While the Gregorian calendar is widely used in Israel's business and day-to-day affairs, the Hebrew calendar, used by Jews worldwide for religious and cultural affairs, also influences civil matters in Israel ( such as national holidays ) and can be used there for business dealings ( such as for the dating of checks ).

At 16: 00, Ben-Gurion opened the ceremony by banging his gavel on the table, prompting a spontaneous rendition of Hatikvah, soon to be Israel's national anthem, from the 250 guests.

Israel's definition of a nation state differs from other countries as its concept of a nation state is based on the Ethnoreligious group ( Judaism ) rather than solely on ethnicity, while the ancient mother language of the Jews, Hebrew, was revived as a unifying bond between them as a national and official language.

** Hayyim Nahman Bialik The Israel's national poet ( b. 1873 )

During the first weeks of Israel's independence, he ordered all militias to be replaced by one national army, the Israel Defense Forces ( IDF ).

In 2003, Kenya requested Israel's help in developing a national solar energy program.

Israel's national airline El Al does not fly to Singapore as Singapore is located in the region of Indonesia and Malaysia both of which are hostile to Israel and do not allow overflight rights for Israeli aircraft.

Brit Tzedek v ' Shalom, the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace, " is a national organization of American Jews committed to Israel's well-being through the achievement of a negotiated settlement to the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The city also received the 2005 national " flag award ," as well as the Council for a beautiful Israel's " Stars of Beauty " prize as one of the cleanest Israeli municipalities, and for community education programs emphasizing recycling, for five years running.

Known as the American Schindler, in 1995 Varian Fry became the first United States citizen to be listed in the Righteous among the Nations at Israel's national Holocaust Memorial, Yad Vashem ( in 2006, fellow Americans Waitstill Sharp and Martha Sharp were added to the list ).

The government of Israel honored Jean as part of the gentiles designated as Righteous Among the Nations at Israel's national Holocaust Memorial, Yad Vashem where a grove of trees was planted in his name on the Hill of Remembrance along the Avenue of the Righteous.

An example of this is the song that became Israel's national anthem, " Hatikvah ".

MDA or Mada ) is Israel's national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service.

On 12 July 1950, the Knesset passed a law making MDA's status as Israel's national emergency service official ; The objectives of Magen David include maintaining first aid services ; maintaining a storage service of blood, plasma and their by-products ; instruction in first aid and pre-hospital emergency medicine ; operating a volunteer program in which volunteers are trained in first aid, basic and advanced life support including Mobile Intensive Care Units ; transportation of patients, women in labor, and evacuation of those wounded and killed in road accidents ; transportation of doctors, nurses and medical auxiliary forces.

* Description of the National Water Carrier by Shmuel Kantor, former chief engineer of Mekorot, Israel's national water company

Maccabi is considered Israel's national sporting representative in the world.

The game has for decades been recognized as a key event in the forging of Israel's national identity.

In Israel, 200, 000 people gathered to celebrate in Israel's National Park, and the event was celebrated as a national holiday.

Hayim Nahman Bialik, Israel's national poet, was Mayim Bialik's great-great-grandfather's uncle.

Navon wrote two musicals based on Sephardic folklore: Sephardic Romancero ( 1968 ) and Bustan Sephardi (" Spanish Garden " 1970 ), which were successfully performed at Habimah, Israel's national theater in Tel Aviv.

" Mount of Remembrance "), is Israel's national cemetery, found on the west side of Jerusalem beside Jerusalem Forest.

Mount Herzl has served as Israel's national cemetery since 1951, following a government decision to establish a cemetery for Israeli leaders and fallen soldiers.

Israel's national student and youth council ( Hebrew: מועצת התלמידים והנוער הארצית ) is an elected body representing all youth in Israel since 1993.

Israel's national student and youth council is the first youth council in the world that made student rights legislation.

The airline was incorporated and became Israel's official carrier on 15 November 1948, although it used leased aircraft until February 1949, when two unpressurized DC-4s were purchased from American Airlines.

In 1981, the airline carried 510, 000 passengers, but these numbers declined to 462, 000 in 1982 following the unrest caused by Israel's invasion of nearby Lebanon.

It is Israel's second-largest airline, operating scheduled domestic and international services, as well as charter flights to destinations in Western Europe and across the Mediterranean.

Arkia was founded in 1949 as Israel Inland Airlines when it became clear that there was demand for a local airline to connect Tel Aviv with different regions of the then-new state of Israel, especially with Eilat, Israel's important seaport situated on the Gulf of Aqaba.

