Christianity in Israel, the Glossary

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1. 251 relations: Abu Snan, Academic degree, Acre, Israel, Aleinu, Anglican Communion, Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem, Arab Christians, Arab citizens of Israel, Arabic, Aramaic, Arameans, Arameans in Israel, Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenian Catholic Church, Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Armenians in Israel and Palestine, Arraba, Israel, Associated Press, Association of Baptist Churches in Israel, Assyrian people, Assyrians in Israel, Bachelor's degree, Balad (political party), Balfour Declaration, Baptist World Alliance, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bethlehem, Bi'ina, Bible, Biblical literalism, Blessing Bethlehem, Brigham Young University, BYU Jerusalem Center, Byzantine Empire, Catholic Church, Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites, Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation, Central District (Israel), Chaldean Catholic Church, Christ Church, Jerusalem, Christ Church, Nazareth, Christendom, Christian culture, Christian school, Christian Zionism, Christianity, Christianity and Judaism, Christianity in Eritrea, Christianity in Ethiopia, Christianity in Lebanon, ... Expand index (201 more) »

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Abu Snan

Abu Snan is an Arab village and locality in the Galilee,, part of the Northern District of Israel.

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Academic degree

An academic degree is a qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university.

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Acre, Israel

Acre, known locally as Akko (עַכּוֹ) and Akka (عكّا), is a city in the coastal plain region of the Northern District of Israel.

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Aleinu

Aleinu (Hebrew:, lit. "upon us", meaning " our duty") or Aleinu leshabei'ach (Hebrew: " our duty to praise "), meaning "it is upon us" or "it is our obligation or duty" to "praise God," is a Jewish prayer found in the siddur, the classical Jewish prayerbook.

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Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.

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Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem

The Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem (أبرشية القدس الأنغليكانية) is the Anglican jurisdiction for Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.

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Arab Christians

Arab Christians (translit) are ethnic Arabs, Arab nationals, or Arabic speakers, who follow Christianity.

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Arab citizens of Israel

The Arab citizens of Israel (Arab Israelis or Israeli Arabs) are the country's largest ethnic minority. Christianity in Israel and Arab citizens of Israel are society of Israel.

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Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.

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Aramaic

Aramaic (ˀərāmiṯ; arāmāˀiṯ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, southeastern Anatolia, Eastern Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula, where it has been continually written and spoken in different varieties for over three thousand years.

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Arameans

The Arameans, or Aramaeans (𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀,,; אֲרַמִּים; Ἀραμαῖοι; ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ), were a tribal Semitic people in the ancient Near East, first documented in historical sources from the late 12th century BC.

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Arameans in Israel

Arameans in Israel (ארמים בישראל) are a Christian minority residing in State of Israel.

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Armenian Apostolic Church

The Armenian Apostolic Church (translit) is the national church of Armenia.

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Armenian Catholic Church

The Armenian Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic particular churches sui iuris of the Catholic Church.

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Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem

The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, also known as the Armenian Patriarchate of Saint James (Առաքելական Աթոռ Սրբոց Յակովբեանց Յերուսաղեմ), is located in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem.

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Armenians in Israel and Palestine

Armenians in Israel and Palestine (ארמנים; أَرْمَنِيُّون) make up a community of approximately 5,000–6,000 Armenians living in both Israel and the State of Palestine.

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Arraba, Israel

Arraba (עראבה; عرّابة), also known as 'Arrabat al-Battuf, is an Arab city in Israel.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Association of Baptist Churches in Israel

The Association of Baptist Churches in Israel (ABCI) is a Baptist Christian association of churches in Israel.

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Assyrian people

Assyrians are an indigenous ethnic group native to Mesopotamia, a geographical region in West Asia.

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Assyrians in Israel

Assyrians in Israel (האשורים בישראל; آشُورِيُّون في إسرائيل) are Assyrians living in State of Israel, totaling approximately 1,000 individuals.

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Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin baccalaureus) or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin baccalaureatus) is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years (depending on institution and academic discipline).

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Balad (political party)

Balad (בָּלַ״ד) is a left-wing to far-left Palestinian nationalist political party in Israel led by Sami Abu Shehadeh.

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Balfour Declaration

The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British Government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small minority Jewish population.

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Baptist World Alliance

The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is an international Baptist association of Christian churches with an estimated 51 million people in 2023 with 253 member bodies in 130 countries and territories.

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Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician, serving as the prime minister of Israel since 2022, having previously held the office in 1996–1999 and 2009–2021.

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Bethlehem

Bethlehem (بيت لحم,,; בֵּית לֶחֶם) is a city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the State of Palestine, located about south of Jerusalem.

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Bi'ina

Bi'ina or al-Bi'na (also el-Baneh) (البعنة) is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel.

