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The religion's situation in Israel was specified in an agreement signed in 1987 by then Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres as a "recognized religious community in Israel", that the "holiest places of the Baháʼí Faith, … are located in Israel, and confirms that the Universal House of Justice is the Trustee of the Baháʼí ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Part of a series on the Culture of Israel History Antiquity Second Temple period Middle Ages Ottoman Syria Old Yishuv Zionism Yishuv British mandate Independence Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Peace process Iran–Israel proxy conflict Timeline by year People Languages ...
Israel religion-related lists (1 C, 5 P) B. Bahá'í Faith in Israel (2 C, 5 P) Buddhism in Israel (1 C, 1 P) C. Christianity in Israel (16 C, 10 P) D.
Jerusalem appears in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 669 times and Zion (which usually means Jerusalem, sometimes the Land of Israel) appears 154 times. The first section, the Torah , only mentions Moriah , the mountain range believed to be the location of the binding of Isaac and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, and in later parts of the Tanakh the ...
Eastern Orthodox Christians in Israel and Palestine have many churches, monasteries, seminaries, and other religious institutions all over the land, particularly in Jerusalem. Israel also has many followers of the Russian Orthodox Church, mainly through interfaith marriages and immigration from the former Soviet Union (1989–1990s).
Religious tensions exist surrounding Mehadrin bus lines, a type of bus line in Israel that mostly runs in and/or between major Haredi population centers, in which gender segregation and other rigid religious rules observed by some ultra-Orthodox Jews are applied. Non-Haredi female passengers have complained of being harassed and forced to sit ...
Seattle is a city of innovation, credited with developing a number of quintessential American things — yes, Starbucks included. Watch this short video to learn a few interesting facts about the ...
Israel, [a] officially the State of Israel, [b] is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the Southern Levant of the Middle East ; and shares borders with Lebanon and Syria to the north, the West Bank and Jordan to the east, the Gaza Strip and Egypt to the southwest, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. [ 21 ]