsion of Jews and eventually watching Israel vanish or the expulsion of Arabs then I choose the survival of Israel and the expulsion of Arabs."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ A decision of the Israeli Supreme Court interpreted this article as forbidding any party which aims at total equality between Jews and Arabs from putting forward candidates for elections.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ So Rose makes some practical suggestion for achieving separation – and thus minimizing friction points — between Jews and Arabs: Jews fled the Arab countries in the 1940s and 50s.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement firmly rejected by the Arabs.^ The article above, The Loss of East Palestine , made plain the circumstances at the time of World War I that would lead to the drastic redrawing of the map of the Middle East.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ For example, we are told many Arabs are said to be willing to allow two states in Palestine.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Few know about the Jewish refugees, a much greater number, who fled the Arab states in realistic fear of their lives as Israel became a state.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Subsequently, Israel's Arab neighbors invaded the new nation with the hope of regaining territory previously held by the Ottoman Empire and preventing the creation of an independent Jewish state.^ State of Israel as the State of the Jewish people, .

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ A single uni-national Jewish state.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The Arab states invaded Israel for a second time in 1967.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars confirming their independence, but the uprooting of millions of Palestinians from their homelands has created deep tensions between the two sides.^ Palestinian Arabs are not politically independent.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Mr Landau, a Minister in the Israeli Government, cogently lays out objections to the roadmap: the Palestinian Arabs do not have to relinquish terror as a precondition or educate their children for peace.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ War erupted between Hezbollah and Israel after the Lebanese militia launched Operation Truthful Promise against Israel by crossing the border and capturing two Israeli soldiers.

• Israel (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

.On 25 April 1982, Israel withdrew from the Sinai pursuant to the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty.^ And, indeed, she has abided: after Peres signed a peace treaty with Jordan, Israel returned to Jordan some extremely important Jewish artifacts, including manuscripts.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ July 1979 Article Sell By Matthew Mills Stevenson SEE ALSO: Egypt ; Foreign economic relations ; International finance ; Iran ; Israel PDF IMAGES .

• Israel (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

.Outstanding territorial and other disputes with Jordan were resolved in the 26 October 1994 Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace.^ There's more chance of a successful peace by giving them a state well outside of Israel, where they might find other things to do besides obsessing on their hate of Israel.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Yamit was vacated as part of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The area that is now Israel, Jordan and the Territories was underpopulated, unsanitary, dirt poor, with no economic resources.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.In addition, on 25 May 2000, Israel withdrew unilaterally from southern Lebanon, which it had occupied since 1982. In keeping with the framework established at the Madrid Conference in October 1991, bilateral negotiations were conducted between Israel and Palestinian representatives (from the Israeli-occupied West Bank) and Syria, to achieve a permanent settlement.^ Fatalities of Israelis and Palestinians since Sep 27, 2000: E .

• Middle-East-Info.org - Links 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC www.middle-east-info.org [Source type: Academic]

^ In this capacity she had acted as spokesperson for the settlers at the Madrid Conference between Israelis and Arabs in 1991.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ Israel refused to hand over security control of the West Bank to Palestinians .

• Israel (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

But progress toward a permanent status agreement has been undermined by the outbreak of rounds of bloody Palestinian-Israeli violence since September 2000.

Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv

.Israel has a technologically advanced market economy with substantial government participation.^ Despite its military strength and its technological and innovative economy, "[a]lmost every Israeli government has been led by intellectual and moral pygmies.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ They have been traumatized by the vicious betrayal by their own government, but they have survived and are striving to heal themselves and their country, because they understand that their task is to participate in the redemption of the Land of Israel.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

It depends on imports of crude oil, grains, raw materials, and military equipment. .Despite limited natural resources, Israel has intensively developed its agricultural and industrial sectors over the past 20 years.^ During most of the past 30 years Palestinians did almost all heavy physical labor within the borders of Israel.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ The tiniest state in the Middle East but the only one that is a world leader in medicine, scientific innovation, engineering development, agriculture, managing water resources, etc., etc., etc.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ In view of the developments in the past two years (see Dan Eldar's article below), the article was most prescient.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Israel is largely self-sufficient in food production except for grains. Cut diamonds, high-technology equipment, chemicals and chemical products, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, rubber, plastics, and textiles are the leading exports. .For many years Israel posted sizable current account deficits, which were covered by large transfer payments from abroad and by foreign loans.^ But many of Israel's enemies are delighted when Sharon talks of transferring Jews from Gaza.

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^ This is but one of the many concessions Israel has made over the years, hoping for an end to Arab hostility, even though these "concessions have NOT brought peace or anything approaching peace."

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^ Alyssa Lappen writes that, despite the PR show, Hamas and the Palestine Authority have worked together for many years towards the same goal: the destruction of Israel.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.However, the tight fiscal policy of recent years and the high growth rates have led Israel to a budget surplus in 2006. Roughly half of the government's foreign debt is owed to the US, which is its major source of economic and military aid.^ October 2006 Readings/Article Discipline and punish By Shimon Naveh SEE ALSO: Arab-Israeli conflict ; Israel ; Military policy ; Nablus ; Operational art (Military science) ; Strategic aspects PDF IMAGES .

• Israel (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

^ Military budget of Israel in 1967 expressed as a percentage of the budgets of Egypt , Iraq , Jordan, and Syria combined: 58 .

• Israel (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

^ Ralph Peters Ralph Peters sums up the war this way: "Israel's abysmally incompetent government start[ed] a war impulsively and prosecute[d] it half-heartedly..."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.The influx of Jewish immigrants from the former USSR during the period 1989-99 coupled with the opening of new markets at the end of the Cold War, energized Israel's economy, which grew rapidly in the early 1990s.^ Much of what is being played out in the Israel of the 1990s and early 2000s is the price we are paying for that historic decision.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ By the early 1990s, Israel had suppressed the first intifada, and "was on the verge of entering the most wonderful, prosperous and liberated period of its existence".

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ No reconsidering of this characterization took place during the period of the peace process of the 1990s.

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But growth began moderating in 1996 when the government imposed tighter fiscal and monetary policies and the immigration bonus petered out. .Growth was a strong 6.4% in 2000. But the bitter Israeli-Palestinian conflict, increasingly the declines in the high-technology and tourist sectors, and fiscal austerity measures in the face of growing inflation have led to declines in GDP in 2001 and 2002. However, in 2007 the economic growth was 5.3% and the inflation was only 0.4%.^ Benzimra recommends that an intelligent beginning to solving the Arab-Israeli conflict would be "to have the courage to face reality."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Number of references to Israeli "retaliation" on U.S. network nightly newscasts between September 2000 and March 2002: 118 .

• Israel (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

^ Chance an American knows that more Palestinians than Israelis have died in political violence since 2000: 1 in 3 .

• Israel (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

In the first six months of 2008 tourism has grown with 45%.

People

.The most obvious division in Israel's society is between Jews - who make up 77% of the population in Israel proper and 15%-40% in areas currently controlled by Israel (parts of the West Bank) - and non-Jews (mostly Israeli-Arabs), who make nearly all of the rest.^ Israel refused to hand over security control of the West Bank to Palestinians .

• Israel (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

^ Israel was planning to dump 10,000 tons of garbage a month into the West Bank .

• Israel (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

^ Factor by which the number of West Bank houses demolished by Israel this year exceeds the number demolished last year: 8 .

• Israel (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

.In terms of religious loyalty, 77% are Jewish, 16% are Muslim, 4% are Christian and 2% are Druze (a Muslim offshoot considered heretical by mainstream Islam).^ Jewish, Christian and Muslim scholars come together in a book about the Temple Mount's significance to the three monotheistic faiths.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ In America, Muslim-veneration is just beginning – although it grows in ground made fertile by leftist rejection of the Jewish and Christian ethos.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The important thing in terms of Jewish-Christian relations is to understand this obsession with Jerusalem.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

.While equality is theoretically guaranteed, in practice there are many restrictions on the Arab population, both legal and 'de facto' (difficulty in obtaining building permits, increased security checks, etc).^ In the first case one speaks of legal discrimination, in the second case one speaks of de facto discrimination.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

There are also deep divisions within Jewish society. .First is the ethnic division between the 'Ashkenazim', who lived in Europe for nearly 2000 years and are generally considered wealthier and politically better connected, and the 'Sephardim' and 'Mizrahim', who immigrated from the Middle East, Hadramaut and North Africa (Sephardi and Mizrahi immigrants from Europe tend to match the socio-economic profile of Ashkenazim.^ Europe, Russia, North Africa, China, and Japan were a universal wreck thanks to the Company of Jesus.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ I'm sitting on a U.S. army base briefing officers along with a high-ranking State Department official who works on the Middle East.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ Nowadays, children in Israel, who take the State of Israel for granted, ask, How is it that for 2000 years the Jews did not come back?

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

) .In recent years, the divide between these ethnic groups has, however, grown much less acute.^ However, this year I noticed the presence of a group of people who appeared to want to hijack the message of the festival and were protesting… .

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ The global response has, however, centred overwhelmingly on neutralizing these manifestations alone — the terrorist groups that constitute immediate and direct threats to individual and state security.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN THE WEST There is a sharp divide between the Christian churches in the West: the mainstream groups led by liberals are pro-palestinian while the more traditional and less trendy churches with closer contact to the Bible are pro-Israel.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.While ethnic divisions have weakened as the native-born population has increased, religious tensions between 'secular' and 'orthodox' Jews have increased.^ Judy Lash Balint is among those who have come to suspect that the ugly exercise was mostly intended to disrupt the increasing political power of the religious Jews.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Upon reflection, she feels the real problem is that from the beginning of the State the secular Jews in charge of the Government discouraged the religious from joining the army and building up Israel.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Statistically, the experts say that about 20% of the Jewish population of this country are Orthodox Jews.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

The spectrum ranges from the stringently-orthodox 'haredim', only 15% (2008 est.) of the population but able to wield a disproportionate amount of power thanks to .Israel's fractious coalition politics, to 50% who are 'modern orthodox' and finally 45% who consider themselves secular, although still adhere to some traditions.^ In fact, in the initial years of the State an even wider deal was struck between the secular Zionist establishment and the modern and ultra-Orthodox.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ We need to remember that the large majority of Israelis, even those who describe themselves as secular, do not live within a Christian world.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ The conception that secular Jews and Orthodox Jews can divide up the family jewels exclusively between themselves is now flaking away.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

.While secular Jews are widespread throughout all of Israel, orthodox Jews tend to concentrate mostly in certain cities such as Jerusalem, Bnei Brak and Ashdod.^ READ MORE JEWISH DIVIDE OVER ISRAEL by Steven Plaut You'd think that by now it'd be a commonplace fact that yes there are such things as self-hating Jews, and they project their loathing on all things Jewish.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ ALL JEWS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER by Debbie Berliner Debbie Berliner writes about two women that she met while traveling in Israel.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Evangelical Christians from the United States and ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel were working together to stop homosexuals from marching through Jerusalem.

• Israel (Harper's Magazine) 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC harpers.org [Source type: General]

Shrine of the Báb is the second holiest site to the Bahai Faith, located in the northern city of Haifa

Israel's time is + 2 hrs from GMT so when it's 6PM (GMT), 1PM (EST), it's 8PM in Israel. .Daylight saving time (Summer time) begins on the last Friday before April 2nd, and ends on Saturday between the Jewish holidays of Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur.^ Daylight savings time is what was called war time.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ As on Yom Kippur when we envision the gates of mercy closing during the Neilah prayer before sundown at the end of the holy fast day, I knew these historical/political gates of mercy would close too.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ Heck, they haven't even disavowed that they are determined to end the Jewish State — an ambition they were supposed have rejected in Clinton's time.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Public Holidays in Israel follow the Jewish calendar and as such vary from year to year although tend to fall within the same few-week period.^ Few know about the Jewish refugees, a much greater number, who fled the Arab states in realistic fear of their lives as Israel became a state.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Most observers, however, believe that Europe must make a strong assertion of its own identity and very soon, or it will be overwhelmed by Islam within a few years.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The first 69 weeks have been fulfilled, from the decree, to rebuilding Jerusalem, to Messiah the Prince, the day Christ declared himself the Messiah of Israel, was 69 weeks of years.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

.Different levels of activity stop in Israel depending on the festival or holiday, and different areas will see different levels of activity on these days.^ Biblical Israel these days.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ These next essays look at different aspects and consequences of the Oslo Accords — when Israel officially adopted blindness, stupidity and appeasement as official objectives.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ I’m sure it’s a spectacular film, and one of these days, I’ll get around to seeing it.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

The public transportation, for example, tends to completely stop its activity in many holidays. .In the Jewish tradition, a new day begins with the appearance of three stars in the sky, which means that Jewish holidays begin in the afternoon hours a day before the official date.^ They distort the meaning of Jewish symbols and Jewish holidays to gain sympathy for the Palestinians and other causes, always for a group other than the Jews.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The date set for the next trip was the day before Passover - the day traditionally reserved by Orthodox Jews to be the climax of a month of cleaning.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ One last-minute footnote before beginning this interview: The Arts & Entertainment (A&E) cable television channel just started to airon Easter Sunday evening!a new two-hour documentary called: The Vatican Revealed .

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

.In general, Israel is a secular country, so most festivals won't see big changes in the levels of activity.^ Israel would go from being a major contributor to scientific and medical journals to the current level of research from the Arab countries, which is close to zero.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ It might be boring but they won't starve and they are better educated than Arabs in most of the Arab countries.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ When Iraq and the other Arab countries began terrorizing their Jewish communities, the brothers fled to Israel along with most of the other Iraqi Jews.

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Official national holidays are bolded.

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• Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), Falls between Sept 5 & Oct 5
• Fast Day of Gedaliah (Tsom Gedalyah ben Ahikam), Falls two days after the first day of Rosh Hashanah (New Year)
• Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), Falls between Sept 14 & Oct 14. The holiest day of the year - this is the day 'when everything stops', including all shopping, public and private traffic, etc.
• Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) (Sukkot*), Falls between Sept 19 & Oct 19 (Only the first and last days are national holidays, however there may be some disruption during the intermediate days)
• Assembly of the Eighth Day (Simchat Torah/Shemini Atzeret), Falls between Sept 26 & Oct 26. Street festivals and dancing are common in most cities and towns on the preceding evening.
• Yitzhak Rabin's Remembrance Day (Yom Hazikaron le Yitzhak Rabin)
• Feast of Rededication (First Day) (Hanukkah), Falls between Nov 27 & Dec 27. Celebrated much less than in the US.
• Tenth of Tevet Fast (Tsom Asarah b-Tevet)
• Fifteenth of Shvat (Tu Bishvat).^ There were absolutely no new US VCs in Israel this year.
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  ^ In every democracy that I know there is some line that divides the private from the public sphere.
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  ^ As all hockers know, it is this scholarly mundane talk that is the most interesting.In a fascinating new work, Great Jewish Letters: A collection of Classic and Inspirational Writings of Torah Personalities, R. Moshe Bamberger, mashgiach ruchani of Landers College, collects over 120 letters from famous figures in the Torah world over the ages.
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  .New Year of the Trees (similar to an Arbor Day)
• Fast of Esther (Ta`anit Ester)
• Memorial Feast for the Triumph of Esther (Purim*), Falls between February 24 & March 26. Street parades are common on this day.
• Passover (Pesach), Between March 26 & April 25 (Only the first and last days are national holidays, however there may be some disruption during the intermediate days).^ The debate between the one and only coming of the Messiah, or two comings, a first and a second, touches not only the particular personality of Jesus.
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  ^ EVIL'S INITIAL TRIUMPH OVER GOOD by Richard H. Shulman As we approach another 9/11 memorial day, we present this powerful essay by Richard Shulman on a very basic problem: the current imbalance between good and evil.
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  ^ The only reason that there was an accommodation at the beginning of the State with some religious elements was to achieve some kind of political peace.
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  .No bread or grain products are sold or served in most places during this week.
• Seventh day of Passover (Shvi'i shel Pesach), Falls between April 1 & May 1
• Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaZikaron LaShoah VeLaGevurah), Falls between April 7 & May 7. At 10 AM, air raid sirens sound and the entire country comes to an eerie standstill for two minutes.^ The debate between the one and only coming of the Messiah, or two comings, a first and a second, touches not only the particular personality of Jesus.
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  ^ No reconsidering of this characterization took place during the period of the peace process of the 1990s.
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  ^ The exodus of Palestinian Arabs began, and the war of May 1948, which took place between the State of Israel and the Arab countries, accelerated this exodus.
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  .Places of entertainment are closed on this day and its eve.
• Fallen Soldiers Remembrance Day (Yom Hazikaron), Falls between April 14 & May 14. Air raid sirens sound and the entire country observes a minute of silence in the morning and preceding evening.
• Independence Day (Yom Ha-Atzmaut), Falls between April 15 & May 15. Large street festivals, city-wide parties and fireworks are common on the preceding night.
• 33rd day of the `Omer (Lag Ba'omer), Bonfires are common on the preceding night.
• Jerusalem Day (Yom Herut Yerushalayim), Large parades and festivals occur in Jerusalem.
• Pentecost (Shavuot), Falls between May 15 & June 14
• Seventeenth of Tammuz fast (Tsom Shiva` Asar b-Tammuz)
• Ninth of Av fast (Tisha B'Av).^ As on Yom Kippur when we envision the gates of mercy closing during the Neilah prayer before sundown at the end of the holy fast day, I knew these historical/political gates of mercy would close too.
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  ^ Even for left-wing Knesset member Ron Cohen, this may have been a rare opportunity to get in touch with people on the Palestinian street.
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  ^ In the terrible days that followed the opening of the tunnel under the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers found themselves besieged at Joseph * s tomb in Nablus.
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  Destruction of the 1st and 2nd Temples
• Fifteenth of Av (Tu B'Av). Festival of Love

Visa Restrictions: .Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen block passports containing stamps or visas from Israel.^ Iran has designs on Lebanon, controls Syria and dreams of destroying Israel. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ The proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia in Yemen. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ As this report demonstrates, "Amnesty singled out Israel for condemnation to a far greater extent than Iran, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Syria, Egypt, and other chronic abusers of human rights. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] .If you intend to visit one of those, ask immigration to stamp a blank page, rather than your passport, when entering.^ Many of you here have made your own special contribution to this project which reached a climax with the papal visit and which has contributed enormously to the Jewish-Catholic dialogue. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source] ^ If you can not get the book at your local bookstore, there is a link on the page to buy the book online.Enjoy!Have a good day,Jacob . Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General] ^ But Iran boasts of its help to a victorious Hamas and the pro-Saudi camp "accuses Hamas of serving Iranian and Syrian interests rather than those of the Palestinians." Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] .Note that those countries will also search for Jordanian/Egyptian exit stamps from land borders with Israel and will likewise prohibit your entry if they find one.^ We believe that this small Land of Israel is the proper place for this nation to find its place and develop itself both physically and spiritually. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source] ^ There's more chance of a successful peace by giving them a state well outside of Israel, where they might find other things to do besides obsessing on their hate of Israel. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ When events demonstrated that Israel gained no benefit from taking this risk, they then said Israel should continue withdrawing because she was too weak to take the risk of keeping the land. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Ben Gurion International Airport is the main entry point for most visitors to Israel

.Citizens from most European and North American countries as well as Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Russia do not need a visa prior to arrival.^ Mazel concludes that "Sweden remains the most anti-Israeli country in the European Union and also the most pro-Muslim one."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Hand in hand with assessments of Israel's new position in the Middle East and globally, those citizens of Israel who were most affected by the expulsion from a part of Biblical Israel are conducting their own assessments.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Note that German citizens born before January 1, 1928, do have to apply for a visa in advance. .This visa will be given if you were not heavily involved in events during the Nazi era and will be valid for the whole time your passport is valid.^ You simply have to confront the fact that God is involved in your history!

