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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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Hanging out in the Holy Land
7 days ago: Kate in Africa published a blog
Hanging out in the Holy Land
October 28th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Haifa District » Haifa
After running around Jerusalem and various other parts of Israel for a few days, it was time for me to get down to the main reason for my trip: visiting my friend Jess. Jess, like me, is taking a ... 59 photos [full story]

15 days ago: KateVoss published a blog
I'm Staying!
November 9th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Haifa District » Haifa
It's official, as of this morning, I am staying in Haifa for a 2nd semester! I'm quite excited, though a bit scared too. I've been thinking about the decision all weekend and it was kind of driving me ... [full story]

Life in Israel
28 days ago: Kirgor published a blog
Life in Israel
October 26th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Haifa District » Haifa
Summary of what I have been up to the last couple of weeks: - I went to a beautiful beach half an hour drive south from here. It was a privat beach in a bay with clear blue water. Very nice. - M ... 15 photos [full story]

Class begins (finally)
31 days ago: KateVoss published a blog
Class begins (finally)
October 24th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Haifa District » Haifa
Before we had fully recovered from our week-and-a-half-long adventure in Egypt, we had to start classes. I was still hurting from my stomach bug, so I skipped orientation on Sunday and slept a ridicul ... 2 photos [full story]

42 days ago: karpase published a blog
Back Home
October 13th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Haifa District » Haifa
Now that I'm back home, I can summarize this little Lufthansa love story the way I always like to do, with numbers: 36 hours later than planned 1200 Euros richer (I hope, apparently in Israel it tak ... [full story]

51 days ago: Mike2009 published a blog
Day 8: At Sea
October 3rd 2009  Middle East » Israel » Haifa District » Haifa
October 3, 2009 Today is a day at sea for us as we sail to Israel. Judy and I did our laundry this morning on the ship. Four washing machines for 800 passengers doesn't work well. The laundry room ... [full story]

A funny pond
54 days ago: Kirgor published a blog
A funny pond
September 29th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Haifa District » Haifa
Close to a kibbutz near Tivon there is a spring. The water comes out of the ground and makes a little pond with cold water to swim in. The guys got the brilliant idea of going there for a small picnic ... 8 photos [full story]

Jom Kippoer
55 days ago: Kirgor published a blog
Jom Kippoer
September 27th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Haifa District » Haifa
Jom Kippoer is the most important holiday for the Jews. From Rosh Hashana, which took place 10 days ago until today and tomorrow (Jom Kippoer) the Jewish people look back at the year that has passed. ... 6 photos [full story]

Happy Yom Kippur!
58 days ago: KateVoss published a blog
Happy Yom Kippur!
September 27th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Haifa District » Haifa
Or maybe you're supposed to say "have a very hungry Yom Kippur". I decided to do a quick update as I won't be updating for another 2 weeks, so I thought I'd bring the blog up to speed before headi ... 7 photos [full story]

Trapped In A Cave: The Musical
64 days ago: KateVoss published a blog
Trapped In A Cave: The Musical
September 20th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Haifa District » Haifa
After a very long week and long weekend, I am happy to be back on campus. I got back around 5pm yesterday, and have done little but some laundry by hand and had some pita and hummus for dinner. Life i ... 60 photos [full story]


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