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Bible

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.

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Biblical literalism

Biblical literalism or biblicism is a term used differently by different authors concerning biblical interpretation.

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Blessing Bethlehem

Blessing Bethlehem is a charity fundraising initiative with the purpose of helping the persecuted Christians living in the city of Bethlehem and its surrounding areas.

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Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private research university in Provo, Utah, United States.

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BYU Jerusalem Center

The Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies (often simply referred to as the BYU Jerusalem Center or BYU–Jerusalem, and locally known as the Mormon University), situated on Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, is a satellite campus of Brigham Young University (BYU), the largest religious university in the United States.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites

A particular church (ecclesia particularis) is an ecclesiastical community of followers headed by a bishop (or equivalent), as defined by Catholic canon law and ecclesiology.

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Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation

The Center for Jewish–Christian Understanding and Cooperation or CJCUC is an educational institution at which Christians who tour Israel can study the Hebrew Bible with Orthodox rabbis and learn about the Hebraic roots of Christianity.

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Central District (Israel)

The Central District (מְחוֹז הַמֶּרְכָּז, Meḥoz haMerkaz; المنطقة الوسطى) of Israel is one of six administrative districts, including most of the Sharon region.

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Chaldean Catholic Church

The Chaldean Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic particular church (sui iuris) in full communion with the Holy See and the rest of the Catholic Church, and is headed by the Chaldean Patriarchate.

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Christ Church, Jerusalem

Christ Church, Jerusalem (כנסיית המשיח), is an Anglican church located inside the Old City of Jerusalem, established in 1849 by the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews.

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Christ Church, Nazareth

Christ Church (Mashiakh; Kanisah al-Masîḥ) is an Anglican church located in the town of Nazareth, Israel.

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Christendom

Christendom refers to Christian states, Christian-majority countries or countries in which Christianity is dominant or prevails.

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Christian culture

Christian culture generally includes all the cultural practices which have developed around the religion of Christianity.

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Christian school

A Christian school is a religious school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization.

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Christian Zionism

Christian Zionism is a political and religious ideology that, in a Christian context, espouses the return of the Jewish people to the Holy Land.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Christianity and Judaism

Christianity began as a movement within Second Temple Judaism, but the two religions gradually diverged over the first few centuries of the Christian era.

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Christianity in Eritrea

Eritrea as a country and the Eritrean community are multi-religious.

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Christianity in Ethiopia

Christianity in Ethiopia is the country's largest religion with members making up 68% of the population.

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Christianity in Lebanon

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Christianity in Syria

Christians in Syria made up about 10% of the pre-war Syrian population.

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Christianity in the Middle East

Christianity, which originated in the Middle East during the 1st century AD, is a significant minority religion within the region, characterized by the diversity of its beliefs and traditions, compared to Christianity in other parts of the Old World.

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Christianity in the Philippines

The Philippines is ranked as the 5th largest Christian-majority country on Earth, with about 93% of the population being adherents.

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Christians

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Church attendance

Church attendance is a central religious practice for many Christians; some Christian denominations, such as the Catholic Church require church attendance on the Lord's Day (Sunday); the Westminster Confession of Faith is held by the Reformed Churches and teaches first-day Sabbatarianism (Sunday Sabbatarianism), thus proclaiming the duty of public worship in keeping with the Ten Commandments.

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.

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Church of the Multiplication

The Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish (Ecclesia multiplicationis panum et piscium), shortened to the Church of the Multiplication, is a Roman Catholic church located at Tabgha, on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel.

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Church of the Nativity

The Church of the Nativity, or Basilica of the Nativity, is a basilica located in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine.

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Church of the Pater Noster

The Church of the Pater Noster (Église du Pater Noster) is a Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.

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Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem

The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer (כנסיית הגואל, الكنيسة اللوثرية في القدس, Erlöserkirche) is the second Protestant church in Jerusalem (the first being Christ Church near Jaffa Gate).

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College

A college (Latin: collegium) is an educational institution or a constituent part of one.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.

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Copts

Copts (niremənkhēmi; al-qibṭ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group indigenous to North Africa who have primarily inhabited the area of modern Egypt since antiquity.

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Council of Chalcedon

The Council of Chalcedon (Concilium Chalcedonense) was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church.

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Crucifixion

Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam or stake and left to hang until eventual death.

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Cultural Christians

Cultural Christians are the nonreligious or non-practicing Christians who received Christian values and appreciate Christian culture.

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Daliyat al-Karmel

Daliyat al-Karmel (دَالِيَةِ ٱلْكَرْمِل, דַלְיַת אֶל-כַּרְמֶל, "vineyards (دالية) of Carmel") is a Druze town located on Mount Carmel in the Haifa District of Israel, around 20 km southeast of Haifa.