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ And some events during the time Britain held Mandated Palestine...

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Further note that in some Arab states it constitutes a crime for their citizens to enter Israel at all.^ In the early 1960s, some Arabs reinvented themselves as citizens of this state.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The Arab choir has a stock set of derogatory phrases to condition people to despise Israel, its army and its citizens.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ It's time to complete the second half of this population transfer, by moving the Arabs from Israel to some place(s) in the vast Arab land holdings.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Even if you're an Arab-born citizen of a European or North American country having entered Israel may have consequences when returning to your country of birth.^ The Jews were evacuated from Arab countries when Israel was born.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The Arab choir has a stock set of derogatory phrases to condition people to despise Israel, its army and its citizens.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Most people understand Iran would send bombs to wipe out Israel even if it means wiping out a few million Arabs.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Pay attention to the fact that many Arab and Islamic countries deny entry to any person that has been to Israel.^ DEALING WITH THE ARAB AND ISRAELI MINDSETS In this Section, we examine two other aspects important in bringing Israel up to strength: how to change the Israeli mindset; and why we should start paying attention to the Muslim mind set.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ That will have to wait until the Arabs accept not just that Israel exists, but that she has the right, as does any country, to continue to exist .

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Unlike the Jews who fled the Arab countries and were integrated into Israel, these Arabs were not allowed to lead a normal life.

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.If arriving by air or by sea and wishing to go to Arab states with the same passport, try asking the Israeli immigration officer to put their stamp onto a separate piece of paper.^ The Arabs don't want a separate state.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Contrariwise, Israeli Jews want the Arabs as full participants but want them to accept that Israel is a Zionist state, as does the international community.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ A decision of the Israeli Supreme Court interpreted this article as forbidding any party which aims at total equality between Jews and Arabs from putting forward candidates for elections.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

Depending on the current situation, they are often willing to do this. Then you're safe not to be denied entry by the Arab states named above. .However, this may not be enough if you've entered Israel by land: in the most paranoid countries (notably Syria and Lebanon), your passport will be scrutinized not only for Israeli stamps, but also neighboring countries' stamps from Israeli land border crossings like Taba (Egypt) and Arava/Aqaba (Jordan).^ Only Israel has ownership of the land.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ To Israeli Secularists : You want a normal country, like everybody else?

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The stranger is loved like your own self, for you too were strangers in the Land of Egypt.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

.In this case, you'll have to apply for a second passport, which allows you to have an Israeli stamp in one passport and travel to the Arab states with another one.^ For example, we are told many Arabs are said to be willing to allow two states in Palestine.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ ALL JEWS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER by Debbie Berliner Debbie Berliner writes about two women that she met while traveling in Israel.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Of the three terrorists, one had recently been released from an Israeli jail, and another had been pardoned.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

Inquire at your own embassy.

.Israeli immigration may take a dim view of travelers arriving from Arab countries, but you are unlikely to face anything worse than very time-consuming, and repetitive, but polite questioning.^ But, as Eidelberg reminds us, the "21 Arab League countries have 500 times more land than Israel" — they are larger than the U.S.A. Adding all of Israel and the territories won't increase the Arab holdings by a single percentage point.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ If you are so used to the fantasy that has been created about the Arab-Israeli conflict that your first reaction is to deny Beryln's "Reality" remarks, may I suggest you check the facts out before rejecting them.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Unlike the Jews who fled the Arab countries and were integrated into Israel, these Arabs were not allowed to lead a normal life.

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.Depending on the situation, if you have stamps from other Arab countries in your passport, you should expect to be taken to one side (without any explanation) and eventually questioned.^ It brought no change in Egypt's rejectionist attitude towards Israel and it fostered the instability-producing notion that Israel should withdraw "from all other areas claimed by the Arab-Muslim side."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ And we have to divide up the world into two factions, so were going to put Roman Catholic NATO on one side, and were going to put Communist-controlled Warsaw Pact on the other.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ GANG-RAPE IN ANNAPOLIS, SAUDI STYLE by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. Picture this: a large number of Arab countries, their current "friends" — Russia, Europeans and the anti-Israel NGOs — and, shame, shame, the U.S.A. ganged up on one side.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

This can take anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours. .The key thing to remember is this: if you have nothing to hide, then, other than the inconvenience of questioning, you should have nothing to be worried about.^ There are question marks about why we should encounter Christians on the assumption that the past has been overwhelmingly negative.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ And while you are watching and listening, think about the questions of "Who is a Jew" and "What is a Jew."

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ In fact, when you think about it, the major question is: where should the Palestinian arabs be resettled?

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.If you are a young backpacker, especially if you travel alone, it is much more likely you will be detained for questioning in Tel Aviv airport.^ You bang on the door, that is Tel Aviv.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ To Islam, all of Israel is occupied territory and Tel Aviv is as much a "settlement" as was Netzarim.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ I have left out much more than I have put in to this brief analysis and I apologise to all of you for that.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

.There is a "selection committee" of 2 security guards waiting when you go up the escalators from your flight, and if you seem suspicious they will not hesitate to stop you.^ But if you go in the presidents office, its there.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ She could stop going along with the Government's persecution of Rightists in Samaria and Judea — their crime is that they don't want to give up their land to Arabs that will destroy the Jews and once again ruin the land.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ You make up your own mind just how absolutely central, yet well hidden, has been this link!

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

.If you dress up nicely, seem a part of another group or a family they are less likely to bother you.^ Finally, Rabbi Eliezer says: God, they are such an obdurate group, will You please tell them that I am right!

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ They really are not just like you and I. READ MORE Some history.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Then they actually gave up control of parts of the Jewish homeland for nebulous promises of peace.

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.If you're in Israel on a tourist visa (B2) and decide to renew your visa for a longer term, you may do so at the Ministry of the Interior Visa office.^ In Israel, you were either Orthodox or secular as far as your Jewish identity was concerned.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ "They asked me to explain that conflict: you're putting on this cross and also have the talit in your hands.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ Apply a little pressure and you can rely on Israel's cooperation to help you show at least one success, temporary though it may be.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

In Tel Aviv, it's located on the 2nd floor at 125 Derech Menachem Begin. That office is open from 8AM - 12PM from Sunday through Wednesday. .Alternately, citizens from most European and North American countries can renew their visas by crossing into Jordan and back at the Arava border crossing near Eilat or by crossing into Egypt and back at Taba.^ Mazel concludes that "Sweden remains the most anti-Israeli country in the European Union and also the most pro-Muslim one."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ (The Knights have moved all their wealth into European banks denominated in Franks and Marks as well as Eurodollars, thereby escaping the coming American economic catastrophe.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Most disheartening — Turkey has a long history of secularization at least in its government and judiciary but with the election of a strong Islamist party, it seems to be sliding back into the orthodoxy practiced by all the other Muslim countries.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

By plane

.Israel's main international airport is Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion International Airport [2] (code IATA:TLV, ICAO: LLBG) which is located approximately 40km from Jerusalem and 12 km from central Tel Aviv, and serves both cities.^ Last summer I moved from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv after four years in the Holy city.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ The recent statements by the European Union’s new foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton criticizing Israel have once again brought international attention to Jerusalem and the settlements.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ The women of Israel await with oh-so-baited-breath the opening of H&M’s first stores in Israel (in Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Mall, the Malcha Mall in Jerusalem and Haifa’s Grand Canyon), scheduled for March.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

.Ben Gurion acts as a hub for Israel's three main international airlines, El Al [3] Israel's largest airline and flag carrier offering flights across the globe, Arkia Israel Airlines [4], Israel's largest domestic airline who also serve a number of European destinations, and Israir [5] who also serve many European destinations as well as New York City.^ Few know about the Jewish refugees, a much greater number, who fled the Arab states in realistic fear of their lives as Israel became a state.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ As Mark Steyn writes, "It may be some consolation to an ever-lonelier Israel that, in one of history's bleaker jests, in the coming Europe the Europeans will be the new Jews."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ It hasn't escaped the attention of those who wish to destroy Israel that so many of Israel's most ardent supporters are Christian.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Around 50 international airlines fly to Ben Gurion airport from around the world, including Delta, Continental, US Airways, British Airways, Air France, Lufthansa, Alitalia, Iberia, LOT, Olympic Airways, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Transaero, Royal Jordanian, Egypt Air (vai Air Sinai), Ethiopean Airlines, Korean Air, Cyprus Airways, Air Canada, AeroSvit, Tandem Aero, Swiss, CSA, JAT and more.^ READ MORE SHARIA'S INROADS AROUND THE WORLD by Olivier Guitta Olivier Guitta reviews the latest inroads Sharia law is making globally.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ READ MORE ON THE PRESENT DANGER FACING ISRAEL AND ALL JEWS by Rachel Neuwirth Rachel Neuwirth does a masterful job summerizing the dangers Jews face around the world.

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^ In Jenin, the Arabs claimed the Israelis had massacred 5000 or more Arabs — it turned out the figure was around 50, and most of these were terrorists.

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Israel's second international airport (used mostly by charter carriers) is located at Ovda [6], and serves the south of Israel, predominantly, Eilat (code: VDA)

.Note that security measures above and beyond what you might encounter in most countries are taken for flights both to and from Israel - these, of course, are undertaken for your and other passengers safety and security.^ He points out that these are half measures and "..merely postpone our realization that the Arabs dream of Israel's destruction." Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ She traces its affiliation with other groups whose mission is to destroy Israel; many of these have direct links with terrorist groups. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ These essays examine some of the agencies and institutions involved in branding Israel as an illegitimate country while portraying the "Po' Palestinians" as innocent victims. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] .Arriving at the terminal at least three hours before your flight is well advised, as Israeli security procedures can be time-consuming.^ Your domain name should represent your business while at the same time, be simple and catchy enough for people to remember it well. Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General] .Bag inspection, both by machine and hand, is routine and should be expected, in addition to repeated interviews about your time in Israel.^ The addendum contains interviews with Israelis, who were asked what they were taught about their recent history, including their unassailable right to the Land of Israel by international law. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ Your domain name should represent your business while at the same time, be simple and catchy enough for people to remember it well. Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General] ^ The Media section contains an examination of two recent New York Times articles, both imbued with the newspaper's generally anti-Israel attitude. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] .Keep your cool in what can be a frustrating time - it really is done with the best intentions, if not always the most elegant execution.^ "Why, he asks, "do logical people cling to such an unrealistic vision, which has crashed time and again against reality, and always with bloodshed and suffering? Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] .Having the telephone number of friends or colleagues you may have spent time with in Israel, and who can vouch for you, always helps the process.^ Few know about the Jewish refugees, a much greater number, who fled the Arab states in realistic fear of their lives as Israel became a state. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ Steven Plaut has spent much of his time battling those self-haters in academia who do so much harm by warping the thinking of the young and impressionable. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ The protesters, who are against Israel's policies, could be clearly heard on the court, shouting with the help of a megaphone and accompanied by drums. Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General] .If travelling as part of a group, they will usually question you separately before cross checking your accounts.^ If you are so used to the fantasy that has been created about the Arab-Israeli conflict that your first reaction is to deny Beryln's "Reality" remarks, may I suggest you check the facts out before rejecting them. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ The second part of the deal was that religious Zionists would have a separate stream of education, thus religious state schools would have autonomy to do what they wanted. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source] ^ You are their enemy, and thus they yours, and they, not you, have made it so." Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

From the airport to Jerusalem, take bus line 947 (7:00-21:00, every 20 minutes, 20 NIS). .To Tel-Aviv and the rest of the country, take the direct Tel-Aviv train [7] (3:53-23:23, every half an hour during day, every hour during night, 12 NIS).^ To date the Muslim takeover of Europe has been confined to bribery, taking advantage of the host country's admiration of its own tolerance and outbirthing every other ethnic group.

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^ When Israel showed the Arab countries she could rebuff direct attack, they started following a phased peace-and-war strategy — taking over in stages.

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^ He spends many hours there every day, so it's no wonder there's hardly room to move.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

From Tel-Aviv to other destinations, continue by train or bus. Note that neither train nor bus service is available on Shabbat (Friday afternoon to Saturday sunset). Taxi service is also available, though not particularly cheap. A better option is a shared taxi, or sherut - these are available outside the airport terminal.

.Please note that the boxed advice about not allowing Israeli customs officials to stamp your passport can be a problem, too.^ NOTE : The Blog-Ed page now has an orange box labeled "Gush Katif" on every article that is about Sharon's Gaza retreat plan.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Ellen Horowitz talks about the flaws in the national character of the Americans, the Arabs and the Israelis that allowed the Road Map and Hudna.

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In November 2008 three travelers, following the Wiki advice, asked their Israeli customs officer to stamp a separate sheet of paper, which she did. .Shortly thereafter, another airport official collected the loose sheets without realizing what they were and tore them up as part of a routine passage through the airport.^ They massacred Christians during Lebanon's civil war, and set up a state within a state — they collected 'taxes' and 'protected' businesses; they left garbage collection to others.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Then they actually gave up control of parts of the Jewish homeland for nebulous promises of peace.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ They would come and stay for the full 24 hours and write up their stories without prior agreement from their editors that the stories would be published.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

.The travelers ended up with no verification that they had entered Israel legally.^ When events demonstrated that Israel gained no benefit from taking this risk, they then said Israel should continue withdrawing because she was too weak to take the risk of keeping the land.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ They were praying on the basis of what the Land of Israel required even when no one was here.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ It's a no-win-for-Israel strategy, but unfortunately, they seem to have bought into it.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.This caused problems throughout the rest of their visit to Israel.^ Ehud won't tackle important problems like the illegal Arab construction throughout Israel.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Israel caused the problem and thus Israel must solve the problem."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.When they checked with a U.S. Consular employee, he advised them that, unless they intended to travel to Syria or Iran, there was no reason at all to ask for the Israeli custom stamp to be placed on a separate sheet of paper from their passport.^ Why then do they deny the Jewish claim to Jerusalem — especially there is no real association between Mohammed and Jerusalem.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ These rules are intended to apply to all governments in the world and they are of course to be defined and controlled by Muslims.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The agreement that Kennedy made over the Cuban missile crisis in 1962first of all, there was no missile crisis.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

.Travel to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and a few North African countries will not be possible with an Israeli stamp -- you will be refused at their border.^ Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are NOT our allies.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ To Israeli Secularists : You want a normal country, like everybody else?

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Iran-Syria's prestige was raised even in Sunni countries — e.g., Saudi Arabia is now holding negotiations with Hizballah.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

By boat

It's surprisingly difficult to travel to Israel by boat. The main route is from Limassol in Cyprus to Haifa, and the main operators are Louis Cruises [8] and Salamis Cruises [9]. .As the name says, these are cruise services and they do not advertise one-way fares, but they may be willing to carry you for around €150-170 if you're persistent and they have space -- showing up at the port office on the day of departure may work.^ They may be few in numbers, but their creativity has brought prosperity to themselves and those around them, and that prosperity in turn has brought freedom."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ As she says, "The next time one of these 'experts' purports to educate the masses on this most crucial of conflicts, consider the source."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ One of the maxims of the spiritual exercises is that if my superior says black is white and white is black, then thats the way it is.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

Both companies seem to start and stop cruises on short notice, so enquire locally.

.If you manage to hitch a lift on a freighter, Israel's major sea ports are Haifa and Ashdod.^ What you have now in Israel is a majority opinion that wants to separate from the Arabs and a minority Marxist opinion that wants to bolster the Palestinians even if it means destroying Israel.

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.Private yachts use the marinas at Herzliya (north of Tel-Aviv), Ashkelon (South of Ashdod), Haifa and Tel Aviv.^ The Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline company (EAPC) in Ashkelon operates three oil pipelines linking Ashkelon with Eilat, Ashdod and Haifa.

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By road

.There are land routes from both Egypt and Jordan to Israel.^ We believe that this small Land of Israel is the proper place for this nation to find its place and develop itself both physically and spiritually.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ And we ask if there is a strategy that doesn't entail cutting off pieces of the tiny land of Israel, so that the Arabs can return it to desolation?

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^ Essentially, he proposes that Israel firmly take control of its land, making its own law the law of the land both in Israel and on the West Bank.

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.There are no land routes to either Syria or Lebanon owing to the continuing state of hostilities with these countries.^ There has not ever been a country or a state called Palestine.

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^ When events demonstrated that Israel gained no benefit from taking this risk, they then said Israel should continue withdrawing because she was too weak to take the risk of keeping the land.

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^ First and foremost, there is discrimination which can be found within the basic laws of the State (which exist in place of a constitution as there is no constitution in Israel).

