In 1978, Israel and Egypt signed the ‘Camp David Accords’. Taking a step further, in March 1979, both the countries signed the Peace Treaty. However, for Israel, conflicts did not end. They continued but had changed the form from a ‘full-fledged conventional war’ more as operations against open and guerilla activities of terrorists and anti-national […]
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After a long struggle, the nation of Israel came into existence. Before it, for about three thousand years, the Jews had to face conflicts and suffer under the slavery of various mighty powers. In 1948, Israel achieved independence. However, even after it, there was hardly a moment when Israel could not see peace. After 1948 […]
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The articles in this series have thrown light on the spectacular progress achieved as a country by Israel over just the last seventy years, or so, that is from its birth till today. Today, Israel is a highly developed ‘Free market’ economy based on Information Technology and hi-tech research. Thanks to it, Israel has developed […]
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In modern times of science and technology, Space Science has extraordinary importance attached to it. No one can deny that the future belongs to the countries which will achieve space superiority. Taking the fact into consideration, Israel too has been at the forefront of space science conquering its new domains. Israel stepped into the field […]
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Arts and culture reflect the image of a nation. They also represent the nature and the feelings of its people. The works and forms of arts created in a country through various periods help understand the proclivity of the masses in those times. Israel is primarily a Jewish state. It was because of Judaism that […]
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Israel succeeded in channelizing and supplying water from reservoirs in the north to areas in the south due to tireless efforts and research. It helped Israel bring the problem of water scarcity under control. However, taking into consideration the population that was increasing every day and the progress the Israeli society, it was quite clear […]
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One particular memory of David Ben-Gurion is quite famous. As per the ‘master plan’ developed by the team of Architect Arieh Sharon, the development towns were under-construction all across Israel. Similar plans for the region of Negev were also on the anvil. The Negev Desert covers more than half of Israel and thus it was […]
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For Israel, the decade of 1950 proved to be one of the ‘rationing system’ or the ‘austerity measures’. However, the foundation of the future Israeli social system got laid in this decade. Even as Israel is considered a developed nation today, in the 1950s, it was miles away from this status. Going forward in our […]
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Israel won the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. However, despite winning the war against the Arab nations, having to fight the war right at its creation had left Israel’s condition weak. All the resources of the country had come under strain due to the colossal war expense. At the same time, the number of Jews immigrating to […]
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Israel won the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In spite of the inadequate number of troops and very limited firepower, Israel had won the conflict by overcoming numerous challenges with sheer perseverance in a battle heavily skewed in favour of the well-armed militaries of the five Arab nations which had invaded Israel from all the four sides. […]
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