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- Ancient Hebrew pilgrimage sites
- Arab Christian communities in Israel
- Capitals in the State of Palestine
- Christian holy places
- Christian pilgrimage sites
- Cities in Jerusalem District
- Cities in the State of Palestine
- Disputed territories in Asia
- Holy cities of Judaism
- Islamic holy places
- Jerusalem Governorate
- Jewish holy places
- Mixed Israeli communities
- Populated places established in the 5th millennium BC
- Territorial disputes of Israel
- Torah cities
'Arab al-Jahalin
ʿArab al-Jahalin also known as al-Jabal (عرب الجهالّين; ערב אל-ג'האלין) is a Palestinian Bedouin neighborhood in the Jerusalem Governorate, located five kilometers southeast of Jerusalem in the West Bank.
See Jerusalem and 'Arab al-Jahalin
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam (translit; July/August 644 or June/July 647 – 9 October 705) was the fifth Umayyad caliph, ruling from April 685 until his death in October 705.
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Abdi-Heba
Abdi-Ḫeba (Abdi-Kheba, Abdi-Ḫepat, or Abdi-Ḫebat) was a local chieftain of Jerusalem during the Amarna period (mid-1330s BC).
Abdullah Tal
Abdullah El Tell (عبدالله التل, 17 July 1918 – 1973) served in the Transjordanian Arab Legion during the 1948 war in Palestine rising from the rank of company commander to become Military Governor of the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (عبداللہ یوسف علی‎; 14 April 1872 – 10 December 1953) was an Indian-British barrister who wrote a number of books about Islam, including an exegesis of the Qur'an.
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Abraham
Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Abrahamic religions
The Abrahamic religions are a grouping of three of the major religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) together due to their historical coexistence and competition; it refers to Abraham, a figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Bible, and the Quran, and is used to show similarities between these religions and put them in contrast to Indian religions, Iranian religions, and the East Asian religions (though other religions and belief systems may refer to Abraham as well).
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Abu Dis
Abu Dis or Abu Deis (أبو ديس) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, bordering Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Abu Dis are Jerusalem Governorate.
Abu Ghosh
Abu Ghosh (أبو غوش; אבו גוש) is an Arab-Israeli local council in Israel, located west of Jerusalem on the Tel Aviv–Jerusalem highway.
Abu Tor
Abu Tor, also Abu Thor or ath-Thori, (أبو طور or الثوري, אבו תור; lit. Arabic meaning "Father of the Bull"; In Hebrew also called גבעת חנניה (Giv'at Hanania), lit. "Hananiah's hill") is a mixed Jewish and Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, built on a prominence south of the Old City. Jerusalem and Abu Tor are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Academy of the Hebrew Language
The Academy of the Hebrew Language (הָאָקָדֶמְיָה לַלָּשׁוֹן הָעִבְרִית, ha-akademyah la-lashon ha-ivrit) was established by the Israeli government in 1953 as the "supreme institution for scholarship on the Hebrew language in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem of Givat Ram campus." Its stated aims are to assemble and research the Hebrew language in all its layers throughout the ages; to investigate the origin and development of the Hebrew tongue; and to direct the course of development of Hebrew, in all areas, including vocabulary, grammar, writing, spelling, and transliteration.
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Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (𐎧𐏁𐏂), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
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Aelia Capitolina
Aelia Capitolina (full name in Colonia Aelia Capitolina) was a Roman colony founded during Emperor Hadrian's visit to Judaea in 129/130 AD, centered around Jerusalem, which had been almost totally razed after the siege of 70 AD.
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Aenon
Aenon (Αἰνών, Ainṓn), distinguished as Aenon near Salim, is the site mentioned by the Gospel of John as one of the places where John was baptising people, after baptizing Jesus in Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan.
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.
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Al Jib
Al Jib or al-Jib (الجيب) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, located ten kilometers northwest of Jerusalem, partially in the seam zone of the West Bank. Jerusalem and al Jib are Jerusalem Governorate.
Al-Aqsa
Al-Aqsa (translit) or al-Masjid al-Aqṣā (المسجد الأقصى) and also is the compound of Islamic religious buildings that sit atop the Temple Mount, also known as the Haram al-Sharif, in the Old City of Jerusalem, including the Dome of the Rock, many mosques and prayer halls, madrasas, zawiyas, khalwas and other domes and religious structures, as well as the four encircling minarets. Jerusalem and al-Aqsa are Islamic holy places.
Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Aqsa Mosque (congregational mosque of Al-Aqsa), also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel (المصلى القبلي), and also is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque are Islamic holy places.
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Al-Isra'
Al-Isra'ʾ (lit), also known as Banī Isrāʾīl (lit), is the 17th chapter (sūrah) of the Quran, with 111 verses (āyāt).
Al-Kamil
Al-Kamil (الكامل; full name: al-Malik al-Kamil Naser ad-Din Abu al-Ma'ali Muhammad; – 6 March 1238) was a Kurdish Muslim ruler and the fourth Ayyubid sultan of Egypt.
Al-Maqdisi
Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr (translit; 991), commonly known by the nisba al-Maqdisi (translit) or al-Muqaddasī (ٱلْمُقَدَّسِي) was a medieval Palestinian Arab geographer, author of Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm (The Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions), as well as author of the book, Description of Syria (Including Palestine).
Al-Nasir Muhammad
Al-Malik an-Nasir Nasir ad-Din Muhammad ibn Qalawun (الملك الناصر ناصر الدين محمد بن قلاوون), commonly known as an-Nasir Muhammad (الناصر محمد), or by his kunya: Abu al-Ma'ali (أبو المعالي) or as Ibn Qalawun (1285–1341) was the ninth Mamluk sultan of the Bahri dynasty who ruled Egypt between 1293–1294, 1299–1309, and 1310 until his death in 1341.
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Al-Quds University
Al-Quds University (Jerusalem University) is a public university in the Jerusalem Governorate, Palestine.
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Al-Quds University Teaching Hospital
Al Quds University Teaching Hospital is a Palestinian healthcare foundation based in Jerusalem Governorate, Palestine.
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Al-Ram
Al-Ram (الرّام), also transcribed as Al-Ramm, El-Ram, Er-Ram, and A-Ram, is a Palestinian town which lies northeast of Jerusalem, just outside the city's municipal border. Jerusalem and al-Ram are Jerusalem Governorate and neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Al-Tamimi (physician)
Muhammad ibn Sa'id al-Tamimi (أبو عبد الله محمد بن سعيد التميمي), (died 990), known by his kunya, "Abu Abdullah," but more commonly as Al-Tamimi, was a tenth-century physician, who came to renown on account of his medical works.
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Al-Walid I
Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān; – 23 February 715), commonly known as al-Walid I (الوليد الأول), was the sixth Umayyad caliph, ruling from October 705 until his death in 715.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held as one of the most influential scientists. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics. His mass–energy equivalence formula, which arises from relativity theory, has been called "the world's most famous equation".
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Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon (Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.
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Algiers
Algiers (al-Jazāʾir) is the capital and largest city of Algeria, located in the north-central part of the country.
Amarna letters
The Amarna letters (sometimes referred to as the Amarna correspondence or Amarna tablets, and cited with the abbreviation EA, for "El Amarna") are an archive, written on clay tablets, primarily consisting of diplomatic correspondence between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru, or neighboring kingdom leaders, during the New Kingdom, spanning a period of no more than thirty years in the middle 14th century BC.
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American Colony, Jerusalem
The American religious foundation and philanthropy that informally became known as the American Colony of Jerusalem, was established in the Ottoman Empire in 1881 as a "Christian utopian society" led by American religious leader Horatio Gates Spafford and his Norwegian wife Anne Tobine Larsen Øglende. Jerusalem and American Colony, Jerusalem are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Amihai Mazar
Amihai "Ami" Mazar (עמיחי מזר; born November 19, 1942) is an Israeli archaeologist.
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Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.
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Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
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Anna Ticho
Anna Ticho (27 October 1894 – 1 March 1980) was an Israeli artist who became famous for her drawings of the Jerusalem hills.
Annabel J. Wharton
Annabel Jane Wharton (also known in print as Ann Wharton Epstein) is an American art historian with wide-ranging interests from Late Ancient & Byzantine art and culture through to modern architecture and its effect on ancient landscapes.
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Anti-Defamation League
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, is a New York–based international non-governmental organization that was founded to combat antisemitism, bigotry and discrimination.
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Antiochus III the Great
Antiochus III the Great (Ἀντίοχος ὁ Μέγας; 3 July 187 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic king and the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 223 to 187 BC.
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Antiochus IV Epiphanes (– November/December 164 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic king who ruled the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC.
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Aqueduct (water supply)
An aqueduct is a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away.
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Arab Legion
The Arab Legion was the police force, then regular army, of the Emirate of Transjordan, a British protectorate, in the early part of the 20th century, and then of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, an independent state, with a final Arabization of its command taking place in 1956, when British senior officers were replaced by Jordanian ones.
Arab states of the Persian Gulf
The Arab states of the Persian Gulf or the Arab Gulf states (دول الخليج العربي) refers to a group of Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf.
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Arab world
The Arab world (اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ), formally the Arab homeland (اَلْوَطَنُ الْعَرَبِيُّ), also known as the Arab nation (اَلْأُمَّةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, comprises a large group of countries, mainly located in Western Asia and Northern Africa.
Arabic
Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.
Arabs
The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.
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.
Arculf
Arculf was a Frankish churchman who toured the Holy Land around 670.
Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon (אֲרִיאֵל שָׁרוֹן; also known by his diminutive Arik, אָרִיק; 26 February 192811 January 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006.
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Ark of the Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, is believed to have been the most sacred religious relic of the Israelites.
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Armenian Quarter
The Armenian Quarter (حارة الأرمن, Harat al-Arman; הרובע הארמני, Ha-Rova ha-Armeni; Հայոց թաղ, Hayots t'agh) is one of the four sectors of the walled Old City of Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Armenian Quarter are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Armenians
Armenians (hayer) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Armenian highlands of West Asia.
Artaxerxes I
Artaxerxes I (𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠; Ἀρταξέρξης) was the fifth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, from 465 to December 424 BC.
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Artuk Bey
Zaheer-ul-Daulah Artuk Beg, known as Artuk Bey, was a Turkoman commander of the Seljuk Empire in the 11th century, chief of the Oghuz tribe of Döğer, and eponymous founder of the Artuqid dynasty.
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia.
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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 football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Association for Civil Rights in Israel
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) was created in 1972 as an independent, non-partisan not-for-profit organization with the mission of protecting human rights and civil rights in Israel and the territories under its control.
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Assyria
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: x16px, māt Aššur) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC, which eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC.
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas.
Atsiz ibn Uwaq
Atsiz ibn Uwaq al-Khwarizmi, also known as al-Aqsis, Atsiz ibn Uvaq, Atsiz ibn Oq and Atsiz ibn Abaq (died October 1079), was a Turkoman mercenary commander who established a principality in Palestine and southern Syria after seizing these from the Fatimid Caliphate in 1071.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Avram Hershko
Avram Hershko (Avraham Hershko, Herskó Ferenc Ábrahám; born December 31, 1937) is a Hungarian-Israeli biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004.
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Ayabe, Kyoto
is a city located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
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Ayyubid dynasty
The Ayyubid dynasty (الأيوبيون; Eyûbiyan), also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt.
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Š-L-M
Shin-Lamedh-Mem is a triconsonantal root of many Semitic words (many of which are used as names).
Babylonian captivity
The Babylonian captivity or Babylonian exile was the period in Jewish history during which a large number of Judeans from the ancient Kingdom of Judah were forcibly relocated to Babylonia by the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
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Bagrut certificate
Te'udat Bagrut (lit. "graduation certificate", Arabic: شهادة بجروت) is a certificate that attests that a student has successfully passed Israel's high school matriculation examination.
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Bank of Israel
The Bank of Israel (בנק ישראל, بنك إسرائيل) is the central bank of Israel.
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Bar Kokhba revolt
The Bar Kokhba revolt (מֶרֶד בַּר כּוֹכְבָא) was a large-scale armed rebellion initiated by the Jews of Judea, led by Simon bar Kokhba, against the Roman Empire in 132 CE.
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Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, Universitat Bar-Ilan) is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel.
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Bard College
Bard College is a private liberal arts college in the hamlet of Annandale-on-Hudson, in the town of Red Hook, in New York State.
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Bashar Masri
Bashar Al Masri (/بشار مصري/ February 3, 1961) is a Palestinian businessman.
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Basic Laws of Israel
The Basic Laws of Israel (חוקי היסוד|Ḥukey HaYesod) are fourteen quasi-constitutional laws of the State of Israel, some of which can only be changed by a supermajority vote in the Knesset (with varying requirements for different Basic Laws and sections).
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Battle for Jerusalem
The Battle for Jerusalem took place during the 1947–1948 civil war phase of the 1947–1949 Palestine war.
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Battle of Jerusalem
The Battle of Jerusalem occurred during the British Empire's "Jerusalem Operations" against the Ottoman Empire, in World War I, when fighting for the city developed from 17 November, continuing after the surrender until 30 December 1917, to secure the final objective of the Southern Palestine Offensive during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I.
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Bayezid II
Bayezid II (Bāyezīd-i s̱ānī; II.; 3 December 1447 – 26 May 1512) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512.
Bayt Mal Al Qods Acharif Agency
Bayt Mal Al Qods Acharif Agency (BMAQ), based in Rabat and created in 1998, is an agency whose mission is to preserve the cultural and historical heritage of the holy city of Al Quds and to support its populations.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Beit 'Anan
Beit 'Anan (بيت عنان) is a Palestinian village in the Quds Governorate, located northwest of Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Beit 'Anan are Jerusalem Governorate.
Beit Aghion
Beit Aghion (בית אגיון, Aghion House), also known as Beit Rosh HaMemshala (בית ראש הממשלה, lit. House of the Head of Government) or metonymously as Balfour is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Israel.
Beit Dagan
Beit Dagan (lit) is a local council (town) in the Central District of Israel.
Beit David
Beit David was the fourth Jewish neighborhood outside the walls of Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Beit David are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Beit Guvrin, Israel
Beit Guvrin (בֵּית גֻּבְרִין, 'lit. 'House of Men' in Aramaic) is a kibbutz in the Lakhish region, west of the ancient city of Beit Guvrin, for which it is named.
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Beit HaNassi
The President's House, known in Hebrew as Beit HaNassi ('בֵּית הַנָּשִׂיא) and Mishkan HaNassi (מִשְׁכָּן הַנָּשִׂיא), is the official residence of the President of Israel.
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Beit Hanina
Beit Hanina (بيت حنينا,בית חנינא) is an Arab Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Beit Hanina are Jerusalem Governorate and neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Beit Jala
Beit Jala (بيت جالا) is a Palestinian Christian town in the Bethlehem Governorate of Palestine, in the West Bank.
Beit Shemesh
Beit Shemesh (בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ) is a city located approximately west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District, with a population of in. Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh are ancient Jewish settlements of Judaea, cities in Israel, cities in Jerusalem District, Hebrew Bible cities and Orthodox Jewish communities.
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Beit Ya'akov, Jerusalem
Beit Ya'akov (Hebrew: בית יעקב) is a small neighborhood in Jerusalem, founded in 1877, the ninth Jewish neighborhood outside the walls of the Old City. Jerusalem and Beit Ya'akov, Jerusalem are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Beitar Jerusalem F.C.
Beitar Jerusalem Football Club (Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem (Beitar Yerushalayim) or simply Beitar (בית"ר), is an Israeli professional football club based in the city of Jerusalem, that plays in the Israeli Premier League, the top tier in Israeli football.
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Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
Ben Gurion Airport
Ben Gurion International Airport, commonly known by the Hebrew-language acronym (נתב״ג|rtl.
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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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Bethany
Bethany (Βηθανία,Murphy-O'Connor, 2008, p. Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܢܝܐ Bēṯ ʿAnyā), locally called in Arabic Al-Eizariya or al-Aizariya (العيزرية, "place of Lazarus"), is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of Palestine, bordering East Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Jerusalem and Bethany are ancient Jewish settlements of Judaea, Jerusalem Governorate and new Testament cities.
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. Jerusalem and Bethlehem are ancient Jewish settlements of Judaea, Christian holy places, holy cities, new Testament cities and Torah cities.
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design (בצלאל, אקדמיה לאמנות ועיצוב) is a public college of design and art located in Jerusalem.