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

The border crossings have security measures similar to the airports.

.Jordan has three crossings with Israel: the Allenby/King Hussein Bridge (the shortest way between Amman and Jerusalem, the busiest crossing); the Jordan River (in the north); and Arava\Yitshak Rabin (2 km from Eilat).^ The Palestinian State would need, of course, a wide bridge between its parts, which, incidently, would cut Israel into two separated sections.

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^ READ MORE AT PEACE IN ISRAEL by Carol Iannone Shiloh, north of Jerusalem, is another town destined to be given as a free gift to the Arab terrorists, should Ehud Olmert have his way in the next few weeks.

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^ All ignore that by international resolution, there is "the irrevocable right of Jews to settle in the area of Palestine..."anywhere between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

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.If you ask the immigration officers (Jordanian and Israeli) politely they will usually stamp a separate piece of paper.^ There are increased missile attacks from Gaza and increased political and emotional stress on the Israeli public in general as they wonder what the Gaza potlatch ceremony gained them.

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^ "They asked me to explain that conflict: you're putting on this cross and also have the talit in your hands.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ The addendum contains interviews with Israelis, who were asked what they were taught about their recent history, including their unassailable right to the Land of Israel by international law.

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It's fairly straightforward to cross using a series of buses.

From Egypt you can cross the border at the Taba Border Terminal, near Eilat. From the terminal to Eilat, take bus number 15, or a taxi. .The terminal is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with the exception of Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement) and the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice.^ After the fast of the Day of Atonement, I thought that people would leave in quiet contrition after spending twenty-four hours in prayer.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

.Israeli rental cars are not generally permitted across the borders for insurance reasons; in addition, it may not be advisable to travel in Arab countries while displaying an Israeli number plate.^ The first group fleeing from Arab countries was welcomed by Israel; the second was destroyed by the Israeli government.

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^ Some Israelis have proposed negotiation, but negotiating with Syria — as with other Arab countries that don't regard agreements as binding — is pointless.

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^ This set of essays presents a general picture of what else Israel is up against — from Israeli anti-Israel ideologs to global Arab-sponsored anti-semitism.

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See also: From Cairo to Jerusalem by bus

Daily direct buses are available from Amman to Tel Aviv, Haifa and Nazareth, via the King Hussein bridge. Call the operator (+972-4-6573984) for details.

.To get from Cairo to Israel by bus, or vice-versa, take a look at the From Cairo to Jerusalem by bus article.^ In the Jerusalem Talmud it is mentioned that the redemption of Israel takes place like the showing of the Morning Star.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ You can read more about Israel's right to all of Jerusalem and Biblical Israel (AKA West Bank) by reading Howard Grief's articles such as this one .

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^ The other articles examine what the end-point of a Muslim Take-Over looks like — the Muslim countries of the Middle East provide us with excellent examples.

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.If you have more money to spend, there are buses from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem (US$95-110 one way)to Cairo, operated by Matzada tours (Tel 972-2-6235777) and Aviv tours (Tel 972-36041811).^ There was no Tel-Aviv.

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^ Maybe you think it was the bankers who saw a way to make a lot of money.

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^ READ MORE TEL AVIV U'S CHOMSKY DISCIPLES IN LINGUISTICS LEAVE US SPEECHLESS by Lee Kaplan It's amazing how much damage one man can do — and this a man engaged presumably in peaceful pursuits.

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You still have to change buses at the border.

(Note: Use Matzada tours at your own risk!!! .They subcontract the Egyptian side of the Journey and do little to nothing to help if there is any mix up.^ From there they raised up their great avenger, Napoleon Bonaparte.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ And there is little chance they will see any other point of view as worthy of consideration.

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^ But they wrote it up as if the actor was fearlessly running for medical help to save the baby's life and they implied Israel was bombing the area.

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Our Matazada group from Tel Aviv/Jerusalem was held at the Taba Border - Egyptian side for 7 hours due to the fact that the Israeli company failed to pay the Egyptian company)

Get around

.In getting around Israel, be aware of the Sabbath: from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown, train and bus services are not available in Israel (except in Haifa and Eilat, and limited sherut services - shared taxis, see below).^ LandMinds with Barnea and DavidYossi Maimon shares his love of the land when on tour, and in his book, Discover the Land of Israel, available at www.yossimaimon.com.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

.Unless you have a car, or are willing to pay for a taxi (not shared), if you're day tripping on a Friday, you should start thinking about how to get back by noon at the latest, and you should plan on staying near your lodgings on Saturday.^ DEALING WITH THE ARAB AND ISRAELI MINDSETS In this Section, we examine two other aspects important in bringing Israel up to strength: how to change the Israeli mindset; and why we should start paying attention to the Muslim mind set.

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^ Afterwards, Bush said, "...we had a good discussion about how best to work together to get the Mitchell process started, to get into Tenet and then in Mitchell."

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^ So we on the Think-Israel staff have composed several essays with information you should have to vote intelligently.

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Also note that both youth and students usually get discounts at buses and trains. .Showing a valid student ID will usually entitle you for 10% discount for one-way long-distance travel, while for short distance bus travel those below the age of 18 can usually get half-priced Kartysia - a punch-card valid for 20 rides.^ We can all forget that sometimes, even a long-distance phone call can go a long way when you simply want to wish that special someone a happy holiday season.

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^ His remarks on the true way to peace are also notable, and not at all politically correct, i.e., 'The very act of running crazedly after the longed-for peace is precisely what distances it from us.'

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^ Apply a little pressure and you can rely on Israel's cooperation to help you show at least one success, temporary though it may be.

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Each bus driver has a hole-puncher which makes a unique shape on the card. Both the card and or receipt must be kept until the end of the ride as there are random checks by bus officials.

.Public transport is used heavily by soldiers returning to/from their bases, so a bus or train packed full of soldiers (some armed) is a common occasion and does not indicate any special occurrence.^ Then some suggested he caught it from returning soldiers -- like it was a virus.

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^ As Glick says, "this problem will only grow if Israel vacates Gaza, providing them with a secure base of operations where Syria, Iran and Hizbullah will be able to arm and train them to attack at will."

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.One can expect higher crowding on Thursday evening and Friday morning (due to weekend leave) and very high crowding on Sunday mornings until about 10:00 (due to soldiers returning to their bases).^ One morning about a year ago, I got a call from a distraught friend.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ This Friday morning is the celebration of the new month ("Rosh Chodesh") of Tevet, which as usual makes it a special day, when the days of holiday of Hanuka are raised to even higher level with the double celebration of Hanuka and the New Month.

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By bus

Main Article: Bus travel in Israel

.Buses are the most common form of public transportation for Israelis and travelers alike.^ The settlers and their sympathizers know that most of the Israeli public doesn't support or especially like them.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ Naomi Ragen has commented that his remarks are "some of the most intelligent thinking that we have had the privilege of enjoying at a time when intelligence is hard to come by in Israeli public forums.

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^ Most depressingly, the IDF does this with the full expectation that the Israeli public will not notice..."

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They are cheap, fast and reliable. .The only problem tourists will face is that it is very difficult to plan your journey through Israel by bus; a problem the main article Bus travel in Israel aims to solve.^ READ MORE BEWARE OF THE GAZA TRAP by Dr. Rand H. Fishbein Withdrawing from Gaza is likely to prove a disaster not only for Israel but it will create problems for America.

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^ In fact, when you think about it, this could solve a major problem without the American administration losing face.

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^ Evacuating the Arab refugee camps and setting up the refugees in this new country would simultaneously solve the very expensive Arab refugee problem, money that can be used for genuine refugees.

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.The extensive national bus system is run by a public corporation called Egged [10] (pronounced "Eg-ged"), the second-largest bus network in the world.^ Virtal Tweens runs an educational virtual world for kids, called Ekoloko.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

.Additionally, a bus company called Dan [11] operates solely in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.^ After my second so called "fall" in Tel Aviv I felt the need to write a blog post on the weather.yes the weather.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

Some other companies are active as well.

By monit sherut

.Faster than normal buses are minivans, known as monit sherut or "service taxi", that generally follow major bus routes but can be hailed from anywhere.^ I would follow General Patton anywhere.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ The study — which finds that the major TV and news media are generally more liberal than conservative — covers only news items, not opinion pieces.

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.They are usually somewhat cheaper and somewhat quicker than buses, their operations hours may be longer - and maybe most importantly, in many cases the sherut runs 7 days a week, including on Shabbat.^ A highway running through the West Bank can no longer be closed to most Palestinian traffic, the court ruled.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ Even more crucially, I wanted us to celebrate Shabbat in all its beauty, with prayer, with singing, with special foods, and - most importantly - in fellowship.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ It is most heard today from the mouths of those who hate Jews enough to hope for, and in many cases actively work towards, a second Holocaust.

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For inter-city lines, if a driver is at a station he may wait until he has a full load of passengers before leaving. .Ben Gurion Airport has a rule that drivers are supposed to leave one hour after getting their first passenger, but that rule seems to be left mostly ignored.^ Over the last half century, the far left and at least one far right party — the British National Party (BNP) — seem to be exchanging positions on anti-Semitism.

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^ The ship was carrying 940 passengers and an assortment of arms from the French to the Irgun, led by Menachem Begin, Ben-Gurion's political rival.

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The upshot of this is that unless you're with a group, or the Sherut already has a load of passengers, you might be in for a wait before you leave. Look for an almost full Sherut!

By train

.One of the best advances in transport in Israel in recent years has been the modernization of the train system, now set for major expansion as part of the country's efforts to combat global warming, gridlock, and smog.^ What you have now in Israel is a majority opinion that wants to separate from the Arabs and a minority Marxist opinion that wants to bolster the Palestinians even if it means destroying Israel.

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^ Let's talk first about Israel's most recent and greatest folly, the expulsion of some of its best citizens — its most patriotic, its most productive, its most vibrant — from their homes.

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^ Yet, sixty years later, Israel is in the first-rank in advancing the quality of life for humankind.

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.Israel Railways [12] currently runs intercity lines from Nahariya to Beer Sheva via Haifa, Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion airport (note that not all trains travel the whole route), and suburban lines radiating from Tel Aviv to Binyamina, Ashkelon, Kfar Sava, Rishon LeZion, Modiin and Bet Shemesh.^ ALL JEWS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER by Debbie Berliner Debbie Berliner writes about two women that she met while traveling in Israel.

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^ To Islam, all of Israel is occupied territory and Tel Aviv is as much a "settlement" as was Netzarim.

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^ The women of Israel await with oh-so-baited-breath the opening of H&M’s first stores in Israel (in Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Mall, the Malcha Mall in Jerusalem and Haifa’s Grand Canyon), scheduled for March.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

.There are also lines between Bet Shemesh and Jerusalem, and between Beer Sheva and Dimona.^ Why then do they deny the Jewish claim to Jerusalem — especially there is no real association between Mohammed and Jerusalem.

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^ Where the line exists differs from country to country but there is no country which is democratic and where this line between private and public spheres does not exist.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ While as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem.

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.Tel Aviv has 4 train stations, and Haifa has as many as 6, providing easy access to many parts of those cities.^ As Shusteff points out, for Israel to continue to provide the Arabs with easy access to Israel would be suicidal.

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^ Last summer I moved from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv after four years in the Holy city.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ Nevertheless, it is fashionable — especially for those who do their meditation sitting on Tel-Aviv bar stools — to insist that Zionism is dead.

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Trains run 2-3 times per hour in peak travel times and at least once an hour at off peak hours. .Trains on the Nahariya-Haifa-Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion Airport line run through the night too.^ This is the express train of appeasement we now find ourselves riding, wherever we live, we are but another stop on the line, from dusk to darkest night.

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^ If you think of the leadership from David Ben Gurion through Yitshak Rabin, this was the model of the person one was supposed to be.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

.Note, however, that after midnight trains stop in Haifa at the Bat Galim station only, and in Tel Aviv at Merkaz (Central).^ This paper does not make clear why Israel has done nothing to stop the growth and training of an army that has only one objective.

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.All other Tel Aviv and Haifa stations close after midnight.^ To Islam, all of Israel is occupied territory and Tel Aviv is as much a "settlement" as was Netzarim.

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.One must also remember that trains operate only on weekdays (there are no trains from Friday afternoon till Saturday evening).^ There is one creation and no future creation.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ There is only one coming.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ For Jews, there is only one Sinai.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

.A high-speed train line from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem via Ben Gurion airport is now under construction (as of November 2007, the line is open as far as Modi'in, and service to Ben Gurion airport is fully operational).^ This is the express train of appeasement we now find ourselves riding, wherever we live, we are but another stop on the line, from dusk to darkest night.

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^ They control all of the historical High ZionistsTheodor Herzl, David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ We went over the itinerary for the tenth time on the drive from Jerusalem to Ben Gurion.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

.For now, the only train to Jerusalem via Beit Shemesh is very slow, and it ends in the out-of-the-way Jerusalem Malcha station.^ To bring this about, they need to push the half millions Jews now living in Samaria and Judea and the eastern part of Jerusalem out of their homes and businesses.

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^ If we take out the political aspect (i.e., if we say, Do not worry what everyone else is going to say), I can make that percentage jump very high, even if that is not the way we vote.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ He points out that historically, Muslims have only valued Jerusalem when it was politically useful to do so.

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.It's Israel's most scenic rail ride, though, and the area it traverses is sometimes called "Little Switzerland". In winter, after a rare heavy snowstorm, Jerusalem may get cut off for a up to a day from the rest of the country by road, making the train the only possible connection between the capital and other parts of Israel.^ And we ask if there is a strategy that doesn't entail cutting off pieces of the tiny land of Israel, so that the Arabs can return it to desolation?

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^ This will probably be a short respite, while the Arabs rev up to take over the rest of Israel.

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^ Leaving Gaza will also make it easier for the Arabs to attack the rest of Israel.

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.The scenic line to Jerusalem was built by the Ottoman Turks and dates back to 1892. Because of the long travel time and inconvenient location of the Jerusalem Malcha station, the line is not widely used.^ At Passover, she travels to Beijing, to celebrate, where "the unchanging melodies and remembered accents of Hebrew liturgy bring me flying back without a time machine.

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^ But, I want to start HERE because it will give a foundation for going back in time.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Mordechai Keidar recounts how Jerusalem became sacred to the Muslims — several times over, with long intervals of indifference when Jerusalem was politically unimportant.

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During holiday periods these trains can get crowded, though.

.Work is also underway on a line that will connect Tel Aviv to its southern suburbs - Holon, Bat Yam and Rishon LeZion - and will continue via Yavne to Ashdod and Ashkelon.^ In U.S.A. terms, they are towns and villages and cities that are suburbs of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, many of which were inhabited by Jews for thousands of years.

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.Train fares are generally more expensive then equivalent bus fares (especially for the line from Tel Aviv to Beer Sheva, with a train fare almost double that of the bus fare).^ Nevertheless, it is fashionable — especially for those who do their meditation sitting on Tel-Aviv bar stools — to insist that Zionism is dead.

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^ The recently opened Beit Ha'ir museum on Bialik Square in Tel Aviv is looking to be more than a center for municipal heritage in a fancy package.

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In exchange, you can generally expect a much higher level of comfort, speed, and safety.

By taxi

Taxis are very common in Israel. .To differentiate from a shared taxi (sherut), a regular taxi is sometimes called special (using the English word).^ And that it is their duty, to use what they call the sword of the spirit, which is the Word of God, which we read in Ephesians, Chapter 6 , and the sword of just defensethe gun, the sword.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ This tactic has been used by Muslims in English and American courts against western media and academic critics and has come to be called Lawfare.

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.The driver should use the meter both inside and outside cities (in Hebrew, moneh), unless the passenger agrees to prefix a price (however agreeing to go off the meter is almost universally in the driver's favor).^ We have Muslim cab drivers who won't transport passengers carrying alcohol while Muslim workers in the factories, muslim students in the universities and Muslim prisoners in jail demand special treatment.

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There are surcharges; for calling a taxi (3.50 NIS as of June 2006), for luggage (2.90 a piece) and for hailing a taxi at Ben Gurion airport (5 NIS). .Drivers are known to try to cheat tourists by not turning on the meter to begin with and then fighting about the cost at the end of the ride.^ They've learned a lot about how to fight undercover and underhanded by trying out new terror techniques in Israel.

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.It is best to specify that you absolutely require the 'moneh' to be activated before you leave unless you know how much the trip should cost, in which case you can make a deal.^ I answer that you do not know how to look.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ And you know how foreigners are in a foreign country.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Her personal experiences also make her a valuable resource on how to deal with missionaries.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

.However, if you are caught off guard some drivers will become extremely rude or even violent if you refuse to pay despite the meter never having been switched on.^ Here is a video showcasing all the different activities that took place (some you might even recognize if you check my flickr pictures) Jewlicious .

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

.It is best to try to avoid this common situation but it is better to avoid any conflict with the driver by paying and learning rather than saving your money and risking an unpredictable escalation.^ Could you close your eyes rather than stand vigilantly over your sleeping child, to drift off into a restful sleep, not just any rest but the rest of the Sabbath?

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ Islamic terrorists will only stop trying to kill us when their culture reviles them rather than celebrates them."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Rather than learn from us or work with us, they seek to destroy us."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.It is recommended to use taxi service to get from Ben Gurion airport to almost any city in Israel.^ The coach of Israel's national soccer team was detained for questioning on this week by customs inspectors at Ben Gurion Airport, for traveling with alcohol and tobacco products exceeding the duty free limit.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ Playing local politics, Ben-Gurion had a ship bringing arms to Israel destroyed.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.There are many companies offering taxi transportation from the airport and a good starting point to find a taxi ride would be to visit the Ben Gurion Airport's taxi guidelines page or booking a taxi from a private taxi company such as Israel Taxi and many others who offer shuttle service from and to Ben Gurion airport.^ But Israel has other problems, many of them internal.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Theres a good reason the secret Vatican library is so extensive and yet remains so intact from outside intrusion, despite the many others who would like to possess such a collection of information detailing much censored data about our true, otherworldy cultural heritage.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Would he believe that Israel politicos regularly stopped the war for several hours so that Gaza could be supplied with food and other necessities?