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Day to Praise

Day to Praise (yom hallel) is a global interfaith praise initiative set forth by CJCUC Chancellor & Founder, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and CJCUC Executive Director, David Nekrutman.

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Deir Hanna

Deir Hanna (دير حنا, דֵיר חַנָּא) is a local council in the Northern District of Israel, located on the hills of the Lower Galilee, southeast of Acre.

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Dhimmi

(ذمي,, collectively أهل الذمة / "the people of the covenant") or (معاهد) is a historical term for non-Muslims living in an Islamic state with legal protection.

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Dormitory

A dormitory (originated from the Latin word dormitorium, often abbreviated to dorm), also known as a hall of residence or a residence hall (often abbreviated to halls), is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people such as boarding school, high school, college or university students.

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Druze in Israel

Israeli Druze or Druze Israelis (الدروز الإسرائيليون; דְּרוּזִים יִשְׂרְאֵלִים) are an ethnoreligious minority among the Arab citizens of Israel.

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East–West Schism

The East–West Schism, also known as the Great Schism or the Schism of 1054, is the break of communion between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches since 1054.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.

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Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (translit,; Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constantinopolitanus; Rum Ortodoks Patrikhanesi, İstanbul Ekümenik Patrikhanesi, "Roman Orthodox Patriarchate, Ecumenical Patriarchate") is one of the fifteen to seventeen autocephalous churches (or "jurisdictions") that together compose the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Educational attainment

Educational attainment is a term commonly used by statisticians to refer to the highest degree of education an individual has completed as defined by the US Census Bureau Glossary.

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Efrat (Israeli settlement)

Efrat (אֶפְרָת), or previously officially Efrata (אֶפְרָתָה), is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, established in 1983 in the Judean Mountains.

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Eilabun

Eilabun (عيلبون Ailabun, עַילַבּוּן) is an Arab Christian village located in the Beit Netofa Valley around south-west of Safed in northern Galilee between Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee.

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Eilabun massacre

The Eilabun massacre was committed by soldiers of Israel Defense Forces during Operation Hiram on 30 October 1948.

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Ein Qiniyye

Ein Qiniyye or 'Ayn Qunya (عين قنية; עֵין קֻנִיֶּה) is a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied southern foothills of Mount Hermon, 750 meters above sea level.

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Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East

The Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East is a province of the Anglican Communion.

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Ethnoreligious group

An ethnoreligious group (or an ethno-religious group) is a grouping of people who are unified by a common religious and ethnic background.

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Eucharist

The Eucharist (from evcharistía), also known as Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) is a Lutheran denomination that has congregations in Jordan and State of Palestine.

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Far-right politics

Far-right politics, or right-wing extremism, is a spectrum of political thought that tends to be radically conservative, ultra-nationalist, and authoritarian, often also including nativist tendencies.

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Fassuta

Fassouta (فسوطة, פַסּוּטָה) is a Christian Arab village in the Galilee.

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Fasting

Fasting is abstention from eating and sometimes drinking.

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First Crusade

The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Middle Ages.

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Fourteen Points

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson.

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Fourth Crusade

The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III.

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Gabriel Naddaf

Gabriel Naddaf (جبرائيل ندّاف, גבריאל נדאף; born August 18, 1973) is an Israeli Greek Orthodox priest.

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Galilee

Galilee (hagGālīl; Galilaea; al-jalīl) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon.

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Gideon Sa'ar

Gideon Moshe Sa'ar (גדעון משה סער; born 9 December 1966) is an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Justice between 2021 and 2022.

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God in Christianity

In Christianity, God is the eternal, supreme being who created and preserves all things.

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Government - Christians Forum

The Israeli Government - Christians Forum is an organization established in Jerusalem in 2013 by Mordechai Zaken, head of the Minorities Affairs Desk at the Ministry of Public Security, to address the concerns of Christians as a minority group.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem,Πατριαρχεῖον Ἱεροσολύμων, Patriarcheîon Hierosolýmōn; Rūm Orthodox in Jerusalem, הפטריארכיה היוונית-אורתודוקסית של ירושלים also known as the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, is an autocephalous church within the wider communion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

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Haaretz

Haaretz (originally Ḥadshot Haaretz –) is an Israeli newspaper.

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Hadash

Hadash (חד״ש, abbreviation for HaHazit HaDemokratit LeShalom VeLeShivion (הַחֲזִית הַדֶּמוֹקְרָטִית לְשָׁלוֹם וּלְשִׁוְיוֹן and also 'New'; al-Jabhah ad-Dimuqrāṭiyyah lis-Salām wal-Musāwāt, abbr. الجبهة, 'Aljabha') is a left-wing to far-left political coalition in Israel formed by the Israeli Communist Party and other leftist groups.