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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.
Bible Lands Museum
The Bible Lands Museum (מוזיאון ארצות המקרא ירושלים., متحف بلدان الكتاب) is an archaeological museum in Jerusalem, that explores the culture of the peoples mentioned in the Bible including ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, Arameans, Hittites, Elamites, Phoenicians and Persians.
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Bimaristan
A bimaristan, or simply maristan, known in Arabic also as dar al-shifa ("house of healing"; darüşşifa in Turkish), is a hospital in the historic Islamic world.
Binding of Isaac
The Binding of Isaac (עֲקֵידַת יִצְחַק|ʿAqēḏaṯ Yīṣḥaqlabel.
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Bir Nabala
Bir Nabala (بير نبالا; ביר נבאלא) is a Palestinian enclave town in the West Bank located eight kilometers northeast of Jerusalem.
Birth rate
Birth rate, also known as natality, is the total number of live human births per 1,000 population for a given period divided by the length of the period in years.
Black Death
The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353.
Bnei Brak
Bnei Brak or Bene Beraq (בְּנֵי בְּרַק) is a city located on the central Mediterranean coastal plain in Israel, just east of Tel Aviv. Jerusalem and Bnei Brak are cities in Israel and Orthodox Jewish communities.
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
Book of Daniel
The Book of Daniel is a 2nd-century BC biblical apocalypse with a 6th century BC setting.
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Book of Isaiah
The Book of Isaiah (ספר ישעיהו) is the first of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible and the first of the Major Prophets in the Christian Old Testament.
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Book of Joel
The Book of Joel is a Jewish prophetic text containing a series of "divine announcements".
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Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua (סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, Tiberian: Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ; Ιησούς τουΝαυή; Liber Iosue) is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
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Book of Jubilees
The Book of Jubilees is an ancient Jewish apocryphal text of 50 chapters (1341 verses), considered canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, as well as by Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews).
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Book of Nehemiah
The Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible, largely takes the form of a first-person memoir by Nehemiah, a Jew who is a high official at the Persian court, concerning the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile and the dedication of the city and its people to God's laws (Torah).
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Brisk tradition and Soloveitchik dynasty
The Soloveitchik dynasty of rabbinic scholars and their students originated the Brisker method of Talmudic study, which is embraced by their followers in the Brisk yeshivas.
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.
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Broad Wall (Jerusalem)
The Broad Wall (HaChoma HaRechava) is an ancient defensive wall, located in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City.
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Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
Bulgarians
Bulgarians (bŭlgari) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and its neighbouring region, who share a common Bulgarian ancestry, culture, history and language.
Buraq
The Buraq (الْبُرَاق "lightning") is a supernatural winged horse-like creature in Islamic tradition that served as the mount of the Islamic prophet Muhammad during his Isra and Mi'raj journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and up through the heavens and back by night.
Burial of Jesus
The burial of Jesus refers to the entombment of the body of Jesus after his crucifixion before the eve of the sabbath.
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Cabinet of Israel
The Cabinet of Israel (translit) exercises executive authority in the State of Israel.
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Cairo
Cairo (al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people.
Caliphate
A caliphate or khilāfah (خِلَافَةْ) is a monarchical form of government (initially elective, later absolute) that originated in the 7th century Arabia, whose political identity is based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad and the identification of a monarch called caliph (خَلِيفَةْ) as his heir and successor.
Calvary
Calvary (Calvariae or Calvariae locus) or Golgotha (Golgothâ) was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where, according to Christianity's four canonical gospels, Jesus was crucified.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Canaan
Canaan (Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 –; כְּנַעַן –, in pausa כְּנָעַן –; Χανααν –;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta: id est Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interpretes. Jerusalem and Canaan are Amarna letters locations and land of Israel.
Canaanite religion
The Canaanite religion was the group of ancient Semitic religions practiced by the Canaanites living in the ancient Levant from at least the early Bronze Age to the first centuries CE.
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Capital city
A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.
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Caravanserai
A caravanserai (or caravansary) was a roadside inn where travelers (caravaners) could rest and recover from the day's journey.
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Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a poisonous, flammable gas that is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and slightly less dense than air.
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Cenacle
The Cenacle (from the Latin cenaculum, "dining room"), also known as the Upper Room (from the Koine Greek anagaion and hyperōion, both meaning "upper room"), is a room in Mount Zion in Jerusalem, just outside the Old City walls, traditionally held to be the site of the Last Supper, the final meal that, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus held with the apostles.
Chalcolithic
The Chalcolithic (also called the Copper Age and Eneolithic) was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper.
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Channel 10 (Israel)
Channel 10 (translit), formerly known as Israel 10 (translit), was an Israeli free-to-air television channel.
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Channel 2 (Israel)
Channel 2 (Arutz Shtaim), also called "The Second Channel" (HaArutz HaSheni) was an Israeli commercial television channel.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Chords Bridge
The Chords Bridge (גשר המיתרים, Gesher HaMeitarim), also called the Bridge of Strings or Jerusalem Light Rail Bridge, is a side-spar cable-stayed bridge in Jerusalem.
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Christendom
Christendom refers to Christian states, Christian-majority countries or countries in which Christianity is dominant or prevails.
Christian Quarter
The Christian Quarter (translit; translit) is one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of Jerusalem, the other three being the Jewish Quarter, the Muslim Quarter and the Armenian Quarter. Jerusalem and Christian Quarter are Arab Christian communities in Israel and neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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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.
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. Jerusalem and church of the Holy Sepulchre are Christian pilgrimage sites.
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Cinema of Palestine
Cinema of Palestine is relatively young in comparison to Arab cinema as a whole.
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Cisco
Cisco Systems, Inc. (using the trademark Cisco) is an American multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California.
City Line (Jerusalem)
City Line (ha-Kav ha-Ironi) is the name given to a segment of the Green Line that divided the city of Jerusalem from 1948 to 1967.
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City of David (archaeological site)
The City of David (translit), known locally mostly as Wadi Hilweh (وادي حلوة), is the name given to an archaeological site considered by most scholars to be the original settlement core of Jerusalem during the Bronze and Iron Ages. Jerusalem and City of David (archaeological site) are ancient Jewish settlements of Judaea, Hebrew Bible cities and neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Classical Arabic
Classical Arabic or Quranic Arabic (the most eloquent classic Arabic) is the standardized literary form of Arabic used from the 7th century and throughout the Middle Ages onwards, having succeeded the Paleo-Arabic script.
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CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.
Coffeehouse
A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino.
Constantine the Great
Constantine I (27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.
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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. Jerusalem and Constantinople are holy cities.
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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.
Corpus separatum (Jerusalem)
Corpus separatum (Latin for "separated body") was the internationalization proposal for Jerusalem and its surrounding area as part of the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica (literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in the Central American region of North America.
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.
Crucifixion of Jesus
The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in 1st-century Judaea, most likely in AD 30 or AD 33.
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Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.
Cusco
Cusco or Cuzco (Qusqu or Qosqo) is a city in southeastern Peru near the Sacred Valley of the Andes mountain range and the Huatanay river.
Cyrus the Great
Cyrus II of Persia (𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
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Czesław Dźwigaj
Czesław Dźwigaj (born 18 June 1950 in Nowy Wiśnicz) is a Polish artist, sculptor, and professor.
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Damascus
Damascus (Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Jerusalem and Damascus are Amarna letters locations, capitals in Asia and new Testament cities.
Damascus Gate
The Damascus Gate is one of the main Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Dan Bahat
Dan Bahat (דן בהט, born 1938 in Lviv in Poland) is an Israeli archaeologist especially known for his excavations in Jerusalem, particularly at the Western Wall tunnels.
Dan Bus Company
Dan Bus Company (דן חברה לתחבורה ציבורית) is an Israeli bus company based in Tel Aviv.
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Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman (דניאל כהנמן; March 5, 1934 – March 27, 2024) was an Israeli-American psychologist best-known for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences together with Vernon L.
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Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind (born May 12, 1946) is a Polish-American architect, artist, professor and set designer.
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Darius the Great
Darius I (𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁; Δαρεῖος; – 486 BCE), commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE.
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David
David ("beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion (דָּוִד בֶּן־גּוּרִיּוֹן; born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the primary national founder of the State of Israel as well as its first prime minister.
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David Gross
David Jonathan Gross (born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist.
David's Tomb
David's Tomb (קבר דוד המלך Kever David Ha-Melekh; مقامالنبي داود Maqam Al-Nabi Daoud) is a site that, according to a Medieval (9th century) tradition, is associated with the burial of the biblical King David.
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Dead Sea
The Dead Sea (al-Baḥr al-Mayyit, or label; Yām hamMelaḥ), also known by other names, is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Israel to the west.
Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls, also called the Qumran Caves Scrolls, are a set of ancient Jewish manuscripts from the Second Temple period.
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Deir Yassin massacre
The Deir Yassin massacre took place on April 9, 1948, when Zionist paramilitaries attacked the village of Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, killing at least 107 Palestinian villagers, including women and children.
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Demographic history of Jerusalem
Jerusalem's population size and composition has shifted many times over its 5,000 year history.
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Demonym
A demonym or gentilic is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place.
Diskin Orphanage
The Diskin Orphanage was an orphanage in the Old City of Jerusalem, established in 1881 by Yehoshua Leib Diskin.
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Districts of Israel
There are six main administrative districts of Israel, known in Hebrew as (מְחוֹזוֹת; sing. מָחוֹז) and in Arabic as.
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Dome of the Rock
The Dome of the Rock (Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḵra) is an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
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Doric order
The Doric order is one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.
Dual (grammatical number)
Dual (abbreviated) is a grammatical number that some languages use in addition to singular and plural.
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East Jerusalem
East Jerusalem (al-Quds ash-Sharqiya) is the portion of Jerusalem that was held by Jordan after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, as opposed to West Jerusalem, which was held by Israel. Jerusalem and East Jerusalem are disputed territories in Asia, Jerusalem Governorate and neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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East Jerusalem Central Bus Station
The East Jerusalem Central Bus Station is an Arab transportation hub serving Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
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East Talpiot
East Talpiot (Talpiot Mizrach) or Armon HaNetziv (ארמון הנְציב) is an Israeli settlement in southern East Jerusalem, established by Israel in 1973 on land captured in the Six-Day War and occupied since then. Jerusalem and East Talpiot are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, (23 April 1861 – 14 May 1936) was a senior British Army officer and Imperial Governor.
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Edom
Edom (Edomite: 𐤀𐤃𐤌; אֱדוֹם, lit.: "red"; Akkadian: 𒌑𒁺𒈪, 𒌑𒁺𒈬; Ancient Egyptian) was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and east.
Edward Said National Conservatory of Music
The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music (معهد ادوارد سعيد الوطني للموسيقى Ma`had Edward Sa`īd al-Waṭaniy lil-Musīqā) is a Palestinian music conservatory with branches in Ramallah, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nablus and Gaza City.
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Egged (company)
Egged Transportation Ltd (אֶגֶד) is the largest transit bus company in Israel.
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Egypt in the Middle Ages
Following the Islamic conquest in 641-642, Lower Egypt was ruled at first by governors acting in the name of the Rashidun Caliphs and then the Umayyad Caliphs in Damascus, but in 750 the Umayyads were overthrown.
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Egyptians
Egyptians (translit,; translit,; remenkhēmi) are an ethnic group native to the Nile Valley in Egypt.
Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak (אֵהוּד בָּרָק; born Ehud Brog; 12 February 1942) is an Israeli former general and politician who served as the tenth prime minister from 1999 to 2001.
Ein Karem
Ein Karem (עֵין כֶּרֶם, ʿEin Kerem lit. "Spring of the Vineyard"; in Arabic ʿAyn Kārim;Sharon, 2004, p. also Ain Karem, Ein Kerem) is a historic mountain village southwest of Jerusalem, presently a neighborhood in the outskirts of the modern city, within the Jerusalem District. Jerusalem and Ein Karem are ancient Jewish settlements of Judaea, holy cities and neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
El (deity)
(also Il, 𐎛𐎍 ʾīlu; 𐤀𐤋 ʾīl; אֵל ʾēl; ܐܺܝܠ ʾīyl; إل or إله; cognate to ilu) is a Northwest Semitic word meaning 'god' or 'deity', or referring (as a proper name) to any one of multiple major ancient Near Eastern deities.
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America.
Embassy of the United States, Jerusalem
The Embassy of the United States of America in Jerusalem is the diplomatic mission of the United States of America to the State of Israel.
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Emir
Emir (أمير, also transliterated as amir, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or ceremonial authority. The title has a long history of use in the Arab World, East Africa, West Africa, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
Emirate of Transjordan
The Emirate of Transjordan (the emirate east of the Jordan), officially known as the Amirate of Trans-Jordan, was a British protectorate established on 11 April 1921,, "The Emirate of Transjordan was founded on April 11, 1921, and became the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan upon formal independence from Britain in 1946" which remained as such until achieving formal independence in 1946.
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Enclave and exclave
An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity.
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Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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Eschatology
Eschatology concerns expectations of the end of present age, human history, or the world itself.
EuroCup Basketball
EuroCup Basketball, commonly known as the EuroCup and currently called BKT EuroCup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual professional basketball club competition organized by Euroleague Basketball.
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Eutychius of Alexandria
Eutychius of Alexandria (Arabic: Sa'id ibn Batriq or Bitriq; 10 September 877 – 12 May 940) was the Melkite (Greek Orthodox) Patriarch of Alexandria.
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Execration texts
Execration texts, also referred to as proscription lists, are ancient Egyptian hieratic texts, listing enemies of the pharaoh, most often enemies of the Egyptian state or troublesome foreign neighbors.
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Expansion of Jerusalem in the 19th century
The expansion of Jerusalem outside of the Old City walls, which included shifting the city center to the new neighborhoods, started in the mid-19th century and by the early 20th century had entirely transformed the city.
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Expulsion of Jews from Spain
The Expulsion of Jews from Spain was the expulsion of practicing Jews following the Alhambra Decree in 1492, which was enacted to eliminate their influence on Spain's large converso population and to ensure its members did not revert to Judaism.
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Expulsions and exoduses of Jews
This article lists expulsions, refugee crises and other forms of displacement that have affected Jews.
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Extremes on Earth
This article lists extreme locations on Earth that hold geographical records or are otherwise known for their geophysical or meteorological superlatives.
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Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium
Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium (ملعب فيصل الحسيني الدولي) is an association football stadium on Dahiat al'Barid Street of Al-Ram in Jerusalem Governorate, Palestine.
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Fatimid Caliphate
The Fatimid Caliphate or Fatimid Empire (al-Khilāfa al-Fāṭimiyya) was a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries CE under the rule of the Fatimids, an Isma'ili Shia dynasty.
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Félix-Marie Abel
Félix-Marie Abel (29 December 1878 – 24 March 1953) was a French archaeologist, a geographer, and a professor at the École Biblique in Jerusalem.
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Fez, Morocco
Fez or Fes (fās) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region.
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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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First Jewish–Roman War
The First Jewish–Roman War (66–74 CE), sometimes called the Great Jewish Revolt (ha-Mered Ha-Gadol), or The Jewish War, was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews against the Roman Empire fought in the province of Judaea, resulting in the destruction of Jewish towns, the displacement of its people and the appropriation of land for Roman military use, as well as the destruction of the Jewish Temple and polity.
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Firuzabadi
Abu ’l-Ṭāhir Muḥammad b. YaʿḲūb b. Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm Mad̲j̲d al-Di̊n al-S̲h̲āfiʿī al-S̲h̲īrāzī (فیروزآبادی) also known as al-Fayrūzabādī (الفيروزآبادي (1329–1414) was a grammarian and a leading lexicographer in his time. He was the compiler of al-Qamous (القاموس), a comprehensive and, for nearly five centuries, one of the most widely used Arabic dictionaries.
Flint
Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone.
Force 17
Force 17 (القوة 17) was a commando and special operations unit of the Palestinian Fatah movement and later of the Office of the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority.
Fountain of Qayt Bay
Fountain of Qayt Bay (نافورة قايتباي) or Sabil Qaitbay (سبيل قايتباي) is a domed public fountain (sabil) on the western esplanade of the al-Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem, near the Madrasa al-Ashrafiyya.
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Four Holy Cities
The Four Holy Cities of Judaism are the cities of Jerusalem, Hebron, Safed and Tiberias, which were the four main centers of Jewish life after the Ottoman conquest of Palestine. Jerusalem and four Holy Cities are holy cities of Judaism.
