neither has the establishment of the State of Israel fostered harmony between Muslims and Jews.

For this story of an American couple who meet and fall in love in Israel, Mr. Herman has written songs that are warmly melodious and dance music that sparkles.

Mr. Herman has managed to mix musical ideas drawn from Israel and the standard American ballad style in a manner that stresses the basic tunefulness of both idioms.

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The first encounter has to do with Elijah, whom Ahab refers to as " the troubler of Israel " ( 1 Kings 18: 17 ), in which Elijah predicts a drought ( 1 Kings 17: 1 ).

" The plight of Israel has become hopeless.

" The old priest, Eli, fell dead when he heard it ; and his daughter-in-law, bearing a son at the time the news of the capture of the Ark was received, named him Ichabod — explained as " The glory has departed Israel.

Rabbi Steinsaltz has received many awards and prizes, among them the Israel Prize for Jewish studies in 1988.

Bromine is rarer than about three-quarters of elements in the Earth's crust ; however, the high solubility of bromide ion has caused its accumulation in the oceans, and commercially the element is easily extracted from brine pools, mostly in the United States, Israel and China.

Joshua takes forward Deuteronomy's theme of Israel as a single people worshiping Yahweh in the land God has given them.

The land is Yahweh's to give or withhold, and the fact that he has promised it to Israel gives Israel an inalienable right to take it.

Another important passage was Isaiah 40: 3 – 5, which imagines the exiled Israel proceeding home to Jerusalem on a newly-constructed road, led by the victorious Yahweh who has conquered the gods of Babylon.

The promise has three elements: posterity ( i. e., descendants-Abraham is told that his descendants will be as innumerable as the stars ), divine-human relationship ( Israel is to be God's chosen people ), and land ( the land of Canaan, cursed by Noah immediately after the Deluge ).

The book opens with the Israelites in the land which God has promised to them but worshiping " foreign gods " instead of Yahweh, the god of Israel, and with the Canaanites still present everywhere.

* Othniel ( 3: 9-11 ) vs. Cushan-Rishathaim, King of Aram ; Israel has 40 years peace until the death of Othniel.

( The statement that Israel has a certain period of peace after each judge is a recurrent theme )

The essence of Deuteronomistic theology is that Israel has entered into a covenant ( a treaty, a binding agreement ) with the god Yahweh, under which they agree to accept Yahweh as their god ( hence the phrase " god of Israel ") and Yahweh promises them a land where they can live in peace and prosperity.

The Deuteronomist's negative view of Saul and desire to show David as the first real king of Israel has obscured Saul's real achievements.

Kings begins with the death of David, to whom Yahweh, the god of Israel, has promised an eternal dynasty, and the succession of his son Solomon.

However, Israel has been unfaithful to God by following other gods and breaking the commandments which are the terms of the covenant, hence Israel is symbolized by a harlot who violates the obligations of marriage to her husband.

* A later promise ( 2: 12 – 13 ): These verses assume that judgement has already fallen and Israel is already scattered abroad.

Like Isaiah, the book has a vision of the punishment of Israel and creation of a " remnant ", followed by world peace centred on Zion under the leadership of a new Davidic monarch ; the people should do justice, turn to Yahweh, and await the end of their punishment.

These all culminate in frightening depictions of a powerful king who, like the Babylonian rulers of the court tales, attacks Israel, defiles the temple, and incurs divine judgment.

" In the 1970s and 1980s Israel tolerated and supported the group as preferable to the secular and then more powerful al-Fatah and the PLO.

Beria wanted an alliance with Israel to advance the communist cause in the Middle East, while later Soviet leaders chose instead to form a powerful alliance with countries in the Arab World.

This state of peace with two powerful neighbors enabled the Kingdom of Israel to expand its influence and even political control in Transjordan, and these factors combined brought economic prosperity to the kingdom.

By revoking them once and for all, you have sent, I say again, a powerful message not to the government, but to the people of Israel.

Head of the Government, Hebrew acronym: ;, Rais al-Hukuma ) is the head of the Israeli government and the most powerful political figure in Israel ( the position of President of Israel is largely honorary ).

722 challenged this, for if the neo-Assyrian empire were so powerful, so must be its god ; and conversely, if Israel could be conquered ( and later Judah, c. 586 ), it implied that Yahweh in turn was a minor divinity.

Even though Assyria and Babylon were so powerful, the new monotheistic thinking in Israel reasoned, this did not mean that the god of Israel and Judah was weak.

The Prime Minister is the chief executive of Israel, and the most powerful political figure in the country.

The United States has been considered Israel's most powerful and supportive ally and hosts the annual Salute to Israel Parade in New York City.

By destroying Israel, by the Shoah, they ultimately wanted to tear up the taproot of the Christian faith and to replace it with a faith of their own invention: faith in the rule of man, the rule of the powerful.

In the ancient world, particularly in the ancient near-east ( Israel, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia ) names were thought to be extremely powerful and to act, in some ways, as a separate manifestation of a person or deity.

" They further contended that " Friedman ’ s identification of a rich and powerful ‘ Israel lobby ’ conjures up the ugliest anti-Semitic stereotypes.

They feverishly recruited girls and leaders throughout Savannah — from the Female Orphan Asylum to Synagogue Mickve Israel, to the steps of Christ Church, and the daughters of the powerful and influential families.

What other powerful nation is to the north of Israel?

Betar's position as one of the most consistent producers of powerful political figures in Israel drew accusations that it was placing partisan political expediency above greater ideological priorities.

" This " she said " is a powerful narrative that weaves together conflicts from across the globe, presenting the West ’ s response to varied and complex issues, from long-standing disputes such as Israel / Palestine and Kashmir to more recent events as evidence of an across-the-board determination to undermine and humiliate Islam worldwide.

Established in December 1920 during the British Mandate for Palestine, it became one of the most powerful institutions of the State of Israel.

The Histadrut became one of the most powerful institutions in the state of Israel, a mainstay of the Labour Zionist movement and, aside from being a trade union, its state-building role made it the owner of a number of businesses and factories and, for a time, the largest employer in the country.

It was carried out in the face of powerful domestic opposition in Israel.

The data produced by researchers has proven a powerful tool for Israel ’ s policy makers and social service practitioners.

Global forces have thus proven to be powerful in affecting and shaping the many facets of hip-hop ’ s character in Israel.