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20 hours ago · New Zealand Honorary Consulate Tel Aviv, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Street Address 114 Yigal Alon Street, Floor 11 c/o WeWork, Tel-Aviv, Israel Telephone +972 3 695 1869 Email office@nzconsul.org.il. See our regional advice for the Middle East.
3 days ago · Palestine - Roman Rule, Jewish Revolts, Crusades: After the destruction of Jerusalem, a legion (X Fretensis) was stationed on the site, and the rank of the provincial governor was raised from procurator to legatus Augusti, signifying a change from equestrian to senatorial rank. Caesarea Maritima, the governor’s residence, became a Roman colony, and, as a reward for the loyalty of the Greeks in the revolt, a new pagan city, Neapolis (modern Nābulus in the West Bank), was founded at Shechem ...
3 days ago · Part of the intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine, decolonisation of Asia, and the precursor to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. British soldiers on an armoured train car with two Palestinian Arab hostages used as human shields. Date. 19 April 1936 – 26 August 1939. (3 years, 4 months and 1 week)
Jun 12, 2024 · Road Map for Peace: This plan was proposed by the United States, the European Union, Russia, and the United Nations (the Quartet) in 2003, outlining a process for achieving a two-state solution with an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel.
Jun 28, 2024 · From the West Bank: Israeli forces arrest 28 Palestinians in raids in occupied West Bank; Watch: Israel’s Smotrich promises ‘a million’ new settlers under expansion plan;
4 days ago · Israel - Jews, Arabs, Immigrants: Jews constitute about three-fourths of the total population of Israel. More than one-fifth of the population consists of Arabs, almost all of whom are Palestinians from Sunni Muslim (roughly three-fourths) or Christian communities. Druze and other ethnic Arabs who do not consider themselves Palestinians make up a small fraction of the total population. The Jewish population is diverse. Jews from eastern and western Europe, the Middle East and North Africa ...
Jun 28, 2024 · Acre, city, northwest Israel. It lies along the Mediterranean Sea, at the north end of the Bay of Haifa (formerly Bay of Acre). Its natural harbour was a frequent target for Palestine ’s many invaders over the centuries. The earliest mention of Acre is in an Egyptian text dating from the 19th century bce.
