Israel 75th anniversary by tamara https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0 en-us 2023-05-14 22:07:06 UTC 2026-02-09 21:26:15 UTC hello@padlet.com today israel is home to well over nine million. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591182384 2023-05-15 11:42:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591182384 Israel offered Ukrainians fleeing war the ability to seek asylum in Israel. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591188220 2023-05-15 11:47:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591188220 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591188915 cherry tomatoes were invented in Israel

]]> 2023-05-15 11:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591188915 Israel is the only place in the Middle East where members of the LGBTQ+ community can live without fear of oppression. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591189221 2023-05-15 11:48:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591189221 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591190391 The state in Israel was established in 1948.]]> 2023-05-15 11:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591190391 In 2021, Tel Aviv was ranked the 8th best city in the world by Time Out Magazine. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591190835 2023-05-15 11:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591190835 Israel turns 75 years old this spring, but despite being three-quarters of a century old, the modern Jewish state is more than merely surviving; it’s thriving. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191017 2023-05-15 11:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191017 Israel ranks 11th in the world for Nobel Prize winners per capita. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191045 2023-05-15 11:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191045 Israel is a small country in the Middle East about the size of the state of New jersey.Jordan, Syria, and the Palestinian Authority all border Israel to the east. Lebanon serves as the northern border and Egypt borders in the south.The water is so salty and rich in mineral deposits that no plants and animals can survive there. The water is warm year round.In the north, Galilee is known to have the most fertile farmland in the country. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191199 2023-05-15 11:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191199 In 1969, Golda Meir became one of the first female heads of government anywhere in the world. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191263 2023-05-15 11:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191263 Israel offered Ukrainians fleeing war the ability to seek asylum in Israel. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191403 2023-05-15 11:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191403 Israel is bordered by Egypt on the southwest, Jordan on the east, Syria on the northeast, and Lebanon on the north https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191486 2023-05-15 11:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191486 Israel invented the Iron Dome rocket interceptor https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191713 2023-05-15 11:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191713 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191728 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.]]> 2023-05-15 11:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191728 The Mediterranean Sea borders the country on the west https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191927 2023-05-15 11:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591191927 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591192004 Israel claims Jerusalem as its capital. Area 8,522 square miles (22,072 square kilometers).]]> 2023-05-15 11:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591192004 Israeli women and men alike are conscripted into the military. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591192257 2023-05-15 11:51:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591192257 Israel was conceived not only as a place of refuge for Jews seeking safety from persecution, but as the modern-day manifestation of an ancient dream; the Jewish people’s desire to fulfill their self-determination in their historic homeland https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591192273 2023-05-15 11:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591192273 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591192996 Israel claims Jerusalem as its capital. Area 8,522 square miles (22,072 square kilometers). Population (2023 est.) 9,153,000.]]> 2023-05-15 11:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591192996 Israel was created from a part of Palestine https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591193032 2023-05-15 11:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591193032 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591193260  Most of the population lives on the coastal plain, a long, narrow strip of land along the Mediterranean. This region includes sandy beaches and sand dunes, the large urban areas of Tel Aviv–Yafo and Haifa, and stretches of rich farmland.]]> 2023-05-15 11:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591193260 The Jordan River forms part of the country’s eastern border, dividing Israel and the West Bank from Jordan. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591193373 2023-05-15 11:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591193373 Despite losing an astounding one per cent of its founding Jewish population of 600,000, Israel successfully won defensive wars against invading Arab enemies. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591193658 2023-05-15 11:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591193658 Israel ranks 9th in the World Happiness Index. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591193815 2023-05-15 11:52:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591193815 Israel is home to sites holy to the Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Baha’i faiths. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591193851 2023-05-15 11:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591193851 Tel Aviv is known as the “vegan capital of the world.” https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194056 2023-05-15 11:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194056 Israel has one of the highest life expectancies in the world. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194496 2023-05-15 11:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194496 Israel’s Dead Sea shore sits at the lowest elevation on Earth. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194613 2023-05-15 11:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194613 About three-fourths of the country’s people are Jews, and most of the rest are Palestinian Arabs. Although Judaism is the principal religion https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194678 2023-05-15 11:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194678 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194773 The country measures about 290 miles (470 kilometers) from north to south. It extends only some 85 miles (135 kilometers) from east to west at its widest point.]]