https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f By: Laney McMillan en-us 2016-12-02 17:04:56 UTC 2026-01-09 14:39:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Beartoy.png laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141449604 2016-12-02 17:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141449604 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141451695 2016-12-02 17:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141451695 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141452716 Technology is growing faster than any other industry in the nation. According to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, high-tech industries as a whole are growing at 8 percent per year and 4.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product is spent on high-tech industries.]]> 2016-12-02 17:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141452716 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141802768 The Israeli system of government is based on parliamentary democracy. The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government and leader of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. ]]> 2016-12-05 16:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141802768 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141803719 2016-12-05 16:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141803719 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141804232 2016-12-05 16:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141804232 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141806103 On May 14, 1948 Israel was declared a state. Israel Declaration of Independence: the Jewish leadership in Tel-Aviv declared the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel to be known as the State of Israel]]> 2016-12-05 16:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141806103 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141808248 2016-12-05 17:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141808248 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141808942
The Six-Day War took place and was fought between Israel and all of its neighboring countries: Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, which were aided by other Arab countries. The war lasted six days and concluded with Israel expanding its territory significantly – Gaza Strip and Sinai from Egypt, the West Bank and Jerusalem from Jordan and the Golan Heights from Syria.]]> 2016-12-05 17:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141808942 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141812201 2016-12-05 17:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141812201 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141813221 The Yom Kippur War was fought. The war, which began with a surprise joint attack on two fronts by the armies of Syria (in the Golan Heights) and Egypt (in the Suez Canal), was deliberately initiated during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Egypt was winning until Operation Nickel Grass was carried out by the USA to save Israel. Ceasefire was later established.]]> 2016-12-05 17:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141813221 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141814611 2016-12-05 17:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141814611 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141815328 2016-12-05 17:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141815328 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141817555 Israel is divided into four physiographic regions: the Mediterranean coastal plain, the Central Hills, the Jordan Rift Valley and the Negev Desert]]> 2016-12-05 17:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141817555 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141817914 The Negev Desert. ​The Negev desert is a vast and sparsely populated piece of land which accounts for over half of Israel's land area. The Negev, which extends over Israel's southern region, accounts for over half of Israel's land area.]]> 2016-12-05 17:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/141817914 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142195821 2016-12-07 02:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142195821 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142196547 President-elect Donald Trump laid out a US military policy on Tuesday that would avoid interventions in foreign conflicts and instead focus heavily on defeating the Islamic State militancy.]]> 2016-12-07 03:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142196547 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142196613 The Israeli population was not sufficiently prepared and defended during Operation Protective Edge in 2014. The cabinet did not hold the necessary discussions. Government decisions were not carried out. Government promises to set priorities and divide authorities among the Defense Ministry, the Home Front Command and the Public Security Ministry never bore fruit.]]> 2016-12-07 03:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142196613 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142196875 2016-12-07 03:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142196875 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142197255 Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid on Monday lamented the delay in implementing a resolution to create a government- recognized pluralist prayer space at the Western Wall and said he did not believe any progress would be made under the current government. ]]> 2016-12-07 03:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142197255 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142197643 2016-12-07 03:23:15 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142197643 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142197743 Jordan Rift Valley]]> 2016-12-07 03:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142197743 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142198008 The Sea of Galilee, also Kinneret, Lake of Gennesaret, or Lake Tiberias is a large freshwater lake in Israel. ]]> 2016-12-07 03:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142198008 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142198190 2016-12-07 03:30:51 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142198190 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142198822 2016-12-07 03:39:11 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142198822 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142198857 2016-12-07 03:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142198857 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142345036 2016-12-07 16:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142345036 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142345338 2016-12-07 16:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142345338 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142345934 2016-12-07 16:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142345934 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142351121 2016-12-07 17:06:35 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142351121 laney_mcmillan https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142359456 2016-12-07 17:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/laney_mcmillan/fjriv484mg4f/wish/142359456