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

By thumb

.Israel is known to be one of the easiest places to hitchhike in the world.^ Israel represents for us the only place in the world we can really call home, the only place in the world where Jewish life and Jewish blood are to be protected above all else.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ These events took place after World War II and are part of the story of the creation of Israel.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ "In the 61 years since Israel was founded on one-sixth of one percent of land in that area described as land of the Arab world, there has not been a moment of peace for Israel, not as peace is properly understood.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Most major junctions have a shelter and are well lit throughout the night. .This is a great way to meet and interact with the locals.^ Marion Dreyfus points out some of the problems of assuming the generality of our ways of interacting when the locale is the Middle East, which has with different rules and gender bias.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

A sign can help (put a blank piece of paper inside a plastic sleeve, and with a dry-erase marker you have a reusable hitchhiking sign). .When hitchhiking, instead of a thumb, you extend your hand, with 1 or 2 fingers extended, pointing at the road.^ A few days ago Google announced that it will be extending personalized search to all Google users, whether you are logged in to your Google account or not.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ "They asked me to explain that conflict: you're putting on this cross and also have the talit in your hands.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

For short rides, the 1 or 2 fingers should point to the ground. .Drivers staying in the area may point downwards while passing, indicating that they wouldn't make a good long-haul ride.^ They make the important point that letting Iran proceed will set off nuclear arms race throughout the "already volatile" Middle East.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Now, as Thomas Landen indicates, it is one of many European areas — in Brussels, Sweden, France — where entry by a Westerner may be hazardous to his health.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Yehuda HaCohen makes the point that, on the contrary, the Revolution is still in its infancy and is just beginning — as Israel's achievements in science and technology indicate — to blossom for the benefit of mankind.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Generally speaking, hitchhiking in urban areas is less popular than in other parts of Israel.^ The exotically different landscape, which almost no Israelis other than soldiers entered, was located less than ten miles from our house.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ The (descendants of the) guys who gave you Hanukah apparently ruled over a larger area of the Land of Israel than historians have long assumed.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ In other parts of the Land of Israel, people came to escape persecution, or came to find a better life, or came to escape poverty, or because they had nowhere else to go, and certain generations came because they were fleeing bourgeois life.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

.It is more accepted in rural areas, particularly sparsely populated areas like the Golan Heights that have little bus service.^ READ MORE THE GOLAN HEIGHTS, SYRIA AND WATER by Yoram Ettinger The importance of Samaria and Judea to Israel's water needs has been discussed in sister articles, here.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Tourists should note that the British Foreign Office considers it unsafe to hitch-hike in Israel, like most other countries in Europe and the Middle East.^ John J. Miller suggests an interesting way to get Middle East studies to explore new ideas, and make them independent of the Middle East countries that are the subject of academic inquiry.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ When Iraq and the other Arab countries began terrorizing their Jewish communities, the brothers fled to Israel along with most of the other Iraqi Jews.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Rubin suggests reasons why "the gap between reality and perception [is] so much wider on the Middle East than on other subjects or areas of the world."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

This advice applies specifically to tourists and is not a comment on the safety of hitch-hiking for locals and is not specific to Israel.

Local West Bank settlers rely heavily on hitchhiking for transportation. Almost every car will stop and suggest a lift if you stand in any settelment's gate as most of them are defended by IDF soldiers. .Nevertheless, It is only safe to hitchhike between Jewish settelments/cities, or a few well known and well defended junctions; any other way is considered especially dangerous - in the past Israeli hitchhikers have been kidnapped and murdered by arabs while waiting for a ride.^ Why then do they deny the Jewish claim to Jerusalem — especially there is no real association between Mohammed and Jerusalem.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Few know about the Jewish refugees, a much greater number, who fled the Arab states in realistic fear of their lives as Israel became a state.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ It responds to Arab distortions well past the time the Arab lies have gained ground.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

By car

Road system

.Israel has a modern highway network, connecting all destinations throughout the country.^ Israel must assume full security and military control over all of the territories under the united banner of a single country, Eretz Israel."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Most roads are well maintained. In recent years, increased investment into infrastructure has further improved the condition of roads. Most roads are numbered according to orientation and significance. In general, east-west roads are given odd numbers, and north-south roads are given even numbers. .The most significant national highways are numbered using one or two digits, while the least significant local roads are numbered using four digits.^ Over the last half century, the far left and at least one far right party — the British National Party (BNP) — seem to be exchanging positions on anti-Semitism.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Alright, number one: The powers that be are properly outlined [ in his book ], and proven through two centuries of showing how its all been put together.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ There are only two things Im a member of in this country: one is the national anti-vaccine society, and the other is Gun Owners of America.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

Exceptions to these rules do exist. Road signs are abundant but often confusing. When getting directions, it's best to ask for the name of an exit as well the exit right before it.

Driving regulations

Traffic in Israel drives on the right. Traffic signs and regulations are generally standard and resemble those of Western Europe. .Usually, each traffic light has an arrow on top, and the traffic light then controls travel to the indicated direction, with a green light guaranteeing that all conflicting traffic faces a red light.^ READ MORE The notion that the Arab-Israeli conflict is responsible for all the ills of the Arab world has been echoed by willing fellow-travelers.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Lights without arrows above them control all directions. Red light always means stop. Turning right or left at a red light is strictly forbidden. .There is no turning left or right while yielding to opposite traffic, since conflicting traffic always faces a red light, even in the absence of arrows (however, this is not always the case with pedestrians, particularly when turning right).^ Hamas, the religious face of Islam in the territories, has triumphed over the Fatah, the secular face of Islam — but there is no change in ideology.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ For Christians, the situation is even more serious as there is no budget whatsoever from the State for the ecclesiastical court system and these courts are simply ignored in the budgetary allocations.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ There is no chance that it will lead even to a temporary illusion of peace.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

As in several other countries, the green phase is preceded by a red+yellow combination phase. .A flashing green light indicates that the yellow light is about to appear, but can usually be found only on roads with speed limits of at least 60 km/h.^ The only difficult thing about asthma is that it can be very limiting to the activities that you will be able to do.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

.White road markings are used to separate both traffic traveling in the same direction and in opposite directions.^ A second approach to the dilemma of modernity uses the same logic but comes to the opposite conclusion: ultra-Orthodox Judaism .

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ Now, in both England and U.S.A., the trend among our leaders is never to use terrorist and Muslim or Islamist and fundamentalist in the same breathe.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Yellow lines are used to mark the outer edges of the road (do not cross these, except if stopping at a shoulder), and orange or red lines are used in construction zones.^ They are reaching out to the West, using the non-stop media as conveyor of these new smile-ridden assertions.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ I saw that it was with sadness and great anger Israeli troops recognized the need to fire on people who crossed the red line, the danger zone which meant they saw us, and knew where we were.

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.Traffic circles (roundabouts) are very common; one gives way to cars already in the circle.^ At the very least, the success of one encourages others to work towards their common goal.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Now we are discovering that a one-sided flattering view of Islam is being promoted in the classroom by way of common ordinary textbooks.

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^ That is one way of denying miraculous explanations but even that falls very short of the mark.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

.There are no all-way stop signs like the ones the USA, Canada, and South Africa.^ There is one creation and no future creation.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ There's no way to know.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The agreement that Kennedy made over the Cuban missile crisis in 1962first of all, there was no missile crisis.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

.All stop signs require drivers to yield to all conflicting traffic after coming to a complete stop.^ The democracy has signalled that the war isn't all that important by not going all out, so it is hard to resist calls to stop the war that come from citizens anxious to get onto other matters.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Highway signage is usually in Hebrew, Arabic, and English, although sometimes just in Hebrew and English.

.Headlights must be turned on (even during the day) on intercity highways from November to March.^ I was in a rage - even on such a day of horror she had to turn the tables and make the Palestinians look like the villains.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

Motorcyclists have to have their headlights on in all months of the year. Seat belts must be worn at all times in all seats. Talking on a cell phone without a hands-free system is forbidden. .If one must exit the vehicle on the shoulder of a highway, there is a law requiring that one put on a reflective vest in order to promote visibility.^ Within the framework of the basic laws, one must also mention Article 7 of the basic law concerning the Knesset (the Israeli parliament) which determines that a list of candidates cannot .

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ Since God is One, those who mediate claims must be one and therefore there is an exclusive truth which mediates the whole spiritual drama of history.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ When Ignatius Loyola first started the Order, one of the first things he did was, he wanted to go to Jerusalem and set up the Jesuit headquarters there.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

Parking regulations are indicated by curb markings. Red and white markings mean parking is prohibited. Do not stop near curbs marked red and yellow, because these are usually reserved for certain vehicles, such as buses at bus stops. Blue and white markings permit parking only with a parking permit purchased at a machine. .Red and grey areas are reserved for residents, but might only be reserved at specific times when a sign appears at the beginning of the street.^ One of the clearest signs of the arrival of Messianic times is that the Land of Israel begins to give its fruits to the Jewish people again.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

Grey areas are free to park at. And of course, do not park in handicapped zones.

Israel uses the metric system of measurements. Default speed limits are 50 km/h in residential zones, 80 km/h on intercity roads without a physical separation median between opposing lanes, and 90 km/h on intercity roads with a physical separation median. .By default, all major freeways (identified by the standard blue European motorway sign) have a speed limit of 110 km/h; however, in practice, speed limit signs bearing a lower limit (usually 90 km/h or 100 km/h) limit the speed on these roads.^ All these groups are major sources of terrorism in the world.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Currently, only one freeway, toll highway #6 (Cross-Israel Highway) actually allows 110 km/h in most sections.^ Israel is one story, but it is not the only story.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ Now the ISG announces that not only is the U.S. prepared to deal with those regimes, but that it will do the bidding of one of them, Syria, by again putting maximum pressure on Israel to abandon the Golan Heights."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ If Israel declares it would only act with U.S. permission, it risks giving up on the one chip it has in its arsenal.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

Police presence on the roads is generally very significant, and speed and red light cameras are common.

Toll Highway - Route 6

Israel's Highway 6 is a electronic-toll-highway, unique in having no toll booths. Traveling cars are identified by license plates, and bills are sent to the car's registered owner.

The cost is determined by the length of the drive (Number of segments). Various subscriptions are available. Consult your rental company regarding payment of route 6 rides.

Licensing information

.All drivers in Israel must carry a driver's license.^ Israel must assume full security and military control over all of the territories under the united banner of a single country, Eretz Israel."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Therefore, "Israel must persevere in fighting this war by any and all means, with unrelenting purpose and persistence."

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International driver permits, as well as licenses from certain countries are accepted. .Drivers of motor vehicles must be at least 17 years old, whilst insurance is mandatory.^ "[W]e must try to find ways to help the Iranian people achieve their hundred-year-old dream of democracy.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Put another way: a 4000 year old people must emasculate themselves to make way for a just-invented people.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ In this essay, Paul L. Williams follows up on the 2002 series of terror killings by John Muhammad and his 17-year old side-kick, Malvo.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Driving a motorcycle or a moped is permitted starting at the age of 16. All cars in Israel must undergo an annual safety inspection, and a sticker bearing the month and year of the next inspection should appear on the front windshield.^ As front-line people "in the struggle for humanity," Israel has an obligation to stop the depraved behavior of their depraved neighbors — for all our sakes.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Israel "must find the spirit and we must find the language that we lost in the years preceding the war" by denigrating power and our own identity.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ Peck writes: "[what] All Israel should be listening to is the Bible and following Jewish history.

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.Recently, there has been a law passed that calls for every car to carry a yellow reflective vest at all times.^ This is all in Law called the Council of Trent.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ But Arabs hassle Jews, shoot at/stone/beat up Jews and steal their crops, animals and cars all the time and these "incidents" seldom make the news.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Theoretically, the police could stop you at any time and ask to see it.^ How else, I ask you, could they justify pressuring Israel for concessions and funding a terrorist group?

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ If you stop a Jew in the street and ask him or her: When the Messiah comes, what is he going to do?

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ This was not just to know if you could make a living in the Land but to know whether the time had come or not.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

If you stop on the edge of the road, and have to get out, you are expected to wear the vest. .All rental cars should have one so it is a good idea to check before you leave.^ And that is good; Truth is Truth is Truth, and should all mesh.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ In this brochure, I first came across the concept of din rodef - the idea that you may or should kill someone you believe wishes to harm you or the Jewish people.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ [Due to the length of this material, we here at The SPECTRUM will only present a few excerpts and chapter headings, but this should be sufficient to give you a pretty good idea of what is contained within them.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

Safety issues

.Compared to Western Europe and North America, the rate of traffic accidents in Israel is high.^ It is an excellent summary not only of what is going on in Israel but it points out: "the aim of Islam is not only the end of Israel; rather it is the Islamization of the entire western world and culture, including a takeover of Europe and North America."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ I had been troubled by Israels role of occupier from the very first days following the Six-Day War of 1967 when, at the time, I lived in North America.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ Israel suffer an expanded terrorism but Europe and America will similarly be attacked..."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Many factors contribute to this, but Israeli drivers are known to be aggressive and impatient. .Take this into consideration if you decide to drive in Israel, and use caution.^ The Arabs are not satisfied with taking over Biblical Israel and turning it into a State.

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^ Zack Lieberberg uses an early experience in the then Soviet Azerbaijan to lead us into a consideration of the world wide challenge to that essential function.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ And, more importantly, how this stupidity will encourage Israel's neighbors to drive more nails into Israel's coffin.

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Be especially cautious on two-lane intercity roads, especially when passing other vehicles. While most major highways have a physical separation median, many lower-traffic intercity roads do not. .Also be particularly cautious when driving in the Negev desert, since most roads in that region have only two lanes carrying fast-moving traffic, and trips tend to last hours in the heat.^ And the Palestinian Arabs have to be moved where they can not just walk down the road to carry out an act of terrorism.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Take care while traveling on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, as roads tend to be emptier and invite faster, and occasionally more reckless, drivers.^ READ MORE A JEWISH ROAD by Ruth King Ruth King makes the case for Israeli annexation of Samaria, Judea and Gaza.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Also take care in the winter, when it rains and roads are unusually slick. .The first rainy days in fall are particularly dangerous, since the oil/grease and other stuff that accumulated on the road all summer is dissolved.^ Particularly since Jews are now applying that principle to other Jews."

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ READ MORE ON THE PRESENT DANGER FACING ISRAEL AND ALL JEWS by Rachel Neuwirth Rachel Neuwirth does a masterful job summerizing the dangers Jews face around the world.

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^ The subject you have asked me to speak about, the challenge of pluralism, has troubled Jews of all ages and all stripes, particularly these days and particularly on this Sabbath.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

Car rental

.Most major international car rental companies; Hertz, Avis, Budget and Sixt, as well as many Israeli ones including, Eldan (Israel's largest car rental company), Traffic and Tamir, a car rental service that delivers and picks up your rental car.^ If Israel declares it would only act with U.S. permission, it risks giving up on the one chip it has in its arsenal.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

^ Use the google box above to access other Think-Israel articles on the Balfour Declaration and international law including those by Yoram Shifftan and Howard Grief.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ The major plan is to force Israel to give up land that is hers by international law.

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.If you are interested in Touring Israel with a private vehicle and guide there are many highly professional guides who do this for a price.^ And the provincials then, of course, rule the lower Jesuits, and there are many Jesuits who are not professed, so many of the lower Jesuits have no idea whats going on at the top.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Mike Levine explains Israel's political system, where you vote for a party, which picks the people who will sit in the Knesset, should the party win.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

^ There are less terrorist attacks only because Israel has killed off many of the terror handlers.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

.Note that you will be charged VAT for your car rental if you do not produce a visa (for example, if you entered via Allenby and avoided the stamps, although the paper will do).^ We were like the generation of the desert to whom God addressed the word, You will not enter the Land because of your lack of faith.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

.Also, the Israeli government requires expensive insurance on rental cars that can cost up to $20 per day.^ What these next essays have in common is they all detail the way the Olmert government and the Israeli left cater to the Arabs, at the cost of risking the destruction of Israel.

• Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

• Machtesh Ramon - The 40KM long crater-like landform offers some breath-taking desert vistas.

Do

A large number of major attractions in Israel are located some distance from large towns and cities:

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• Israel National Trail — a marked leisure trail (hiking or cycling) covering 940 kilometers from north to south.

• Jesus Trail, a hiking trail from Nazareth to Capernaum covering 65 kilometers that connects major Christian sites in the Galilee.

• Utopia Park, an enchanting tropical-ecological rain forest grows with thousands of orchids from around the world, tropical plants, a myriad of animals and even carnivorous plants.^ READ MORE ISRAEL AND THE HOLOCAUST by Rabbi Dov Greenberg It has become fashionable to believe that Israel no longer has a major role to play to support Jewish communities around the world.
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  ^ READ MORE ON THE PRESENT DANGER FACING ISRAEL AND ALL JEWS by Rachel Neuwirth Rachel Neuwirth does a masterful job summerizing the dangers Jews face around the world.
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• Rappelling or offroading in the Negev

Major western hotel groups have properties in Israel

.Israel is host to a huge variety of accommodation options, from camping and hostels through to 5-star luxury hotels.^ The jihad is still mostly focussed on Israel and America, but the homegrown variety of Islam has already begun to sting its friend and host, France.

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.Accommodation in Israel is similar to Western standards in general both in terms of price and what you can expect as service.^ It's a rule of thumb that if you want to know what the Arabs will do in the Western World tomorrow, look at what's happening in Israel today.

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^ MacWorld is both Macdonalds and Macintosh, it is a world in which you could be in any airport lounge in any city in the world, it is a kind of homogenized, western, business-fied reality.

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^ The Jews fled, mostly to Israel, where, unlike the Palestinian refugees, "within a few years they became both contributing members and citizens of Israel and Western societies."

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.Hotels in Israel do not currently possess star ratings, so beware that where these are seen, they are awarded by the hotels themselves.^ What is surprising — and appalling — is that Israel's diplomatic corps and its educational system do not proclaim these truths; they are mute while the Arabs invent fanciful claims.

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^ Israel believes she can hold firm until the Palestinians do what they've committed themselves to but have never honored: stopping their violence.

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^ So, they use these Blacks in the North, who hate the White people, for their own destruction, for the destruction of the Black people themselves.