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Haifa

Haifa (Ḥēyfā,; Ḥayfā) is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in.

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Haifa District

Haifa District (מחוז חיפה, Mehoz Ḥeifa; منطقة حيفا) is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa, Israel.

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Haredi Judaism

Haredi Judaism (translit,; plural Haredim) is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that is characterized by its strict interpretation of religious sources and its accepted (Jewish law) and traditions, in opposition to more accommodating or modern values and practices.

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Hebrew Catholics

Hebrew Catholics (in modern Israeli עברים קתולים Ivrím Katolím) are a movement of Jews who have converted to Catholicism, and Catholics of non-Jewish origin, who choose to keep Mosaic traditions in light of Catholic doctrine.

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Hebrew language

Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.

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Helena, mother of Constantine I

Flavia Julia Helena (Ἑλένη, Helénē; AD 246/248–330), also known as Helena of Constantinople and in Christianity as Saint Helena, was an Augusta of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.

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Hellenization

Hellenization (also spelled Hellenisation) or Hellenism is the adoption of Greek culture, religion, language, and identity by non-Greeks.

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High tech

High technology (high tech or high-tech), also known as advanced technology (advanced tech) or exotechnology, is technology that is at the cutting edge: the highest form of technology available.

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Holy Land

The Holy Land is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine.

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Holy See

The Holy See (url-status,; Santa Sede), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the pope in his role as the Bishop of Rome.

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Hotel

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis.

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Hurfeish

Hurfeish (حرفيش; חֻרְפֵישׁ; lit. "milk thistle"Vilnay, 1964, p. or possibly from "snake" Palmer, 1881, p.) is a Druze town in the Northern District of Israel.

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Hussein of Jordan

Hussein bin Talal (translit; 14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 11 August 1952 until his death in 1999.

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I'billin

I'billin (إعبلين, אִעְבְּלִין) is a local council in the Northern District of Israel, near Shefa-'Amr.

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Ihud Bnei HaBrit

Ihud Bnei HaBrit is an Israeli political party that participated in the April 2019 Israeli legislative election.

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Interfaith marriage

Interfaith marriage, sometimes called interreligious marriage or "mixed marriage", is marriage between spouses professing different religions.

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Iqrit

Iqrit (إقرت or إقرث, Iqrith) was a Palestinian Christian village, located northeast of Acre.

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Isaac Herzog

Isaac "Bougie" Herzog (Yitskhak "Buzhi" Hertsog; born 22 September 1960) is an Israeli politician who has been serving since 2021 as the 11th president of Israel.

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Isfiya

Isfiya (عسفيا, עִסְפִיָא), also known as Usfiya, is a Druze-majority village in northern Israel, governed by a local council.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.

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Israel Central Bureau of Statistics

The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (הלשכה המרכזית לסטטיסטיקה, HaLishka HaMerkazit LiStatistika; دائرة الإحصاء المركزية الإسرائيلية), abbreviated CBS, is an Israeli government office established in 1949 to carry out research and publish statistical data on all aspects of Israeli life, including population, society, economy, industry, education, and physical infrastructure.

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Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym, is the national military of the State of Israel.

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Israel Hayom

Israel Hayom (lit) is an Israeli national Hebrew-language free daily newspaper.

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Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem

The Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem, known to Israelis as the reunification of Jerusalem, refers to the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War, and its annexation.

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Israeli Declaration of Independence

The Israeli Declaration of Independence, formally the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel (הכרזה על הקמת מדינת ישראל), was proclaimed on 14 May 1948 (5 Iyar 5708) by David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization, Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, and later first Prime Minister of Israel.

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Israeli Labor Party

The Israeli Labor Party (Mifleget HaAvoda HaYisraelit), commonly known as HaAvoda (The Labor), was a social democratic political party in Israel.

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Israelis

Israelis (translit; translit) are the citizens and nationals of the State of Israel. Christianity in Israel and Israelis are society of Israel.

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Jadeidi-Makr

Judeida - al-Makr or Jadeidi-Makr (גֻ'דֵידָה-מַכְּר; جديدة - المكر) is an Arab local council formed by the merger of the two Arab towns of al-Makr and Judeida in 1990.

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Jaffa

Jaffa (Yāfō,; Yāfā), also called Japho or Joppa in English, is an ancient Levantine port city now part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part.

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Jaffa Gate

Jaffa Gate (Sha'ar Yafo; Bāb al-Khalīl, "Hebron Gate") is one of the seven main open gates of the Old City of Jerusalem.