El Al held a 50 % stake in the airline at this time with the Histadrut, Israel's labour federation, being the other shareholder.

It also operates VIP flights, and is Israel's third-largest airline after El Al Israel Airlines and Arkia Israel Airlines, employing some 350 staff.

Today, the airline remains in full ownership by Israel's Organisation of Agricultural Co-operatives and carrying over 100, 000 tons of cargo to and from Israel annually.

* The Supreme Court ruled that the partner of a gay employee at El Al, Israel's national airline, is entitled to free airline tickets just as the spouse of any heterosexual employee is.

On July 5, 2002, a gunman opened fire at Los Angeles International Airport ( Israel's El Al Ticket Counter ).

At 08: 15 GMT, four gunmen walked to the shared ticket counter for Israel's El Al Airlines and Trans World Airlines at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport outside Rome, Italy, fired assault rifles and threw grenades.

* 1978 – Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Al Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.

* 1978-Camp David Accords, brokered by President Jimmy Carter, saw Egypt's president Anwar Al Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin come to terms, leading to their historic peace treaty in 1979

Al Alawi challenged Gates over the US attitude to Israel's nuclear arsenal, asking whether he thought " the Zionist ( Israeli ) nuclear weapon is a threat to the region "< ref >

In 2007, Har Gilo had a population of 462. According to Peace Now, Har Gilo breaks the territorial contiguity of a Palestinian state and its close proximity to Al Walaja and Beit Jala will make it difficult to include within Israel's final boundaries.

Yet Ruth is not any foreigner ; she has embraced Israel's religion and way of life.

Dimona has taken part of Israel's solar transformation.

The United States has consistently opposed what it perceives as " unbalanced " " anti-Israel " resolutions and, in recent years, one other nation has joined Israel's defense — Micronesia.

Much of Banksy's artwork can be seen around the streets of London and surrounding suburbs, though he has painted pictures around the world, including the Middle East, where he has painted on Israel's controversial West Bank barrier with satirical images of life on the other side.

Israel's Plasan has developed armored versions of the HMMWV, assembled by ELBO in Greece as the M1114GR, M1115GR and M1118GR.

Although now a strong opponent of Israel's existence, Hamas has been called " Israel's creation.

The United Nations has repeatedly upheld the view that Israel's construction of settlements constitutes violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

The UN has certified Israel's pullout, and regards the Shebaa Farms as occupied Syrian territory, while Lebanon and Syria have stated they regard the area as Lebanese territory.

The Council has recognized the Blue Line as valid for purposes of confirming Israel's withdrawal pursuant to resolution 425 ( 1978 ).

It has been claimed that the German authorities, under the leadership of Chancellor Willy Brandt and Minister for the Interior Hans-Dietrich Genscher, rejected Israel's offer to send an Israeli special forces unit to Germany.

Covenant Theologians claim that the New Testament book of Hebrews demonstrates that much of Israel's worship has been replaced by the person and work of Christ.

It has traditionally been believed that monotheism was part of Israel's original covenant with Yahweh on Mount Sinai, and the idolatry criticized by the prophets was due to Israel's backsliding.

** In Lebanon, Hezbollah announces that it has hanged United States Marines U. S. Marine Lt. Col. William R. Higgins in retaliation for Israel's July 28 kidnapping of Hezbollah leader Abdel Karim Obeid.

The moral philosopher Peter Singer, along with Kenneth Roth, has cited Israel's prosecution of Adolf Eichmann in 1961 as an assertion of universal jurisdiction.

Israel's success with Tay – Sachs disease has led to the development of screening programs for other diseases.

She has recast the party's image towards Israel, after affirming Israel's right to secure itself from terrorism, and criticising the leadership of Iran.

A representative of Israel's Chamber of Commerce has estimated the cumulative economic damage caused by the crisis at 150 to 200 billion Shekels, or 35 to 45 billion US $ – against an annual GDP of 122 billion dollars in 2002.

Waage has written that, " Had the missing documents been accessible, there seems no doubt they would have shown the extent to which the Oslo process was conducted on Israel's premises, with Norway acting as Israel's helpful errand boy.

Since the end of apartheid, South Africa's new government has been cold towards Israel and critical of Israel's policies towards Palestinians, but ignored calls from pro-Palestinian civil South African groups to sever relations between the two countries.

Burma has also become one of Israel's strongest allies in the region, in terms of both technical assistance and also the much debated and rumored military links.