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.A good way of finding good hotels in Israel is by looking through reviews on websites such as Tripadvisor, although the links below act as good starting points.^ Speaking of the released terrorists that Israel suddenly finds trustworthy, Bechor writes, "For released prisoners, terror is livelihood, a way of life, their honor and self determination."

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^ I am always amazed when Israeli leftists such as the authors of the book under review are willing to distort the facts to support the Arabs' attempt to destroy Israel.

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^ Colonel Halevi makes the point that offensive acts by Hamas against Gazan civilians were ignored, while negative statements against Israel were eagerly accepted as factual.

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• The Israel Hotel Association (IHA) [14] is the umbrella organization for Israel's hotels and also represents them. About 350 hotels, from Metulla in the North to Eilat in the South, are members of the IHA.
• Israel Youth Hostel Association [15] runs a thriving network of youth hostels.
• ILH - Israel Hostels [16] a network of 40 independent hostels, guesthouses and lodges designed for independent travelers.
• A large number of kibbutzim [17] now include bed and breakfast accommodation amongst their activities.
• A number of private residencies (popular in northern communities) offer a room to let (commonly known as "zimmer", from the German word for room).
• Israel has a number of 3-4 star hotel chains.

Talk

Hebrew and Arabic are the official languages of Israel. Hebrew is most commonly spoken. .20% of the population are Israeli-Arabs who speak Arabic as well.^ And treasonous Arabs who have Israeli citizenship.

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^ The Israeli secularists who control its news media and much of its economy fear the growing religious Jewish population much more than they worry about the Arabs.

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^ Thanks to Israeli leaders such as Shimon Peres who forbade rebuttal PR, the Arabs have had a clear field to pursue political aggression.

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.Because Israel was a British colony, and also because the United States is now Israel's closest ally, English is the most popular foreign language.^ He is the most powerful Cardinal in the United States.

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^ Martin: Now, what is his role in the United States?

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^ Now it has come to the United States.

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.Israelis study English in school from an early age, and it is commonly understood in Israel.^ ISRAEL'S REEDUCATION MINISTER by Caroline Glick Caroline Glick writes of the Israeli minister of education, who is imposing her radical anti-Zionist prejudice on school curricula.

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^ Their response to the Muslim kidnapping of English sailors and a journalists has been to bash Israel even harder – proposing boycotts and isolating Israeli academics.

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^ READ MORE THE RAVAGES OF THE JIHAD-OCCUPIED MIND by Alyssa A. Lappen Walid Shoebat was born a Muslim in Bethlehem, Israel and was infected with Israel-hate at an early age.

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.Nearly anyone you meet on the street will be able to communicate with you in English, although with noticeable accent and fluency issues.^ M. Zuhdi Jasser explores an important issue this 'non-story' highlights: denial in both the Main Street Media and in the American Muslim community.

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.All street and road signs (and many others) have English names, as well as the Hebrew and Arabic names.^ One encouraging sign is that many from the community have banded together to help each other and to maintain community identity.

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^ There are many other names as well, and so now I have many colleagues in this area and no longer feel alone.

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^ Yet, despite all the evidence, many — even many in power – still believe the road to peace is through appeasement.

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.Massive immigration from the former Soviet Union in the 1990s brought a large number of immigrants who speak Russian.^ They are not considered to be Jewish by Israeli religious authorities (they are called dubious Jews), most of them having coming over the past decade from the former Soviet Union.

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^ In that respect, I represent a very large number of Israelis who would like to see that happen.

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^ Polls made it clear to those who would hear that a very large number of Palestinians were eager to leave and go live elsewhere.

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.Other commonly encountered languages in Israel, reflecting the diverse origins of Israelis, include Romanian, French, German, Polish and River Plate Spanish.^ This includes not only Hizbullah and Syria and Hamas and the PLO but also the many Israeli Arabs, full-fledged citizens of Israel, who have no loyalty to the Jewish state.

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^ Of the other essays, two recall the early days of the Jewish State and the origin of the antagonism Israel still confronts.

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^ Nevertheless, many of the names of the resident Arabs reflect the fact that they are not native to Israel but came originally from Egypt or Syria or Jordan or Lebanon or Iraq.

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.Some of the older members of the population and some of the ultra-orthodox population speak Yiddish, an Eastern-European Germanic Jewish language.^ The ultra-Orthodox are growing though whereas modern Orthodox are shrinking, losing people on both sides, some becoming secular and others becoming ultra-Orthodox.

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^ Let us speak for a moment about the sociology of ultra-Orthodox Jews.

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^ Statistically, the experts say that about 20% of the Jewish population of this country are Orthodox Jews.

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.Foreign workers from China, Philippines, Thailand, and other Asian countries can be seen everywhere in central Israel.^ When Iraq and the other Arab countries began terrorizing their Jewish communities, the brothers fled to Israel along with most of the other Iraqi Jews.

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^ Shepherd concludes, "It remains to be seen how Israel will fare when one or other of the continent's various potential futures finally comes out on top."

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.You can hear a mix of a dozen languages while on buses, trains or walking in transportation hubs, especially in Tel Aviv central bus station.^ You bang on the door, that is Tel Aviv.

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^ Nevertheless, it is fashionable — especially for those who do their meditation sitting on Tel-Aviv bar stools — to insist that Zionism is dead.

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While speaking Hebrew Slang, words of Arabic origin are commonly used. For example: "Walla?" (Is that so?), "Yalla!" (Come on, let’s move!), ."Sababa" (great), "Akhla" (good), "Sachbak" (friend), and many more.^ There are many more Jewish organizations, however, that see themselves as Jewish — and do good works in many areas.

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Street talk is also much affected by the military language, which is second nature to many Israelis.

See also: Hebrew phrasebook, Arabic phrasebook

Buy

Money

The Israeli currency is the New Israeli Shekel (NIS). Colloquially, it is called a shekel (plural: shkalim) or sha-ch. Each shekel is divided into 100 agorot. The common symbols for the shekel are NIS or aa;.

The following banknotes are in circulation: NIS 20 (green), NIS 50 (violet), NIS 100 (brown), NIS 200 (red). Paying with large notes for small charges is frowned upon.

Coins in use: 10 Agorot (copper), 1/2 Shekel (copper), 1 New Shekel (nickel), 2 New Shkalim (nickel), 5 New Shkalim (nickel), 10 New Shkalim (bi-metallic; copper core, nickel rim).

ATMs are available everywhere. Credit cards of all kinds are widely accepted. .Note that the showing of the Visa logo by an ATM does not especially mean it takes all types of Visa cards, at the moment the ones with Chip-and-Pin technology seem to be only accepted by Bank Leumi ATMs.^ But all of this takes place only later.

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^ Palestinians from the West Bank can be found in universities around the world, but - to my knowledge - there is only one such student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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^ Thus, the Jew, especially the one who is able, who does not reside in the Holy Land, is considered atheist.

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You can get VAT refunds when leaving the country, though be prepared to queue at the airport. .Eilat is a VAT-free city for citizens as well as for foreigners, but being a resort city it is often more expensive to begin with.^ Well, then, why not encourage private citizens in the free world to do the job?

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^ Maybe now they will begin to understand that the Arabs aren't interested in being good citizens.

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^ READ MORE IRAN'S BOMB AND AMERICA'S IMPLODING FOREIGN POLICY by Claudia Rosett The U.N. is often cited as the way to handle Iran.

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US Dollars are accepted in some tourist locations, particularly Jerusalem, at a rough exchange rate of 4 NIS to the dollar. .If you are asked for dollars or euros outright, you are most likely being ripped off.^ I DON'T LIKE MOST OF YOU RIGHT NOW by Boris Celser A reader that sent in this article wrote, "His awesome insight.

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Costs

.Living and travelling costs in Israel are almost on a par with Western Europe, North America and Australasia, making it by far the most 'expensive' country in the Middle East region outside the Gulf area.^ Israel is a Western-normal country living "in a region of fanaticism and despotism."

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^ But the point we are making here is that they can live and thrive outside of Israel.

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^ Jonathan Spyer makes the point that while around the world authoritarian regimes are giving way to economic and political reform, this isn't true in the Middle East.

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Small food kiosks (pitzukhiot) offer various snacks such as freshly roasted peanuts, sunflower, and melon seeds, soft drinks, cigarettes and candy. .Take note that currently (June 2009) the price of a soft drink can is between 5 and 8 shekels and a 0.5L bottle is generally one shekel more expensive than a can.^ WHAT IS ISLAM? by Richard H. Shulman Richard Shulman suggests the difference between the more radicalized Muslims (Islamists) and "moderate" Muslims is one of degree, not kind.

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^ We should take seriously his assertion that Islamic terrorism "...is a more dangerous and deadlier phenomenon than communism."

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^ The fact that the Palestinian is not different than the generic Arab in language, religion, taste in food, or social mores hasn't discomforted the Arab and U.N. propagandists.

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.Prices in tourist areas in big cities, especially tourist cities like Eilat can be up to 20 shekels per 0.5L bottle, however often a small walk will reveal the more local places that will sell you 6 1.5L bottles for as cheap as 32 shekels.^ READ MORE EXPLAINING ISRAEL'S MILITARY ACTION TO AN OFFICE WORKER IN THE MIDWEST by Michelle Nevada Have you noticed how often in defending Israel, you have to talk of what should have been obvious in the first place.

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^ A place where you could live for a year on the cheap after making aliyah or while… .

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^ It would see more of the Jewish Holy Places treated like Joseph's Tomb — the Arabs promised to care for it but vandalized it, ripped up Torah scrolls, and decorated it with feces and graffiti.

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.Fast food wise, a shawarma in lafa should cost roughly 24-30 shekels (drink not included), while a regular meal at a burger chain (McDonald's, Burger King and the local Burger Ranch) will set you back at least 35 shekels -- and there is no such thing as a "free refill" anywhere in the country.^ Theres no such thing as national sovereignty without the Reformation.

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^ Theres no such thing as nuclear war.

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^ Theres no such thing as a nuclear attack.

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.Restaurants generally are in a high standard of taste and style, a first course averages 15-25 shekels, a main dish about 40-60 (good meat can go from 60-100) and the desserts are usually 25-35 shekels.^ The rabbis connect this with the first time the expression very good indeed appears for the first time, and that is, of course, in the Book of Genesis, in the Creation narrative.

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^ Islam is not about peace or, for that matter, truth or love or high moral standards.

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^ The High Knights of Malta, who meet in their palace on Aventin Hill, in Rome, of course, meet with the Jesuit General, and so on.

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soft drinks are somewhat costly and usually go for 10-12 shekels for an average sized glass without refills.

Tipping

Restaurants - Tip 10%-15%. 10% is the minimum even if the service was bad. 15% is the "good job" tip. 20% is considered a generous tip.

Hotel staff - Western standard tipping.

Tour guides - Tipping is not socially mandated. Tip at your discretion.

Bartenders - Tipping is not socially mandated, but a 10 shekel coin is a common gesture.

Hair - Tip 10 shekels for each person touching your hair.

Moving - Tip 50 shekels per worker if you were satisfied.

Food delivery - Tip 5 shekels. 10 shekels if arrived fast and hot.

Groceries delivery - Tip 5 shekels.

Other deliveries - No tipping.

Handymen - No tipping.

Taxi drivers - No tipping.

Business hours

.The business days are Sunday through Friday in Jewish towns, allowing for observance of the Sabbath ("Shabbat") from sundown on Friday until sundown on Saturday.^ The soldiers were persuaded to respect our religious beliefs and allow us to stay until the end of Shabbat .

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.On Friday, many shops will close at about 14:30-15:00 to allow ample time return home before sundown.^ America has seen to it that Israel has never been allowed to inflict a resounding defeat on her enemies, no matter how many times they invaded Israel.

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^ This is the first time that I have the opportunity to speak about this issue before such a distinguished audience.

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^ Considering the Times ' negative distortions about Jews and Israel, Lasky is rightly puzzled that so many Jews stick loyally to a paper that can fairly be called anti-Semitic.

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.Many shops, especially in malls, will re-open on Saturday evening, at about 19:00 in winter, and 20:30 in summer.^ Seasons brought about different weather patterns which in essence meant that I had a wardrobe for Winter, Fall, Spring and Summer.Not anymore.

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.Some shops, especially outside city limits or in tourist areas, as well as 24-hour convenience stores, remain open on Saturdays.^ They were Sephardic Jews, forced to flee Arab countries, where some of them had lived well before the Arabs came into the area.

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In Arab towns, shops are generally open 7 days a week.

Shops in malls and on major shopping streets are generally open from 9:30 to 21:00 daily. .Banks and post offices, as well as some smaller shops, stick to traditional business hours of 8:30-19:00, with a lunch break from about 13:00 to 16:00, so do check.^ We learned the surprising fact that they constituted some 40% of the people living in Kuwait, owned many of the businesses and had been living there comfortably for well over a decade .

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^ At the end of this post, I will include links to the prior posts as well as some external references.Because of the recent controversy over homosexuality, there has been some confusion about exactly what halakhah prohibits and what it permits.

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Markets usually open and close early.

Bargaining

Bargaining in Israel is prevalent. Unfortunately, it is sometimes difficult for foreigners to figure out when bargaining is expected and appropriate. .A general guideline: Sales agents, high prices, or no displayed prices -- bargain.^ The lower Freemasons have no idea that the High Shriner Freemasons are working for the Jesuit General.

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^ So the ultra-Orthodox response is no thanks to the blessings of modernity, it is too high a price to pay.

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Anything that looks established or corporate -- don't.

Bargaining in bazaars and rural markets is common yet subtle. .Vigorous bargaining which is common in developing countries will likely get you nowhere and is improper.^ To Israeli Secularists : You want a normal country, like everybody else?

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^ Therefore, if you like, I had the luxury to develop this relationship.

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If you are giving a fair price, don't bargain for sport -- it is frowned upon.

Bargaining in shops with sales agents is expected (for example, in an electric appliance store). Sticker prices are exaggerated for the purpose of bargaining. It is best to compare offers and figure out the true market price before purchasing.

Bargaining is improper in small mom and pop shops that sale low cost items.

Bargaining with independent service providers (technicians, plumbers, movers, handymen) is common. It is not with non-independent service providers (hired employees).

In shops with displayed prices where you are not dealing with a sales agent bargaining is improper and will get you looks of bewilderment. This includes corporate shops (e.g. .McDonald's, Starbucks), most stores in malls (without sales agents), and pretty much all businesses a tourist interacts with (with the exception of travel agents): accommodation, transportation, food (including food stands in markets), and entertainment.^ All the Arab states, much of Europe and many in America, including President Bush, act as if a Palestinian State is inevitable.

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^ Even more crucially, I wanted us to celebrate Shabbat in all its beauty, with prayer, with singing, with special foods, and - most importantly - in fellowship.

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.If you are bringing a large group of people to a club or a bar, it may be possible to negotiate a discount before arriving with the group.^ Maybe you think it's groups like ACORN that used "the people" to persuade the politicians to insist the banks make risky loans.

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^ In this brochure, I first came across the concept of din rodef - the idea that you may or should kill someone you believe wishes to harm you or the Jewish people.

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^ Will they take on the job of governing a large group of people?

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.If you are already there, bargaining won't get you anything substantial.^ If you tell a Jew that the Messiah has already come, his immediate response will be, So why do I read in the newspaper that there are still wars in the world?

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Prices in tourist traps such as the Old City of Jerusalem can routinely be haggled down to as low as 25% of the asking price. .Usually it's easier to make a deal if you are buying multiple items rather than a single item.^ Generally such opinions are simply allowed to stand on their ownfor you to sort and interpret as you see fitrather than being singled-out to be addressed editorially.

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^ Princes no less than native-born; all make their home in you.

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^ If the modern Israeli happens to be blond and wear extremely short shorts (I am not joking) and a hat against the sun (rather than a skullcap), then you have the perfect image.

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When buying larger items (e.g. electronics), it's often possible to get a discount of about 3% for paying in cash.

Bargaining with taxi drivers over fare is possible, though rarely to your advantage. It is best to instruct them to use the meter (moneh) if they don't already do so as required by law.

Souvenirs

Israeli wine, kosher products, t-shirts, diamonds. .Almost needless to say, Israel is one of the best countries for purchasing Judaica and Christian pilgrim trinkets.^ One can say that the establishment of the State of Israel was not a challenge to Jewish thought but it was rather a coming of age.

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^ His Beatitude expressed concern that in countries of the West, Jewish-Christian dialogue is too often used to legitimate the political situation in Israel and Palestine.

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^ As Israel did with the Jewish refugees from Arab countries, Armenia absorbed the Christian refugees, while — just like the Arab refugees from Israel — the Moslem refugees languish in Azerbaijani refugee camps.

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.While it is legal to purchase antiquities from the small number of government-licensed dealers, exporting antiquities from Israel is illegal, except with a written authorization from the Israel Antiquities Authority [18].^ Using what's written in the press as a mirror of government thinking, Iran feels its a winner and its first target is Israel.

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^ WHY ISRAEL'S IMAGE KEEPS DETERIORATING by Yoram Shifftan Yoram Shifftan has written significant articles exploring both Israel's ineffective hasbara and her legal right to Biblical Israel.

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^ The Law of the Administration of Lands in Israel of 1960 obliges the government to create a Lands Administration Authority.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

Eat

.Israeli cuisine is as diverse as the population which makes up this gastronomic country.^ Moreover, Arabs make up only about 5 percent of the world's population, yet we witness the phenomenon of Arabs in leadership roles in many, if not most, of the Moslem conflicts...

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^ READ MORE ISRAEL IN THE CROSSHAIRS by Charles Krauthammer Charles Krauthammer points out that the Israeli Jewish population is reaching the point that will make it the largest center of Jewish life in the world.

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^ As David Meir-Levi writes "Moslems make up only about 20 percent of the world's population.

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.Food here is generally of a very high standard, and immigrants from around the world mean that almost every genre and type of food is available.^ It has every intention of pursuing "a defiant, revolutionary agenda, where emphasis will be placed on support for the terrorist and Islamic networks around the world, especially the Middle East."