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Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses is a nontrinitarian, millenarian, restorationist Christian denomination.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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Jerusalem District

The Jerusalem District (מחוז ירושלים; منطقة القدس) is one of the six administrative districts of Israel.

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Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research

Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research (JIPR), formerly the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, is an independent policy think tank located in Jerusalem.

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Jesus

Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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Jewish Christianity

Jewish Christians were the followers of a Jewish religious sect that emerged in Judea during the late Second Temple period (first century AD).

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Jewish state

In world politics, Jewish state is a characterization of Israel as the nation-state and sovereign homeland of the Jewish people.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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Jish

Jish (الجش; גִ'שׁ, גּוּשׁ חָלָב, Jish, Gush Halav) is a local council in Upper Galilee, located on the northeastern slopes of Mount Meron, north of Safed, in Israel's Northern District.

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Jizya

Jizya (jizya), or jizyah, is a tax historically levied on dhimmis, that is, protected non-Muslim subjects of a state governed by Islamic law.

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Jordan

Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.

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Judaea (Roman province)

Judaea (Iudaea; translit) was a Roman province from 6 to 132 AD, which incorporated the Levantine regions of Idumea, Philistia, Judea, Samaria and Galilee, extending over parts of the former regions of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Judea.

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Judaism

Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.

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Kadima

Kadima (lit) was a centrist and liberal political party in Israel.

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Kafr Bir'im

Kafr Bir'im, also Kefr Berem (كفر برعم, כְּפַר בִּרְעָם), was a former village in Mandatory Palestine, located in modern-day northern Israel, south of the Lebanese border and northwest of Safed.

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Kafr Kanna

Kafr Kanna (كفر كنا, Kafr Kanā; כַּפְר כַּנָּא) is an Arab town in the Galilee, part of the Northern District of Israel.

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Kafr Yasif

Kafr Yasif (كفر ياسيف, Kufr Yaseef; כַּפְר יָסִיף) is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel.

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Kisra-Sumei

Kisra-Sumei (كسرا-سميع; כִּסְרָא-סֻמֵיע) is a local council in the western Galilee in the Northern District of Israel.

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Knesset

The Knesset (translit, translit) is the unicameral legislature of Israel.

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Latin Church

The Latin Church (Ecclesia Latina) is the largest autonomous (sui iuris) particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics.

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Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Patriarchatus Latinus Hierosolymitanus) is the Latin Catholic ecclesiastical patriarchate in Jerusalem, officially seated in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

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Latrun

Latrun (לטרון, Latrun; اللطرون, al-Latrun) is a strategic hilltop in the Latrun salient in the Ayalon Valley.

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Law of Return

The Law of Return (חוק השבות, ḥok ha-shvūt) is an Israeli law, passed on 5 July 1950, which gives Jews, people with one or more Jewish grandparent, and their spouses the right to relocate to Israel and acquire Israeli citizenship.

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Lebanese Maronite Christians

Lebanese Maronite Christians (المسيحية المارونية في لبنان; ܡܫܝܚܝ̈ܐ ܡܪ̈ܘܢܝܐ ܕܠܒܢܢ) refers to Lebanese people who are members of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, the largest Christian denomination in the country.

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Lent

Lent (Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year commemorating the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry.

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Likud

Likud (HaLikud), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement (HaLikud – Tnu'ah Leumit Liberalit), is a major right-wing political party in Israel.

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Lod

Lod (לוד, or fully vocalized לֹד; al-Lidd or), also known as Lydda (Λύδδα), is a city southeast of Tel Aviv and northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel.

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Lutheran World Federation

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF; Lutherischer Weltbund) is a global communion of national and regional Lutheran denominations headquartered in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.

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Ma'alot-Tarshiha

Ma'alot-Tarshiha (מַעֲלוֹת-תַּרְשִׁיחָא; ترشيحا, Taršīḥā) is a city in the North District in Israel, about east of Nahariya, and about above sea level.

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Maariv

Maariv or Maʿariv, also known as Arvit, or Arbit, is a Jewish prayer service held in the evening or night.

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Maariv (newspaper)

Maariv is a Hebrew-language daily newspaper published in Israel.

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Maghar, Israel

Maghar (المغار, מע'אר, also al-Maghar or Mghar; lit. the caves) is a city of mixed population of Muslims, Christians, and Druze in Israel's Northern District with an area of 19,810 dunams.

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Majdal Shams

Majdal Shams (مجدل شمس; מַגְ'דַל שַׁמְס) is a predominantly Druze town in the Golan Heights, located in the southern foothills of Mount Hermon.

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Mandatory Palestine

Mandatory Palestine was a geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine under the terms of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.