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Four Sephardic Synagogues
The Four Sephardic Synagogues are a complex of four adjoining synagogues located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II (German: Friedrich; Italian: Federico; Latin: Fridericus; 26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusalem from 1225.
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French Hill (settlement)
French Hill (הגבעה הצרפתית, HaGiv'a HaTzarfatit, التلة الفرنسية, at-tel al-faransiya), also Giv'at Shapira (גִּבְעַת שַׁפִּירָא), is an Israeli settlement in northern East Jerusalem. Jerusalem and French Hill (settlement) are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Gaza City
Gaza, also called Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip. Jerusalem and Gaza City are capitals in the State of Palestine and Hebrew Bible cities.
Gehenna
The Valley of Hinnom, Gehinnom (Gēʾ ḇen-Hīnnōm, or label) or Gehenna (Géenna), also known as Wadi el-Rababa, is a historic valley surrounding Jerusalem from the west and southwest that has acquired various theological connotations, including as a place of divine punishment, in Jewish eschatology.
Genesis Apocryphon
The Genesis Apocryphon (1Q20), also called the Tales of the Patriarchs or the Apocalypse of Lamech and labeled 1QapGen, is one of the original seven Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 1946 by Bedouin shepherds in Cave 1 near Qumran, a small settlement in the northwest corner of the Dead Sea.
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George Williams (priest)
George Williams (1814–1878) was an English cleric, academic and antiquary.
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Georgians
The Georgians, or Kartvelians (tr), are a nation and Caucasian ethnic group native to present-day Georgia and surrounding areas historically associated with the Georgian kingdoms.
Gerard Behar Center
Gerard Behar Center (מרכז ז'ראר בכר) is a major arts centre in Jerusalem, Israel, for independent theatre, dance, and musical productions, children's shows, art exhibitions, artist workshops, and festivals.
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German Colony, Jerusalem
The German Colony (המושבה הגרמנית, HaMoshava HaGermanit) is a neighborhood in Jerusalem, established in the second half of the 19th century as a German Templer Colony in Palestine. Jerusalem and German Colony, Jerusalem are Arab Christian communities in Israel and neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Gihon Spring
Gihon Spring or Fountain of the Virgin, also known as Saint Mary's Pool,A.H. Sayce, "The Inscription at the Pool of Siloam", Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement 13.2 (April 1881): (editio princeps), p. is a spring in the Kidron Valley.
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Giv'at Ze'ev
Giv'at Ze'ev (גִּבְעַת זְאֵב) is an urban Israeli settlement BBC News, September 22, 2009.
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Givat Ram
Givat Ram (גִּבְעַת רָם) is a neighborhood in central Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Givat Ram are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Globes (newspaper)
Globes (גלובס) is a Hebrew-language daily evening financial newspaper in Israel.
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Glottal stop
The glottal stop or glottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages, produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract or, more precisely, the glottis.
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God
In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.
GOD TV
GOD TV is a word of faith Christian media network that started in the United Kingdom.
Gospel of John
The Gospel of John (translit) is the fourth of the New Testament's four canonical gospels.
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Gospel of Luke
The Gospel of Luke tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus.
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Gospel of Mark
The Gospel of Mark is the second of the four canonical gospels and one of the three synoptic Gospels.
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Government of Palestine
The government of Palestine is the government of the Palestinian Authority or State of Palestine.
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Governorates of Palestine
The Governorates of Palestine (محافظات فلسطين) are the administrative divisions of the State of Palestine.
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Greater Jerusalem
In Israel, the Jerusalem metropolitan area is the area encompassing the approximately one hundred square miles surrounding the Old City of Jerusalem with a population of 1,253,900.
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Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.
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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Greeks
The Greeks or Hellenes (Έλληνες, Éllines) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with many Greek communities established around the world..
Green Line (Israel)
The Green Line or 1949 Armistice border is the demarcation line set out in the 1949 Armistice Agreements between the armies of Israel and those of its neighbors (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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Haaretz
Haaretz (originally Ḥadshot Haaretz –) is an Israeli newspaper.
Hadassah Medical Center
Hadassah Medical Center (הָמֶרְכָּז הָרְפוּאִי הֲדַסָּה) is an Israeli medical organization established in 1934 that operates two university hospitals in Jerusalem (one in Ein Karem and one in Mount Scopus) as well as schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and pharmacology affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Hadith
Hadith (translit) or Athar (أثر) is a form of Islamic oral tradition containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the prophet Muhammad.
Hadrian
Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138.
Haifa
Haifa (Ḥēyfā,; Ḥayfā) is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in. Jerusalem and Haifa are Arab Christian communities in Israel, cities in Israel, holy cities and mixed Israeli communities.
HaKirya
HaKirya, or The Kirya (הַקִּרְיָה, lit. The Campus), is an area in central Tel Aviv, consisting of an urban military base north of Kaplan Street, and a civilian area south of it.
Hammam
A hammam (translit, hamam), called a Moorish bath (in reference to the Muslim Spain of Al-Andalus) and a Turkish bath by Westerners, is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world.
Hans Köchler
Hans Köchler (born 18 October 1948) is a retired professor of philosophy at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and president of the International Progress Organization, a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the United Nations.
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Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.
Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball Club (מועדון כדורסל הפועל ירושלים), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (הפועל בנק יהב ירושלים), is a professional basketball club based in the City of Jerusalem, Israel, and competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball), the Israeli State Cup, and the Basketball Champions League.
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Hapoel Jerusalem F.C.
Hapoel Jerusalem Football Club (מועדון כדורגל הפועל ירושלים, Mo'adon Kaduregel Hapoel Yerushalayim) is an Israeli professional football club based in Jerusalem.
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Har Hotzvim
Har Hotzvim (הר חוצבים, lit. Stonecutter's Mountain), also Campus of Science-Rich Industries (Kiryat Ta'asiyot Atirot Mada) is a high-tech industrial park located in northwest Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Har Hotzvim are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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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Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing.
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Hasmonean dynasty
The Hasmonean dynasty (חַשְׁמוֹנָאִים Ḥašmōnāʾīm; Ασμοναϊκή δυναστεία) was a ruling dynasty of Judea and surrounding regions during the Hellenistic times of the Second Temple period (part of classical antiquity), from BCE to 37 BCE.
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Heavy industry
Heavy industry is an industry that involves one or more characteristics such as large and heavy products; large and heavy equipment and facilities (such as heavy equipment, large machine tools, huge buildings and large-scale infrastructure); or complex or numerous processes.
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Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Hebrew), also known in Hebrew as Miqra (Hebrew), is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, comprising the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim.
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Hebrew language
Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Hebrews
The Hebrews were an ancient Semitic-speaking people.
Hebron
Hebron (الخليل, or خَلِيل الرَّحْمَن; חֶבְרוֹן) is a Palestinian. Jerusalem and Hebron are Hebrew Bible cities, holy cities, holy cities of Judaism, Jewish holy places and Torah cities.
Hebron Yeshiva
Hebron Yeshiva, also known as Yeshivas Hevron, or Knesses Yisroel, is a yeshiva (school for Talmudic study).
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Heinrich Kiepert
Heinrich Kiepert (July 31, 1818 – April 21, 1899) was a German geographer.
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Hell
In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as punishment after death.
Hellenistic period
In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the Roman conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year, which eliminated the last major Hellenistic kingdom.
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Heraclius
Heraclius (Hērákleios; – 11 February 641) was Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641.
Herod Agrippa II
Herod Agrippa II (AD 27/28 – or 100), officially named Marcus Julius Agrippa and sometimes shortened to Agrippa, was the last ruler from the Herodian dynasty, reigning over territories outside of Judea as a Roman client.
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Herod Archelaus
Herod Archelaus (Hērōidēs Archelaos; 23 BC &ndash) was the ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea, including the cities Caesarea and Jaffa, for nine years.
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Herod the Great
Herod I or Herod the Great was a Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea.
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Hezekiah
Hezekiah (חִזְקִיָּהוּ|Ḥizqiyyāhū), or Ezekias (born, sole ruler), was the son of Ahaz and the 13th king of Judah according to the Hebrew Bible.
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.
Highway 50 (Israel–Palestine)
Highway 50 (formerly Route 404), officially called Begin Boulevard (שדרות בגין, Sderot Begin) and also referred to as Menachem Begin Expressway or Begin Highway, is a north-south urban freeway, through western Jerusalem, named after Israel's sixth Prime Minister, Menachem Begin.
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Highway 60 (Israel–Palestine)
Highway 60 or (כביש שישים, Kvish Shishim; الطريق السريع ستين at-Tariq as-Sarie Sitiin) is a south–north intercity road in Israel and the Palestinian West Bank that stretches from Beersheba to Nazareth.
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Hijri year
The Hijri year (سَنة هِجْريّة) or era (التقويمالهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī) is the era used in the Islamic lunar calendar.
Hind al-Husseini
Hind al-Husseini (هند الحسيني; 25 April 1916 – 13 September 1994) was a Palestinian woman notable for rescuing 55 orphaned survivors of the Deir Yassin massacre, after they were dropped off in Jerusalem and left to fend for themselves.
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History of Jerusalem
During its long history, Jerusalem has been attacked 52 times, captured and recaptured 44 times, besieged 23 times, and destroyed twice.
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History of the Jews and Judaism in the Land of Israel
The history of the Jews and Judaism in the Land of Israel begins in the 2nd millennium BCE, when Israelites emerged as an outgrowth of southern Canaanites.
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Holiest sites in Islam
The holiest sites in Islam are located in the Arabian Peninsula. Jerusalem and holiest sites in Islam are Islamic holy places.
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Holy city
A holy city is a city important to the history or faith of a specific religion. Jerusalem and holy city are holy cities.
Holy of Holies
The Holy of Holies (Qōḏeš haqQŏḏāšīm or Kodesh HaKodashim; also הַדְּבִיר hadDəḇīr, 'the Sanctuary') is a term in the Hebrew Bible that refers to the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle, where the Shekhinah (God's presence) appeared.
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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.
Holyland Model of Jerusalem
The Holyland Model of Jerusalem, also known as Model of Jerusalem at the end of the Second Temple period (דגם ירושלים בסוף ימי בית שני) is a 1:50 scale model of the city of Jerusalem in the late Second Temple period.
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Hungarians
Hungarians, also known as Magyars (magyarok), are a Central European nation and an ethnic group native to Hungary and historical Hungarian lands (i.e. belonging to the former Kingdom of Hungary) who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language.
Hurva Synagogue
The Hurva Synagogue (בית הכנסת החורבה, translit: Beit ha-Knesset ha-Hurva, lit. "The Ruin Synagogue"), also known as Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid (חורבת רבי יהודה החסיד, "Ruin of Rabbi Judah the Pious"), is a synagogue located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, 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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IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.
Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt
Ibrahim Pasha (إبراهيمباشا Ibrāhīm Bāshā; 1789 – 10 November 1848) was an Egyptian general and politician; he was the commander of both the Egyptian and Ottoman armies and the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, the Wāli and unrecognized Khedive of Egypt and Sudan.
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Ilghazi
Najm al-Din Ilghazi ibn Artuq (نجمالدين إلغازي ابن أرتوك; died November 8, 1122) was the Turkoman Artukid ruler of Mardin from 1107 to 1122.
Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher founded in 1950 at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences.
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Indigenous peoples
There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant cultural model.
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Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.
International city
An international city is an autonomous or semi-autonomous city-state that is separate from the direct supervision of any single nation-state.
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International community
The international community is a term used in geopolitics and international relations to refer to a broad group of people and governments of the world.
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International Convention Center (Jerusalem)
The International Convention Center (מרכז הקונגרסים הבינלאומי, Merkaz HaKongresim HaBeinLeumi), commonly known as Binyenei HaUma (בנייני האומה, lit. Buildings of the nation), is a concert hall and convention center in Giv'at Ram in Jerusalem.
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International law
International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards that states and other actors feel an obligation to obey in their mutual relations and generally do obey.
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Ir Amim
Ir Amim (עיר עמים; "City of Peoples" or "City of Nations") is an Israeli activist non-profit founded in 2004 that focuses on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Jerusalem.
Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
Islamic Museum, Jerusalem
The Islamic Museum (متحف الآثار الإسلامية; מוזיאון האסלאם) is a museum at Al Aqsa in the Old City section of Jerusalem.
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Islamization of Jerusalem
The Islamization of Jerusalem refers to the process through which Jerusalem and its Old City acquired an Islamic character and, eventually, a significant Muslim presence.
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Isra' and Mi'raj
The Israʾ and Miʿraj (الإسراء والمعراج) are the two parts of a Night Journey that Muslims believe the Islamic prophet Muhammad (AD 570–632) took during a single night around the year AD 621 (1 BH – 0 BH).
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Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, based in Jerusalem, was established in 1961 by the State of Israel to foster contact between Israeli scholars in the sciences and humanities and create a think tank for advising the government on research projects of national importance.
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Israel Antiquities Authority
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA, רשות העתיקות rashut ha-'atiqot; داﺌرة الآثار, before 1990, the Israel Department of Antiquities) is an independent Israeli governmental authority responsible for enforcing the 1978 Law of Antiquities.
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Israel Broadcasting Authority
The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was Israel's public broadcaster from 1948 to 2017, succeeded by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.
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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 Festival
The Israel Festival (פסטיבל ישראל) is a multidisciplinary arts festival held every spring in Israel.
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Israel Finkelstein
Israel Finkelstein (ישראל פינקלשטיין; born March 29, 1949) is an Israeli archaeologist, professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and the head of the School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures at the University of Haifa.
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Israel Meteorological Service
The Israel Meteorological Service (השירות המטאורולוגי הישראלי, HaSherut HaMete'orologi HaYisra'eli) is a unit of the Israeli Ministry of Transportation responsible for forecasting weather, meteorological data and climate research in Israel.
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Israel Museum
The Israel Museum (מוזיאון ישראל, Muze'on Yisrael, متحف إسرائيل) is an art and archaeology museum in Jerusalem.
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisra'elit) is a major Israeli symphony orchestra based in Tel Aviv.
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Israel Railways
Israel Railways Ltd. (רַכֶּבֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, Rakevet Yisra'el) is the state-owned principal railway company responsible for all inter-city, commuter, and freight rail transport in Israel.
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Israel Standard Time
Israel Standard Time (IST) (שעון ישראל, lit. "Clock of Israel") is the standard time zone in Israel.
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Israel State Archives
Israel State Archives (ISA; ארכיון מדינת ישראל Arkhiyon Medinat Yisra'el) is the national archive of Israel, located in Jerusalem.
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Israel State Cup
The Israel State Cup (גביע המדינה, Gvia HaMedina), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA).
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Israel Summer Time
Israel Summer Time (שעון קיץ "Summer Clock"), also in English, Israel Daylight Time (IDT) is the practice in Israel by which clocks are advanced by one hour, beginning on the Friday before the last Sunday of March, and ending on the last Sunday of October.
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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 Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl (ליגת העל, lit., Supreme League or Premier League), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball competition.
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Israeli Basketball State Cup
The Israeli Basketball State Cup (גביע המדינה בכדורסל) is the second most important professional basketball competition in Israel, after the Israeli Super League.
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Israeli coastal plain
Israeli coastal plain (מישור החוף, Mishor HaḤof) is the Israeli segment of the Levantine coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea, extending north to south.
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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 Jews
Israeli Jews or Jewish Israelis (יהודים ישראלים) comprise Israel's largest ethnic and religious community.
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Israeli occupation of the West Bank
The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has been under military occupation by Israel since 7 June 1967, when Israeli forces captured the territory, then ruled by Jordan, during the Six-Day War.
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Israeli Premier League
The Israeli Premier League (ליגת העל, Ligat HaAl) is a professional association football (soccer) league, that operates as the highest-division of the Israeli football league.
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Israeli settlement
Israeli settlements, also called Israeli colonies, are the civilian communities built by Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories.
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Israeli West Bank barrier
The Israeli West Bank barrier, comprising the West Bank Wall and the West Bank fence, is a separation barrier built by Israel along the Green Line and inside parts of the West Bank.
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Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine.
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Israeli–Palestinian economic peace efforts
Israeli–Palestinian economic peace efforts refers to efforts to promote joint economic projects between Israelis and Palestinians, as a pathway to reach peace between the two groups.
