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10 May – Palestine 194: The United Nations General Assembly votes 143–9 with 25 abstentions to approve a resolution granting Palestine new rights and requests, and to reconsider its request to become a UN member. The US, Argentina, the Czech Republic and Hungary, along with four Pacific nations, align with Israel in voting against the ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Nakba Day Significance Nakba Date 15 May Next time 15 May 2025 (2025-05-15) Frequency Annual Related to Yom Ha'atzmaut Part of a series on the Nakba Precipitating events Background Mandatory Palestine 1947 partition plan Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine 1948 Palestine war Civil war in ...
Many [neutrality is disputed] scholars interpret the book of Joshua as referring to what would now be considered genocide. [1] When the Israelites arrive in the Promised Land, they are commanded to annihilate "the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites" who already lived there, to avoid being tempted into idolatry. [2]
The modern state of Israel was founded in May 1948 in the aftermath of the Holocaust and Second World War but the conflict that has raged between Israelis and Palestinians since can be traced back ...
Palestinians consider the Hebraization of place-names in Palestine part of the Palestinian Nakba. [4] Many existing place names in Palestine are based on unknown etymologies. Some are descriptive, some survivals of ancient Nabataean, Hebrew Canaanite or other names, and the occasional name was unaltered from the forms found in the Hebrew Bible ...
12 Palestine Red Crescent workers have now been killed in the line of duty. This includes three Palestine Red Crescent ambulance drivers killed on 10 February 2024. [196] The Gaza Health Ministry reported that 117 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 28,064. [197]
The Bible contains three geographical definitions of the Land of Israel: The first definition (Genesis 15:18–21) seems to define the land that was given to all of the children of Abram , including Ishmael, Zimran, Jokshan, Midian, etc. It describes a large territory, "from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates".
Tel Dothan. Dothan (Hebrew: דֹתָן ) (also Dotan) was a location mentioned twice in the Hebrew Bible.It has been identified with Tel Dothan (Arabic: تل دوثان), also known as Tel al-Hafireh, located adjacent to the Palestinian town of Bir al-Basha, [1] and ten kilometers (driving distance) southwest of Jenin in the West Bank, near Dotan Junction of Route 60.