The State of Israel was founded on May 14, 1948, creating a national homeland for all Jewish people throughout the world. The establishment of a uniquely Jewish state in the Arab controlled Middle East has created serious tension between the Jews and their Arab neighbors, and more specifically, th...

The Arab-Israeli conflict is a struggle between the Jewish state of Israel and the Arabs of the Middle East concerning the area known as Palestine. The term "Palestine" has been associated variously and sometimes controversially with this small region. Both the geographic area designated by and th...

Ascension on Mount Zion By Mihnea Dumitru March 26, 2001 Ascension on Mount Zion There are many things which can be said about the global impact of the Jewish people. Anti-Semitic views still dwell in many minds around the world, overburnt remnants of medieval times as well as more recent ...

Introduction The story of Jericho is found in the Bible in Joshua 6, which tells of how the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for 40 years and then come to the land of Canaan. The Israelites come to the city of Jericho, a walled city, and they march around the walls once each day for six days...