[1] In the Bible, a name given to the patriarch JACOB after he wrestled with a divine messenger (Genesis 32:28). This name, often found in the phrase “people of Israel” or “children of Israel,” came to designate all of the...

i) Name bestowed on the *patriarch *Jacob after he wrestled with a stranger near the Ford of Jabbok (*Genesis 32:28–29) ii) As ‘Israelite’, name bestowed on all the descendants of Jacob—thus on all the Jewish people particularly...

Hebrew: “The State of Israel,” referring to the modern Jewish...

State of Israel [Arabic] Dawlat Israel [Hebrew] Medinat Yisrael CAPITAL: Jerusalem (Yerushalayim, Al-Quds) FLAG: The flag, which was adopted at the First Zionist Congress in 1897, consists of a blue six-pointed Shield of David (Magen David) centered...

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Israel, Syria have good reasons to make peace deal BY FOSTER Thursday, January 20, 2000 The last-minute postponement of scheduled peace negotiations between Israel and Syria was both a surprise and a disappointment, but there are some good reasons to believe...

In Israel, you can't ever relax By HELEN SCHARY MOTRO Wednesday, June 12, 2002 Used to be that people robbed banks; now it's the banks robbing people, goes the joke making the rounds in Israel. It is a cynical take on...

Middle East: Most of the world is under the impression that Hamas has won the Palestinian civil war. But the real winner is the militant Islamic regime in Tehran, which is running a proxy war against Israel.Six days and 100 or so unnecessary killings after...

Israel and Syria have reached understandings on a future peace deal between the two countries following a series of secret talks between its representatives, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported Tuesday.According to the report, Israeli and Syrian officials met secretly in Europe several times between September...