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Taglit-Birthright Israel (Hebrew: תגלית), also known as Birthright Israel or simply Birthright, is a free ten-day heritage trip to Israel, Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights for young adults of Jewish heritage between the ages of 18 and 26. [1] [2] [3] The program is sponsored by the Birthright Israel Foundation, whose donors subsidize ...
In 1981, Israel effectively annexed the airport as part of the Jerusalem Law. Between 1967 and 2000, Arkia and El Al operated daily commercial flights to and from the airport; [7] [8] Israel closed the airport to all civilian traffic following the outbreak of the Second Intifada in 2000. [9]
Hundred of flights cancelled and several cruises diverted
Land of Israel, A Journal of travel in Palestine, undertaken with special reference to its physical character. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Turner, William (1820): Journal of a Tour in the LevantPublished by J. Murray, Item notes: v.2; Laura Valentine (1893): Palestine past and present, pictorial and descriptive
Lod Airport, 1958. The building is currently the Terminal 1 building. Bust of David Ben-Gurion at Ben Gurion Airport, named in his honour. The airport began during the British Mandate for Palestine as an airstrip of two unpaved runways on the outskirts of the town of Lydda (now Lod), near the Templer colony of Wilhelma.
Ben Gurion International Airport serves as Jerusalem's closest international airport. Egged bus lines and Israel Railways connect the city of Jerusalem to much of Israel, and a high-speed rail line to Herzliya via Ben Gurion Airport and Tel-Aviv was completed in 2018. Within the city, the roads, rather than the rails, are the primary mode of ...
Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the Six-Day War in 1967 and formally annexed it in 1980 (see Jerusalem Law). [22]After the founding of the State of Israel in 1949, the United States recognized the new state, but considered it desirable to establish an international regime for Jerusalem, [23] with its final status resolved through negotiations. [24]
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