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^ The Jesuits, by their very calling, by the very essence of their institution, are bound to seek, by every means, right or wrong, the destruction of Protestantism.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

Not tipping in sit-in restaurants that have waiters is frowned upon. It is standard to give 10%-15% (or more for exceptional service). 20% tip is considered generous. .Including a service charge in the bill is no longer legal in Israel and should not be paid.^ When events demonstrated that Israel gained no benefit from taking this risk, they then said Israel should continue withdrawing because she was too weak to take the risk of keeping the land.

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^ There is no reason Israel should not transfer the Arabs from its territory a few miles into the immense domain that is Arab land.

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^ American Jews should be a wall protecting Israel from foreign encroachment, including American coercion.

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.In recent years, restaurants have been charging a "security fee" - roughly 1-2 NIS per person.^ In more recent years "Yasser Arafat, himself a secular person (ask Hamas!

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However, this fee is not mandatory, and it is common to ask for the fee to be removed from the bill.

Most restaurants accept credit cards, but do not accept personal checks. .If you wish to include the tip in your credit card charge, state this before paying.^ Have fun and please excuse me while I go catch up on 10 days of life.Thank you, please tip your park ranger.Kerem Shalom.

• Alltop - Top Israel News 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC israel.alltop.com [Source type: General]

Fast and popular

Falafel was officially adopted as the national food. These are small fried balls of mashed chickpeas, usually served inside a pita bread with hummus-chips-salat (hummus, French fries and vegetable salad) and tehina. .A selection of more salads is usually available, and you can fill your pita with as much as it can take.^ The bottom line on this metric is that the more content you have, the more can be indexed, and the more that is indexed, the better for you and the harder for your competitors to shake your site out of its position.

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^ I find I’m so intensely drawn to the poems I’ve been writing, much more so than I’m drawn to my usual essays and other posts, articles, and so on.

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^ It becomes more necessary and more difficult, if your enemy has different attitudes and values than you do.

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This is usually the cheapest lunch available (10-15NIS), and it's vegetarian. You can also order half a serving ("kheh-TSEE mah-NAH").

Another popular option is shawarma, sliced turkey or lamb meat, also served inside a pita, or its larger cousin lafa, with hummus-chips-salat. Many other things can fit your pita: for example, Me'orav Yerushalmi (Jerusalemite mix), which contain several types of meat, or Schnitzel, a batter fried chicken breast somewhat inspired by the Viennese original.

Hummus, a cream of chickpeas, tehina, onion, lemon and olive oil, is also served on a plate, and scooped up with small pieces of pita. .At places that specialize in Hummus, you can find the dish topped with chopped lamb, fried chicken breast and many other different toppings.^ The Jews, as with many other groups you mention, have been the unwitting pawns in this Jesuit Agenda.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Many of you here have made your own special contribution to this project which reached a climax with the papal visit and which has contributed enormously to the Jewish-Catholic dialogue.

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^ Here is a video showcasing all the different activities that took place (some you might even recognize if you check my flickr pictures) Jewlicious .

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Another street food gaining popularity is the Iraqi-origin sabich sabich, a pita bread stuffed with a hard boiled egg, batter-dipped deep fried eggplant, hummus, tehina, and salad.

Dietary restrictions

Kosher food

The Hebrew word Kasher (כָּשֵר), pronounced by East-European Jews as Kosher, means "fit" (in Israel, gyms are known as kheder kosher, i.e. fitness room). .When associated with food, it means anything that is allowed by the Jewish religious laws concerning food.^ There is a whole framework to ensure kashrut (Jewish dietary laws) which also limits the freedom of members of other religious communities not subject to the same restrictions as Jews.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ Usually this means pouncing on any Jewish activity that could be interpreted as an infringement of the law, while ignoring gross violations committed by Arabs.

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^ The Committee is concerned by the preference given the Jewish religion in the allocation of funding for religions bodies, to the detriment of Muslims, Christians, Druze and other religious groups.

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.These laws are quite complex, but the short version is that they totally forbid certain products (such as pork and shellfish), and allow others only under restrictions - most importantly, that meat and dairy products are not to be cooked together or eaten at the same meal, which bans all sorts of Western staples like cheeseburgers and pizzas with meat toppings.^ There is a whole framework to ensure kashrut (Jewish dietary laws) which also limits the freedom of members of other religious communities not subject to the same restrictions as Jews.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ Same goes for James "F----the-Jews" Baker and Martin Indyk and all the others who want to "save Israel from itself."

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^ Generally such opinions are simply allowed to stand on their ownfor you to sort and interpret as you see fitrather than being singled-out to be addressed editorially.

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In addition, lighting a fire on Shabbat is forbidden, so only cold or long-simmered food is allowed. .Having said this, due to the secular nature of much of Israel, many foods can be found, and many restaurants aren't kosher depending on the region.^ And many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) obsessively devote much of their resources and efforts to demonizing Israel and encouraging anti-Semitism.

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^ Having made common cause with secular Zionism, modern Orthodoxy can be found in a political spectrum where some are very radical and some are very moderate.

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^ The local Arabs who we call Palestinians are useful as an excuse for demonizing Israel but they really aren't regarded with much affection, even in the Arab countries.

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.Kosher laws do not usually apply to Arab areas of Israel (unless they cater to mixed clientele), although Halal dietary laws (the Muslim equivalent) do.^ It brought no change in Egypt's rejectionist attitude towards Israel and it fostered the instability-producing notion that Israel should withdraw "from all other areas claimed by the Arab-Muslim side."

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^ Given Israel's friendly neighbors, they are also early alert systems to monitor the local Arabs.

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^ What is surprising — and appalling — is that Israel's diplomatic corps and its educational system do not proclaim these truths; they are mute while the Arabs invent fanciful claims.

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.Most of the hotels in Israel are Kosher, so breakfast is dairy, and during lunch and dinner you'll not be able to get milk for your coffee or butter for your bread (although soy milk and margarine are common substitutes).^ In Israel, you were either Orthodox or secular as far as your Jewish identity was concerned.

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^ During most of the past 30 years Palestinians did almost all heavy physical labor within the borders of Israel.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ So, you have the alignment with the Jesuit Order and the most powerful Freemason they had in the craft, Fredrick the Great, during their suppression.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

.Most big supermarkets sell only Kosher products, but more and more non-Kosher supermarkets and convenience stores have appeared in recent years, due in part to the huge numbers of secular Jews who have come to Israel from the former USSR. With restaurants, things are more complicated: in Tel-Aviv, there are fewer kosher restaurants than in more religious cities like Jerusalem.^ Last summer I moved from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv after four years in the Holy city.

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^ In recent years, more and more people realize there is another solution.

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^ There has been more and more of a split in Israel between the Jewish religion and Jews who do not feel religiously Orthodox.

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.In Jerusalem, on the other hand, Kosher cafes and restaurants are much more common.^ On the other hand Israel is held responsible for the welfare of the Gazan Arabs, and there is much media indignation if she cuts back on services.

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^ So, she asks, "why do we find white racism to be so much more unsettling than racism" by other minorities?

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^ I find I’m so intensely drawn to the poems I’ve been writing, much more so than I’m drawn to my usual essays and other posts, articles, and so on.

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Bear in mind that restaurants that remain open on Shabbat cannot receive Kosher certification, so some restaurants that do not carry a Kosher certification are nevertheless kosher as far as the food is concerned, and could have kosher kitchens. .So if you care, you shouldn't assume anything and always ask.^ Everything you always wanted to know about Liza but were afraid to ask… .

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.Where restaurants are kosher, they will either be dairy or meat.^ I have heard there's at least one kosher restaurant; (3) China's Islam problem — are they handling it by being politically correct?

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Dairy restaurants are useful for vegetarian tourists, but still are likley to serve fish and egg products.

.One attraction for practicing Jewish (and other) tourists is the kosher McDonald’s restaurants.^ Professor Eidelberg's solution is to "make the State of Israel increasingly Jewish and proud on the one hand, and authentically democratic on the other!"

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^ I have heard there's at least one kosher restaurant; (3) China's Islam problem — are they handling it by being politically correct?

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^ This little anecdote should give you some sense of the problematic relationship between Jewish religion and Jewish identity on the one hand, and democracy and democracy in Israel on the other.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

Note that most of the branches are not kosher, so ask before ordering. .Most Burger King restaurants in Israel are kosher, though - and so are branches of Burger Ranch, an Israeli burger chain.^ The research we conducted with Ynet News in regards to p2p throttling and DPI in Israel, which was (even after reading the criticism) most likely the most comprehensive in Israel, even though it needed more research.

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In addition, Pizza Hut branches in Israel are kosher, and thus will not serve pizzas with meat toppings, while Domino's chains are not kosher, and serve a toppings selection similar to their Western branches.

.One pitfall with finding kosher food is that some con-men have found thay can make money but setting up business selling fake kushrut certificates.^ Said professional put together some of his reactions based on his significant experience in helping frum men find positions.

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^ Evacuating the Arab refugee camps and setting up the refugees in this new country would simultaneously solve the very expensive Arab refugee problem, money that can be used for genuine refugees.

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^ They massacred Christians during Lebanon's civil war, and set up a state within a state — they collected 'taxes' and 'protected' businesses; they left garbage collection to others.

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Therefore someone look for kosher food should look of a certificate from the local rabbinat or a recognized kashrut agency. Certificates from from unknown organizations should not be relied upon.

Passover

.Another series of strict restrictions come into force during the seven days of Passover, when leavened bread (hametz) — taken to include any grain product that may have come into contact with moisture and thus started fermenting — is banned.^ During this period, the Arabs had taken a thriving and productive land and turned it into an unproductive rock-strewn wilderness (rather like what they are doing in Gaza today).

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^ In this case, if they are convicted, we may all — and this includes the news media — suffer restrictions on our freedom of speech.

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^ Perhaps Kossoff will write another article on reclaiming all the Jews forced over the centuries into becoming Muslim at the point of the sword.

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Some Jews even widen the ban to cover rice and legumes. The main substitute for the bread is matza, the famously dry and tasteless flatbread, and you can even get a matzoburger from McDonalds during Passover.

Vegetarians

.Vegetarians/Vegans should have a relatively easy time eating in Israel.^ WHAT ISRAEL SHOULD DO NOW: A Time For Moral Clarity by Yosef Y. Jacobson Rabbi Jacobson responds "to some of the painful questions people of goodwill are asking today."

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.Due to "kashrut" (the rules of keeping kosher) there are many restaurants that serve only dairy food, which makes them popular with vegetarians.^ And the provincials then, of course, rule the lower Jesuits, and there are many Jesuits who are not professed, so many of the lower Jesuits have no idea whats going on at the top.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Moreover, Arabs make up only about 5 percent of the world's population, yet we witness the phenomenon of Arabs in leadership roles in many, if not most, of the Moslem conflicts...

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^ And all the "neutral" peace brokers will be there to make sure the Israelis keep every concession they promised.

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.In some parts of the country you can also find Vegan restaurants.^ We hope to make the Deal section of Jewneric a mainstay to help you find some of the best bargains around the web.

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^ You find the greatest resistance to the Jesuits in Catholic countries, by Catholic monarchs.

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^ I asked: Have you done bdikat hamets (the ceremonial search for leaven, which involves purposely hiding some bread and finding it by candle-light)?

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

Amirim is a vegetarian/vegan village in the Galilee with several restaurants.

Ethnic food

.Jews immigrating to Israel from different parts of the world brought with them many different cooking traditions.^ But many of Israel's enemies are delighted when Sharon talks of transferring Jews from Gaza.

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^ And many hold the belief, as does Dershowitz, that expelling the Jews from Gaza is good policy for Israel.

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^ READ MORE ON THE PRESENT DANGER FACING ISRAEL AND ALL JEWS by Rachel Neuwirth Rachel Neuwirth does a masterful job summerizing the dangers Jews face around the world.

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.Most of these are now served in a handful of specialty restaurants, so check the individual chapters and ask around.^ In Jenin, the Arabs claimed the Israelis had massacred 5000 or more Arabs — it turned out the figure was around 50, and most of these were terrorists.

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.Among the selection: Ashkenazi (Eastern European Jewish), Bulgarian, Turkish, North African, Iraqi, Iranian, and many others.^ When Iraq and the other Arab countries began terrorizing their Jewish communities, the brothers fled to Israel along with most of the other Iraqi Jews.

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^ A Jewish state where many of its elite long only to be "like every other country."

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.One can also enjoy excellent local Arab cuisine served in areas with large Arab populations, mostly in the north of the country and in the vicinity of Jerusalem.^ GANG-RAPE IN ANNAPOLIS, SAUDI STYLE by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. Picture this: a large number of Arab countries, their current "friends" — Russia, Europeans and the anti-Israel NGOs — and, shame, shame, the U.S.A. ganged up on one side.

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^ But it is also true that England, perhaps having senior moments, promised the area to both the local Arabs and the Syrians.

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^ England is one of the many countries in Europe that are excellent examples of countries coming very close to the brink.

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One dish, however, is known across nearly the entire Jewish Diaspora. .Known in Europe as Cholent and in the Middle East and North Africa as Chamin, it is a sort of stew that has simmered for many hours over a low fire.^ Europe, Russia, North Africa, China, and Japan were a universal wreck thanks to the Company of Jesus.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Thanks to the Middle East oil revenues, many groups are the beneficiaries of large chunks of cash to pay for multiple ways of "persuasion" and "education."

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^ Actually, it is thriving in some parts of the Middle East and in Islamic Africa.

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It is traditionally a Shabbat dish, originating from the prohibition on lighting fire and cooking on Shabbat. The exact ingredients vary, but it usually contains meat (usually beef or chicken), legumes (chickpeas or beans) and\or rice, eggs, and vegetables such as potatoes, onions, and carrots. Chamin is served in some restaurants on Saturday, and can be bought in delicatessens on Friday.

Israelis appreciate good coffee and a café culture thrives in the country. Although the Starbucks enterprise has not been so successful, there are several highly popular local coffee chains. .Many Israelis like to just spend time sipping their "hafuch" (Cafe latté) and chatting with friends.^ And the Leftist secular Israelis who dominate the government and the military continue to believe in being just like everyone else.

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^ Thanks to the dedicated efforts of many Israelis and some Jewish-American organizations, Israelis are beginning to understand that a retreat from Gaza is very serious and very likely suicidal.

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^ And it is through reading his Bible that many a Christian has become a zionist, and consequently a friend to Israelis working to reconstitute their ancestral homeland.

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You can also have light meal with sandwiches and salads. Aroma is Israel's largest coffee chain. .You can order sandwiches there in three sizes and choose from three types of bread.^ They argued that there is a choice, you can be modern or Jewish but not both; and I choose to be Jewish in the good old-fashioned way, in the way that God intended.

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

^ There are 11 fonts and two sizes to choose from.

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.Arcaffé is slightly more expensive, but their coffee (some say) is even better.^ Some of the anti-Zionists would even say that the Holocaust was a collective punishment of the Jewish people for the sin of Zionism.

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^ READ MORE CAN THERE BE AN ISLAMIC DEMOCRACY? by David Bukay For whatever reasons, there have been wild and unsupported claims that Islam and democracy are compatible; some even argue that Islam encourages democracy.

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^ Some even say there is a third faction in the CIA that has split off.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

Other chains include Elite Coffee, cafe cafe, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, and the kosher (dairy) Cafe Hillel. Many Israelis still like to drink "botz" (mud coffee, also known as "cafe turki" or Turkish coffee) which is an extra finely ground coffee that is cooked on a stove and is comparable to an espresso, but much stronger. .But you probably wouldn't order "botz" in a chic espresso bar, and those who are used to Starbucks-like coffee most likely won't find it palatable.^ "'Useful idiots' are those who try to deny the obvious.

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^ For those of you who've forgotten, CAPTCHA systems are those systems installed on many websites today in order to prevent spam and hinder bots from creating their own user accounts.The CAPTCHA system demands proof that the user is human and not a bot.

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^ What is most distressing: those who should be showing leadership are doing a poor job fighting back.

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Krembo (A hybrid of the words KREM and BO, "Cream" and "In it", respectively) is a favorite Israeli chocolate snack. It is composed of a round cookie, on which cream (Most often Vanilla-flavored, but there is also a mocha variety) lies, covered with a chocolate shell. Krembos come wrapped in aluminum foil, and are very delicate. They are rarely found in the summer due to the weather. .Krembos have been eaten in Israel for two generations now, and there is a well known argument as to the right way for eating it.^ The issue can as well be framed as the split between the Left and the Right, a problem not just in Israel but in America as well.

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^ It's outstanding for its knowledge, perception of reality, the depth of his love for Israel that his well-known wry humour and harsh criticism may try to conceal.

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^ There's more chance of a successful peace by giving them a state well outside of Israel, where they might find other things to do besides obsessing on their hate of Israel.

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1. Holding the cookie while eating the chocolate and the cream, and then eating the cookie. 2. Holding the chocolate while eating the cookie and then eating the chocolate and the cream. 3. Eating all of it at once. 4. While holding the cookie, eating the chocolate. Then the cookie and "lastly" the cream.

Drink

Alcoholic

Beer

There are three main brands of Israeli beer:

• Goldstar — a Munich-style dark draught, it is the most popular Israeli beer in Israel. Can be found in bottles and cans of 0.5 and 0.3 liters (1 pint and half a pint, respectively), or KHE-tsi and sh-LISH (Hebrew for "half" and "third". Referring to the amount based on litres, as Israel uses SI). It is also available from tap (meh-HA kha-VIT, Hebrew for "from the barrel").
• Maccabee — a pilsener, lighter and smoother than Goldstar. Only comes in bottles and cans. .This beer has a bad reputation in Israel as being of foul taste and, as such, many bars do not serve it.^ PRESSURING ISRAEL by Rachel Neuwirth Rachel Neuwirth examines the continued pressure exerted on Israel by American presidents, those with a reputation of being Israel's friend and those with more overt hostility.
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  ^ Yet in many cases, people are ignoring the enemy and focusing on Israel as the easy-to-tackle bad guy.
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  Be aware that the local variety of Maccabee tastes differently than the exported one.
• Nesher — comes in bottles, mostly malt.

Palestinian beers are also available:

.

