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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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I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
11 days ago: Kate in Africa published a blog
I hear Jerusalem bells a ringing
October 25th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem
I'm sorry it's been a while since I've posted. Life here in France isn't always fun and games and travel...I do have to work a bit! Our Toussaint (All Saints' Day) holidays started on October 24, so I ... 61 photos [full story]

Shapes, Metaphors & Images
17 days ago: RabbiLisa published a blog
Shapes, Metaphors & Images
October 29th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem
It rained a little today - just enough to make the plastic chairs on the balcony dirty. We are hoping for more rain this weekend; the Southern Californians will understand the importance of the begin ... 4 photos [full story]

22 days ago: Wayfarer5 published a blog
Hunting the wild Felafel
October 24th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem
I'm sure better scribes than I have taken up this topic, but so what! What is the best Felafel? Where is it? Who makes it? There are a number of high priced Felafel joints in Tel-Aviv area, they pr ... [full story]

Marketplaces of ideas and things to eat
October 23rd 2009  Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem
Jerusalem has forgotten that we are a month into autumn; it has been sweltering all week! I have enough reading to do that I could sit and study all day, but there is so much going on! I had to vent ... 4 photos [full story]

Getting down to business
30 days ago: RabbiLisa published a blog
Getting down to business
October 16th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem
If you work in the Jewish community, you know that really, everything starts "after the holidays." Surprisingly, this year for me is no different. Sukkot is over, garbage cans are over-flowing with ... 2 photos [full story]

38 days ago: Mike2009 published a blog
Day 10: Dead Sea
October 5th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem
October 5, 2009 Everyone was up and ready to go from breakfast at the appointed time. Breakfast can be a little strange in foreign lands and Israel did not disappoint. They offered some strange bre ... [full story]

38 days ago: Mike2009 published a blog
Day 9: Jerusalem
October 4th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem
October 4, 2009 We gained an extra hour of sleep last night as either Israel does not observe daylight savings or they set their clocks back last night. Either way, we were up in plenty of time to ... [full story]

"Christmas" in October?!
38 days ago: RabbiLisa published a blog
"Christmas" in October?!
October 8th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem
No, it's not snowing and there are no Santa Clauses running around. But there are some surprising similarities between Christmas and Sukkot here in Jerusalem. But first: Some of you may have re ... 9 photos [full story]

Out In The Streets (and Hills)
45 days ago: RabbiLisa published a blog
Out In The Streets (and Hills)
October 1st 2009  Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem
Every so often, I have to stop and just marvel that here I am, in Jerusalem! Things happen here that I just can't imagine happening in other places. This week presented several of those moments. was ... 3 photos [full story]

Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Jordan
51 days ago: namaste published a blog
Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Jordan
September 24th 2009  Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem
This about 3 weeks lasting journey was a absolute blast. Especially Jerusalem is a fascinating, inspiring and enriching city. Its not only the Origin of all three big world religions, it´s full of ... 68 photos [full story]


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