> 2023-05-15 11:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194773 Israel’s Dead Sea shore sits at the lowest elevation on Earth. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194836 2023-05-15 11:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194836 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194838 Israel’s climate is Mediterranean. The country has mild, moist winters from October through April and hot, dry summers from May through September. The climatic conditions vary by location and terrain, however, and range from subtropical to desert. The northern mountainous areas have great temperature variations, with some freezing and even occasional snow. The Mediterranean coastal areas are more humid and mild than most areas inland.]]> 2023-05-15 11:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194838 Israel ranks 11th in the world for Nobel Prize winners per capital https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194937 2023-05-15 11:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591194937 The city of Tel Aviv is home to an estimated 6,000 startup companies. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195017 2023-05-15 11:53:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195017 Four Israeli institutions are ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195019 2023-05-15 11:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195019 The popular Waze navigation application was invented in Israel https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195206 2023-05-15 11:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195206 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195582 Israel is located at the crossroads of three continents—Africa, Asia, and Europe—among diverse terrain and climatic conditions. For this reason, Israel’s plant life is among the world’s richest. Among the more than 2,800 species of plants are some adapted to alpine conditions and others to deserts. Most of the original forests of northern and central Israel—the famous “cedars of Lebanon”—were cut down over the past hundreds of years. Other trees have taken their place. They include oak and other trees that lose their leaves seasonally as well as pines and other evergreens.]]> 2023-05-15 11:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195582 There are more than 1.7 million Muslims in Israel, representing nearly 20 per cent of the population. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195696 2023-05-15 11:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195696 The Jewish population of Israel comprises a wide variety of people, both religious and nonreligious. They come from diverse ethnic and cultural groups from the Middle East, Europe, Africa, central Asia, North America, and Latin America. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195779 2023-05-15 11:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195779 About two-thirds of the population was born in Israel. All other Israelis come from over 100 different countries.Israel's population is about 75 percent Jewish; most of the rest is Arab.About 20 percent of Israelis adhere to about 600 rules from their religion that concern their daily lives. Other people observe some of them but not all of them.Some people eat only kosher food that is prepared and certified according to the laws.Traditional Jewish people take off Shabbat, or a day of rest, which begins on Friday at sundown and continues through Saturday evening. Stores are closed and work isn't permitted on Shabbat. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195951 2023-05-15 11:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195951 Israel is home to the Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital, the world’s largest underground hospital. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195982 2023-05-15 11:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591195982 Israel has more companies listed on the Nasdaq exchange than any country other than China and the U.S. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591196012 2023-05-15 11:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591196012 Israel is the world´s only jewish state https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591196339 2023-05-15 11:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591196339 Israel is home to an underwater restaurant in the city of Eilat. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591196604 2023-05-15 11:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591196604 The Israel Museum in Jerusalem houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and other antiquities, as well as fine art and ethnographic and religious objects. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591196933 2023-05-15 11:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591196933 Israel has invented a “revolutionary” standing wheelchair called Re-Walk. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591197007 2023-05-15 11:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591197007 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591197342 Israel is the world’s only Jewish state. The composition of the population has been shaped by the massive immigration of Jews from all over the world. About three-fourths of the country’s people are Jews, and most of the rest are Palestinian Arabs. Although Judaism is the principal religion, Israel has no official state religion, and freedom of worship is guaranteed.]]> 2023-05-15 11:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591197342 Israel invented the Iron Dome rocket interceptor, which has saved countless lives. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591197569 2023-05-15 11:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591197569 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591197581 In Israel, museums and public libraries abound.]]> 2023-05-15 11:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591197581 The story of modern Israel begins more than 3,500 years ago. Most Israelis are Jews, who are said to be descended from the biblical figure Abraham, through his son Isaac. They were originally a group of tribes known as Israelites. Abraham led the Israelites from Mesopotamia to the Judean Hills of what was then called Canaan. However, a famine later forced the Israelites to move to Egypt before Moses led them back in 1250 B.C. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591197684 2023-05-15 11:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591197684 Israel offered Ukrainians fleeing war the ability to seek asylum in Israel. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591198350 2023-05-15 11:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591198350 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591198415 Facts:
in the south along the shore of the Red Sea in Elat, there's a stunning coral reef 3,900 feet (1,200 meters) long. Much of what is now Israel was originally covered in woodland, but in the early 1900s.
