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In Israel, ICL is the largest supplier of fertilizers and chemicals, as well as one of Israel's largest companies. [citation needed] 60% of ICL's raw products (minerals) are excavated in Israel. ICL also owns and operates underground mines in Spain, United Kingdom (North Yorkshire), China, the United States and South America.
The copper mines at Timna were considered by most archaeologists to be earlier than the Solomonic period until an archaeological excavation led by Erez Ben-Yosef of Tel Aviv University found evidence indicating that this area was being mined by Edomites, a group who the Bible says were frequently at war with Israel. [8] [13]
Dead Sea Works is the world's fourth-largest producer and supplier of potash products. [6] The company also produces magnesium chloride, industrial salts, de-icers, bath salts, table salt, and raw materials for the cosmetic industry. [6] It has customers in over 60 countries. Dead Sea Works is part of the Fertilizers Division of Israel ...
Part of the 'Biblical Tels – Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba' World Heritage Site [34] Beth Alpha: Bet Alpha, Bet Alfa [35] Beit Guvrin: Bayt Jibrin, Eleutheropolis [36] Part of the 'Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves' World Heritage Site [37] Beit She'arim (Roman-era Jewish village)
Founded in 1958, it is the principal publisher of cartographic material in Israel. [2] Carta publishes Israel's national atlas, as well as road maps for motorists, a bilingual gazetteer ( The Toponomasticon: The Book of Geographical Names ) [ 3 ] which uses material from Israel's Survey of Israel geographical database, 1:500,0000 scale maps of ...
Timnath or Timnah was a Philistine city in Canaan that is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Judges 14 and in connection with Samson.Modern archaeologists identify the ancient site with a tell lying on a flat, alluvial plain, located in the Sorek Valley ca. 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-west of Beit Shemesh, near moshav Tal Shahar in Israel, known in Hebrew as Tel Batash (תל בטש) or Teluliot ...
Biblical archaeology today: Twenty-first century biblical archaeology is often conducted by international teams sponsored by universities and government institutions such as the Israel Antiquities Authority. Volunteers are recruited to participate in excavations conducted by a staff of professionals.
Three unsuccessful attempts to offer a legal solution to the land mine problem were proposed in the early 2000s. [6] [7] [8] In 2009, Jerry White, an American who survived a mine incident in the Golan Heights, together with the newly formed Mine-Free Israel coalition, led by activist Dhyan Or, [9] drafted a call to action and a legal framework for humanitarian demining in Israel.