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.
July 1st 2008Middle East » Israel » Center District » Kfar Saba Hello, Shalom, Salam, Bonjour!
Besides being on crutches which is not so much fun in my life, I tend to keep myself busy with writing. Not that you would actually know that from my horrible habit o ... 5 photos[full story]
June 26th 2008Middle East » Israel » Center District » Kfar Saba So...funny story.
Yesterday I was walking towards home in a semi-happy daze after going to a job interview (probably won't get the job but I had fun in the interview anyways!) I then see a fire tr ... 3 photos[full story]
May 4th 2008Middle 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]
April 13th 2008Middle East » Israel » Center District » Kfar Saba This is not a country made for waiting. In any form. Which I find ironic considering that technically the Jewish people have been waiting eons, I'm talking biblical years, for Israel to come to be. So ... 5 photos[full story]
March 25th 2008Middle East » Israel » Center District » Kfar Saba Alright...I have a very quick gripe.
Today in my mailbox I recieved a piece of mail from my old bank in the United States and upon looking very closely, it is addressed to
What the hell is tha ... 3 photos[full story]
March 16th 2008Middle East » Israel » Center District » Kfar Saba Updates, updates. Life is interesting and in the interest of not being too hippy-dippy, I'll try to keep my self in control.
Home as in Israel - not that far off place over the Atlantic ocean I u ... 7 photos[full story]
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