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Israelite Tower
The Israelite Tower (המגדל הישראלי) is an archaeological site in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter.
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Israelites
The Israelites were a group of Semitic-speaking tribes in the ancient Near East who, during the Iron Age, inhabited a part of Canaan. Jerusalem and Israelites are land of Israel.
Istanbul
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia. Jerusalem and Istanbul are holy cities.
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
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Jaba', Jerusalem
Jaba’ (جبع) is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, located northeast of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. Jerusalem and Jaba', Jerusalem are Jerusalem Governorate.
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Jabal Al-Mukaber Club
Jabal Al Mukaber is a Palestinian professional football club based in East Jerusalem, Palestine, that competes in the West Bank Premier League.
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Jabel Mukaber
Jabel Mukaber (جبل مكبر, ג'בל מוכאבר) is a predominantly Palestinian neighborhood in southern East Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Jabel Mukaber are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Jacob Baradaeus
Jacob Baradaeus (Greek; مار يعقوب البرادعي; translit), also known as Jacob bar Addai or Jacob bar Theophilus, was the Bishop of Edessa from 543/544 until his death in 578.
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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. Jerusalem and Jaffa are ancient Jewish settlements of Judaea, Arab Christian communities in Israel and mixed Israeli communities.
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.
Jaffa Road
Jaffa Road, also called Jaffa Street (Rehov Yaffo; شارع يافا) is one of the longest and oldest major streets in Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Jaffa Road are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Jakarta
Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) and formerly known as Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Jerusalem and Jakarta are capitals in Asia.
Jannah
In Islam, Jannah (janna, pl. جَنّٰت jannāt) is the final abode of the righteous.
Jebusites
The Jebusites (Yəḇusi) were, according to the books of Joshua and Samuel from the Hebrew Bible, a Canaanite tribe that inhabited Jerusalem, called Jebus (trampled place) before the conquest initiated by Joshua and completed by King David, although a majority of scholars agree that the Book of Joshua holds little historical value for early Israel and most likely reflects a much later period.
Jericho
Jericho (Arīḥā,; Yərīḥō) is a city in the West Bank, Palestine; it is the administrative seat of the Jericho Governorate of Palestine. Jerusalem and Jericho are Hebrew Bible cities and Torah cities.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the second-most populous, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
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Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (האקדמיה למוסיקה ולמחול בירושלים), is a school for the music and the performing arts in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
The Tisch Family Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem (גן החיות התנ"כי בירושלים על שם משפחת טיש, حديقة الحيوان الكتابية في أورشليمالقدس), popularly known as the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, is a zoo located in the Malha neighborhood of Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem central bus station
The Jerusalem Central Bus Station (התחנה המרכזית של ירושלים, HaTahanah HaMerkazit Shel Yerushalayim, Arabic: محطة الحافلات المركزية) is the main bus depot in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem Cinematheque
The Jerusalem Cinematheque is a cinematheque and film archive in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem College of Technology
The Jerusalem College of Technology - Lev Academic Center (JCT; המרכז האקדמי לב) is a private college in Israel, recognized by the Council for Higher Education, which specializes in providing high-level science and technology education to the Jewish community.
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Jerusalem Development Authority
The Jerusalem Development Authority, or JDA, is a joint agency of the Israeli government and the Jerusalem Municipality that works to promote and develop the economy of the city of Jerusalem.
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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 Embassy Act
The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 is a public law of the United States passed by the 104th Congress on October 23, 1995.
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Jerusalem Film Festival
The Jerusalem Film Festival (פסטיבל הקולנוע ירושלים, مهرجان القدس السينمائي) is an international film festival held annually in Jerusalem, It was established in 1984 by the Director of the Jerusalem Cinematheque and Israeli Film Archive, Lia Van Leer, and has since become the main Israeli event for filmmakers and enthusiasts.
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Jerusalem Forest
The Jerusalem Forest is a municipal pine forest located in the Judean Mountains on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem Governorate
The Quds Governorate (Muḥāfaẓat al-Quds; translit), also Jerusalem Governorate, is one of the 16 governorates of Palestine and located in the central part of the West Bank.
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Jerusalem in Christianity
Jerusalem's role in first-century Christianity, during the ministry of Jesus and the Apostolic Age, as recorded in the New Testament, gives it great importance, both culturally and religiously, in Christianity.
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Jerusalem in Judaism
Since the 10th century BCE, Jerusalem has been the holiest city, focus and spiritual center of the Jews. Jerusalem and Jerusalem in Judaism are land 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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Jerusalem International Airport
Jerusalem International Airport was a regional airport located in the city of Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem Khan Theatre
Jerusalem Khan Theatre (תיאטרון החאן – Teat'ron HaKhan, lit. "The Caravanserai Theatre") is a repertory theatre based in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem Law
Jerusalem Law (قانون القدس) is a common name of Basic Law: Jerusalem, Capital of Israel passed by the Knesset on 30 July 1980.
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Jerusalem Light Rail
The Jerusalem Light Rail (הרכבת הקלה בירושלים, HaRakevet HaKala Birushalayim, قطار القدس الخفيف, Qiṭār Al-Quds Al-Khafīf) is a light rail system in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem Marathon
The Jerusalem Marathon is an annual marathon running event held in Jerusalem during the month of March.
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Jerusalem March
Jerusalem March (צעדת ירושלים) is an annual march in Jerusalem that takes place during the week-long festival of Sukkot.
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Jerusalem Municipality
The Jerusalem Municipality (Iriyat yerushalayim), the seat of the Israeli municipal administration, consists of a number of buildings located on Jaffa Road in the city of Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem Music Centre
The Jerusalem Music Centre is an institute for musical education in Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem Old Town Hall
Jerusalem's old town hall was one of the four public buildings constructed in Jerusalem by the British administration during the British Mandate.
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Jerusalem stone
Jerusalem stone (Hebrew:; حجر القدس) is a name applied to various types of pale limestone, dolomite and dolomitic limestone, common in and around Jerusalem that have been used in building since ancient times.
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Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra (Hebrew: התזמורת הסימפונית ירושלים, ha-Tizmoret ha-Simfonit Yerushalayim) is a major orchestra of Israel.
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Jerusalem Technology Park
Jerusalem Technology Park (גט"י - הגן הטכנולוגי.), also Malha Technology Park (הגן הטכנולוגי מלחה, Hagan HaTechnologi Malha) is a high-tech industrial park located in the Malha neighborhood of southwest Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Jerusalem Technology Park are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem Theatre
The Jerusalem Theatre (תיאטרון ירושלים, The Jerusalem Centre for the Performing Arts) is a centre for the performing arts in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem Trail
The Jerusalem Trail, (שביל ירושלים, Shvil Yerushalaim) is a hiking and cycling path that extends the Israel National Trail into Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem Waqf
The Jerusalem Waqf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Department, also known as the Jerusalem Waqf, the Jordanian Waqf or simply the Waqf, is the Jordanian-appointed organization responsible for controlling and managing the current Islamic edifices on the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, which includes the Dome of the Rock.
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Jerusalem: The Biography
Jerusalem: The Biography is a 2011 bestselling non-fiction book by British popular historian and writer Simon Sebag Montefiore.
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Jerusalem–Malha railway station
Jerusalem–Malha railway station (תחנת הרכבת ירושלים – מלחה, Tahanat HaRakevet Yerushalayim–Malha; محطة أورشليم– المالحة) was one of two Israel Railways termini in Jerusalem, the other being Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon railway station.
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Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon railway station
Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon Railway Station (תחנת הרכבת ירושלים – יצחק נבון, Tahanat HaRakevet Yerushalaim–Yitzhak Navon; محطة أورشليم– يتسحاق ناڤون), originally named Jerusalem–HaUma railway station is an Israel Railways passenger terminal in Jerusalem, located at 6 Shazar Avenue.
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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.
Jewish ceremonial art
Jewish ceremonial art is objects used by Jews for ritual purposes.
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Jewish Quarter (Jerusalem)
The Jewish Quarter (הרובע היהודי, HaRova HaYehudi; حارة اليهود, Harat al-Yehud) is one of the four traditional quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Jewish Quarter (Jerusalem) are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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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.
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is an American multinational pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical technologies corporation headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Jonathan M. Bloom
Jonathan Max Bloom (born April 7, 1950) is an American art historian and educator.
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Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Jordan Valley
The Jordan Valley (Ghawr al-Urdunn; Emek HaYarden) forms part of the larger Jordan Rift Valley.
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Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
The Jordanian administration of the West Bank officially began on April 24, 1950, and ended with the decision to sever ties on July 31, 1988.
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Jordanian dinar
The Jordanian dinar (دينار أردني; code: JOD; unofficially abbreviated as JD) has been the currency of Jordan since 1950.
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Josephus
Flavius Josephus (Ἰώσηπος,; AD 37 – 100) was a Roman–Jewish historian and military leader.
Joshua
Joshua, also known as Yehoshua (Yəhōšuaʿ, Tiberian: Yŏhōšuaʿ, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jeshoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Exodus and Numbers, and later succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelite tribes in the Book of Joshua of the Hebrew Bible.
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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Judaean Mountains
The Judaean Mountains, or Judaean Hills (translit) or the Hebron Mountains (lit), are a mountain range in Israel and the West Bank where Jerusalem, Hebron and several other biblical cities are located.
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Judaism
Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.
Judaization of Jerusalem
Judaization of Jerusalem (tahwīd al-Quds; yehud Yerushalayim) is the view that Israel has sought to transform the physical and demographic landscape of Jerusalem to enhance its Jewish character at the expense of its Muslim and Christian ones.
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Judea
Judea or Judaea (Ἰουδαία,; Iudaea) is a mountainous region of the Levant. Jerusalem and Judea are land of Israel.
Kaaba
The Kaaba, sometimes referred to as al-Ka'ba al-Musharrafa, is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Kafr 'Aqab
Kafr 'Aqab (كفر عقب) is the northernmost Palestinian Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Kafr 'Aqab are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Karaite Judaism
Karaite Judaism or Karaism is a non-Rabbinical Jewish sect and, in Eastern Europe, a separate Judaic ethno-religion characterized by the recognition of the written Tanakh alone as its supreme authority in halakha (Jewish religious law) and theology. Karaites believe that all of the divine commandments which were handed down to Moses by God were recorded in the written Torah without any additional Oral Law or explanation.
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Katamon
Katamon or Qatamon (קטמון; Qaṭamūn; Katamónas; from the Ancient Greek label), officially known as Gonen (Defender; mainly used in municipal publications), is a neighborhood in south-central Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Katamon are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kenyon Institute
The Kenyon Institute, previously known as the British School of Archaeology at Jerusalem (BSAJ), is a British research institute supporting humanities and social science studies in Israel and Palestine.
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Kevin Bermeister
Kevin Bermeister (born 1960 in South Africa) is an entrepreneur that has developed several businesses in the computer, multimedia and Internet industries.
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Khirbet Beit Lei
Khirbet Beit Lei or Beth Loya is an archaeological tell in the Judean lowlands of Israel.
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Khosrow II
Khosrow II (spelled Chosroes II in classical sources; Husrō and Khosrau), commonly known as Khosrow Parviz (New Persian: خسرو پرویز, "Khosrow the Victorious"), is considered to be the last great Sasanian king (shah) of Iran, ruling from 590 to 628, with an interruption of one year.
Khwarazmian army between 1231 and 1246
The Khwarazmian army, also called the Khwarazmiyya, maintained itself as a force of freebooters and mercenaries between 1231 and 1246, following the Mongol conquest of the Khwarazmian Empire (1221) and the death of the last Khwarazmshah, Jalal al-Din (1231).
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Kidron Valley
Kidron Valley (classical transliteration, Cedron, from נחל קדרון, Naḥal Qidron, literally Qidron River; also Qidron Valley) is the modern name of the valley originating slightly northeast of the Old City of Jerusalem, which then separates the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives, and ending at the Dead Sea.
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Kiepert maps of Palestine and Jerusalem
The Kiepert maps of Palestine and Jerusalem were important scientific mappings of the region of Palestine and mappings of Jerusalem, initially published in 1841 by German cartographer Heinrich Kiepert as the maps accompanying Biblical Researches in Palestine, the magnum opus of the "Father of Biblical Geography", Edward Robinson.
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Kindergarten
Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school.
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King George Street (Jerusalem)
King George Street (רחוב המלך ג׳ורג׳, Rehov ha-Melekh Jorj, شارع الملك جورج Shara'a al-Malik Jurj) is a street in central Jerusalem which joins the famous Ben Yehuda Street and Jaffa Road to form the Downtown Triangle central business district.
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King James Version
on the title-page of the first edition and in the entries in works like the "Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church", etc.--> The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version (AV), is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I.
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Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
According to the Deuteronomistic history in the Hebrew Bible, a United Monarchy or United Kingdom of Israel existed under the reigns of Saul, Eshbaal, David, and Solomon, encompassing the territories of both the later kingdoms of Judah and Israel.
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Kingdom of Jerusalem
The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as the Latin Kingdom, was a Crusader state that was established in the Levant immediately after the First Crusade.
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Kingdom of Judah
The Kingdom of Judah was an Israelite kingdom of the Southern Levant during the Iron Age.
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Kiryat HaLeom
Kiryat HaLeom (קרית הלאום), also known as Kiryat HaUma (קרית האומה) and referred to in English as the National Quarter, is the official label of a complex in central Jerusalem that includes Kiryat HaMemshala (the government precinct), the Knesset (parliament), Sacher Park, the Menorah Garden, Wohl Rose Park and Binyanei HaUma convention center. Jerusalem and Kiryat HaLeom are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Kiryat HaMemshala
Kiryat HaMemshala (קרית הממשלה, lit. Government complex), also known as Kiryat Ben-Gurion, (lit. Ben-Gurion complex) is the government precinct of the State of Israel. Jerusalem and Kiryat HaMemshala are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Kiryat Menachem Begin
Kiryat Menachem Begin, named after former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and also known as Kiryat HaMemshala, is a complex of government buildings in East Jerusalem located between Sheikh Jarrah in the north, adjacent to Mount Scopus in the east and Ammunition Hill in the west. Jerusalem and Kiryat Menachem Begin are Jerusalem Governorate and neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Knesset
The Knesset (translit, translit) is the unicameral legislature of Israel.
Kohen
Kohen (כֹּהֵן, kōhēn,, "priest", pl., kōhănīm,, "priests") is the Hebrew word for "priest", used in reference to the Aaronic priesthood, also called Aaronites or Aaronides.
Kohl (cosmetics)
Kohl is an eye cosmetic, traditionally made by grinding stibnite for use similar to that of charcoal in mascara.
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Kol Ha'ir
Kol Ha'ir (lit The Whole City, also a homophone for Voice of the City) is a local Hebrew-language weekly published in Jerusalem.
Kol Yisrael
Kol Yisrael or Kol Israel (lit. "Voice of Israel", also "Israel Radio") was Israel's public domestic and international radio service.
Kyoto Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu.
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Land of Israel
The Land of Israel is the traditional Jewish name for an area of the Southern Levant. Jerusalem and Land of Israel are Jewish holy places.
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Large Stone Structure
The Large Stone Structure (Mivne haEven haGadol) is the name given to a set of remains interpreted by the excavator, Israeli archaeologist Eilat Mazar, as being part of a single large public building in the City of David, presumably the oldest settlement core of Jerusalem.
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Last Supper
The Last Supper is the final meal that, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus shared with his apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion.
Latin America
Latin America often refers to the regions in the Americas in which Romance languages are the main languages and the culture and Empires of its peoples have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact.
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Lausanne Conference of 1922–1923
The Conference of Lausanne was a conference held in Lausanne, Switzerland, during 1922 and 1923.
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League of Nations
The League of Nations (LN or LoN; Société des Nations, SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.
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Legends of the Jews
The Legends of the Jews is a chronological compilation of aggadah from hundreds of biblical legends in Mishnah, Talmud and Midrash.
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Levantine Arabic
Levantine Arabic, also called Shami (autonym: or اللهجة الشامية), is an Arabic variety spoken in the Levant, namely in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel and southern Turkey (historically only in Adana, Mersin and Hatay provinces).
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Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol (לוי אשכול;‎ 25 October 1895 – 26 February 1969), born Levi Yitzhak Shkolnik (לוי יצחק שקולניק), was an Israeli statesman who served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969.
Lexicography
Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines.
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Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.
