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  Israel
Israel is currently also embroiled in an ongoing conflict with Palestinians in the territories controlled since the Six Day War in 1967, despite the signing of the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993, and the ongoing efforts of Israeli, Palestinian and global peacemakers.
Israel has no official written constitution; its government functions are based on the laws of the Knesset, especially by the "Basic Laws of Israel", which are special laws the Knesset legislature, (currently there are 15 of them), which will become together the future official constitution.
Israel is widely regarded as being an undeclared nuclear power -- it operates nuclear facilities and is generally believed to be in the possession of nuclear warheads.
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 Population groups in Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Population groups in Israel are the major ethnic groups of Jews and Arabs.
This same schism exists in Israel, in which Jewishness for religious purposes is determined by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
Also, Israel's Interior Ministry generally has the same criteria as the Orthodox rabbinate for considering someone as Jewish, and thus there are a large number of people who have immigrated under the Law of Return, but are not considered Jewish by the Rabbinate or the Interior Ministry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Population_groups_in_Israel   (427 words)

  
 Ramla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ramla (Hebrew רמלה Ramlāh; Arabic الرملة ar-Ramlah, colloquial Ramleh), is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel.
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 62,000.
The population of the city was spread out with 36% 19 years of age or younger, 18% between 20 and 29, 19% between 30 and 44, 15% from 45 to 59, 3% from 60 to 64, and 9% 65 years of age or older.
www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Ramla   (645 words)

  
 rahat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Rahat (רהט) is a city in the Southern District of Israel in Israel.
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 32,400.
The population of the city was spread out with 65.2% 19 years of age or younger, 15.8% between 20 and 29, 12.0% between 30 and 44, 4.7% from 45 to 59, 0.9% from 60 to 64, and 1.4% 65 years of age or older.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Rahat.html   (322 words)

  
 Qiryat Gat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 48,200.
The population of the city was spread out with 35.7% 19 years of age or younger, 14.9% between 20 and 29, 18.5% between 30 and 44, 15.8% from 45 to 59, 3.8% from 60 to 64, and 11.3% 65 years of age or older.
The population growth rate in 2001 was 0.8%.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Qiryat_Gat   (299 words)

  
 Jew
The Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyria n ruler Shalmaneser V in the 8th century BC.
The split by the Kingdom of Israel from the Kingdom of Judah was completed by Jeraboam who crowned himself king, and built a northern temple with calf-like idol images that were condemned by the Judeans of Judah.
Israel is the only country in which Jews form a majority of the population.
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 Jew   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The land was traversed by old-established trade routes and possessed important harbors on the Gulf of Akaba and on the Mediterranean coast, the latter exposing it to the influence of the Levantine culture.
The Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrian ruler Shalmaneser V in the 8th century BC and deport to Khorason.
Israel is the only country in which Jews form a majority of the population, although the United States has a larger number of Jews.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/jew   (6945 words)

  
 yavne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Yavne (Hebrew יבנה, Arabic يبنة Yibnah) is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel.
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 31,800.
The population of the city was spread out with 38.5% 19 years of age or younger, 16.7% between 20 and 29, 18.6% between 30 and 44, 18.2% from 45 to 59, 2.1% from 60 to 64, and 5.8% 65 years of age or older.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Yavne.html   (348 words)

  
 Population
In population dynamics, size, age and sex structure, mortality, reproductive behaviour, and growth of a population are studied.
Plant and animal populations are studied in biology, in particular in that branch of ecology known as population biology, and in population genetics.
Populate as a verb means the process of populating a geographic area, as by procreation or immigration.
www.kiwipedia.com /population.html   (286 words)

  
 Netivot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Netivot (נתיבות) is a city in the Southern District of Israel in Israel.
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 21,100.
The population of the city was spread out with 46.3% 19 years of age or younger, 16.2% between 20 and 29, 17.6% between 30 and 44, 10.4% from 45 to 59, 2.8% from 60 to 64, and 6.8% 65 years of age or older.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/N/Netivot.htm   (349 words)

  
 Lod - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
Lod (Standard Hebrew לוד, Tiberian Hebrew לד Lōḏ; Arabic اللد al-Ludd) is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel.
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 66,100.
The population of the city was spread out with 36.7% 19 years of age or younger, 16.4% between 20 and 29, 19.2% between 30 and 44, 14.5% from 45 to 59, 3.7% from 60 to 64, and 9.5% 65 years of age or older.
www.indopedia.org /Lod.html   (387 words)

