TERRITORIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST

The Middle East is

a transcontinental
region between
Africa and Asia.
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The State of Israel is a
country in the Middle
East, on the
southeastern shore of
the Mediterranean Sea
and the northern shore
of the Red Sea.
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Israel’s flag has a
David star in the
center, which is the
symbol of Judaism,
Israel’s predominant
religion.
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It is famous
for being
Mediterranean the lowest
Sea
point on
Earth’s
surface.
Its water
have large
DEAD SEA concentrations
of salts.
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NEGEV DESERT

Mediterranean
Sea

View of the Ramon crater, Negev Desert.

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JORDAN RIVER

Mediterranean
Sea

It separates Israel from the country of Jordan.

It is mentioned in the Bible.
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HISTORY
Present-day
Israel has been
the land of
dispute for
different groups
throughout its
entire history.
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When the Turkish Ottoman Empire was defeated in World War I,
Great Britain took possession of some its territories, including the
British Mandate of Palestine where present-day Israel is located.
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British Mandate of Palestine (1917 – 1948)
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By the 1910s,
Ottoman Palestine,
then British Palestine
was inhabited by
Muslim ethnic
Palestinians.
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The modern State of
Israel was founded
on the ideology of
Zionism, which is
based on the belief
that all Jews must
return to their Holy
Land.
Theodor Herzl, Austro-Hungarian
journalist, father of the Zionist Movement
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The ideology of
Zionism, the support of
these ideas by
governments like Great
Britain, and the
hostilities suffered by
Jews in their home
countries prompted an
exodus of Jews to
Palestine.
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HISTORY
Israel proclaimed
independence
from the UK in
1948.
David Ben Gurion
became the 1st
president of the
modern State of
Israel
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Israel has one of the
highest Human
Development Index,
a number
calculated based
on a country’s
education, life
expectancy, and
income per person.
Bursa, Israel’s Diamond Exchange District
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Main Israeli industries:

Diamonds High-technology
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Israel is the leading country in the technification (the use of
technology) in agriculture.

Irrigation Trucks Tomato with growth sensors

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Since Israel was founded by immigrants from all over the
world, it is a very ethnically diverse country.

Bar Rafaeli Boaz Mauda Katrix

Top Model Singer Reggaetoner
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Israel is a republic,
authorities are
elected by people.
Its prime minister is
Benjamin
Netanyahu.

Benjamin Netanyahu
lighting up a menorah for
Hanukkah, a Jewish
celebration.
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The State of Palestine is
a not-fully recognized
state made up by the
Israeli-claimed
territories of Gaza Strip
and West Bank.
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The State of
Palestine is
populated mostly
by Muslim ethnic
Palestinians
descendants of
the ones who
remained after the
formation of Israel. The Palestinian flag has the Arab colors.
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Palestine has lost
almost its whole
territory after the
migration of
Jews.
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Due to armed
conflict between
Arab and Jews,
some Palestinians
immigrated to
other countries in
the world.

Palestinian refugees escaping, 1948

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Palestinians came to
Honduras between
the late 1800s and
early 1900s.
Palestine was still
part of the Turkish
Ottoman Empire,
origin of the “Turco”
nickname. Nasri Asfura, Tegucigalpa’s mayor, has
Palestinian origins.
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Israel has built a wall
around the
Palestinian territories
with several
checkpoints for
monitoring
Palestinians.
Some consider this is
segregation. Wall between Palestine and Israel
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Israel has built a wall
around the
Palestinian territories
with several
checkpoints for
monitoring
Palestinians.
Some consider this is
segregation. Pope Francis praying at the wall