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Liga Leumit
The Israeli Liga Leumit (הליגה הלאומית, HaLiga HaLeumit) is the second division of the professional Israeli association football (soccer) league system.
Likud
Likud (HaLikud), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement (HaLikud – Tnu'ah Leumit Liberalit), is a major right-wing political party in Israel.
List of consulates-general in Jerusalem
Currently, eight countries maintain consulates-general in Jerusalem: Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
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List of monarchs of Persia
This article lists the monarchs of Iran (Persia) from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979.
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List of oldest continuously inhabited cities
This is a list of present-day cities by the time period over which they have been continuously inhabited as a city.
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List of people from Jerusalem
This is a list of notable people who were born, lived or are/were famously associated with Jerusalem.
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List of places in Jerusalem
This article lists significant public places in the city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem and list of places in Jerusalem are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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List of songs about Jerusalem
This is a list of songs about Jerusalem, including major parts of the city such as individual neighborhoods and sections.
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List of World Heritage in Danger
The List of World Heritage in Danger is compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) through the World Heritage Committee according to Article 11.4 of the World Heritage Convention,Full title: Convention concerning the protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage which was established in 1972 to designate and manage World Heritage Sites.
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List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab states
This is a list of World Heritage Sites in the Arab states, in Western Asia and North Africa, occupying an area stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea.
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Local council (Israel)
Local councils (Hebrew plural; singular: מוֹעָצָה מְקוֹמִית; label; singular: مجلس محلّي) are one of the three types of local government found in Israel, the other two being cities and regional councils.
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London Review of Books
The London Review of Books (LRB) is a British literary magazine published bimonthly (twice a month) that features articles and essays on fiction and non-fiction subjects, which are usually structured as book reviews.
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Ma'ale Adumim
Ma'ale Adumim (מַעֲלֵה אֲדֻמִּים; معالي أدوميم) is an urban Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the West Bank, seven kilometers east of Jerusalem.
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Maccabees
The Maccabees, also spelled Machabees (מַכַּבִּים, or מַקַבִּים,; Machabaei or Maccabaei; Μακκαβαῖοι), were a group of Jewish rebel warriors who took control of Judea, which at the time was part of the Seleucid Empire.
Madrasa
Madrasa (also,; Arabic: مدرسة, pl. مدارس), sometimes transliterated as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary education or higher learning.
Madrasa al-Ashrafiyya
The Madrasa al-Ashrafiyya (translit) is an Islamic madrasa structure built in 1480–1482 by the Mamluk sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay (after whom it is named) on the western side of the Haram al-Sharif (Temple Mount) in Jerusalem.
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Mahane Israel
Mahane Israel (Hebrew: מחנה ישראל, Mahaneh Yisra'el) is the second Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem after Mishkenot Shaananim. Jerusalem and Mahane Israel are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Mahmoud Abbas
Mahmoud Abbas (Maḥmūd ʿAbbās; born 15 November 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen (أَبُو مَازِن), is the president of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA).
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Mamilla
Mamilla (ממילא) is a neighbourhood of Jerusalem that was established in the late 19th century outside the Old City, west of the Jaffa Gate. Jerusalem and Mamilla are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Mamilla Cemetery
Mamilla Cemetery, sometimes called Ma'aman Allah Cemetery (مقبرة مأمن الله), is a historic Muslim cemetery in West Jerusalem that dates back to the Crusades, and lies just to the west of the north-west corner of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, near the New Gate.
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Mamilla Mall
Mamilla Mall, also called Alrov Mamilla Avenue, is an upscale shopping street and the only open-air mall in West Jerusalem.
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Mamilla Pool
Mamilla Pool (also known as Birket Mamilla) is one of several ancient reservoirs that supplied water to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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Mamluk architecture
Mamluk architecture was the architectural style that developed under the Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517), which ruled over Egypt, the Levant, and the Hijaz from their capital, Cairo.
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Mamluk Sultanate
The Mamluk Sultanate (translit), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries.
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Mandate for Mesopotamia
The Mandate for Mesopotamia (al-Intidāb ʿalā Bilād mā bayn an-Nahrayn) was a proposed League of Nations mandate to cover Ottoman Iraq (Mesopotamia).
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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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Mandelbaum Gate
The Mandelbaum Gate is a former checkpoint between the Israeli and Jordanian sectors of Jerusalem, just north of the western edge of the Old City along the Green Line.
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Maqdisi
Maqdisi (مقدسي) is an Arabic nisba referring to a Jerusalemite.
Maronites
Maronites (Al-Mawārinah; Marunoye) are a Syriac Christian ethnoreligious group native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region of West Asia, whose members traditionally belong to the Maronite Church, with the largest concentration long residing near Mount Lebanon in modern Lebanon.
Martin Gilbert
Sir Martin John Gilbert (25 October 1936 – 3 February 2015) was a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.
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Masjid al-Haram
Masjid al-Haram (ٱَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَام|translit. Jerusalem and Masjid al-Haram are Islamic holy places.
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Master in Teaching
A Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) or Master of Science in Teaching (MST) is a professional master's degree that prepares an individual for primary or secondary teaching in a specific field of studies.
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Matriculation
Matriculation is the formal process of entering a university, or of becoming eligible to enter by fulfilling certain academic requirements such as a matriculation examination.
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Mattathias
Mattathias ben Johanan (מַתִּתְיָהוּ הַכֹּהֵן בֶּן יוֹחָנָן, Mattīṯyāhū haKōhēn ben Yōḥānān; died 166–165 BCE) was a Kohen (Jewish priest) who helped spark the Maccabean Revolt against the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire.
Mayor of Jerusalem
The Mayor of the City of Jerusalem is head of the executive branch of the political system in Jerusalem.
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Mayor–council government
A mayor–council government is a system of local government in which a mayor who is directly elected by the voters acts as chief executive, while a separately elected city council constitutes the legislative body.
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Mea Shearim
Mea Shearim (מאה שערים, lit., "hundred gates"; contextually, "a hundred fold") is one of the oldest Ashkenazi neighborhoods in Jerusalem outside of the Old City. Jerusalem and Mea Shearim are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Mecca
Mecca (officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam. Jerusalem and Mecca are holy cities and Islamic holy places.
Medina
Medina, officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah, is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia. Jerusalem and Medina are holy cities and Islamic holy places.
Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate, also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude).
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Medtronic
Medtronic plc is an American-Irish medical device company.
Melchizedek
In the Bible, Melchizedek (מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶק|translit.
Metonymy
Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept.
Metropolis
A metropolis is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural area for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications.
Metropolitan area
A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which are sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing.
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Mevaseret Zion
Mevaseret Zion (Herald of Zion) is a town and local council located to the west of Jerusalem, straddling both sides of the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway.
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Michael Alexander (bishop)
Michael Solomon Alexander (1 May 1799 – 23 November 1845) was the first Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem.
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Michael the Syrian
Saint Michael the Syrian (Mīkhaʾēl el Sūryani),(Mīkhoʾēl Sūryoyo), died AD 1199, also known as Michael the Great (Mīkhoʾēl Rabo) or Michael Syrus or Michael the Elder, to distinguish him from his nephew, was a patriarch and saint of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1166 to 1199.
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Middle Eastern studies
Middle Eastern studies (sometimes referred to as Near Eastern studies, West Asian Studies or South Western Asian) is a name given to a number of academic programs associated with the study of the history, culture, politics, economies, and geography of the Middle East, an area that is generally interpreted to cover a range of nations including Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen.
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Middle Kingdom of Egypt
The Middle Kingdom of Egypt (also known as The Period of Reunification) is the period in the history of ancient Egypt following a period of political division known as the First Intermediate Period.
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Midrash
Midrash (. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. מִדְרָשׁ; מִדְרָשִׁים or midrashot) is expansive Jewish Biblical exegesis using a rabbinic mode of interpretation prominent in the Talmud.
Midrash Shmuel Yeshiva
Midrash Shmuel is a Haredi (ultra-orthodox Jewish) yeshiva catering to English-speaking students, located in the Sha'arei Hesed neighborhood in West Jerusalem.
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Military occupation
Military occupation, also called belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is temporary hostile control exerted by a ruling power's military apparatus over a sovereign territory that is outside of the legal boundaries of that ruling power's own sovereign territory.
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Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (Israel)
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security of Israel (משרד החקלאות וביטחון המזון, Misrad HaHakla'ut UBithon Hamazon) is the ministry of the Israeli government that oversees the country's agricultural industry.
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Ministry of Defense (Israel)
The Ministry of Defense (Ministry of Security, acronym: משהב"ט) of the government of Israel, is the governmental department responsible for defending the State of Israel from internal and external military threats.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Misrad HaHutz; وزارة الخارجية الإسرائيلية) is one of the most important ministries in the Israeli government.
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Ministry of Interior (State of Palestine)
The Ministry of Interior and National Security is the branch of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) cabinet in charge of the security and the statistics of the population of the State of Palestine.
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Mir Yeshiva (Jerusalem)
The Mir Yeshiva (ישיבת מיר, Yeshivat Mir), known also as The Mir, is an Orthodox Jewish yeshiva in Beit Yisrael, Jerusalem.
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Mishkenot Sha'ananim
Mishkenot Sha'ananim (משכנות שאננים, lit. Peaceful Dwellings) was the first Jewish settlement built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, on a hill directly across Mount Zion. Jerusalem and Mishkenot Sha'ananim are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Mishnah
The Mishnah or the Mishna (מִשְׁנָה, "study by repetition", from the verb shanah, or "to study and review", also "secondary") is the first major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions that are known as the Oral Torah.
Mizrah
Mizrah (also spelled Mizrach, Mizrakh) (mizrákh, mizrāḥ) is the "east" and the direction that Jews in the Diaspora west of Israel face during prayer.
Mobileye
Mobileye Global Inc. is an Israeli autonomous driving company.
Modern Standard Arabic
Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Modern Written Arabic (MWA) is the variety of standardized, literary Arabic that developed in the Arab world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and in some usages also the variety of spoken Arabic that approximates this written standard.
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Modi'in Illit
Modi'in Illit (מוֹדִיעִין עִלִּית; موديعين عيليت, lit. "Upper Modi'in") is a Haredi Jewish-Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the West Bank, situated midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
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Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut (מוֹדִיעִין-מַכַּבִּים-רֵעוּת Mōdīʿīn-Makkabbīm-Rēʿūt) is a city located in central Israel, about southeast of Tel Aviv and west of Jerusalem, and is connected to those two cities via Highway 443. Jerusalem and Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut are ancient Jewish settlements of Judaea and cities in Israel.
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Mohammad Shtayyeh
Mohammad Ibrahim Shtayyeh (محمد اشتية; born 17 January 1958) is a Palestinian politician, academic, and economist who served as Prime Minister of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian National Authority from 2019 to 2024.
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Mongol raids into Palestine
Mongol raids into Palestine took place towards the end of the Crusades, following the temporarily successful Mongol invasions of Syria, primarily in 1260 and 1300.
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Monolatry
Monolatry (single, and label) is the belief in the existence of many gods, but with the consistent worship of only one deity.
Monolith of Silwan
The Monolith of Silwan, also known as the Tomb of Pharaoh's Daughter, is a cuboid rock-cut tomb located in the Kidron Valley, in Silwan, Jerusalem dating from the period of the Kingdom of Judah.
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Monotheism
Monotheism is the belief that one god is the only deity.
Moriah
Moriah (Hebrew:, Mōrīyya; Arabic: ﻣﺮﻭﻩ, Marwah) is the name given to a mountainous region in the Book of Genesis, where the binding of Isaac by Abraham is said to have taken place.
Moses ben Mordecai Bassola
Moses ben Mordecai Bassola, also known as Moses Bassola, Moshe Basola, Basilea, or Basila (Hebrew באסולה or simply: משה באסולה; alternative Hebrew spelling: באזלה,איש באזולה,ב(א)סולה,באסל,באזילא);, Jewish Encyclopedia article was born in 1480 in Pesaro, Italy, and died in 1560.
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Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan (משה דיין; May 20, 1915 – October 16, 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician.
Moshe Kahlon
Moshe Kahlon (משה כחלון; born 19 November 1960) is a retired Israeli politician.
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Moshe Lion
Moshe Lion, or Moshe Leon (משה ליאון, born 6 October 1961), is an Israeli politician who is currently the Mayor of Jerusalem.
Mosque of Omar (Jerusalem)
The Ayyubid Mosque of Omar (مسجد عمر بن الخطاب, מסגד עומר) is an Islamic place of worship inside the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Mount Ebal
Mount Ebal (הַר עֵיבָל Har ʿĒyḇāl; جَبَلُ عَيْبال Jabal ‘Aybāl) is one of the two mountains in the immediate vicinity of the city of Nablus in the West Bank (biblical Shechem), and forms the northern side of the valley in which Nablus is situated, the southern side being formed by Mount Gerizim.
Mount Herzl
Mount Herzl (הַר הֶרְצְל Har Hertsl), also Har ha-Zikaron (lit. "Mount of Remembrance"), is the site of Israel's national cemetery and other memorial and educational facilities, found on the west side of Jerusalem beside the Jerusalem Forest.
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. Jerusalem and mount of Olives are land of Israel and neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
The Jewish Cemetery on the Mount of Olives is the oldest and most important Jewish cemetery in Jerusalem.
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Mount Scopus
Mount Scopus (הַר הַצּוֹפִים Har HaTsofim, "Mount of the Watchmen/ Sentinels"; جبل المشارف Ǧabal al-Mašārif, lit. "Mount Lookout", or جبل المشهد Ǧabal al-Mašhad "Mount of the Scene/Burial Site", or جبل الصوانة "Mount Syenite") is a mountain (elevation: above sea level) in northeast Jerusalem.
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Mount Zion
Mount Zion (הַר צִיּוֹן, Har Ṣīyyōn; جبل صهيون, Jabal Sahyoun) is a hill in Jerusalem, located just outside the walls of the Old City. Jerusalem and Mount Zion are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Movie theater
A movie theater (American English), cinema (British English), or cinema hall (Indian English), also known as a movie house, picture house, picture theater or simply theater, is a business that contains auditoria for viewing films (also called movies, motion pictures or "flicks") for public entertainment.
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Mughrabi Quarter
The Mughrabi Quarter (Neighbourhood of the Maghrebis; שכונת המוגרבים, Sh'khunat HaMughrabim), also known as the Maghrebi Quarter, was a neighbourhood in the southeast corner of the Old City of Jerusalem, established in the late 12th century. Jerusalem and Mughrabi Quarter are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Muhammad
Muhammad (570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam.
Muhammad Ali of Egypt
Muhammad Ali (4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849) was an Ottoman Albanian governor and military commander who was the de facto ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848, considered the founder of modern Egypt.
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Muhammad in Islam
In Islam, Muḥammad (مُحَمَّد) is venerated as the Seal of the Prophets and earthly manifestation of primordial divine light (Nūr), who transmitted the eternal word of God (Qur'ān) from the angel Gabriel (Jabrāʾīl) to humans and jinn.
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Municipal council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area.
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Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem
The Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem (MTJ) is a museum, convention center and entertainment venue in downtown Jerusalem.
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Muslim conquest of the Levant
The Muslim conquest of the Levant (Fatḥ al-šām; lit. "Conquest of Syria"), or Arab conquest of Syria, was a 634–638 CE invasion of Byzantine Syria by the Rashidun Caliphate.
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Muslim Quarter (Jerusalem)
The Muslim Quarter (translit; translit) is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled Old City of Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Muslim Quarter (Jerusalem) are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Muslim world
The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah.
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Muslims
Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.
Musrara
Musrara (مصرارة, מוסררה, also known by its Hebrew name, Morasha) is a formerly Ottoman neighborhood in what is now West Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Musrara are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem
The Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem (قُدس شَرِيف مُتَصَرِّفلغى, Kudüs-i Şerif Mutasarrıflığı; متصرفية القدس الشريف, Mutaṣarrifiyyat al-quds aš-šarīf), also known as the Sanjak of Jerusalem, was an Ottoman district with special administrative status established in 1872. Jerusalem and Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem are land of Israel.
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Nablus
Nablus (Nāblus; Šəḵem, ISO 259-3:,; Samaritan Hebrew: script, romanized:; Νeápolis) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank, located approximately north of Jerusalem, with a population of 156,906.
