Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia located on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. With a population of about 7.28 million, the majority of whom are Jews, Israel is the world's only Jewish state. It is also home to Arab Muslims, Christians, Druze, and Samaritans, as well as other religious and ethnic minority groups.

The modern state of Israel has its roots in the Land of Israel, a concept central to Judaism for over three thousand years. After World War I, the League of Nations approved the British Mandate of Palestine with the intent of creating a "national home for the Jewish people." In 1947, the United Nations approved the partition of the Mandate of Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. The Arab League rejected the plan, but on May 14, 1948, the Jewish provisional government declared Israel's independence. The new country's victory in the subsequent Arab-Israeli War expanded the borders of the Jewish state beyond those in the UN Partition Plan. Since then, Israel has been in conflict with many of the neighboring Arab countries, resulting in several major wars and decades of violence that continue to this day. Since its foundation, Israel's boundaries and even the State's very right to exist have been subject to dispute, especially among its Arab neighbors. However, Israel has signed peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, and efforts are being made to reach a permanent accord with the Palestinians.

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Adam and His Kin
by Ruth Beechick
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Adara
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by Brock Eastman & Marianne Hering
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by Marianne Hering, Nancy I. Sanders
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Ancient History-Based Writing Lessons - Set
by Lori Verstegen
6th edition from Institute for Excellence in Writing
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Ancient Israelites and Their Neighbors
by Marian Broida
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Beggar's King
by Howard C. Emmons
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Behold Your Queen
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Behold Your Queen
by Gladys Malvern
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Darius, Artaxerxes, and Ahasuerus in the Bible
by James B. Jordan
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Days of Elijah
by John Noble
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Days of Joseph
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DK Eyewitness: Bible Lands
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by Jonathan Tubb
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Eliakim and the 10 Plagues
by Josh Hardin
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Explore the Holy Land
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by Ann Voskamp & Tonia Peckover
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Gifts of the Jews
by Thomas Cahill
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Great Lion of God
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How the Bible Came to Us
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem
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Jerusalem, Shining Still
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Joshua in the Promised Land
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Little Miriam of Galilee
by Edith Martin
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New Testament, Greece and Rome - Home Teacher Manual
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Old Testament History - Greenleaf Guide
by Robert & Cynthia Shearer
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On the Shores of the Great Sea
Story of the World Series #1
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On the Shores of the Great Sea
Story of the World Series #1
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People in Palestine
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Primeval Saints
by James Jordan
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by Marty Noble
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Story of the Last Days of Jerusalem
by Alfred J. Church
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Student Bible Atlas
by Tim Dowley
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Tali's Jerusalem Scrapbook
by Sylvia Rouss, illustrated by Nancy Oppenheimer
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The Robe
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Titus: A Comrade of the Cross
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Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls
by Hershel Shanks
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Unveiling the Kings of Israel
by David Down
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Veritas Press Old Testament & Ancient Egypt - Set
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Victory on the Walls
Bethlehem Books Living History Library
by Frieda Clark Hyman
from Bethlehem Books
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Women of the Bible - Coloring Book
Dover Coloring Books
by John Green
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