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  2. Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People

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    Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel. 4 — Language. A. The state's language is Hebrew. B. The Arabic language has a special status in the state; Regulating the use of Arabic in state institutions or by them will be set in law. C. This clause does not harm the status given to the Arabic language before this law came into ...

  3. Jews - Wikipedia

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    Modern Hebrew is designated as the "State language" of Israel. [196] Despite efforts to revive Hebrew as the national language of the Jewish people, knowledge of the language is not commonly possessed by Jews worldwide and English has emerged as the lingua franca of the Jewish diaspora.

  4. Homeland for the Jewish people - Wikipedia

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    This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Jews, largely Holocaust survivors, on their way from France to Mandatory Palestine, aboard the SS Exodus Part of a series on Jews and Judaism Etymology Who is a Jew? Religion God in Judaism (names) Principles of faith Mitzvot (613) Halakha Shabbat Holidays Prayer Tzedakah Land of Israel Brit Bar ...

  5. Proposals for a Jewish state - Wikipedia

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    1844 Discourse on the Restoration of the Jews by M.M.Noah, page 1. The page 2 shows the map of the Land of Israel. In 1820, in a precursor to modern Zionism, Mordecai Manuel Noah tried to found a Jewish homeland at Grand Island, New York in the Niagara River, to be called "Ararat" after Mount Ararat, the Biblical resting place of Noah's Ark. He ...

  6. Jewish and democratic state - Wikipedia

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    At their center stands the right of every Jew to immigrate to the State of Israel, where the Jews will constitute a majority; Hebrew is the official and principal language of the State and most of its fests and symbols reflect the national revival of the Jewish People; The heritage of the Jewish People is a central component of its religious ...

  7. Seven Nations (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    When enumerated separately, one of the seven nations is called Canaanites, while the others are called the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Jebusites and the Perizzites. [3] Brian R. Doak argues that the seven nations embody the "symbol(s) of the religious practices Israel should avoid".

  8. Land of Israel - Wikipedia

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    This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Part of a series on the History of Israel Early history Prehistoric Levant Kebaran Mushabian Natufian Harifian Yarmukian Lodian Nizzanim Ghassulian Canaan Retjenu Habiru Shasu Late Bronze Age collapse Ancient Israel and Judah Iron Age I Israelites, Philistines 12th–10th centuries BCE United ...

  9. Greater Israel - Wikipedia

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    Ever since, Mr. Begin had preached undying loyalty to what he called Judea and Samaria (the West Bank lands) and promoted Jewish settlement there. But he did not annex the West Bank and Gaza to Israel after he took office, reflecting a recognition that absorbing the Palestinians could turn Israel into a bi-national state instead of a Jewish one ...