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Maronite Church

The Maronite Church (لكنيسة المارونية‎; ܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܡܪܘܢܝܬܐ) is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.

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Maronites in Israel

Maronites in Israel (الموارنة في إسرائيل; מארונים; ܒܝܫܪܐܠ ܡܖ̈ܘܢܝܐ) are an ethnoreligious minority who belong to the Maronite Catholic Church, which has historically been tied with Lebanon.

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Marriage in Israel

In Israel, marriage can be performed only under the auspices of the religious community to which couples belong, and inter-faith marriages performed within the country are not legally recognized. Christianity in Israel and marriage in Israel are society of Israel.

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Matriculation examination

A matriculation examination or matriculation exam is a university entrance examination, which is typically held towards the end of secondary school.

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The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount.

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Medicine

Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health.

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Melkite

The term Melkite, also written Melchite, refers to various Eastern Christian churches of the Byzantine Rite and their members originating in West Asia.

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Melkite Greek Catholic Church

The Melkite Greek Catholic Church, or Melkite Byzantine Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catholic Church.

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Meretz

Meretz (מֶרֶצ) was a left-wing political party in Israel.

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Messianic Judaism

Messianic Judaism (יַהֲדוּת מְשִׁיחִית or יהדות משיחית|rtl.

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Mi'ilya

Mi'ilya (معليا, מִעִלְיָא) is an Arab local council in the western Galilee in the Northern District of Israel.

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Middle East

The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.

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Moshe Gafni

Moshe Gafni (משה גפני, born 5 May 1952) is an Israeli politician, Member of the Knesset, and leader of the Ashkenazi Haredi party United Torah Judaism.

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Mount of Olives

The Mount of Olives or Mount Olivet (Har ha-Zeitim; Jabal az-Zaytūn; both lit. 'Mount of Olives'; in Arabic also الطور,, 'the Mountain') is a mountain ridge in East Jerusalem, east of and adjacent to Jerusalem's Old City.

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Muqeible

Muqeible or Muqeibla (مقيبلة, מֻקֵיבִּלָה), meaning "The front place", is an Arab town in Israel's Northern District, situated in the Jezreel Valley between Jenin in the West Bank and the Ta'anakh area.

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Muslim-Christian Associations

In 1918, following the British defeat of the Ottoman army and their establishment of a Military Government in Palestine, a number of political clubs called Muslim-Christian Associations (Al-Jam'iah al-Islamiya al-Massihiya) were established in all the major towns.

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Nazarene (title)

Nazarene is a title used to describe people from the city of Nazareth in the New Testament (there is no mention of either Nazareth or Nazarene in the Old Testament), and is a title applied to Jesus, who, according to the New Testament, grew up in Nazareth,"Jesus was a Galilean from Nazareth, a village near Sepphoris, one of the two major cities of Galilee." ("Jesus Christ".

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Nazareth

Nazareth (النَّاصِرَة|an-Nāṣira; נָצְרַת|Nāṣəraṯ; Naṣrath) is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel.

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Nestorianism

Nestorianism is a term used in Christian theology and Church history to refer to several mutually related but doctrinarily distinct sets of teachings.

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Nof HaGalil

Nof HaGalil (lit; نوف هچليل) is a city in the Northern District of Israel with a population of.

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Northern District (Israel)

The Northern District (translit; translit) is one of Israel's six administrative districts.

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Old City of Jerusalem

The Old City of Jerusalem (al-Madīna al-Qadīma, Ha'ír Ha'atiká) is a walled area in East Jerusalem.

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Oriental Orthodox Churches

The Oriental Orthodox Churches are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, with approximately 50 million members worldwide.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Palestinian Christians

Palestinian Christians (مَسِيحِيُّون فِلَسْطِينِيُّون) are a religious community of the Palestinian people consisting of those who identify as Christians, including those who are cultural Christians in addition to those who actively adhere to Christianity.

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Palestinian territories

The Palestinian territories, also known as the Occupied Palestinian Territory, consist of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip—two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967.

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Peki'in

Peki'in (alternatively Peqi'in) (פְּקִיעִין) or Buqei'a (البقيعة), is a Druze–Arab town with local council status in Israel's Northern District.

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Petah Tikva

Petah Tikva (פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה), also known as Em HaMoshavot, is a city in the Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv.

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Pew Research Center

The Pew Research Center (also simply known as Pew) is a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world.

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Postgraduate education

Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree.

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Price tag attack policy

The price tag attack policy (מדיניות תג מחיר), also sometimes referred to as "mutual responsibility", is the name originally given to the attacks and acts of vandalism committed primarily in the occupied West Bank by extremist Israeli settler youths against Palestinian Arabs, and to a lesser extent, against left-wing Israeli Jews,Oz Rosenberg, in Haaretz, 12 September 2011.

