Before the Suez War, Khan Yunis was officially administered by the All-Palestine Government, seated in Gaza and later in Cairo.

Before its closure it was the oldest operating penal facility west of the Mississippi River.

Before its closure, the fort was used as a German prisoner-of-war camp.

Before the British invasion of Virginia forced the temporary closure of the College of William and Mary and disbandment of the Phi Beta Kappa there early in 1781, Elisha Parmelee, an alumnus of Yale College and Harvard College, passed through Williamsburg and took charters from the Phi Beta Kappa to establish branches of the society at these schools.

Before its closure, the station was one of the less used stations on the network, with only about 1, 130 passengers a day.

Before the closure of the Photo Imaging unit, the Dimâge lineup included the long-zoom Z line, the E / G lines ( the G series finally incorporating former Konica models ), the thin / light X line, and the advanced A line.

Before the closing, local radio DJs and television newscasts referred to it as " Carmageddon " and " Carpocalypse ", parodying the notion of Armageddon and the Apocalypse, since it was anticipated that the closure would severely impact traffic.

Before the closure, the Hillbrow tower was one of the largest tourist draws in Johannesburg.

Before its closure due to a 1993 Base Realignment and Closure ( BRAC ) decision, the base was also used as a staging area and departure point for aircraft participating in the annual Chicago Air & Water Show.

Before it became the Nordic Heritage Museum in 1980, the red brick building was originally the Daniel Webster Elementary School from 1907 to 1979, when low student enrollment led to its closure.

Before the closure of the churches in 1926, there was a meeting of the National League for the Defense of Religious Liberty which discussed the possibility of armed rebellion to overthrow the government.

Before the closure of " Népszínház " in Budapest, it was the second largest opera building in Budapest.

Before closure in the 1960s, this was the junction of two lines, one from Market Harborough and the other from Northampton.

Before the closure of the branch, the station was called Tunbridge Wells Central.

Before the election, party leader Vidar Kleppe tried to bolster support for the party by calling for the closure of all Mosques in Norway if they did not clearly distance themselves from terrorism.

Before its temporary closure in 2005, the track hosted races in several series including the Indy Racing League and NASCAR's Busch and Truck series.

Before the closure of RAF Upper Heyford, RAF Croughton had relied on the larger base for administrative support to one degree or another.

Before the closure of the gates of Tellico Dam, numerous snail darters were transplanted into the Hiwassee River in Tennessee.

Before the threatened closure, the Junior School had been phased out and there were very few fee paying day students.

Map of Israel as it was in the 9th century Before Christ | BC.

Before the birth of Benjamin, Jacob is renamed " Israel " by an angel ( and ).

The spokesperson for Agudath Israel of America, Rabbi Avi Shafran, attacked the film with an article " Dissembling Before G-d ", maintaining that gay people can be cured through therapy, and that the movie is meant to promote homosexuality:

Before Lavon's resignation, the incident had been euphemistically referred to in Israel as the " Unfortunate Affair " or " The Bad Business " (, HaEsek HaBish ).

Before the battle, Abijah addressed the armies of Israel, urging them to submit and to let the Kingdom of Israel be whole again.

The word for Tabernacle, mishkan, is a derivative of the same root and is used in the sense of dwelling-place in the Bible, e. g. Psalm 132: 5 (" Before I find a place for God, mishkanot ( dwelling-places ) for the Strong One of Israel.

Before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the Vatican opposed Zionist policies and objectives in Palestine.

Before the establishment of the State of Israel, Switzerland maintained a consulate in Jerusalem and a consular agency in Tel Aviv.

Before World War II, Deutscher opposed Zionism as economically retrograde and harmful to the cause of international socialism, but in the aftermath of the Holocaust he regretted his pre-war views, and argued a case for establishing Israel as a " historic necessity " to provide a home for the surviving Jews of Europe.

Before he died, he made the children of Israel swear that when they left the land of Egypt they would take his bones with them, and on his death his body was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.

Before World War II, most Hassidic rabbis, as well as many other prominent Orthodox rabbis and leaders, believed that God had promised to return the Jewish people to the land of Israel under the leadership of a Jewish Messiah, who would arrive when the Jewish people had merited redemption.

Before the 2006 election, Degel HaTorah and Agudat Israel agreed to revive their alliance under the banner of United Torah Judaism to not waste votes and achieve maximum representation in the 17th Knesset.

Before 1967, " Zionist entity " was the standard term used by Arabs and the Arab media to refer to Israel, and was particularly popular in official broadcasts of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan during the 1960s and ' 70s.

Before the creation of Israel, Jewish anti-Zionists used the accusation against other Jews.

Before the establishment of Israel, the Arab village of Yibna was located there.

Before he became President of the State of Israel, Weizmann pursued his research in organic chemistry at its laboratories.

Before becoming President in 1982, he served as ambassador to Israel, was one of the founding members of the National Liberation Party ( PLN ) in 1951.

Before World War I, the Middle East region, including the Ottoman Syria ( the southern part of which are regarded as Palestine or the Land of Israel ), was under the control of the Ottoman Empire for nearly 400 years.

Before the first series had finished airing, the BBC had sold rebroadcast licenses to TV channels in twelve countries, including Italy, Norway, Germany, Israel, Russia and the Netherlands.

Before and after the vote several member states and NGOs objected that by targeting the resolution solely at Israel and failing to address Hezbollah attacks on Israeli civilians, the Council risked damaging its credibility.

Before the Israeli lira the currency of the British Mandate and Israel was the Palestine pound between 1927 and August 1948.

Before she is transported to Israel, Karen is placed in a Cypriot refugee camp, and is one of the passengers on the Exodus.