The next day, Israel declared itself in a state of war for the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The war began with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducting air strikes on the Gaza Strip, followed weeks later by the incursion of ground troops and armored vehicles. By Januar...
Map of the Holy Land Divided into the XII Tribes of Israel, by Emanuel Bowen, PUBLISHED 1752. The name Israel refers toJacobfrom theBible, the father of theJewswho would eventually create the kingdom of Israel. (See theBook of Genesisin the Bible.) Jacob's descendants were numerous, but...
United Nations Resolution 338, which reaffirmed UN Resolution 242 amid the hostilities of theYom Kippur War(1973) These resolutions, and their land-for-peace formulation, had been enshrined earlier in theCamp David Accords(1978) as the foundation of a broader Arab-Israeli peace process. Afteran...
which took place at a time when the Middle East was still reeling from the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the 1972 Olympic massacre at Munich, and the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight from Tel Aviv. Through the of lens of sports, ON THE MAP presents a much broader story of ...
Hamas attack will reshape political map in Israel, Jerusalem Post editor says The Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel will eventually result in a political reckoning, Avi Mayer, editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post, told CNBC. "This is a military and intelligence failure that is unprecedented in ...
Map references Middle East Area total : 21,937 sq km land: 21,497 sq km water: 440 sq km comparison ranking: total 152 Area - comparative slightly larger than New Jersey Area comparison map: Land boundaries total: 1,068 km border countries (6): Egypt 208 km; Gaza Strip 59 km; Jordan...
Map of Israel The capital city of Israel is Jerusalem, but this capital is not recognised by all countries. The largest metropolitan area is Tel Aviv, where about 4 million people live and many embassies of foreign countries are located. ...
Crude prices have been bolstered by instability in the Middle East. Over the weekend, a terrorist attack delivered by Hamas struck Israel on nearly the 50th anniversary of the Arab-Israel war of 1973, which rattled oil markets through an Arab oil embargo against the U.S. ...
“road map” for peace, which envisioned the creation of a Palestinian state by 2005. Although Sharon publicly acknowledged the need for a Palestinian state and Abbas committed himself to ending Palestinian violence, by fall 2003, it became clear that the road map led to a dead end as ...
Israel Labor Party, party founded in 1968 from the union of three previous socialist-labor parties, including Mapai, which had previously dominated Israel’s government. The party spearheaded the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in the 1990s but began t