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Proselytism

Proselytism is the policy of attempting to convert people's religious or political beliefs.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Psychometric Entrance Test

The Psychometric Entrance Test (PET) – commonly known in Hebrew as "ha-Psikhometri" (The Psychometric) – is a standardized test that serves as an entrance exam for institutions of higher education in Israel.

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Rameh

Rameh (الرامة; רָמָה; alternatively spelled ar-Rame or ar-Rama) is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel.

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Ramla

Ramla or Ramle (רַמְלָה, Ramlā; الرملة, ar-Ramleh) is a city in the Central District of Israel.

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Ras al-Ein

Ras al-Ein (رأس العين; ראס אל-עין, lit. Head of the Spring) is a small Arab village in northern Israel, located in the Galilee, near the Tzalmon Stream.

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Reineh

Reineh is an Arab town in northern Israel.

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Religion in South Sudan

Christianity is the most widely professed religion in South Sudan, with significant minorities of the adherents of traditional faiths and Islam.

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Religious syncretism

Religious syncretism is the blending of religious belief systems into a new system, or the incorporation of other beliefs into an existing religious tradition.

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Resurrection of Jesus

The resurrection of Jesus (anástasis toú Iēsoú) is the Christian belief that God raised Jesus from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion, starting – or restoring – his exalted life as Christ and Lord.

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Richard I of England

Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: Quor de Lion) or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199.

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Rufeisen v. Minister of the Interior

The Israeli Supreme Court case Rufeisen v. Minister of the Interior 16 PD 2428 (1962) determined Who is a Jew for the purposes of the Law of Return; specifically, it determined that Oswald Rufeisen, Jewish by birth but a convert to Catholicism, was an apostate and did not qualify as a Jew for the Law of Return.

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Russian Orthodox Church

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', abbreviated as РПЦ), alternatively legally known as the Moscow Patriarchate (Moskovskiy patriarkhat), is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church.

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Sakhnin

Sakhnin (سخنين; סַחְ'נִין or Sikhnin) is an Arab city in Israel's Northern District.

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Science

Science is a strict systematic discipline that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the world.

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Second Crusade

The Second Crusade (1147–1150) was the second major crusade launched from Europe.

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Shefa-Amr

Shefa-Amr or Shfar'am (شفاعمرو, Šafāʻamr, שְׁפַרְעָם, Šəfarʻam) is an Arab city in the Northern District of Israel.

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Shlomo Riskin

Shlomo Riskin (born May 28, 1940) is an Orthodox rabbi, and the founding rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York City, which he led for 20 years; founding chief rabbi of the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the Israeli-occupied West Bank; former dean of Manhattan Day School in New York City; and founder and Chancellor of the Ohr Torah Stone Institutions, a network of high schools, colleges, and graduate Programs in the United States and Israel.

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Siege of Jerusalem (636–637)

The Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) was part of the Muslim conquest of the Levant and the result of the military efforts of the Rashidun Caliphate against the Byzantine Empire in the year 636–637/38.

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Six-Day War

The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 June 1967.

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South Lebanon Army

The South Lebanon Army or South Lebanese Army (SLA; جيش لبنان الجنوبي), also known as the Lahad Army (label) or as the De Facto Forces (DFF), was a Christian-dominated militia in Lebanon.

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Southern District (Israel)

The Southern District (מחוז הדרום, Meḥoz HaDarom; لواء الجنوب) is one of Israel's six administrative districts, the largest in terms of land area but the most sparsely populated.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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St. George's Cathedral, Jerusalem

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State of Palestine

Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in the southern Levant region of West Asia, encompassing the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, within the larger historic Palestine region.

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Syria Palaestina

Syria Palaestina (Syría hē Palaistínē) was a Roman province in the Palestine region between the early 2nd and late 4th centuries AD.

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Syriac Catholic Church

The Syriac Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Christian jurisdiction originating in the Levant that uses the West Syriac Rite liturgy and has many practices and rites in common with the Syriac Orthodox Church.

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Syriac Christianity

Syriac Christianity (ܡܫܝܚܝܘܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ / Mšiḥoyuṯo Suryoyto or Mšiḥāyūṯā Suryāytā) is a branch of Eastern Christianity of which formative theological writings and traditional liturgies are expressed in the Classical Syriac language, a variation of the old Aramaic language.

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Syriac Orthodox Church

The Syriac Orthodox Church (ʿIdto Sūryoyto Trīṣath Shubḥo); also known as West Syriac Church or West Syrian Church, officially known as the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, and informally as the Jacobite Church, is an Oriental Orthodox church that branched from the Church of Antioch.