  
 Israel Details, Meaning Israel Article and Explanation Guide
The State of Israel (Medinat Yisrael in Hebrew, Daulat Israil in Arabic) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea.
Israel is technically at war with Iraq, which never signed an armistice ending the war of 1948-1949.
As of 2001, 81% of Israel's population (excluding the non-Jewish population of the West Bank and Gaza) is ethnically Jewish.
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 CHEST: Rate and place of death from asthma among different ethnic groups in Israel : national trends 1980 to 1997 - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Most of the Jewish population in Israel is concentrated in cities, whereas most of the Arab population lives in villages or small townships.
Information regarding asthma mortality and the general population between the years 1980 and 1997, including the gender, race, and place of death of patients between the ages of 5 and 34 years, was obtained.
This age group was chosen because of the high accuracy of asthma diagnosis during this period of life.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0984/is_4_122/ai_94121383   (1372 words)

  
 Demographics of Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
During the 1990s, the Jewish population growth rate was about 3% per year, as a result of massive immigration to Israel, primarily from the republics of the former Soviet Union.
Note: In Israel, Jews with origins in Western (Christian) countries are called Ashkenazi though many are not.
None of these groups include the Beta Israel of Ethiopia who were brought to Israel during Operation Solomon and Operation Moses, as well as other groups.
www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Demographics_of_Israel   (591 words)

  
 Qiryat Shemona, Israel
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 21,400.
The population of the city was spread out with 33.5% 19 years of age or younger, 19.8% between 20 and 29, 19.3% between 30 and 44, 15.3% from 45 to 59, 3.5% from 60 to 64, and 8.5% 65 years of age or older.
The population growth rate in 2001 was 1.8%.
creekin.net /c4530-n90-qiryat-shemona-israel.html   (280 words)

  
 SAFED FACTS AND INFORMATION
Safed is a city in northern Israel, that according to legend, was founded by a son of Noah, but was actually founded during Roman times.
The population of the city was spread out with 43.2% 19 years of age or younger, 13.5% between 20 and 29, 17.1% between 30 and 44, 12.5% from 45 to 59, 3.1% from 60 to 64, and 10.5% 65 years of age or older.
The population growth rate in 2001 was 3.0%, and 0.9% in 2003.
www.amysflowershop.com /?s=Safed   (464 words)

  
 Jew
Those not born to a Jewish mother may become religiously accepted as Jews through a formal and usually difficult process of conversion, and they and their children may then come to be accepted as Jewish as well.
The patriarch Abraham was a migrant to the land of Canaan from Ur of the Chaldees.
Only in the State of Israel have secular Jews increased due to natural growth and immigration, and both Orthodox Jews and Haredi Jews, who often shun birth control for religious reasons, have increased due to their large families.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/j/je/jew.html   (6768 words)

  
 Two Views
Israel is perhaps more scrutinized today than even in those heady days of the 1970s.
The "central task of the state," according to official documents, is to replace these people with settlers whom the state endows with "Jewish nationality." This objective in not to be achieved by some sudden event of history, but by the continuous, incremental process presently underway.
Israel's "basic laws," along with its military forces, are the most effective instruments for implementing the state's ideology, which is to exclude legally and physically the indigenous population from the land of historic Palestine to make way for settlers with "Jewish nationality.
www.wrmea.com /backissues/1191/9111035.htm   (1040 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Israel - Population of Israel | Israeli Information Resource
The Jewish population was skewed toward the upper and lower extremes of age, as compared with the non-Jewish age distribution.
In 1986 the average population density in Israel was 199 persons per square kilometer, with densities much higher in the cities (close to 6,000 persons per square kilometer in the Tel Aviv District in 1986) and considerably lower in the very arid regions of the south.
The Central Bureau of Statistics estimated the 1986 Arab population of the West Bank to be 836,000, and that of Gaza to be 545,000, for a total population of close to 1.4 million.
reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/israel/israel43.html   (1698 words)

  
 Netanya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Netanya (נתניה) is a city in the Center District in Israel.
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 163,700.
The population of the city was spread out with 31.1% 19 years of age or younger, 15.3% between 20 and 29, 17.2% between 30 and 44, 17.4% from 45 to 59, 4.2% from 60 to 64, and 14.9% 65 years of age or older.
www.theezine.net /n/netanya.html   (277 words)