Nachmanides
Moses ben Nachman (מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־נָחְמָן Mōše ben-Nāḥmān, "Moses son of Nachman"; 1194–1270), commonly known as Nachmanides (Ναχμανίδης Nakhmanídēs), and also referred to by the acronym Ramban and by the contemporary nickname Bonastruc ça Porta (literally "Mazel Tov near the Gate", see), was a leading medieval Jewish scholar, Catalan rabbi, philosopher, physician, kabbalist, and biblical commentator.
Nahalat Shiv'a
Nahalat Shiv'a (נחלת שבעה) is a former courtyard neighborhood in Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Nahalat Shiv'a are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Nathan Thrall
Nathan Thrall is an American author, essayist, and journalist based in Jerusalem.
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National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization.
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National Headquarters of the Israel Police
The National Headquarters of the Israel Police (בניין המטה הארצי של משטרת ישראל, Binian HaMateh HeArtzi shel Mishteret Yisrael; short: HaMateh HeArtzi, "National Headquarters") is the headquarters of the Israel Police, located in Kiryat Menachem Begin in East Jerusalem.
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National Library of Israel
The National Library of Israel (NLI; translit; المكتبة الوطنية في إسرائيل), formerly Jewish National and University Library (JNUL; translit), is the library dedicated to collecting the cultural treasures of Israel and of Jewish heritage.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.
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National park
A national park is a nature park designated for conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance.
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Nationalist historiography
Historiography is the study of how history is written.
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Natural Intelligence
Natural Intelligence is an Israeli intent marketing company, that was founded in 2009 and is a leader in online multi-vertical marketplaces.
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Nazism
Nazism, formally National Socialism (NS; Nationalsozialismus), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.
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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Neve Yaakov
Neve Yaakov (נווה יעקב; also Neve Ya'aqov, lit. Jacob's Oasis) is an Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem, part of the Israeli-occupied territories, north of the settlement of Pisgat Ze'ev and south of the Palestinian locality of al-Ram. Jerusalem and Neve Yaakov are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.
New Testament
The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon.
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New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Nir Barkat
Nir Barkat (נִיר בַּרְקָת; born 19 October 1959) is an Israeli businessman and politician currently serving as Minister of Economy.
Niterói
Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in the southeast region of Brazil.
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes (Nobelpriset; Nobelprisen) are five separate prizes awarded to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind, as established by the 1895 will of Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel, in the year before he died.
Nouakchott
Nouakchott (translit; Nuwaaksoot; Nuwaasoot; Nuwasooto; Nwakcoṭ, originally derived from Nawākšūṭ, 'place of the winds') page 273.
NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
Nvidia
Nvidia Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.
Office
An office is a space where the employees of an organization perform administrative work in order to support and realize the various goals of the organization.
Old City of Jerusalem
The Old City of Jerusalem (al-Madīna al-Qadīma, Ha'ír Ha'atiká) is a walled area in East Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Old City of Jerusalem are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Old Testament
The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Israelites.
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Open city
In war, an open city is a settlement which has announced it has abandoned all defensive efforts, generally in the event of the imminent capture of the city to avoid destruction.
Orach Chayim
Orach Chayim, (manner/way of life) is a section of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of Halakha (Jewish law), Arba'ah Turim.
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Orient House
Orient House (بيت الشرق bayt ʾal-šarq, האוריינט האוס) is a building located in Jerusalem that served as the headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Oslo Accords
The Oslo Accords are a pair of interim agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): the Oslo I Accord, signed in Washington, D.C., in 1993; and the Oslo II Accord, signed in Taba, Egypt, in 1995.
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Oslo I Accord
The Oslo I Accord or Oslo I, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or short Declaration of Principles (DOP), was an attempt in 1993 to set up a framework that would lead to the resolution of the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
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Ossuary
An ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains.
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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Oujda
Oujda (وجدة) is a major Moroccan city in its northeast near the border with Algeria.
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.
Palaestina Prima
Palaestina Prima or Palaestina I was a Byzantine province that existed from the late 4th century until the Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 630s, in the region of Palestine.
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Paleo-Hebrew alphabet
The Paleo-Hebrew script (הכתב העברי הקדום), also Palaeo-Hebrew, Proto-Hebrew or Old Hebrew, is the writing system found in Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, including pre-Biblical and Biblical Hebrew, from southern Canaan, also known as the biblical kingdoms of Israel (Samaria) and Judah.
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Palestine (region)
The region of Palestine, also known as Historic Palestine, is a geographical area in West Asia.
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Palestine Investment Fund
The Palestine Investment Fund (صندوق الاستثمار الفلسطيني, PIF) is an independent investment company aiming to strengthen the Palestinian economy through strategic investments, while maximising long-run returns for its ultimate shareholder; the people of Palestine.
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Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية) is a Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinian people; i.e. the globally dispersed population, not just those in the Palestinian territories who are represented by the Palestinian Authority.
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Palestinian Authority
The Palestinian Authority, officially known as the Palestinian National Authority or the State of Palestine, is the Fatah-controlled government body that exercises partial civil control over the Palestinian enclaves in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as a consequence of the 1993–1995 Oslo Accords.
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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS; translit) is the official statistical institution of the State of Palestine.
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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 Declaration of Independence
The Palestinian Declaration of Independence formally established the State of Palestine, and was written by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and proclaimed by Yasser Arafat on 15 November 1988 (5 Rabiʽ al-Thani 1409) in Algiers, Algeria.
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Palestinian enclaves
The Palestinian enclaves are areas in the West Bank designated for Palestinians under a variety of unsuccessful U.S. and Israeli-led proposals to end the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
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Palestinian Legislative Council
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) is the unicameral legislature of the Palestinian Authority, elected by the Palestinian residents of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian National Theatre
The Palestinian National Theatre or El-Hakawati Theatre (المسرح الوطني الفلسطيني) is a Palestinian-owned theatre in Jerusalem's American Colony neighbourhood, near New Orient House.
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Palestinian nationalism
Palestinian nationalism is the national movement of the Palestinian people that espouses self-determination and sovereignty over the region of Palestine.
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Palestinian Preventive Security
The Palestinian Preventive Security (PPS; Al-’amn al-wiqā’ī), also known as Preventive Security Force (PSF), Preventive Security Service (PSS), is one of the security organs of the State of Palestine.
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Palestinian Security Services
The Palestinian Security Services (PSS) are the armed forces and intelligence agencies of the State of Palestine.
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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. Jerusalem and Palestinian territories are disputed territories in Asia and territorial disputes of Israel.
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Palestinians
Palestinians (al-Filasṭīniyyūn) or Palestinian people (label), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs (label), are an Arab ethnonational group native to Palestine.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan is a British academic and trade publishing company headquartered in the London Borough of Camden.
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Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay (República del Paraguay; Paraguái Tavakuairetã), is a landlocked country in South America.
Parthian Empire
The Parthian Empire, also known as the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD.
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Peace Now
Peace Now (שלום עכשיו Shalom Achshav) is a non-governmental organization, liberal advocacy and activist group in Israel with the aim of promoting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Peasants' revolt in Palestine
The Peasants' Revolt was a rebellion against Egyptian conscription and taxation policies in Palestine.
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Peshitta
The Peshitta (ܦܫܺܝܛܬܳܐ or ܦܫܝܼܛܬܵܐ) is the standard version of the Bible for churches in the Syriac tradition, including the Maronite Church, the Chaldean Catholic Church, the Syriac Catholic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, the Malabar Independent Syrian Church (Thozhiyoor Church), the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, the Assyrian Church of the East and the Syro-Malabar Church.
Pisgat Ze'ev
Pisgat Ze'ev (פסגת זאב, lit. Ze'ev's Peak) is an Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem and the largest residential neighborhood in Jerusalem with a population of over 50,000. Jerusalem and Pisgat Ze'ev are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Plateau
In geology and physical geography, a plateau (plateaus or plateaux), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side.
Pogrom
A pogrom is a violent riot incited with the aim of massacring or expelling an ethnic or religious group, particularly Jews.
Polis
Polis (πόλις), plural poleis (πόλεις), means ‘city’ in ancient Greek.
Politics of Israel
Politics in Israel are dominated by Zionist parties.
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Pompey
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic.
Pool of Siloam
The term Pool of Siloam (בְּרֵכַת הַשִּׁילוֹחַ, Bərēḵat haŠīlōaḥ, بِرْكَة سِلْوَان Birka Silwān) refers to a number of rock-cut pools, located outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem to the southeast.
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Postal codes in Israel
Postal codes in Israel (מיקוד, Mikud) are seven digit numeric postal codes in use in Israel.
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President of Israel
The president of the State of Israel (Nesi Medinat Yisra'el, or Nesi HaMedina President of the State) is the head of state of Israel.
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President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Prime Minister of Israel
The prime minister of Israel (Head of the Government, Hebrew acronym: רה״מ; رئيس الحكومة, Ra'īs al-Ḥukūma) is the head of government and chief executive of the State of Israel.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (often abbreviated PNAS or PNAS USA) is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal.
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Profile Books
Profile Books is a British independent book publishing firm founded in 1996.
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Prophets and messengers in Islam
Prophets in Islam (translit) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and serve as models of ideal human behaviour.
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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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Ptolemaic dynasty
The Ptolemaic dynasty (Πτολεμαῖοι, Ptolemaioi), also known as the Lagid dynasty (Λαγίδαι, Lagidai; after Ptolemy I's father, Lagus), was a Macedonian Greek royal house which ruled the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period.
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Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter (Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ, Ptolemaîos Sōtḗr "Ptolemy the Savior"; c. 367 BC – January 282 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general, historian, and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the Ptolemaic Kingdom centered on Egypt and led by his progeny from 305 BC – 30 BC.
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Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistus (Πτολεμαῖος Ἐπιφανής Εὐχάριστος, Ptolemaĩos Epiphanḗs Eukháristos "Ptolemy the Manifest, the Beneficent"; 9 October 210–September 180 BC) was the King of Ptolemaic Egypt from July or August 204 BC until his death in 180 BC.
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Q-D-Š
Q-D-Š is a triconsonantal Semitic root meaning "sacred, holy", derived from a concept central to ancient Semitic religion.
Qaitbay
Sultan Abu Al-Nasr Sayf ad-Din Al-Ashraf Qaitbay (السلطان أبو النصر سيف الدين الأشرف قايتباي; 1416/14187 August 1496) was the eighteenth Burji Mamluk Sultan of Egypt from 872 to 901 A.H. (1468–1496 C.E.). He was Circassian by birth, and was purchased by the ninth sultan Barsbay (1422 to 1438 C.E.) before being freed by the eleventh Sultan Jaqmaq (1438 to 1453 C.E.).
Qalandia
Qalandia (قلنديا, קלנדיה), also Kalandiya, is a Palestinian village located in the West Bank, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, just west from the Jerusalem municipality boundary. Jerusalem and Qalandia are Jerusalem Governorate.
Qasim al-Ahmad
Qasim Pasha al-Ahmad (died 1834) was the chief of the Jamma'in subdistrict of Jabal Nablus during the Ottoman and Egyptian periods in Palestine in the mid-19th century.
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Qibla
The qibla (lit) is the direction towards the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, which is used by Muslims in various religious contexts, particularly the direction of prayer for the salah.
Qumran Caves
The Qumran Caves (كهوف قمران; מערות קומראן HaMeara Kumran) are a series of caves, both natural and artificial, found around the archaeological site of Qumran in the Judaean Desert.
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Quran
The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God (Allah).
Radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.
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Ramallah
Ramallah (help|God's Height) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank, that serves as the de facto administrative capital of the State of Palestine. Jerusalem and Ramallah are capitals in the State of Palestine.
Ramesses II
Ramesses II (rꜥ-ms-sw), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was an Egyptian pharaoh.
Ras al-Amud
Ras al-Amud (راس العامود,; ראס אל עמוד) is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem (which is under Israeli occupation), located southeast of the Old City of Jerusalem, overlooking the Palestinian neighborhoods of Silwan to the south and Abu Dis and al-Eizariya to the east, and bordering the Jewish neighborhood of Ma'ale HaZeitim to the north, which overlooks the Temple Mount. Jerusalem and Ras al-Amud are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Rashidun
The Rashidun (lit) are the first four caliphs (lit.: 'successors') who led the Muslim community following the death of Muhammad: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali.
Rashidun Caliphate
The Rashidun Caliphate (al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Religious significance of Jerusalem
The city of Jerusalem is sacred to many religious traditions, including the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam which consider it a holy city.
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Repertory theatre
A repertory theatre, also called repertory, rep, true rep or stock, which are also called producing theatres, is a theatre in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation or rotation.
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Research and development
Research and development (R&D or R+D; also known in Europe as research and technological development or RTD) is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products and carrier science computer marketplace e-commerce, copy center and service maintenance troubleshooting software, hardware improving existing ones.
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Restaurant
A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers.
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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Righteous Among the Nations
Righteous Among the Nations (חֲסִידֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם) is a title used by Yad Vashem to describe people who, for various reasons, made an effort to assist victims, including Jews, who were being exterminated by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust.
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Ring road
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city or country.
Ring Settlements, East Jerusalem
The Ring Neighborhoods (Israeli term; שכונות הטבעת) or Ring Settlements of Jerusalem are eight Israeli settlements built as suburban satellites to East Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Ring Settlements, East Jerusalem are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
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Rishon LeZion
Rishon LeZion (רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן, "First to Zion") is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. Jerusalem and Rishon LeZion are cities in Israel.
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Riwaq (organization)
Riwaq (رواق) or Centre for Architectural Conservation is a center for the preservation of architectural heritage of rural Palestine.
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Robinson's Arch
Robinson's Arch is the name given to a monumental staircase carried by an unusually wide stone arch, which once stood at the southwestern corner of the Temple Mount.
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Rockefeller Archeological Museum
The Rockefeller Archeological Museum, formerly the Palestine Archaeological Museum ("PAM"; 1938–1967), is an archaeology museum located in East Jerusalem, next to Herod's Gate, that houses a large collection of artifacts unearthed in the excavations conducted in the British-ruled Mandatory Palestine, mainly in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Roman emperor
The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
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Roman Republic
The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.
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Ronny Reich
Ronny Reich (born 1947) is an Israeli archaeologist, excavator and scholar of the ancient remains of Jerusalem.
Route 443 (Israel–Palestine)
Route 443 (כביש 443, מעלה בית חורון) is also known as Ma'ale Beit Horon (Bethoron Ascent), following the ancient east-west trade route connecting the Via Maris and the Way of the Patriarchs.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Russian Compound
The Russian Compound (מִגְרַשׁ הָרוּסִים, Migraš ha-Rusim, المسكوبية, al-Muskubīya, Русское подворье в Иерусалиме) is one of the oldest districts in central Jerusalem, featuring a large Russian Orthodox church, the Russian-owned Sergei's Courtyard and the premises of the Russian Consulate General in Jerusalem, as well as the site of former pilgrim hostels, some of which are used as Israeli government buildings (such as the Moscovia Detention Centre), and one of which hosts the Museum of Underground Prisoners. Jerusalem and Russian Compound are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Ruth Lapidoth
Professor Ruth Lapidoth (born October 27, 1930) is a Senior Researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies and Professor Emeritus of International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Sabil (fountain)
A sabil or sebil (sabīl; sebil) is a small kiosk in the Islamic architectural tradition where water is freely dispensed to members of the public by an attendant behind a grilled window.
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Safra Square
Safra Square (כיכר ספרא, Kikar Safra) is a city square in Jerusalem.
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Sahih al-Bukhari
(translit) is the first hadith collection of the Six Books of Islam.
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Saladin
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (– 4 March 1193), commonly known as Saladin, was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty.
Salah
Salah is the principal form of worship in Islam.
Salem (Bible)
Salem (שָׁלֵם, Shalem; Σαλήμ, Salḗm) is an ancient Middle Eastern town mentioned in the Bible. Jerusalem and Salem (Bible) are Torah cities.
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Salvador, Bahia
Salvador is a Brazilian municipality and capital city of the state of Bahia.
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Samaritans
The Samaritans (שומרונים; السامريون), often prefering to be called Israelite Samaritans, are an ethnoreligious group originating from the Hebrews and Israelites of the ancient Near East.
Sanhedria
Sanhedria (סנהדריה) is a neighborhood in northern Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Sanhedria are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Sanhedrin
The Sanhedrin (Hebrew and Middle Aramaic סַנְהֶדְרִין, a loanword from synedrion, 'assembly,' 'sitting together,' hence 'assembly' or 'council') was a legislative and judicial assembly of either 23 or 71 elders, existing at both a local and central level in the ancient Land of Israel.
Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem
The Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem or Sasanian conquest of Palestine was a significant event in the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628, having taken place in early 614.
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Sasanian Empire
The Sasanian Empire or Sassanid Empire, and officially known as Eranshahr ("Land/Empire of the Iranians"), was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th to 8th centuries.
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Sökmen (Artuqid)
Sökmen (also called Moinuddin Sokman, Muʿīn ad-Dīn Soqman or Soqman ibn Ortoq) was a Turkoman emir of the Seljuk Empire in the early 12th century.
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Schneller Orphanage
Schneller Orphanage, also called the Syrian Orphanage, was a German Protestant orphanage that operated in Jerusalem from 1860 to 1940.
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Second Intifada
The Second Intifada (lit; האינתיפאדה השנייה), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada, was a major uprising by Palestinians against the Israeli occupation, characterized by a period of heightened violence in the Palestinian territories and Israel between 2000 and 2005.
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Second Temple
The Second Temple was the reconstructed Temple in Jerusalem, in use between and its destruction in 70 CE. Jerusalem and Second Temple are ancient Hebrew pilgrimage sites.
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Second Temple period
The Second Temple period or post-exilic period in Jewish history denotes the approximately 600 years (516 BCE – 70 CE) during which the Second Temple stood in the city of Jerusalem.
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Seleucid Empire
The Seleucid Empire (lit) was a Greek power in West Asia during the Hellenistic period.
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Selim I
Selim I (سليماول; I.; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute (Yavuz Sultan Selim), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520.
Seljuk Empire
The Seljuk Empire, or the Great Seljuk Empire, was a high medieval, culturally Turco-Persian, Sunni Muslim empire, established and ruled by the Qïnïq branch of Oghuz Turks.
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Septuagint
The Septuagint, sometimes referred to as the Greek Old Testament or The Translation of the Seventy (Hē metáphrasis tôn Hebdomḗkonta), and often abbreviated as LXX, is the earliest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible from the original Hebrew.
Seti I
Menmaatre Seti I (or Sethos I in Greek) was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling or 1290 BC to 1279 BC.
Shahin Vahmanzadegan
Shahen or Shahin (Middle Persian: Shāhēn Vahūmanzādagān, in Greek sources: Σαὴν; died ca. 626) was a senior Sasanian general (spahbed) during the reign of Khosrow II (590–628).
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Shahrbaraz
Shahrbaraz (also spelled Shahrvaraz or Shahrwaraz; New Persian: شهربراز), was shah (king) of the Sasanian Empire from 27 April 630 to 9 June 630.
Shalim
Shalim (Šalām, Shalem) is a pagan god in Canaanite religion, mentioned in inscriptions found in Ugarit (now Ras Shamra, Syria).
Shasu
The Shasu (šꜣsw, possibly pronounced šaswə) were Semitic-speaking pastoral nomads in the Southern Levant from the late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age or the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt.
Shechem
Shechem (Šəḵem; Samaritan Hebrew: script), also spelled Sichem (Sykhém) was an ancient city in the southern Levant. Jerusalem and Shechem are Hebrew Bible cities and Torah cities.
Sheikh Jarrah
Sheikh Jarrah (الشيخ جراح, שייח׳ ג׳ראח) is a predominantly Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, north of the Old City, on the road to Mount Scopus. Jerusalem and Sheikh Jarrah are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Sheila Blair
Sheila S. Blair (born November 26, 1948) is a Canadian-born American art historian and educator.
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Shem
Shem (שֵׁם Šēm; Sām) was one of the sons of Noah in the Bible (Genesis 5–11 and 1 Chronicles 1:4).
Shimon Gibson
Shimon Gibson is a British-born archaeologist living in North Carolina, where he is a Professor of Practice in the Department of History at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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Shimon HaTzadik
Shimon HaTzadik is an Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem, established around the Tomb of Simeon the Just, after whom it was named. Jerusalem and Shimon HaTzadik are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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Shrine of the Book
The Shrine of the Book (היכל הספר, Heikhal HaSefer) is a wing of the Israel Museum in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem that houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Aleppo Codex, among others.
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Shuafat
Shuafat (شعفاط), also Shu'fat and Sha'fat, is a mostly Palestinian Arab neighborhood of East Jerusalem, forming part of north-eastern Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Shuafat are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Shulchan Aruch
The Shulchan Aruch (שֻׁלְחָן עָרוּך, literally: "Set Table"), sometimes dubbed in English as the Code of Jewish Law, is the most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Judaism.
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Siege
A siege (lit) is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault.
Siege of Jebus
The siege of Jebus is described in passages of the Hebrew Bible as having occurred when the Israelites, led by King David, besieged and conquered the Canaanite city of Jerusalem, then known as Jebus. The Israelites gained access to the city by conducting a surprise assault, and Jebus (or Jerusalem) was subsequently installed as the capital city of the United Kingdom of Israel under its initial name as the City of David. Jerusalem and siege of Jebus are land of Israel.
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Siege of Jerusalem
Siege of Jerusalem, fall of Jerusalem, or sack of Jerusalem may refer to.
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Siege of Jerusalem (1099)
The Siege of Jerusalem marked the successful end of the First Crusade, whose objective was the recovery of the city of Jerusalem and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre from Islamic control.
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Siege of Jerusalem (1187)
The Siege of Jerusalem lasted from 20 September to 2 October 1187, when Balian of Ibelin surrendered the city to Saladin.
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Siege of Jerusalem (1244)
The Siege of Jerusalem of 1244 took place after the Sixth Crusade, when a Khwarazmian army conquered the city on July 15, 1244.
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Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE)
The Siege of Jerusalem of 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE), in which the Roman army led by future emperor Titus besieged Jerusalem, the center of Jewish rebel resistance in the Roman province of Judaea.
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Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud (born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.
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Siloam inscription
The Siloam inscription or Shiloah inscription (כתובת השילוח, or Silwan inscription), known as KAI 189, is a Hebrew inscription found in the Siloam tunnel which brings water from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam, located in the City of David in East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan ("Siloam" in the Bible).
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Siloam tunnel
The newer Siloam Tunnel (נִקְבַּת הַשִּׁלֹחַ, Nikbat HaShiloaḥ), also known as Hezekiah's Tunnel (תעלת חזקיהו, Te'alát Ḥizkiyáhu), is a water tunnel that was carved within the City of David in ancient times, now located in the Arab neighborhood of Silwan in eastern Jerusalem.
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Silwan
Silwan or Siloam (translit; translit; translit) is a predominantly Palestinian district in East Jerusalem, on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Silwan are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Silwan necropolis
The Silwan necropolis is the remains of a rock-cut cemetery assumed to have been used by the highest-ranking officials residing in Jerusalem.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore
Simon Jonathan Sebag Montefiore (born 27 June 1965) is a British historian, television presenter and author of history books and novels, including Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar (2003), Jerusalem: The Biography (2011), The Romanovs 1613–1918 (2016), and The World: A Family History of Humanity (2022).
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Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
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.
Sixth Crusade
The Sixth Crusade (1228–1229), also known as the Crusade of Frederick II, was a military expedition to recapture Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land.
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Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors.
Snow
Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes.
Solomon
Solomon, also called Jedidiah, was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and successor of King David, according to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament.
Solomon's Temple
Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple, was a biblical Temple in Jerusalem believed to have existed between the 10th and 6th centuries BCE.
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Sophronius of Jerusalem
Sophronius (Σωφρόνιος; صفرونيوس; c. 560 – March 11, 638), called Sophronius the Sophist, was the Patriarch of Jerusalem from 634 until his death.
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Southern Levant
The Southern Levant is a geographical region encompassing the southern half of the Levant.
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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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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
Spread of Islam
The spread of Islam spans almost 1,400 years.
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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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State school
A state school, public school, or government school is a primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge.
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Status of Jerusalem
The status of Jerusalem has been described as "one of the most intractable issues in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict" due to the long-running territorial dispute between Israel and the Palestinians, both of which claim it as their capital city.
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Stepped Stone Structure
The Stepped Stone Structure is the name given to the remains at a particular archaeological site (sometimes termed Area G) on the eastern side of the City of David, the oldest part of Jerusalem.
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Steven Runciman
Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman (7 July 1903 – 1 November 2000), known as Steven Runciman, was an English historian best known for his three-volume A History of the Crusades (1951–54).
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Sukkot
Sukkot is a Torah-commanded holiday celebrated for seven days, beginning on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei.
Suleiman the Magnificent
Suleiman I (Süleyman-ı Evvel; I.,; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in Western Europe and Suleiman the Lawgiver (Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān) in his Ottoman realm, was the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 until his death in 1566.
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Sultan
Sultan (سلطان) is a position with several historical meanings.
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
Superbus (company)
Superbus (סופרבוס) is an Israeli bus company, which provides intercity and urban service in Afula, Tiberias, Yokneam and Jerusalem.
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Supreme Court of Israel
The Supreme Court of Israel (Hebrew acronym Bagatz; al-Maḥkama al-‘Ulyā) is the highest court in Israel.
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Sur Baher
Sur Baher (صور باهر, צור באהר), also Tsur Baher, is a Palestinian neighborhood on the southeastern outskirts of East Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Sur Baher are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
Synamedia
Synamedia Ltd. (previously Cisco's SPVSS business, and formerly NDS Group Ltd., and later Cisco Videoscape) is a video technology provider headquartered in Staines-upon-Thames, UK. Its products cover content distribution and delivery, video processing, advanced advertising, broadband offerings, and video security.
Syracuse University Press
Syracuse University Press, founded in 1943, is a university press that is part of Syracuse University.
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Syria (region)
Syria (Hieroglyphic Luwian: Sura/i; Συρία; ܣܘܪܝܐ) or Sham (Ash-Shām) is a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant.
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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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Syria vilayet
The Vilayet of Syria (ولاية سوريا.; Vilâyet-i Sûriye), also known as Vilayet of Damascus,.
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Syrians
Syrians (سوريون) are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, who have Arabic, especially its Levantine dialect, as a mother tongue.
Talbiya
Talbiya or Talbiyeh (الطالبية; טלביה), officially Komemiyut (קוממיות), is an upscale neighborhood in Jerusalem, between Rehavia and HaMoshava HaGermanit. Jerusalem and Talbiya are Arab Christian communities in Israel and neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Tankiz
Sayf ad-Din Tankiz ibn Abdullah al-Husami an-Nasiri, better known simply as Tankiz (تنكيز; died May 1340), was the Damascus-based Turkic na'ib al-saltana (viceroy) of Syria from 1312 to 1340 during the reign of the Bahri Mamluk sultan an-Nasir Muhammad.
Targum
A targum (תרגום 'interpretation, translation, version') was an originally spoken translation of the Hebrew Bible (also called the Tanakh) that a professional translator (מְתוּרגְמָן mǝturgǝmān) would give in the common language of the listeners when that was not Biblical Hebrew.
Targum Neofiti
Targum Neofiti (or Targum Neophyti) is the largest of the western or Palestinian Targumim on the Torah.
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Targum Onkelos
Numbers 6.3–10 with Aramaic Targum Onkelos from the British Library. Targum Onkelos (or Onqelos; תַּרְגּוּם אֻנְקְלוֹס, Targūm ’Unqəlōs) is the primary Jewish Aramaic targum ("translation") of the Torah, accepted as an authoritative translated text of the Five Books of Moses and thought to have been written in the early second century CE.
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Targum Pseudo-Jonathan
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan (also known as the Jerusalem Targum, Targum Yerushalmi, or Targum Jonathan) is an Aramaic translation and interpretation (targum) of the Torah (Pentateuch) traditionally thought to have originated from the land of Israel, although more recently a provenance in 12th-century Italy has been proposed.
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Teddy Kollek
Theodor "Teddy" Kollek (טדי קולק; 27 May 1911 – 2 January 2007) was an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation.
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Teddy Stadium
Teddy Stadium (אצטדיון טדי) is a sports stadium in Jerusalem.
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Tehran
Tehran (تهران) or Teheran is the capital and largest city of Iran as well as the largest in Tehran Province. Jerusalem and Tehran are capitals in Asia.
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. Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are cities in Israel.
Tel Aviv Branch Office of the Embassy of the United States
The Branch Office of the Embassy of the United States of America in Tel Aviv is part of the diplomatic mission of the United States in the State of Israel.
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Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway
The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway (also higher-speed railway to Jerusalem, Plan A1, and Railway 29) is a railway line in Israel connecting the cities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
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Telephone numbers in Israel
Telephone numbers in Israel consist of an area code and a subscriber number.
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Temple in Jerusalem
The Temple in Jerusalem, or alternatively the Holy Temple, refers to the two religious structures that served as the central places of worship for Israelites and Jews on the modern-day Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Temple Mount
The Temple Mount (lit), also known as Haram al-Sharif (Arabic: الحرمالشريف, lit. 'The Noble Sanctuary'), al-Aqsa Mosque compound, or simply al-Aqsa (المسجد الأقصى, al-Masjid al-Aqṣā, lit. 'The Furthest Mosque'),* Where Heaven and Earth Meet, p. 13: "Nowadays, while oral usage of the term Haram persists, Palestinians tend to use in formal texts the name Masjid al-Aqsa, habitually rendered into English as 'the Aqsa Mosque'.". Jerusalem and Temple Mount are ancient Hebrew pilgrimage sites, Islamic holy places and Jewish holy places.
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Teva Pharmaceuticals
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (also known as Teva Pharmaceuticals) is an Israeli multinational pharmaceutical company.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education is an American newspaper and website that presents news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty and student affairs professionals, including staff members and administrators.
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The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.
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The Garden Tomb
The Garden Tomb (Arabic: بستان قبر المسيح, Hebrew: גן הקבר, literally "the Tomb Garden") is a Christian pilgrimage site in Jerusalem that contains an ancient tomb, also named the Garden Tomb, considered by some Protestants to be the empty tomb whence Jesus of Nazareth resurrected.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.
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The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, founded in 1932 during the British Mandate of Palestine by Gershon Agron as The Palestine Post.
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The Jerusalem Times
The Jerusalem Times was a Palestinian newspaper founded by the BILADI Publishing Co.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Times of India
The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.
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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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Ticho House
Ticho House (בית טיכו, Beit Tikho) is a historical home in Jerusalem, now a memorial house administered as part of the Israel Museum and also hosting temporary exhibitions, which also houses an Italian café.
Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue
Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue (בית הכנסת תפארת ישראל; Ashkenazi Hebrew: Tiferes Yisroel), most often spelled Tiferet Israel, also known as the Nisan Bak Shul (ניסן ב"ק שול), after its co-founder, Nisan Bak was a prominent synagogue between 1872 and 1948 in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Time in the State of Palestine
The time zones in the State of Palestine are Palestine Standard Time (PSST) (Arabic: توقيت فلسطين القياسي) (UTC+02:00) and Palestine Summer Time (PSDT) (Arabic: توقيت فلسطين الصيفي) (UTC+03:00).
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Tisha B'Av
Tisha B'Av (תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב) is an annual fast day in Judaism, on which a number of disasters in Jewish history occurred, primarily the destruction of both Solomon's Temple by the Neo-Babylonian Empire and the Second Temple by the Roman Empire in Jerusalem.
Tolerance Monument
The Tolerance Monument (Hebrew פסל הסובלנות) is an outdoor sculpture located in a park near Goldman Promenade in Jerusalem.
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Tomb of Benei Hezir
The Tomb of Benei Hezir (קבר בני חזיר), previously known as the Tomb of Saint James, is the oldest of four monumental rock-cut tombs that stand in the Kidron Valley, adjacent to the Tomb of Zechariah and a few meters from the Tomb of Absalom.
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Tombs of the Sanhedrin
Tombs of the Sanhedrin (קברי הסנהדרין, Kivrei HaSanhedrin), also Tombs of the Judges, is an underground complex of 63 rock-cut tombs located in a public park in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Sanhedria.
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Torah
The Torah (תּוֹרָה, "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Total fertility rate
The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime, if they were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through their lifetime, and they were to live from birth until the end of their reproductive life.
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Tower of David
The Tower of David (Migdál Davíd), also known as the Citadel (al-Qala'a), is an ancient citadel and contemporary museum, located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Travel + Leisure
Travel + Leisure is a travel magazine based in New York City, New York.