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Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo (translit,; translit), usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.

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Tel Aviv District

The Tel Aviv District (מָחוֹז תֵּל אָבִיב; منطقة تل أبيب) is the geographically smallest yet also the most densely populated of the six administrative districts of Israel, with a population of 1.35 million residents.

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Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University (TAU; אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, Universitat Tel Aviv, جامعة تل أبيب, Jami’at Tel Abib) is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Tertiary education

Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing its roots to its founding by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Times of Israel

The Times of Israel is an Israeli multi-language online newspaper that was launched in 2012.

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Third Crusade

The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt led by three European monarchs of Western Christianity (Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor) to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187.

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Trappists

The Trappists, officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae, abbreviated as OCSO) and originally named the Order of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe, are a Catholic religious order of cloistered monastics that branched off from the Cistercians.

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Tur'an

Tur'an (طرعان, תֻּרְעָן) is a local council in the Northern District of Israel.

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United Arab List

The United Arab List (הַרְשִׁימָה הַעֲרָבִית הַמְאוּחֶדֶת, HaReshima HaAravit HaMe'uhedet; القائمة العربية الموحدة, al-Qā'ima al-'Arabiyya al-Muwaḥḥada), commonly known by its Hebrew acronym Ra'am (רע"מ), is an Islamist and conservative political party in Israel and the political wing of the Southern Branch of the Islamic movement.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.

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University

A university is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines.

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Upper middle class

In sociology, the upper middle class is the social group constituted by higher status members of the middle class.

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Western Aramaic languages

Western Aramaic is a group of Aramaic dialects once spoken widely throughout the ancient Levant, predominantly in the south, and Sinai, including ancient Damascus, Nabatea, Judea, across the Palestine Region, Transjordan, Samaria as well as Lebanon in the north.

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White-collar worker

A white-collar worker is a person who performs professional service, desk, managerial, or administrative work.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Ya'akov Asher

Ya'akov Asher (יעקב אשר; born 2 July 1965) is an Israeli Haredi rabbi and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the United Torah Judaism alliance.

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Yafa an-Naseriyye

Yafa an-Naseriyye (يافة الناصرة, also Jaffa of Nazareth, or simply Yafa, Kfar Yafia or Yafi يافا, يفيع, יָפִיעַ) is an Arab town in Israel.

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Yarka

Yarka, officially Yirka (יִרְכָּא, يركا), is an Israeli Druze village and local council in the Northern District of Israel.

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Yesh Atid

Yesh Atid (יֵשׁ עָתִיד) is a centrist, liberal Zionist political party in Israel.

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Yisrael Beiteinu

Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) is a secularist, conservative and nationalist political party in Israel.

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Zionism

Zionism is an ethno-cultural nationalist movement that emerged in Europe in the late 19th century and aimed for the establishment of a Jewish state through the colonization of a land outside of Europe.

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Zionist Commission

Zionist Commission for Palestine was a commission chaired by Chaim Weizmann, president of the British Zionist Federation following British promulgation of the pro-Zionist, Balfour Declaration.

See Christianity in Israel and Zionist Commission

1948 Palestine war

The 1948 Palestine war was fought in the territory of what had been, at the start of the war, British-ruled Mandatory Palestine. During the war, the British withdrew from Palestine, Zionist forces conquered territory and established the State of Israel, and over 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled.

See Christianity in Israel and 1948 Palestine war

See also

Society of Israel

• 2004 attempt to revive the Sanhedrin
• Am ha'aretz
• Arab citizens of Israel
• Black Panthers (Israel)
• Blueprint Negev
• Christianity in Israel
• Corruption in Israel
• Crime in Israel
• Demographics of Israel
• Disability in Israel
• Ethiopian Jews in Israel
• Gadna (Israel)
• Gar'in
• Haifa Declaration
• Hilltop Youth
• Holocaust survivors
• Housing in Israel
• Human rights in Israel
• Immigration to Israel
• International law and Israeli settlements
• Irreligion in Israel
• Israeli people
• Israelis
• Israelization
• Law enforcement in Israel
• Marriage in Israel
• Modern attempts to revive the Sanhedrin
• October 2012 Yisraela Goldblum Fund poll
• Project Renewal (Israel)
• Prostitution in Israel
• Public holidays in Israel
• Religion in Israel
• Sabra (person)
• Secularism in Israel
• Sherut Leumi
• Social issues in Israel
• Terms for Palestinian citizens of Israel
• The Future Vision of the Palestinian Arabs in Israel
• The People's Army Model
• Unrecognized Bedouin villages in Israel
• Welfare in Israel
• Women in Israel
• Yemenite Children Affair
• Yom HaAliyah

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Israel

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