  
 Afula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Afula (עפולה) is a city in the Northern District of Israel in Israel.
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), in 2004 the city had a total provisional population of 38,900.
According to CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was 99.4% Jewish and other non-Arabs, without significant Arab population.
www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Afula   (346 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The author attributes increasing friction between religious and secular groups to rising tensions to the role of religion in politics and to dramatic demographic changes B in particular, the growth of the Haredi communities and large waves of immigration from the former Soviet Union.
Finally, in reviewing a study of Arab-Jewish dialogue and encounter groups in Israel, the author concludes that it is within an improved form of this type of conflict-resolution that one may find the basis for true peace, and which is missing from the official Israeli-Palestinian negotiation process.
Israel in the Eyes of Chinese Scholars Xu Xin, Nanjing University This essay examines recent Chinese scholarship on Israel as it both reflects and shapes Chinese perceptions of Jews, Judaism and the state of Israel.
www.aisisraelstudies.org /ExpTofC.doc   (3593 words)

  
 Population control
Population control is the practice of curtailing population increase, usually by reducing the birth rate.
An important example of mandated population control is China's one-child policy, in which having more than one child is made extremely unattractive.
A prominent modern advocate for mandatory population control is Garrett Hardin, who proposed in his landmark 1968 essay The Tragedy of the Commons that society must relinquish the "freedom to breed" through "mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon."
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 Lod - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lod (Hebrew לוֹד; Arabic اَلْلُدّْ al-Ludd, Greco-Latin Lydda, Tiberian Hebrew לֹד Lōḏ) is a city in the Center District of Israel in Israel.
Israel, from Its Beginning to the Middle of the Eighth Century
Israel : From its Beginnings to the Middle of the Eighth Century (The Kegan Paul Library of Jewish Studies)
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 Moriah Fund: Grants: 2001
Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews: To provide the data and policy analysis required to formulate strategies to improve immigration policies for the Ethiopian-Israeli community and advocate for the needed changes ($100,000).
Israel Family Planning Association (IFPA): For Open the Doors in Arab Society, a project that trains Arab professionals on issues related to reproductive health and sexual behavior and provides IFPA services to Arab citizens ($40,000).
Israel Women’s Network: To improve the status of women, attain equality of the sexes, and create a more just and equal society via advocacy, legal and legislative activity, empowerment training, consciousness-raising and education ($10,000).
www.moriahfund.org /grants/2001/israel.htm   (1928 words)

  
 The Population of Israel in the Exodus
In that spirit, the remainder of this essay attempts to investigate the population of Israel during the exodus in an open-minded manner.
The population of Israel is reported in two different censuses during the time of the exodus.
The low population total resulting from this view can be argued against on the basis of the Scriptural reports of the number of people killed in various events during the time of the Israelites' journeys.
www.noble-minded.org /exodus.html   (3874 words)

  
 CNN.com - Arafat: Cease-fire talks continue with groups - July 29, 2002
The group's military wing, Izzedine al Qassam, has admitted responsibility for terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians as well as attacks against the Israeli military.
Sharon's office said the Israel Defense Forces would lift roadblocks, ease conditions for entry by merchants into Israel, expand fishing zones in Gaza and improve passage of public transportation.
Israel Radio reported the IDF had arrested two senior Hamas military leaders near Ramallah.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/07/29/mideast   (590 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 48,600.
According to CBS, in 2001 the ethnic makeup of the city was 99.8% Jewish and other non-Arabs, without significant Arab population.
The population of the city was spread out with 31.4% 19 years of age or younger, 15.7% between 20 and 29, 18.5% between 30 and 44, 18.3% from 45 to 59, 4.1% from 60 to 64, and 11.9% 65 years of age or older.
www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Qiryat_Atta   (294 words)

  
 Other groups (from Israel) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The Jewish population of Israel comprises a wide variety of people, both religious and nonreligious, from diverse ethnic and cultural groups from the Middle East, Europe, Africa, central Asia, North America, and Latin America.
The State of Israel lies at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea, within the region known as the Middle East.
Israel has had to forge a nation from the diverse Jewish people who immigrated from all parts of the world, while trying to integrate a large Arab minority.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-23081?tocId=23081   (839 words)

  
 Articles - Nazerat Illit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2001 the city had a total population of 44,200.
It was planned for a predominantly Jewish population, which was to live alongside the predominantly Arab population of the original city of Nazareth.
The population of the city was spread out with 27.5% 19 years of age or younger, 14.8% between 20 and 29, 18.6% between 30 and 44, 18.7% from 45 to 59, 5.3% from 60 to 64, and 15.2% 65 years of age or older.
www.lastring.com /articles/Nazerat_Illit?mySession=89e050697530b531ce3f1da2dbce953d   (391 words)

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