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Tribe of Benjamin
According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Jerusalem and Tribe of Benjamin are land of Israel.
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Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
Tutelary deity
A tutelary (also tutelar) is a deity or a spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation.
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Tutush I
Abu Sa'id Taj al-Dawla Tutush (died 25 February 1095) or Tutush I, was the Seljuk emir of Damascus from 1078 to 1092, and sultan of Damascus from 1092 to 1094.
Twelve Tribes of Israel
The Twelve Tribes of Israel (שִׁבְטֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל|translit.
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Tyropoeon Valley
Tyropoeon Valley (Greek: i.e., "Valley of the Cheesemakers" or "Cheesemongers"), is the name given by the first-century Jewish-Roman historian Josephus to the valley or rugged ravine, which in his times separated Jerusalem's Temple Mount (Mount Moriah) from the Western Hill or Mount Zion, and emptied into the valley of Hinnom.
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Umar
Umar ibn al-Khattab (ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634, when he succeeded Abu Bakr as the second caliph, until his assassination in 644.
Umayyad Caliphate
The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (al-Khilāfa al-Umawiyya) was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty.
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Umm Leisun inscription
The Umm Leisun inscription (tr) is an Old Georgian limestone tombstone slab.
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Umm Tuba
Umm Tuba (أمطوبا; אום טובא) is a Palestinian Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem part of Sur Baher; it is northeast of Har Homa and Bethlehem, and southeast of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel. Jerusalem and Umm Tuba are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
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 Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as its main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ.
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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194
The United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 is a resolution adopted near the end of the 1947–1949 Palestine war.
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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 58/292
The United Nations General Assembly Resolution 58/292 of 6 May 2004 was a resolution in which the United Nations General Assembly affirmed that the status of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, remains one of military occupation, and that Israel has only the duties and obligations of an occupying Power under the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons and the Hague Convention.
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United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine
The United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine (UNISPAL) is an online collection of texts of current and historical United Nations decisions and publications concerning the question of Palestine, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and other issues related to the Middle East situation.
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United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations, which recommended a partition of Mandatory Palestine at the end of the British Mandate.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 242
United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 (S/RES/242) was adopted unanimously by the UN Security Council on November 22, 1967, in the aftermath of the Six-Day War.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 478
United Nations Security Council Resolution 478, adopted on 20 August 1980, is the last of seven UNSC resolutions condemning Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem.
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United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel
On December 6, 2017, the United States of America officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital city of the State of Israel.
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Unity (game engine)
Unity is a cross-platform game engine developed by Unity Technologies, first announced and released in June 2005 at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference as a Mac OS X game engine.
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University of Chicago Press
The University of Chicago Press is the university press of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.
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Urban park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and other incorporated places that offers green space and places for recreation to residents and visitors.
Uri Lupolianski
Uri Lupolianski (אורי לופוליאנסקי; born 1951) was mayor of Jerusalem from 2003 to 2008 and founder of Yad Sarah.
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Uzziah
Uzziah (עֻזִּיָּהוּ ‘Uzzīyyāhū, meaning "my strength is Yah"; Ὀζίας; Ozias), also known as Azariah (עֲזַרְיָה ‘Azaryā; Αζαρίας; Azarias), was the tenth king of the ancient Kingdom of Judah, and one of Amaziah's sons.
Vassal state
A vassal state is any state that has a mutual obligation to a superior state or empire, in a status similar to that of a vassal in the feudal system in medieval Europe.
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Voiceless uvular plosive
The voiceless uvular plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.
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Vulgate
The Vulgate is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible.
Wadi
Wadi (wādī), alternatively wād (وَاد), Maghrebi Arabic Oued) is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a river valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water only when heavy rain occurs. Arroyo (Spanish) is used in the Americas for similar landforms.
Wadi al-Joz
Wadi al-Joz (وادي الجوز; ואדי אל-ג'וז), also Wadi Joz, is a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, located at the head of the Kidron Valley, north of the Old City of Jerusalem. Jerusalem and Wadi al-Joz are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Walid Khalidi
Walid Khalidi (وليد خالدي, born 1925) is a Palestinian historian who has written extensively on the Palestinian exodus.
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Walls of Jerusalem
The Walls of Jerusalem (חומות ירושלים, أسوار القدس) surround the Old City of Jerusalem (approx. 1 km2).
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Waqf
A (وَقْف;, plural), also called a (plural حُبوس or أَحْباس), or mortmain property, is an inalienable charitable endowment under Islamic law.
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (also known as The Washington Report and WRMEA) is an American foreign policy magazine that focuses on the Middle East and U.S. policy in the region.
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West Bank
The West Bank (aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; HaGadáh HaMaʽarávit), so called due to its location relative to the Jordan River, is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip).
West Bank Premier League
The West Bank Premier League is one of the two top divisions of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA).
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West Jerusalem
West Jerusalem or Western Jerusalem (al-Quds al-Ġarbiyyah) refers to the section of Jerusalem that was controlled by Israel at the end of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Jerusalem and West Jerusalem are cities in Israel.
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Western Wall
The Western Wall (the western wall, often shortened to the Kotel or Kosel), known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Islam as the Buraq Wall (Arabic: حَائِط ٱلْبُرَاق, Ḥā'iṭ al-Burāq), is a portion of ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem that forms part of the larger retaining wall of the hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount. Jerusalem and western Wall are Islamic holy places and Jewish holy places.
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William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company is a religious publishing house based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Workforce
In macroeconomics, the labor force is the sum of those either working (i.e., the employed) or looking for work (i.e., the unemployed): \text.
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem (יָד וַשֵׁם) is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.
Yahweh
Yahweh was an ancient Levantine deity, and the national god of the Israelite kingdoms of Israel and Judah, later the god of Judaism and its other descendant Abrahamic religions.
Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat (4 or 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader.
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Yemin Moshe
Yemin Moshe (ימין משה "Moses Memorial") is a historic neighborhood in Jerusalem, overlooking the Old City. Jerusalem and Yemin Moshe are neighbourhoods of Jerusalem.
Yeshiva
A yeshiva or jeshibah (ישיבה||sitting; pl. ישיבות, or) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are studied in parallel.
Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin (יִצְחָק רַבִּין,; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general.
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Zealot Temple siege
The Zealot Temple siege (68 AD) was a short siege of the Temple in Jerusalem fought between Jewish factions during the First Jewish–Roman War (66–70 AD).
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Zion
Zion (צִיּוֹן Ṣīyyōn, LXX Σιών, also variously transliterated Sion, Tzion, Tsion, Tsiyyon) is a placename in the Hebrew Bible, often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole.
Zion Blumenthal Orphanage
Zion Blumenthal Orphanage (בית ציון בלומנטל ירושלים, Zion Blumenthal Home Jerusalem) is an Orthodox Jewish orphanage and educational institution in Jerusalem.
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Zion Square
Zion Square (translit) is a public square in Jerusalem, located at the intersection of Jaffa Road, Ben Yehuda Street, Herbert Samuel Street, and Yoel Moshe Salomon Street.
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. Jerusalem and Zionism are land of Israel.
1840–41 Royal Engineers maps of Palestine, Lebanon and Syria
The 1840–41 Royal Engineers maps of Palestine, Lebanon and Syria was an early scientific mapping of Palestine (including a detailed mapping of Jerusalem), Lebanon and Syria.
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1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus
The 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus, also known as the 1860 Syrian Civil War and the 1860 Christian–Druze war, was a civil conflict in Mount Lebanon during Ottoman rule in 1860–1861 fought mainly between the local Druze and Christians.
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1920 Nebi Musa riots
The 1920 Nebi Musa riots or 1920 Jerusalem riots took place in British-controlled part of Occupied Enemy Territory Administration between Sunday, 4 April, and Wednesday, 7 April 1920 in and around the Old City of Jerusalem.
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1929 Palestine riots
The 1929 Palestine riots, Buraq Uprising (ثورة البراق) or the Events of 1929 (מאורעות תרפ"ט,, lit. Events of 5689 Anno Mundi), was a series of demonstrations and riots in late August 1929 in which a longstanding dispute between Palestinian Arabs and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into violence.
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1948 Arab–Israeli War
The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, also known as the First Arab–Israeli War, followed the civil war in Mandatory Palestine as the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war.
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1949 Armistice Agreements
The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel and Egypt, UN Doc S/1264/Corr.1 23 February 1949 Lebanon, UN Doc S/1296 23 March 1949 Jordan, UN Doc S/1302/Rev.1 3 April 1949 and Syria.
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2009 Arab Capital of Culture
Al-Quds Arab Capital of Culture (القدس عاصمة الثقافة العربية) was the name given to Arab Capital of Culture programme in 2009.
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See also
Ancient Hebrew pilgrimage sites
Arab Christian communities in Israel
- Abbas, Haifa
- Abu Snan
- Acre, Israel
- Arraba, Israel
- Bi'ina
- Carmel City
- Christian Quarter
- Deir Hanna
- Eilabun
- Fassuta
- German Colony, Jerusalem
- Hadar HaCarmel
- Haifa
- Hurfeish
- I'billin
- Isfiya
- Jadeidi-Makr
- Jaffa
- Jerusalem
- Jish
- Kafr Kanna
- Kafr Yasif
- Kisra-Sumei
- Lod
- Ma'alot-Tarshiha
- Maghar, Israel
- Mi'ilya
- Muqeible
- Nazareth
- Nof HaGalil
- Old Jaffa
- Peki'in
- Rameh
- Ramla
- Ras al-Ein
- Reineh
- Sakhnin
- Shefa-Amr
- Talbiya
- Tur'an
- Wadi Nisnas
- Yafa an-Naseriyye
Capitals in the State of Palestine
Christian holy places
- Bethlehem
- Chapeltoun
- Christian shrines
- Clootie well
- Holy Land
- Jerusalem
- Lady Well
- List of Christian holy places in the Holy Land
- Mount Athos
- Sacred Grove (Latter Day Saints)
- Skałka
- St Cuthbert's Well
- St Gobnait's well
- St. Ann's Well, Raheny
- Status Quo (Jerusalem and Bethlehem)
- Struell Wells
- Tana Qirqos
- Tobernalt
Christian pilgrimage sites
- Cave of the Apocalypse
- Cave of the Patriarchs
- Christian shrines
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- Jerusalem
- Joseph's Tomb
- Kalvary Mount
- List of Christian pilgrimage sites
- Mount Colzim
- Mount Sinai
- Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery
- Saint Paul's Well
Cities in Jerusalem District
- Beit Shemesh
- Jerusalem
Cities in the State of Palestine
- Cities in the Gaza Strip
- Janzouri
- Jerusalem
- List of twin towns and sister cities in the State of Palestine
- Lists of cities in the State of Palestine
Disputed territories in Asia
- Azad Kashmir
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute
- Disputed territories of northern Iraq
- Doklam
- East Jerusalem
- Ghajar
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- Golan Heights
- Hatay Province
- Jammu and Kashmir (state)
- Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)
- Jerusalem
- Kashmir
- Kashmir conflict
- Korea
- Kowloon Walled City
- Kuril Islands
- Ladakh
- Latrun salient
- Liancourt Rocks
- List of active separatist movements in Asia
- Longju
- Money Island, Paracel Islands
- No man's land (Latrun)
- North Borneo
- Northern Cyprus
- Palestinian territories
- Pattle Island
- Rocky Island, South China Sea
- Russian-occupied territories
- Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs
- Siachen Glacier
- Sir Creek
- South China Sea Islands
- Southern Kuriles
- Spratly Islands
- Status of territories occupied by Israel in 1967
- Susta territory
- Syngman Rhee Line
- Tibet (1912–1951)
- Ungar-Too
- Woody Island (South China Sea)
- Zogam
Holy cities of Judaism
- Four Holy Cities
- Hebron
- Jerusalem
- Safed
- Tiberias
Islamic holy places
- Al-Aqsa
- Al-Aqsa Mosque
- Al-Baqi Cemetery
- Al-Hamra Mosque (Kufa)
- Al-Kazimiyya Mosque
- Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
- Bayn al-Haramayn
- Destruction of early Islamic heritage sites in Saudi Arabia
- Dhat Irq
- Djamaa el Djazaïr
- Foundation Stone
- Great Mosque of Kufa
- Holiest sites in Islam
- Holy Land
- Jabal al-Nour
- Jerusalem
- Maqam Ibrahim
- Masjid al-Haram
- Mazor Mausoleum
- Mecca
- Mecca Gate
- Medina
- Miqat Dhu al-Hulayfah
- Mosque
- Mosques
- Mount Betarim
- Nabi Rubin
- Nebi Akasha Mosque
- Prophet's Mosque
- Rabigh
- Safa and Marwa
- Sayyida Zaynab Mosque, Syria
- Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque
- Sheikh Hussein
- Sidna Ali Mosque
- Status Quo (Jerusalem and Bethlehem)
- Temple Mount
- Wadi-us-Salaam
- Western Wall
- Ziyarat
Jerusalem Governorate
- 2017 Har Adar shooting
- Abu Dis
- Al Jib
- Al-Judeira
- Al-Qubeiba, Jerusalem
- Al-Ram
- As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya
- Ash-Sheikh Sa'd
- At-Tur, East Jerusalem
- Az-Za'ayyem
- Az-Za'ayyem checkpoint shooting
- Beit 'Anan
- Beit Duqqu
- Beit Hanina
- Beit Ijza
- Beit Iksa
- Beit Surik
- Bethany
- Biddu, Jerusalem
- East Jerusalem
- Hizma
- Jaba', Jerusalem
- Jerusalem
- Jerusalem Governorate
- Jerusalem J1
- Jerusalem J2
- Kiryat Menachem Begin
- Mukhmas
- Qalandia
- Qalandia Camp
- Qatanna
- Qubur Bani Isra'il
- Rafat, Jerusalem
- Sharafat, East Jerusalem
Jewish holy places
- Ancient synagogues in Palestine
- Archaeological remnants of the Jerusalem Temple
- Eastern Wall
- Foundation Stone
- Hebron
- Holy Land
- Holy cities of Judaism
- Jerusalem
- Land of Israel
- Mount Betarim
- Ohel (grave)
- Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Places
- Safed
- Southern Wall
- Status Quo (Jerusalem and Bethlehem)
- Synagogue
- Synagogues
- Temple Mount
- Tiberias
- Western Wall
Mixed Israeli communities
- Acre, Israel
- Ein HaYam (Wadi al-Jimal)
- Haifa
- Jaffa
- Jerusalem
- Lod
- Ma'alot-Tarshiha
- Mixed cities
- Neve Shalom
- Nof HaGalil
- Ramla
Populated places established in the 5th millennium BC
- Aleppo
- Areni-1 cave
- Byblos
- Clegyr Boia
- Crkvine (Stubline)
- Dan (ancient city)
- Dimini
- Fanchengdui
- Gath (city)
- Godedzor
- Hamoukar
- Jerusalem
- Jiangzhai
- Keatley Creek Archaeological Site
- Kul Tepe Jolfa
- Merimde Beni Salama
- Monte Viso
- Nekhen
- Niuheliang
- Peshawar
- Rahmatabad Mound
- Sepphoris
- Solnitsata
- Tappa Gawri
- Tel Jezreel
- Tell Leilan
- Tell el-Hammam
- Tepe Gawra
- Vail Pass Camp
- Visoko
Territorial disputes of Israel
- Golan Heights
- Israeli Military Governorate
- Israeli-occupied territories
- Jerusalem
- Latrun salient
- Palestinian territories
- Shebaa Farms
Torah cities
- Abila (Peraea)
- Admah
- Ai (Canaan)
- Aroer
- Ashteroth Karnaim
- Beersheba
- Bethharan
- Bethlehem
- Calneh
- Cities of Refuge
- Cities of refuge
- Harran
- Harran (biblical place)
- Hebron
- Heshbon
- Jericho
- Jerusalem
- Kadesh (biblical)
- Kedesh
- Levitical cities
- Levitical city
- Luz (biblical place)
- Madaba
- Nebo (biblical town)
- Pi-Ramesses
- Pithom
- Ramoth-Gilead
- Salem (Bible)
- Shechem
- Sidon
- Sodom and Gomorrah
- Tel Arad
- Tel Dothan
- Tell es-Sultan
- Tirzah (Tell el-Farah North)
- Tyre, Lebanon
- Zeboim (Hebrew Bible)
- Zoan
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