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| Hatikvah For the political party, see Hatikva (political party). For the Tel Aviv neighbourhood, see Hatikva Quarter.Hatiḳṿa (, The Hope), also ha-Tiḳṿa(h), is the national anthem of Israel. The anthem was written by Naphtali Herz Imber, a secular Galician Jew, who moved to Palestine in the early 1880s. Hatikvah | |
| Sabbatai Zevi Sabbatai Zevi, () (other spellings include Sabetay Sevi in Turkish, Shabbethai, Sabbetai, Shabbsai; Zvi; Sabbetai Tzvi, Shabtai Tzvi; he was also known by the acronym ש״ץ Shatz) (August 1, 1626, in Izmir—possibly September 17, 1676, in Dulcigno (present day Ulcinj), Montenegro) was a rabbi and kabbalist who claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish Messiah, and later converted to Islam. Sabbatai_Zevi | |
| Louis Brandeis Louis D. Brandeis (November 13, 1856 – October 5, 1941) was a United States Supreme Court Justice from 1916 to 1939. He grew up in Louisville, Kentucky to Jewish parents who had immigrated from Europe. He enrolled at Harvard Law School, graduating at the age of twenty and earned the highest grade average in the college’s history.Brandeis settled in Boston where he became a recognized lawyer through his work on social causes that would benefit society. Louis_Brandeis | |
| Faisal I of Iraq Faisal bin Al Hussein Bin Ali El-Hashemi , ( Fayṣal ibn Ḥusayn; 20 May 1883 September 8, 1933) was for a short time King of Greater Syria in 1920 and King of Iraq from 23 August 1921, to 1933. He was a member of the Hashemite dynasty, a descendant of the tribe of Muhammad. Faisal_I_of_Iraq | |
| Shebaa farms Shebaa Farms (, 'Havot Sheba‘a or הר דוב, Har Dov) is a limited area of land with disputed sovereignty located on the border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied and -controlled part of the Golan Heights. The area measures about 9Shebaa and about 5 to 7Druze village of Majdal Shams.The Shebaa Farms area is situated on the southeastern side of a long, broad ridge descending to the southwest from Mount Hermon. Shebaa_farms | |
| Sammy Davis, Jr. Samuel George “Sammy” Davis, Jr. (December 8, 1925 American entertainer. He was a dancer, singer, multi-instrumentalist (vibraphone, trumpet, and drums), impressionist, comedian, convert to Judaism, and Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated actor. He was a member of the Rat Pack, led by Frank Sinatra, and included performers Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford. Sammy_Davis,_Jr. | |
| Anti-French sentiment in the United States Anti-French sentiment in the United States is the manifestation of Francophobia by Americans. It signifies a consistent hostility towards the government, culture, and people of France, that employs stereotypes. Anti-French_sentiment_in_the_United_States | |
| Anti-French sentiment in the United States/archive 6 Talk:Anti-French_sentiment_in_the_United_States/archive_6 | |
| Islam and Judaism The historical interaction of Judaism and Islam started in the 7th century AD with the origin and spread of Islam in the Arabian peninsula. Because Judaism and Islam share a common origin in the Middle East through Abraham, both are considered Abrahamic religions. Islam_and_Judaism | |
| Barbara Boxer Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American Democratic politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. She holds the record for the most popular votes in a statewide contested election in California, having received 6,955,728 votes in her 2004 re-election over former Republican Secretary of State Bill Jones.Boxer was first elected to the U.S. Barbara_Boxer | |
| Albert Speer Talk:Albert_Speer | |
| Mohammad Amin al-Husayni Mohammad Amin al-Husayni (, commonly (but less correctly) transliterated al-Husseini, 1895/1897 - July 4 1974), a member of the al-Husayni clan of Jerusalem, was a Palestinian Arab nationalist and Muslim leader in the British Mandate of Palestine. From 1921 to 1948, he was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, and played a key role in opposition to Zionism.As early as 1920, he was active in both opposing the British in order to secure the independence of Palestine as an Arab State and opposing Jewish immigration and the establishment of their National home in Palestine. Mohammad_Amin_al-Husayni | |
| 2000 Camp David Summit Talk:2000_Camp_David_Summit | |
| Juan Perón Peron redirects here. For other uses, see Peron (disambiguation)Juan Domingo Perón (October 8, 1895 Argentine general and politician, elected three times as President of Argentina, after serving in several government positions, including the Secretary of Labor and the Vice Presidency. He was overthrown in a military coup in 1955. He returned to power in 1973 and served for nine months, until his death in 1974 when he was succeeded by his third wife, Isabel Martínez. Juan_Perón | |
| Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip Interim_Agreement_on_the_West_Bank_and_the_Gaza_Strip | |
| Lillian Hellman Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes. She was romantically involved for 30 years with mystery and crime writer Dashiell Hammett (and was the inspiration for his character Nora Charles), and was also a long-time friend and literary executor of author Dorothy Parker. Lillian_Hellman | |
| Moses Haim Montefiore Talk:Moses_Haim_Montefiore | |