• Taybeh [19] — from Taybeh village, close to Ramallah, a beer popular with many Palestinians, Israelis and tourists alike.^ PRO-'PALESTINIAN' EQUALS ANTI-ISRAELI by Dafna Yee Many anti-Israel organizations call themselves peace groups and pretend neutrality.
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  It is mainly found in Israeli Arab communities and the Old City of Jerusalem.

.In addition, a wide variety of international brands are available throughout Israel, some of which are locally brewed.^ These essays examine some of the agencies and institutions involved in branding Israel as an illegitimate country while portraying the "Po' Palestinians" as innocent victims.

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^ Throughout history there were individuals who came, and some of our greatest rabbis and spiritual leaders did get to the Land of Israel throughout the period of Exile.

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^ These essays discuss some recent screwups such as the ruling of the International Court of Justice that the terrorist-hampering fence Israel is building is illegal.

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Among the most popular are Heineken, Carlsberg, and Tuborg.

Liqueurs

A common liqueur in Israel is Arak. It is clear, and anise-flavored, quite similar to Pastis or the Colombian Aguardiente. It is usually served in a glass of about 0.3 liters, mixed with equal amount of water and ice. Some like to drink it mixed with grapefruit juice. Arak is usually kept in the freezer. A common brand is called Aluf Ha-Arak and Elit Ha-Arak (both of the same distillery) with the former of higher alcohol per volume and the latter of stronger anise flavor. They are of slightly different volume although the price is accordingly different.

Wines

.There are several local big vineyards and a growing selection of boutique ones, some of them of high quality.^ But of Zion it will be said, Every one was born there, her guarantee is the Most High.

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Soft drinks

.Most of the regular western sodas are available, and many have local variants that aren't very different in taste.^ This is the reality, and it is very different from the portrait of Ahmadinejad as a punk nutter who can be tamed by the Western media.

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^ It was very different from the visit by Paul VI in 1964, which was seen in retrospect by many Israelis as a slap in the face.

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Pepsico and Coca-Cola Company fight for the soft drinks market aggressively. .Israeli Coca-Cola is thought by Cola connoisseurs to be tastier and more authentic than elsewhere.^ They are more representative of the actual feeling of both Americans and Israelis than the mouthings of the American State Department and a few traitor Jews in both countries.

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^ The War, where acting noble was more important than protecting Israeli lives, was the fruition of the intellectual notions taught to generations of Israelis.

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^ They never meet modern Christians - more than 90% of modern Israelis never encounter modern Christians.

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This is due to the fact that Israeli Coca-Cola is made with sugar, and not with high-fructose corn syrup. Tempo (not to be confused with Tempo Industries, Ltd. which is the brewer of most .Israeli beer and bottler of most soft drinks including the local Pepsi) and Super Drink are dirt-cheap local variants, at times sporting very weird tastes.^ But as time passes, thanks to Iranian belligerancy and Israeli government's ineptitude, it may very soon be the only choice.

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^ Naomi Ragen has commented that his remarks are "some of the most intelligent thinking that we have had the privilege of enjoying at a time when intelligence is hard to come by in Israeli public forums.

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^ Most of us were religiously observant but some secular Israelis joined in, including Knesset member Ron Cohen, who came with his wife and two children.

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.The generic name for Coke or Pepsi is "Cola", and it usually implies Coke; if the place serves Pepsi, they will usually ask if it's fine.^ Nixon was in Dallas with a top executive of the Pepsi-Cola Company, Mr. Harvey Russel, the general counsel.

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There are several more authentic soft drinks:

• Tropit — cheap fruit flavor drink which is usually grape. Comes in a tough aluminum-like bag with a straw. .The bag is poked using the straw to make a hole through which you drink.^ Maybe you think it's groups like ACORN that used "the people" to persuade the politicians to insist the banks make risky loans.
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  A very portable drink (until holed), which has become very popular in summer camps. .In the newer varieties there is a marked area where the straw should be inserted.^ There are question marks about why we should encounter Christians on the assumption that the past has been overwhelmingly negative.
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  .Even then it can sometimes take practice to insert the straw without the juice squirting out, if you are from the US it is just like the Israeli version of "Capri Sun."
• Cocoa milk — there are a number of brands of sterilized cocoa milk (SHO-ko) which comes in a plastic bag.^ The bastards are coming to take us out.
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  ^ There's some sun coming out despite the clouds.
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  ^ READ MORE THERE'S ROOM AT THE 'TREE' FOR YOU by Catriel Sugarman Catriel Sugarman provides us with a brief but clear history of the Christian need to convert Jews.
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  The tip of the bag is bitten or clipped off, and the milk is sucked out. As with Tropit, it is very portable (although due to its milky nature, not as much) until opened, after which it is impractical to reseal. .It should be noted that cocoa milk in a bag is usually served cold, and it would be a very bad idea to warm it.
• Spring Nectar — fruit juice that comes in cans.^ Yet, would it not be true to say that one can play on the same keyboard but according to very different notes?
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  ^ "President Bush should now consider carefully that an exchange of Iraq for 'Palestine' would be foolishly shortsighted and very dangerous."
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  ^ When Christian pilgrims would come to Jerusalem, they used to read Robert Wilkins very important work on the Promised Land.
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  .Sold in most supermarkets, convenience stores and petrol stations, as well as many take-away stands.^ Instead of taking a stand against Nazi ideology, many of the faculty immediately raised the banner of free speech.
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  Comes in a number of flavors such as peach, mango, and strawberry.
• Prigat — fruit juice that comes in plastic bottles. .Is sold at pretty much every supermarket, petrol station and corner-store around Israel.^ Israel accomplished much — it destroyed much of Hezbollah's store of materials and its supply of foot soldiers.
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  .Comes in many flavors including grape, orange, apple, tomato and a few more exotic options as well.^ READ MORE ALLAH BE APPRAISED! by Burt Prelutsky Considering that so many people — including President Bush — claim Islam is a peaceful religion, Burt Prelutsky finds it remarkable that "...
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  ^ READ MORE ISLAMISTS CAN BE DEFEATED by Moshe Ya'alon Moshe Ya'alon has been critical about many of the decisions the Sharon-Olmert Government has made, including the retreat from Gaza.
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  ^ Pro-Palestinian propaganda comes in many flavors.
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  It is quite common to see Israelis sitting on the beach with bottles of Prigat juice they have just bought from the promenade.These drinks are very tasty and delicous

Learn

.Israel has many universities which tend to be well regarded by the international community.^ Contrariwise, Israeli Jews want the Arabs as full participants but want them to accept that Israel is a Zionist state, as does the international community.

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^ Yet so many well-meaning Americans continue to believe that if Israel just tries a little harder, all will be well.

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^ She complained that "Israel undermines the international community's reaction to global warming."

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.Special programs for students from abroad are offered by the Rothberg International School [20] at the Hebrew University [21] in Jerusalem, the Lowy School for Overseas Students [22] at Tel-Aviv University [23] and the Ginsburg-Ingerman Center for International Student Programs [24] at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev [25] in Beer Sheva.^ Palestinians from the West Bank can be found in universities around the world, but - to my knowledge - there is only one such student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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^ Last summer I moved from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv after four years in the Holy city.

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^ Yousef, a Palestinian graduate student at the Hebrew University who came from Nahalin, acted as our guide and translator.

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.The International School for Holocaust Studies [26] at Yad Vashem [27] in West Jerusalem also offers a variety of educational options relating to the Holocaust or you could also use your time in Israel to study Hebrew.^ Could you close your eyes rather than stand vigilantly over your sleeping child, to drift off into a restful sleep, not just any rest but the rest of the Sabbath?

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^ They mean to take over the West, starting with Israel and then going big time.

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^ Palestinians from the West Bank can be found in universities around the world, but - to my knowledge - there is only one such student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Hebrew school is called Ulpan (pl. Ulpanim).

.There are even ways to learn Hebrew online from outwith Israel - try Hebrew Online [28], or Virtual Ulpan [29] if you want some basic background for free.^ We can all forget that sometimes, even a long-distance phone call can go a long way when you simply want to wish that special someone a happy holiday season.

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^ They argued that there is a choice, you can be modern or Jewish but not both; and I choose to be Jewish in the good old-fashioned way, in the way that God intended.

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^ Martin: Lets start there, and you tell me everything you want to tell me about that position.

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.A good starting point for finding more information on study and volunteering programs, can be found on the website of the World Zionist Organization [30].^ Arafat came back the next day with the "final" settlement as a starting point and demanded more.

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^ READ MORE ISRAEL'S FEAR OF WORLD OPINION by Edward Bernard Glick Edward Glick points out bluntly that Israel's virtues work against her.

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^ If the State of Israel will help us establish more academies of learning and study more Torah, then the State of Israel is good.

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.If you are interested in learning firsthand about the social, political and cultural aspects of life in Israel, there are several programs and organizations offering courses, workshops or learning tours, such as: The All Nations Cafe [31] in the Jerusalem - Bethlehem area.^ It was about cultural supremacy within Israel."

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^ READ MORE JEWISH DIVIDE OVER ISRAEL by Steven Plaut You'd think that by now it'd be a commonplace fact that yes there are such things as self-hating Jews, and they project their loathing on all things Jewish.

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^ So we on the Think-Israel staff have composed several essays with information you should have to vote intelligently.

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Work

One of the iconic activities in Israel is working ("volunteering") on a collective farm: a kibbutz or a moshav. [32]

Another popular option is to volunteer for work on an archaeological excavation, mostly conducted in summer at a variety of locations. Most Israeli excavations offer college/degree credit for international students. [33]

.While working on a tourist visa is illegal, if you stay at any cheaper hotel in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem, the staff may offer to put you in contact with opportunities to wash dishes or work in construction.^ You bang on the door, that is Tel Aviv.

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^ It has no chance of working but think what photo opportunities it offers.

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^ When you would visit someone who was mourning the loss of a beloved one, you would say: May God comfort you among the mourners of Jerusalem.

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.Pay is only around $5 an hour, and if caught, you can expect to be deported and blacklisted from the country for a period of no longer than one year.^ Palestinians from the West Bank can be found in universities around the world, but - to my knowledge - there is only one such student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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^ You * ve heard and then forgotten about these events, just as you * ve forgotten the capitals of countries which no longer exist and stories of volcanic eruptions in far-off places you never planned to visit.

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^ The problem is that Israeli is one of the few democratic countries in the world where there is no separation of religion and state.

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Israel is quite safe for tourists. .There is a risk of violence between Israeli Forces and Palestinian Militants in the West Bank and Gaza at any time; additionally, there is a slight risk of further military action between Israel and other countries.^ They mean to take over the West, starting with Israel and then going big time. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ By the time of the Second Temple, idolatry was no longer the problem, but there were other problems. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source] ^ MAJOR ISSUES FOR ISRAEL. For Israel, the major issues are that a Palestinian State will a) remove Biblical Israel from Israel; b) remove that part of Jerusalem that houses some of Israel's holiest religious sites from Israel; c) remove the source of much of Israel's water from Israel; and, oh yes, position a Terror State smack up against Israel: the West Bank together with Gaza will flank Israel. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] Currently the situation makes travel safe. .Use prudence if you plan to travel to the Palestinian territories.^ The main aim is the territorial dispossession of the Palestinians and all means are used towards this end. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 6 February 2010 13:37 UTC groups.creighton.edu [Source type: Original source]

.In general, travel to Israel is safe, and most other crime rates are well below those found in most other Western Countries.^ THE NEW JEWS, AND HOW WE MUST DEFEND THEM by Hugh Fitzgerald Hugh Fitzgerald has written a factual analysis on how Muslims differ from other immigrant groups in Western countries.

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^ There's more chance of a successful peace by giving them a state well outside of Israel, where they might find other things to do besides obsessing on their hate of Israel.

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^ Use the google box above to access other Think-Israel articles on the Balfour Declaration and international law including those by Yoram Shifftan and Howard Grief.

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.Having said this, buses and bus-stops have been targeted by Palestinian militant groups since the early 1990s.^ A leader of one of these groups, AQIM — Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb — has said, "We will not hesitate in targeting (the United States) whenever we can and wherever it is on this planet."

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^ He writes, "The founding charter of Hamas, the militant Palestinian group, recapitulates conspiracy theories about Jews that were popular in Europe in the 20th century.

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^ READ MORE JERUSALEM: A PREFERRED TARGET FOR PALESTINIAN TERRORISM IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS by Dr. Reuven Erlich Reuven Erlich chronicles the terrorist attacks in Jerusalem since 2000.

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.This type of attack has all but ceased since 2005. Statistically, the chances of being involved in a traffic accident are much higher than the chances to be involved in an attack.^ I have left out much more than I have put in to this brief analysis and I apologise to all of you for that.

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^ Moreover, as Richard Baehr suggests, "There is much more risk of the West Bank eventually succumbing to Hamas, than of Gaza being restored to Fatah."

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^ It will lead to confrontation and more "[t]errorist attacks of all types," with the initial violence centered in Judea and Samaria.

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.However, the political condition is far from stable, and it is a good idea to stay informed of developments before and during your stay.^ The good news is that the Gush Katif community — noting that the land has gone back to the sand dunes it was before the Jews developed Gaza — is determined to return and rebuild.

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Caution should be used particularly in disputed areas. If you see anyone acting suspiciously, or find an untended parcel, notify the driver. Also don't leave any bags unattended in a public area, as it may be suspect as a bomb. Israeli national policy, however, is business as usual.

It is not unusual to see soldiers and civilians carrying firearms (military rifles and handguns) in public. .In terms of typical crime, Israel is a very safe country.^ There was no way a country as meticulous as Israel could be accused of war crimes.

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^ Any such patched-together peace is likely to be very short-term, given Syria's territorial ambitions, while the effects on Israel would be long-lasting and disastrous.

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You can walk around the cities and towns at night without fear, as mugging and drunken violence is unknown. .Single women in particular should still take care late at night but the risks here are far lower than practically anywhere in Europe.^ When events demonstrated that Israel gained no benefit from taking this risk, they then said Israel should continue withdrawing because she was too weak to take the risk of keeping the land.

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^ We should take seriously his assertion that Islamic terrorism "...is a more dangerous and deadlier phenomenon than communism."

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^ In fact, no Muslim was in the army as late as World War 1 and less than 5000 lived here as late as 1975.

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.It is very common (Indeed, often required by law) to see private armed security guards at every public doorway (For malls, stores, restaurants, etc).^ In every democracy that I know there is some line that divides the private from the public sphere.

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^ Every so often, they insist that if America doesn't push harder for peace (read: twist Israel's arm), the final opportunity for democracy in the area will have been missed.

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^ And those very same Baptists, in the Second Amendment , secured their right to bear arms, because they secured the right, the sword of just defense.

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.The guards ask to look in your bags, and may use a metal-detector on your person.^ "To a naïve person, this may look like most people on Earth have suddenly lost their God-given ability to tell good from evil."

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^ Using a personal experience, Nicholas Guariglia makes us understand what it is to have a group make themselves your irreconcilable enemy "...

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When entering underground parking lots, the trunk of your car will be inspected.

.Israel's relations with its neighbors should always be something that a traveler should be familiar with, as evidenced by the Israeli-Lebanese conflict of 2006. Despite the current cease fire there remains a low danger that the conflict will again erupt.^ READ MORE ISRAELI VICTORY WITHIN GRASP by Richard H. Shulman Richard Shulman argues that when Hamas won, Israel should have taken the lead in dealing with the terrorist organization.

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^ READ MORE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE? by Dr. Steve Berger Dr. Steve Berger debunks the notion that there is an escalating cycle of violence in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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^ "But the truth of the matter is that there is nothing to broker when one party, the Palestinians and their Arab-Muslim financiers and supporters, remains committed to the destruction of the other party, the Israelis."

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.Southern Israel desert region offers amazing hiking trails in a beautiful landscape that possesses some unique geographical features not available anywhere else in the world.^ Meantime, the world has not stomped on Iran for baldly stating it plans to nuke Israel, no matter what that does to the people of the region and the region's major commodity: oil.

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^ In this issue of Think-Israel, the media section features articles on some specific bizarre behavior in the news and entertainment fields.

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However, if you are inexperienced in hiking in the desert do not hike there without an experienced hiker, proper equipment and cloths, plenty of water, and taking the necessary precautions. Dehydration in hot days, hypothermia in cold nights, and flash floods in rainy days are serious dangers!

.Hiking trails in southern Israel are adjacent to military fire practice areas.^ A military ground operation is necessary because the "IDF's artillery barrage on northern Gaza is totally futile, as the terrorists fire the rockets from densely populated areas while Israel shells empty areas."

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If you are not certain where you are going, do not hike in this region!

.Although a cease-fire is now held between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip Travel to the Gaza Strip area is not recommended at this time.^ Jonathan Dahoah Halevi writes about one of these groups, Jaish al-islam , now living in Gaza under Hamas jurisdiction.

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^ And the forthcoming kiss-and-make-up between Hamas and Fatah — already in the works — will be blamed on Israel's intransigence.

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^ In doing so, they ignore that the land that is Israel, Samaria, Judea, the Golan, and yes, Gaza, is held in irrevocable trust for the Jewish people.

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Gay and lesbian travel

.Unlike many parts of the Middle East, Israel is one of the gay friendly countries in the world.^ The article above, The Loss of East Palestine , made plain the circumstances at the time of World War I that would lead to the drastic redrawing of the map of the Middle East.

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^ Jonathan Spyer makes the point that while around the world authoritarian regimes are giving way to economic and political reform, this isn't true in the Middle East.

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^ The American Administration believes it can make magic happen: two states in the Middle East, one of them Muslim, "living side by side in peace and security."

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.In fact, comparing to United States, Israel is quite progressive on homosexual rights (particularly the government allow Israeli gay and lesbian citizens to openly serve in the military as well as recognition of foreign same-sex marriages).^ He suggests that Israeli leaders have been delinquent in not teaching the facts to their own citizens as well as proclaiming them to the world.

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^ There's more chance of a successful peace by giving them a state well outside of Israel, where they might find other things to do besides obsessing on their hate of Israel.

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^ And the Leftist secular Israelis who dominate the government and the military continue to believe in being just like everyone else.

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.Criticisms towards homosexuality may vary depending on where one travels, but otherwise, this country is fairly safe for gays and lesbians, as violence against them rarely occurs in Israel.^ All it did in Gaza was to encourage more violence against Israel.