Over 200 million trees have been planted in the last 60 years.]]> 2023-05-15 11:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591198415 Because of Israel's variety of terrain and climate, the country has a large variety of animals.Lizards crawl over rocks and walls even in the heart of big cities. Fruit bats flit around the trees in city parks. Snakes sometimes slither through gardens.In the south along the shore of the Red Sea in Elat, there's a stunning coral reef 3,900 feet (1,200 meters) long.Much of what is now Israel was originally covered in woodland, but in the early 1900s, many of the trees were cut for timber and the land was cleared to make way for fields.Over 200 million trees have been planted in the last 60 years. Nature reserves have also been created to protect wolves, foxes, leopards, ostriches, and other species, as well as to breed threatened animals. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591198547 2023-05-15 11:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591198547 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591198626 Among them are survivors of the Holocaust; people who fled their native countries to escape anti-Semitism; and their descendants. Israel is home to Jews of the two major ethnic-religious groupings—the Ashkenazim and the Sephardim—in roughly equal numbers. Ashkenazic Jews come from central or eastern Europe or trace their ancestry there.]]> 2023-05-15 11:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591198626 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591199535 Israel is also home to small numbers of Samaritans. This group traces its ancestry to the Jews of ancient Samaria who did not leave the region after the Assyrian conquest in the 8th century bc. Another Jewish minority in Israel are the Karaites, a sect that emerged in the middle ages.]]> 2023-05-15 11:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591199535 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591200051 Hebrew is the country’s official language.]]> 2023-05-15 11:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591200051 The returning Israelites fought for 200 years for control of Canaan. Their main enemies were the Philistines, a powerful tribe from Crete. In 1006 B.C., King Saul united the Israelite tribes but was ultimately defeated by Philistines. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591201035 2023-05-15 11:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591201035 Israel is the only fully democratic Elections are held for seats in the Knesset or parliament every four years. If a party wins 2 percent of the votes, the party gets one or more seats in parliament.Peace is fragile in this volatile region. Most Jewish Israeli men and women join the Israeli Defense Forces after they finish school. Men serve for three years and women serve for two. Germany gives Israel $500 million a year in compensation for the losses suffered by the Jews during the Holocaust.The United States gives aid to Israel and its neighbors Egypt and Jordan to help keep the region stable. Israel began to build a wall hundreds of miles long around the West Bank to stop suicide bombers from entering Israel. https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591201346 2023-05-15 11:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591201346 GEOGRAPHY Group 3 https://padlet.com/tamiblustein/7hhkqlza24b8z1x0/wish/2591201417 Israel its a country in the middle East of Asia. Israel is a country with diferents climates with snowy in the nourth and hots deserts in the south. The mimistrophe country of Israel are Jordan, Palestine, Syria in the east, in the sourth is Egypt. In Israel the people live in the coast of the Meditterean sea. The dead sea is a between Israel and Jordan. The dead sea its the lowest point in the earth surface at 1365 feets (416 meters) below sea level. The south its more hot and dry than the north.

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