| History of the Jews in the United States Jews have been present in what is today the United States of America as early as the Colonial period of the 17th century, though they were small in numbers. The earliest Jewish communities were almost exclusively Sephardic Jewish immigrants of Spanish and Portuguese ancestry. Until about 1830 the Jewish community of Charleston, South Carolina was the most numerous in North America. Large-scale Jewish immigration commenced in the 19th century, when many History_of_the_Jews_in_the_United_States | |
| Israel–Jordan peace treaty Israel–Jordan Treaty of Peace (full nameTreaty of Peace Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) (; transliterated:Heskem Ha-Shalom beyn Yisra'el Le-Yarden) (; transliterated:Mu'ahadat as-Salaam al-'Urdunniyah al-Isra'yliyah, and sometimes referred to as the Wadi Araba Treaty) is a peace treaty signed in 1994. Israel–Jordan_peace_treaty | |
| Judah P. Benjamin Judah Philip Benjamin (August 6, 1811 British subject in the West Indies, became a citizen of the United States and then the Confederate States of America. After the collapse of the Confederacy, he settled in England and died in France.Benjamin held the following posts Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives; U.S. Senator from Louisiana; and Three successive Cabinet posts in the government of the Confederate States of America Judah_P._Benjamin | |
| Moshe Sharett Moshe Sharett (, born Moshe Shertok (HebrewPrime Minister of Israel (1953-1955), serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms. Moshe_Sharett | |
| Synoptic Gospels The synoptic Gospels are three Gospels in the New Testament the Gospel of Matthew, the Gospel of Mark, and the Gospel of Luke, that display a high degree of similarity ( see also the Gospel according to the Hebrews) in content, narrative arrangement, language, and sentence and paragraph structures. Synoptic_Gospels | |
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (, HaUniversita HaIvrit BeYerushalaim; , Al-Jāmi`ah al-`Ibriyyah fil-Quds ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's oldest university.The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann. Hebrew_University_of_Jerusalem | |
| Haskalah Haskalah (; "enlightenment," "education" from sekhel "intellect", "mind"), the Jewish Enlightenment, was a movement among European Jews in the late 18th century that advocated adopting enlightenment values, pressing for better integration into European society, and increasing education in secular studies, Hebrew language, and Jewish history. Haskalah | |
| Mishnah Berurah Mishnah Berurah () is a work of halakha (Jewish law) by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, better known as The Chofetz Chaim (Poland, 1838 - 1933). It is a commentary on Orach Chayim, the first section of the Shulchan Aruch (laws of prayer, synagogue, shabbat and holidays), summarizing the opinions of the Acharonim (post-Medieval rabbinic authorities) on that work.The Mishnah Berurah is traditionally printed in 6 volumes alongside selected other commentaries. Mishnah_Berurah | |
| Sephardic Judaism Sephardic Judaism is the practice of Judaism as observed by the Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, so far as it is peculiar to themselves and not shared with other Jewish groups such as the Ashkenazim. Sephardic Judaism does not constitute a separate denomination within Judaism, but rather a separate cultural tradition. Sephardic_Judaism | |
| Satmar (Hasidic dynasty) Satmar (or Satmar Hasidism or Satmarer Hasidism) (חסידות סאטמאר) is a Hasidic movement of mostly Hungarian Satmar_(Hasidic_dynasty) | |
| Susan Polgar Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) is a Hungarian-born American chess player. She is a member of the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation, having been elected on July 26, 2007. She is also a chess writer and promoter and the head of the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence at Texas Tech University.On the July 1984 FIDE Rating List, at age 15, she was the top-ranked woman player in the world. Susan_Polgar | |
| Hans Scholl Hans Fritz Scholl (22 September 1918 – 22 February 1943) was a core and founding member of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany. Hans_Scholl | |
| Land of Israel For other uses, see Israel (disambiguation)The Land of Israel (Hebrew:Eretz Yisrael) is the region which, according to the Bible, was promised by God to the descendants of Abraham through his son Isaac and to the Israelites, descendants of Jacob, Abraham's grandson. This land, also called the Land of Canaan, constitutes the Promised Land and forms part of the Abrahamic, Jacob and Israel covenants. Mainstream Jewish tradition regards the promise as applying to all Jews, including descendants of converts. Land_of_Israel | |
| Peronism Peronism (), or Justicialism (SpanishJusticialismo), is an Argentine political movement based on the ideas and programs associated with former President Juan Perón and his second wife, Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina Eva Perón. Perón's party, the Partido Justicialista (which lives on to this day), derived its name from the Spanish words for "social justice" (justicia social'). Peronism | |
| Balfour Declaration of 1917 Talk:Balfour_Declaration_of_1917 | |
| Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, currently the third-largest Metropolitan Area in South America, after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. It is located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent. Buenos_Aires | |