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^ It's outstanding for its knowledge, perception of reality, the depth of his love for Israel that his well-known wry humour and harsh criticism may try to conceal.

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^ ALL JEWS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER by Debbie Berliner Debbie Berliner writes about two women that she met while traveling in Israel.

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• Police (mish-ta-RA) — 100
• First Aid ("Magen David Adom"-MADA) — 101
• Fire department (me-kha-BEY ESH) — 102

Stay healthy

.There are no special medical issues in Israel, and no immunizations are necessary for travel here.^ And there is probably no more fundamental, mind-rattling, and previous notions-shattering example of that than what is being presented here.

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^ There is no reason Israel should not transfer the Arabs from its territory a few miles into the immense domain that is Arab land.

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^ If all goes well, there'd be no chance of survival for the soon-to-be-born state of Israel.

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.Pharmacies and hospitals are available in all major cities and emergency and health care is to a very high Western standard.^ Through it all, they keep high moral standards and compassion.

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Pharmacists and all medical personnel speak adequate English. In Israeli pharmacies, the "over-the-counter" stuff is in fact over the counter. Ask the pharmacist if you need anything. .Travel health insurance is highly recommended; although all Israelis are covered under the national health insurance system, foreigners will be expected to pay for any treatment received in the public hospitals or at a clinic.^ It grew rapidly during the Oslo years, powered by the Israeli Left which – although relatively small in numbers — controls much of Israeli education, journalism, the justice system and national policy making.

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^ READ MORE The notion that the Arab-Israeli conflict is responsible for all the ills of the Arab world has been echoed by willing fellow-travelers.

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^ His Institute published a report February 2005 that finds all factors that promote a Palestinian state good, even if that means encroaching on existing Israeli institutions that promote Israeli nationalism.

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.Tap water is potable and perfectly safe for drinking all throughout Israel, big cities and rural parts alike.^ These papers are all about water that enormously important subject that has been largely ignored when discussing Israel's unilateral retreat plan.

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Street food is safe and clean, including fried dishes, fish and different salads. It still is wise to use common sense and avoid anything suspicious.

.Due to the hot climate in sunny Israel, remember to use sunscreen throughout your stay and drink a lot of water.^ I remember when I went to Jerusalem and Israel in 1976, and a lady said to this particular man that I had met: Youre more of a Zionist than we are!

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

.Please note that Israel is considered the home state and motherland for Judaism.^ Perhaps we should consider a one-state solution in Israel: a Jewish one-State. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ He considers the future — and writes "the State of Israel must never again be this planet's patsy! Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ When the new Palestinian State is created — or perhaps the new Palestinian states of Gaza and West Bank — then the Arabs will consider it an equal playing field in which to finally destroy what is left of Israel. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] .When travelling to Holy Sites, or going through religious neighborhoods or towns, please be very tolerant as the natives will be with you.^ Martin: Now, as we go through here, if theres anything that you dont want me to print, please let me know because, literally, Im going to print everything we say in this conversation. The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source] ^ If you choose to keep your religious ideals, you go to jail." Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

Media .Visitors to Israel are very often astounded at the almost compulsive need of Israelis to listen to the news.^ An unintended consequence of the Gaza expulsion was the need for new thinking on the part of the Israeli Orthodox. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ And most assuredly, Israel needs a leader, and not a recycled hack that has already done Israel harm by surrendering its integrity for the sake of a meaningless and very temporary peace. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ THIEVES GET NO SYMPATHY by Max Singer Max Singer points out that "Israel talks about its needs; while Palestinians talk about their rights...Palestinians talk about justice and Israelis talk about violation of agreements." Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] .Ecclesiastes may have stated that “There is nothing new under the sun,” but Israelis believe the opposite: they look forward to the news every hour on the hour out of a seemingly mystical belief that today is different from yesterday.^ Focus on bringing a new way of looking at what's out there. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ He believes that "[i]f there is a collective leadership, it will include leaders of very different viewpoints who will be unlikely to agree to any new or different direction. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ Discussing the concessions the Israelis are expected to make, he points out that "every one of these proposed concessions is problematic for reasons of security and sovereignty." Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] This story could sum this attitude up. .A few years ago the newly-appointed ambassador to Israel of a western European country presented his credentials to the president.^ Persians, now Muslim and called Iran, saved Jews from the Nazis while the present president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, like Haman, calls for Israel's extermination. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ Who would have believed a few years ago that Jews would treat Jews as the enemy and treat Arab terrorists with consideration? Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ A few weeks ago, Americans For A Safe Israel (AFSI) conducted a tour of settlements in Samaria, Judea, Gaza and East Jerusalem. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] After the brief ceremony, the two exchanged the usual pleasantries when the president suddenly looked at his watch, begged his guest's pardon, and turned on the radio on his desk. The ambassador waited patiently while the president listened to what was a news bulletin and turned the radio off. When the ambassador asked “What happened?”, the surprised president replied, “Nothing.”. .The ambassador said, “I thought that if you turned on the radio, you must have a special reason,” and the president said, “No, it's a conditioned reflex.^ HAVE YOU READ THE SHARON PLAN? PLO EMPOWERMENT, NOT DISENGAGEMENT by David Bedein Aryeh Zelasko said of this article, "David Bedein makes clear that the Sharon plan make no sense as a disengagement plan. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] ^ For whatever reasons, Sharon values his supposed special relationship with the American president above the security of Israel. Think-Israel 28 January 2010 0:00 UTC think-israel.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES] If I don't hear the news, I am uneasy for a full hour ' until the next newscast....”

.Israel is generally a very relaxed country with a western-oriented outlook, but it is fundamentally Jewish in every positive sense of the term.^ In a larger sense, this essay illustrates the fundamental error in the assertion that if a Muslim terrorist group becomes the government, it will become more involved in running its country than in killing off Israel and/or infiltrating Western countries.

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^ Israel is a Western-normal country living "in a region of fanaticism and despotism."

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^ While Israel is scourged for every civilian it kills inadvertedly, no one complains that Hamas terrorists routinely target Jewish civilians, especially children.

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There are a few situations when this should be kept in mind. Visitors to some synagogues, most churches, and all mosques should be aware that entry will normally not be permitted to those with exposed legs (i.e. wearing shorts or short skirts) or women with exposed upper arms. Women may be denied entry or ordered to wear a robe before entering mosques or synagogues. Carry a wrap or bring a change of clothes. .Mosques will also require you to take off your shoes before entry.^ To take sides with the combatants and to act secretly in concert with your brother Jesuit who might be engaged on the other side, but openly opposed to that with which you might be connected; .

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

Men should cover their heads in a synagogue.

.The Arab-Israeli situation is an emotional issue for many, as is the Holocaust/Shoah, as well as much of Jewish History generally.^ Few know about the Jewish refugees, a much greater number, who fled the Arab states in realistic fear of their lives as Israel became a state.

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^ The Israeli secularists who control its news media and much of its economy fear the growing religious Jewish population much more than they worry about the Arabs.

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^ The Arabs saw this as another occasion in which to practice identity theft — to try to take over Jewish history as well as Jewish geography, to be the new lovers of Jerusalem.

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.On the other hand, most people, both Israeli and Arab, would be happy to answer your questions.^ Most Israelis want to be separated from the Arabs.

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^ Benzimra recommends that an intelligent beginning to solving the Arab-Israeli conflict would be "to have the courage to face reality."

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^ Most people understand Iran would send bombs to wipe out Israel even if it means wiping out a few million Arabs.

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.In addition, one should not make disdainful remarks about the Torah, or any other aspect of Judaism, toward Israelis, particularly observant Israelis nor the Quran for Muslims.^ It brought no change in Egypt's rejectionist attitude towards Israel and it fostered the instability-producing notion that Israel should withdraw "from all other areas claimed by the Arab-Muslim side."

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^ The American Administration believes it can make magic happen: two states in the Middle East, one of them Muslim, "living side by side in peace and security."

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^ Discussing the concessions the Israelis are expected to make, he points out that "every one of these proposed concessions is problematic for reasons of security and sovereignty."

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It could land you in hot water!

Israelis sometimes compare themselves to the prickly pear or sabra: said to be tough and prickly on the outside yet sweet on the inside. .Israelis are direct in a way that might seem abrupt, even rude, in other parts of the world.^ The West seems to have no way to cope, except to treat each episode of terror as a separate event, unrelated to other such events.

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^ They push on an obliging Israeli administration to give them a foreign policy victory that they can use to try to bedazzle the public and make it ignore the shambles they've made in some other part of the world.

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^ More and more, Iran has become a particularly worrisome part of the Muslim world, even though it shares little with its Arab neighbors besides religion and rage.

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Directness and honesty are often valued over politeness and projection of niceness. Direct personal questions are common, and should not be taken as offensive. The information Israelis collect on you is meant to help you in a good way, not to set traps for you. .Israelis are used to fighting for their right to exist and have to hold their own against the pressures of the family, religion, the army and other Israelis.^ So, no man has the right to choose his own religion; no man has the right to publish what he feels is the truth; and no man has the right to freedom of conscience.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

Loud and heated debates and arguments are socially acceptable and should not be taken as a sign of hostility. .Israelis are typically careful not to be perceived as a FRIER, often translated as "sucker", meaning someone who pays too much, stands in line quietly as others jostle past, and generally is taken advantage of instead of standing up for himself.^ It's less work and more profitable than pushing on someone who stands tall and firm.

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^ But why would someone in charge of Israeli schoolchildren's education want to teach that we should regard Israel's birth as a tragedy instead of an occasion for rejoining that a venerable people, who have contributed so much to humanity, had performed a miracle by redeeming its national homeland?

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^ Do the police really have to crack Jewish heads in Jerusalem before Israelis wake up and start caring that what has happening to the settlers can — and will – happen to them?

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But Israelis are also very kind and hospitable. .When you make a friend here, they will do their best to take care of you while you're in their country.^ The South Americans countries are hoping for economic and political benefits, but, Goodtree warns, "If they're not careful, pretty soon they'll be calling their continent South Amerabia."

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^ When Israel showed the Arab countries she could rebuff direct attack, they started following a phased peace-and-war strategy — taking over in stages.

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^ It's not clear if they will "normalize relations" as most of the world understands the term — be friendly to your neighbors, exchange ambassadors, trade, visit each other's countries — or do they mean what seems to be normal for Islam — take over the other country as soon as you can.

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Foreign visitors are deeply appreciated and are generally shown the utmost respect by locals.

Electricity

The voltage in Israel is 220 V, and the frequency is 50 Hz. The electric outlets used are type H and Type C. Type H is a uniquely Israeli three-pronged standard, but most modern type H outlets can also accept type C European two-pronged plugs. In fact, most electronic devices in Israel use type C plugs. .For more information on plug types, please see the article Electrical systems.^ READ MORE RAV MEIR KAHANE'S 2007 YAHRZEIT by Meir Jolowitz This is a companion piece to McCarthy's article (see above).

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.Electricity is supplied by the Israel Electric Corporation.^ For months Hamas's leaders were photographed sitting in chambers lit only with candles to prove that Israel was chintzy with supplying Gaza with electricity.

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^ The Rotenberg Power Plant in southern Ashkelon is Israel's second-largest electric station, and supplies about a quarter of the country's electricity.

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The special phone number 103 can be used to reach the customer service center.

Contact

By phone

The country code for Israel is +972.

Area codes

Drop the leading 0 (zero) when calling from abroad:

• Jerusalem area — 02
• Tel Aviv-Yafo and the center — 03
• North — 04
• South — 08
• Sharon — 09

Countrywide codes

• HOT — 077
• 012 Smile — 072
• 013 NetVision Baraq — 073

Cellular carriers

• Cellcom — 052
• Pelephone — 050
• Orange — 054
• Mirs — 057

Access codes

.If you want to phone home from Israel, you need to choose which company you want to use for your international call first.^ This is reasonable — if you want to destroy Israel.

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^ Use the google box above to access other Think-Israel articles on the Balfour Declaration and international law including those by Yoram Shifftan and Howard Grief.

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^ If you are so used to the fantasy that has been created about the Arab-Israeli conflict that your first reaction is to deny Beryln's "Reality" remarks, may I suggest you check the facts out before rejecting them.

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.You cannot use an access code for international numbers like in the rest of Europe, where '00' is the almost universal common access code.^ Use the google box above to access other Think-Israel articles on the Balfour Declaration and international law including those by Yoram Shifftan and Howard Grief.

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^ Maybe you think it's groups like ACORN that used "the people" to persuade the politicians to insist the banks make risky loans.

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^ She has complete allegiance to the Jesuits of Stonyhurst, and will do anything they tell her to do, or theyll get rid of her just like they got rid of all the rest of the monarchs in Europe.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

The companies and their access codes are the following:

• Smile — 012
• Barak — 013
• Bezeq International — 014
• Netvision — 017
• XFONE — 018

Note that the 017 and 018 prefixes are for VOIP operators. Thus, they have the cheapest rate but a somehow lower line quality.

Cellphone rentals and pre-paid phone service

.You can rent a cellphone for use in Israel either before your trip or once you arrive from several vendors such as IsraelExperts.com - these can be delivered to your home before you leave or you can collect them at the airport upon arrival or have them delivered to your hotel upon arrival.^ So we on the Think-Israel staff have composed several essays with information you should have to vote intelligently.

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^ If you are so used to the fantasy that has been created about the Arab-Israeli conflict that your first reaction is to deny Beryln's "Reality" remarks, may I suggest you check the facts out before rejecting them.

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^ READ MORE Lest you think normal living is hard to come by in Israel, read these next essays.

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.Phone stores that rent out phones can be found in the public arrival hall of Ben Gurion Airport (ie, the non-restricted zone); turn right after leaving the restricted area after picking up your baggage.^ According to Tom Kuncle, in his publication, John F. Kennedy, Jr. So, they took him out right away.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ Unfortunately for them, it often turns out that the Arab "victim" of arson was the instigator of the arson — but that isn't as well-publicized as the original "victim" story.

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.Here, you will find 'Pelephone' and 'Orange' phone stores, both of which rent out phones.^ To read the entire editorial and find out how you can personally help click here.

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^ Phelps: Because, if its ever known that the Jesuits killed our first Roman Catholic President, if the Roman Catholics of Northeastern America ever find that out, and ever believe it, the Jesuits are finished here.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

If you have a cellphone without a SIM-lock, you can buy a SIM-card which is much cheaper than either renting or buying a phone. An 'Orange' pre-paid SIM-card costs about 100 shekels ($20). As of April 2009, A SIM-card with Cellcom's pre-paid "TalkMan" service and including 60 shekels worth of credits cost 100 shekels. Prepaid SIM cards are available at Cellcom and Orange phone stores throughout Israel. Almost all shopping malls will have a Cellcom or Orange kiosk or store.

.Some GSM North American and European cell phones will function in "roam" mode in Israel using your regular phone number.^ But they have also demanded the return to Israel of the Arab refugees, whose numbers have remarkably multiplied some 700 to 1000 percent (depending on whose numbers you use) in 55 years.

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^ In the midst of the turmoil, a group of North American immigrants has just arrived in Israel.

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^ It's a David and Goliath battle, with a weak and eager-to-sellout-Israel Olmert miscast as David and the European Union, the Arab League and its individual members, and the American administration as Goliath.

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Check with your cellular provider for details. .Be aware, however, of the costs - calling to the US or Europe, or inside Israel, might cost more than $1 a minute!^ There's more chance of a successful peace by giving them a state well outside of Israel, where they might find other things to do besides obsessing on their hate of Israel.

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^ But, as Eidelberg reminds us, the "21 Arab League countries have 500 times more land than Israel" — they are larger than the U.S.A. Adding all of Israel and the territories won't increase the Arab holdings by a single percentage point.

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^ He concludes his trenchant remarks with this comment to someone contemplating aliyah: "Whatever we have given to Israel, Israel has given us infinitely more.

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Public Phones

There are still some public pay-phones scattered around, usually lacking a booth (Just a phone on a pole). .These phones use a Telecart - a pre-paid plastic card that can be purchased at post offices and some stores, as well as ordinary phone call cards.^ Well, some were using NIV, some NASB, and I thought: Well, maybe its just a modern version of what I have here.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ We keep up by posting essays by some of these refugees.

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^ Some of these are old and borrowed, such as the libel that Jews poison children and/or use their blood.

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The telecarts are at the moment being phased out by Bezeq, the country's premier phone provider. Some phones also accept credit cards, but they are very rare. In Jerusalem especially and in more jewish-religious areas you will find public phones to be very common, as the more religious Jews tend to frown on the new mobiles with Internet access etc, resulting in a situation whereby every person with a mobile is automatically assumed to be on the internet 24/7.

It is also possible to find privately operated pay phones that accept (outrageous) payment in coins and/or credit cards. Be warned that most storekeepers will produce their own phones (for the above-mentioned outrageous fee) when asked, in absolutely no relation as to whether there is a (much cheaper) public phones just 10 seconds away

By net

Israel is a technologically advanced society, and internet cafés are widely available in most cities and towns. .The regular price for paid internet cafés is about NIS 15 per hour but you can get it for about 10 NIS in some of the more local places.^ And we present some thoughts about the internet, which has some features that markedly differentiate it from the newspaper and TV media.

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^ Some of these websites will provide you with daily news and analyses about Israel.

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^ They really are not just like you and I. READ MORE Some history.

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Free wi-fi access is common in cafés (check individual articles). All branches of 'Aroma Espresso Bar', 'Arcaffe', 'Café Café', 'McDonalds' and 'Yellow' convenience stores have free wi-fi access, though in some you will have to approach the staff for a password.

Recently, the "Jerusalem WiFi" project started. .This government started project aims to cover the entire Jerusalem area with WiFi although at the moment the only areas covered are in the city center.^ The Jesuits then made London their commercial center of the world, and Rome their religious center, aiming that one day Jerusalem would be both.

• The Black Pope 16 January 2010 19:019 UTC www.remnantofgod.org [Source type: Original source]

^ "Another aim of the Islamization of Jerusalem was to undermine the legitimacy of the older religions, Judaism and Christianity, which consider Jerusalem to be a holy city.

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A similar project has started in Tel Aviv.