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Background: Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without ending the deep tensions between the two sides. The territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 war are not included in the Israel country profile, unless otherwise noted. On 25 April 1982, Israel withdrew from the Sinai pursuant to the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. Israel and Palestinian officials signed on 13 September 1993 a Declaration of Principles (also known as the "Oslo accords") guiding an interim period of Palestinian self-rule. Outstanding territorial and other disputes with Jordan were resolved in the 26 October 1994 Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace. In addition, on 25 May 2000, Israel withdrew unilaterally from southern Lebanon, which it had occupied since 1982. In keeping with the framework established at the Madrid Conference in October 1991, bilateral negotiations were conducted between Israel and Palestinian representatives and Syria to achieve a permanent settlement. On 24 June 2002, US President BUSH laid out a "road map" for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which envisions a two-state solution. However, progress toward a permanent status agreement has been undermined by Palestinian-Israeli violence ongoing since September 2000. The conflict may have reached a turning point with the election in January 2005 of Mahmud ABBAS as the new Palestinian leader following the November 2004 death of Yasir ARAFAT.



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She Looks Pretty Good for 60
5 hours ago: Brotman published a blog
She Looks Pretty Good for 60
May 10th 2008  Middle East » Israel
Back in the Holy Land for the first time in 10 years, and it was definitely worth the trip to come out and see Alan, even if just for a few days. While I did not really do a whole lot of sightseeing, ... 6 photos [full story]

2 days ago: Marn published a blog
Marking Israel's 60th...
May 9th 2008  Middle East » Israel » Tel Aviv District » Tel Aviv
As the sun sets, and Israel's 60th anniversary officially draws to an end, my sunburned self and friends sit on our upstairs mirpeset (patio) and sing and dance our hearts out to 80s music. Perhaps no ... [full story]

Travels
6 days ago: CVF published a blog
Travels
May 3rd 2008  Middle East » Israel » Tel Aviv District » Tel Aviv
I spent my Pesach break in London and Ireland. A bunch of my close friends are studying in London, so I stayed with them in their dorm near Kings Cross. They had been complaining about their dorm, b ... 5 photos [full story]

Pimpin
7 days ago: firejessi published a blog
Pimpin' Ain't Easy
May 4th 2008  Middle East » Israel » Center District » Kfar Saba
I love finding other English speaking bloggers in Israel. It's like a game of hide and seek and makes me feel slightly less crazy when something happens to me in this country and I look around and hap ... 6 photos [full story]

Eindelijk weer nieuws
20 days ago: alicia around the world published a blog
Eindelijk weer nieuws
April 21st 2008  Middle East » Israel » West Bank » Nablus
Ik ben de afgelopen tijd zo ongelofelijk druk geweest dat ik niet eens tijd heb gehad om aan mijn blog te werken. Hier is een korte update. De situatie is redelijk rustig in vergelijking met de hui ... 7 photos [full story]

Footsteps in the Promised Land
21 days ago: Curl published a blog
Footsteps in the Promised Land
April 21st 2008  Middle East » Israel
“Then Moses went up to Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab and climbed Pisgah Peak, which is across from Jericho. And the Lord showed him the whole land from Gilead as far as Dan; all the land o ... 32 photos [full story]

22 days ago: Bob in the Holy Land published a blog
Alive and Kickin'
April 20th 2008  Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem
Hey y'all. I do realize that is has a been a while since my last post, hence the title giving everyone my current status. And of course, a fair bit has happened since I last spoke. First and perhaps m ... [full story]

25 days ago: MacIntyre Family in Israel published a blog
Violent Children
April 17th 2008  Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem
We rounded a corner in the Old City, and came upon the most violent fight. We were walking from Damascus Gate to Jaffa Gate and for a brief stretch needed to go through a residential part of the Arab ... [full story]

25 days ago: MacIntyre Family in Israel published a blog
Low Days
April 16th 2008  Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem
We've also had days that were long, tiring, and strange. Days where we've felt culture shocked, crowded, stunned by the amount of concrete, and asking every local where one goes to find parks. "P ... [full story]

Jerusalem, Masada and the Dead Sea
27 days ago: steffen published a blog
Jerusalem, Masada and the Dead Sea
March 4th 2008  Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District
is the capital and largest city of Israel. Its history goes back as far as the 4th millennium BC, making it one of the oldest cities in the world. Jerusalem has been the holiest city in Judaism and t ... 42 photos [full story]


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