| McMahon-Hussein Correspondence The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence was a protracted exchange of letters (July 14, 1915 to January 30, 1916) during World War I, between the Sharif of Mecca, Husayn bin Ali, and Sir Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner in Egypt, concerning the future political status of the Arab lands under the Ottoman Empire. McMahon-Hussein_Correspondence | |
| Battle of Yarmouk Battle_of_Yarmouk | |
| Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine War Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine War resulted in the deaths of hundreds of civilians and unarmed soldiers.Benny Morris writes that, after the war, Israel contrasted its "purity of arms" with the alleged barbarity of the Arab armies, which had engaged in the mutilation of corpses of Jewish prisoners of war. Killings_and_massacres_during_the_1948_Palestine_War | |
| Aharon Kotler Aharon_Kotler | |
| Homeland for the Jewish people The terms "Jewish state" and "homeland of the Jewish people" are used to describe the Zionist movement and the State of Israel and refer to its status as a nation-state for Jews. The phrase "national home for the Jewish people" has evolved over the years since it originated and was used in official documents such as the Balfour Declaration of 1917. Homeland_for_the_Jewish_people | |
| Gulf of Aqaba The Gulf of Aqaba (; transliterated:Israel known as the Gulf of Eilat (Hebrew:transliterated:gulf of the Red Sea. It is located to the east of the Sinai peninsula and west of the Arabian mainland. Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia all have coastlines on the Gulf of Aqaba. It reaches a maximum depth of 1850m in its central basin (the significantly wider Gulf of Suez is less than 100m deep). Gulf_of_Aqaba | |
| United Torah Judaism United Torah Judaism (, Yahadut HaTorah HaMeukhedet; UTJ) is an alliance of Degel HaTorah and Agudat Israel, two small Israeli Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) political parties in the Knesset. It was first formed in 1992.The two parties have not always agreed with each other about policy matters. United_Torah_Judaism | |
| Ahad Ha'am Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg (18 August 1856 - 2 January 1927), primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name, Ahad Ha'am, (, lit. one of the people, Genesis 26essayist, and one of the foremost pre-state Zionist thinkers. With his secular vision of a Jewish "spiritual center" in Palestine he confronted Theodor Herzl. Unlike Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, Ha'am strived for "a Jewish state and not merely a state of Jews." Ahad_Ha'am | |
| Jonathan Pollard Jonathan Jay Pollard (born August 7, 1954 in Galveston, Texas) is a former United States Naval civilian intelligence analyst who was convicted of spying for Israel. Pollard waived the right to trial as part of a plea deal for himself and his wife, pleaded guilty and was convicted on one count of spying for Israel. Jonathan_Pollard | |
| Ashdod Ashdod ( Isdud), is the fifth-largest city in Israel, located in the Southern District of the country, on the Mediterranean coast, with a population of 207,000. Ashdod is an important regional industrial centre. The Port of Ashdod is Israel's largest port accounting for sixty percent of the country's imported goods.The first documented settlement in Ashdod dates to the Canaanite culture of 17th century BC, making the city one of the most ancient in the world. Ashdod | |
| Folke Bernadotte Talk:Folke_Bernadotte | |
| United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379, adopted on November 10, 1975 by a vote of 72 to 35 (with 32 abstentions), "determineZionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination". The resolution is often referenced in debates of Zionism and racism. The resolution was revoked by Resolution 46/86 on December 16, 1991. United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_3379 | |
| Douglas J. Feith Douglas J. Feith (born July 16, 1953) served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy for United States President George W. Bush from July 2001 until August 2005. His official responsibilities included the formulation of defense planning guidance and forces policy, United States Department of Defense (DoD) relations with foreign countries, and DoD's role in U.S. Government interagency policymaking. Douglas_J._Feith | |
| Paris Peace Conference, 1919 Paris_Peace_Conference,_1919 | |
| Temporary International Presence in Hebron Temporary International Presence in Hebron or TIPH is a group of civilians observing the situation in the West Bank city of Hebron. It is staffed by personnel from Denmark, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey. Its main task is to "assist in monitoring and reporting the efforts to maintain normal life in the City of Hebron, thus creating a feeling of security among Palestinians in the City of Hebron." Temporary_International_Presence_in_Hebron | |
| Lebensborn Lebensborn (Fount of Life, in antiquated German) was a Nazi organization set up by SS leader Heinrich Himmler, which provided maternity homes and financial assistance to the wives of SS members and to unmarried mothers, and which also ran orphanages and relocation programmes for children. Lebensborn | |
| United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine Talk:United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine |
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