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.

Near the end of the days of the vow, Paul was recognized outside Herod's Temple and was nearly beaten to death by a mob, " shouting, ' Men of Israel, help us!

Following the ceasefire declaration, Britain released over 2, 000 Jewish detainees it was still holding in Cyprus and recognized the state of Israel.

* Made a historic speech to the Bundestag in September 1951 in which he recognized the obligation of the German government to compensate Israel, as the main representative of the Jewish people, for The Holocaust.

Sid ' Ahmed Taya recognized the State of Israel some years before his fall, and started cooperating with the United States in antiterrorism activities.

Oman was the only Arab state besides Sudan under Jaafar Nimeiry to maintain good relations with Anwar al Sadat after Egypt recognized Israel.

Archaeologically speaking, it would appear that Omri was recognized internationally as the founder of the Israelite Kingdom, though Ahab is actually the first king of Israel to appear in non-Israelite sources.

In 1993, PLO recognized Israel's right to exist in peace, accepted UN Security Council resolutions 242 and 338, and rejected " violence and terrorism "; in response, Israel officially recognized the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people.

From the perspective of the theocratic government, " God himself is recognized as the head " of the state, hence the term theocracy, from the Greek " rule of God ", a term used by Josephus for the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.

For example, in Israel marriage is governed by officially recognized religious bodies who each provide marriage services for their respected adherents, yet no form of civil marriage ( free of religion, for atheists, for example ) exists nor marriage by non recognized minority religions.

In return, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, on behalf of Israel, officially recognized the PLO.

The virus became recognized as a cause of severe human meningoencephalitis in elderly patients during an outbreak in Israel in 1957.

Leprosy has affected humanity for over 4, 000 years, and was recognized in the civilizations of ancient China, Egypt, Israel, and India.

Israel and Jordan made peace without Israel withdrawing from the West Bank, since Jordan had already renounced its claims and recognized the PLO as the sole representative of the Palestinians.

The governments of Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon recognized Jarring's appointment and agreed to participate in his shuttle diplomacy, although they differed on key points of interpretation of the resolution.

The Beta Israel, though somewhat disputed as descendants of ancient Israelites, are widely recognized in Israel as Ethiopian Jews.

In January 2007, President Jacques Chirac unveiled a plaque in the Panthéon to more than 2600 people recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by the Yad Vashem memorial in Israel for saving the lives of Jews who would otherwise have been deported to concentration camps.

May 15-Following a letter from the Agent of the new Provisional Government to President Truman, the United States recognized the provision government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.

The High Court of Israel, in Civil Appeal 551 / 89 ( Menora Insurance Vs. Jacob Sdovnik ), ruled that as the polygraph has not been recognized as a reliable device, polygraph results are inadmissible as evidence in a civil trial.

For example, a Kohen cannot legally marry a divorced or converted woman in the State of Israel, although a foreign marriage would be recognized.

Along with the principles, the two groups signed Letters of Mutual Recognition — the Israeli government recognized the PLO as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, while the PLO recognized the right of the state of Israel to exist and renounced terrorism as well as other violence, and its desire for the destruction of the Israeli state.