I5: 50 Years of Israel

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(the timeline provides many of the answers)

Geography

What is Israel's Southern port?
Where is the lowest point on earth?
What is the Sea of Galilee otherwise known as?
What is Israel's Southern desert called?
Name the Heights between Israel and Syria

Politics

Which party was in power from 1948-1977?
Who was Prime Minister during the Yom Kipper War?
Name the Israeli Parliament and number of seats in it
Name 3 Israeli Presidents
Who was Israel's first Prime Minister?

Ivrit

What is the Hebrew for:-

School
Teacher
Book
Education

Who was responsible for the modern revival of Ivrit?

Society

Where do Sephardi Jews come from?
What were Operations Moses and Solomon?
What percentage of the Israeli population are non-Jewish?

Arab-Israel Conflict

Who was the Israeli chief of Staff who master minded the Six Day Way, 1967?
Who launched a surprise attack on Israel on Yom Kipper 1973?
Who was the Egyptian leader who made peace with Israel?
Which Scandinavian town hosted Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations?
Where is the main military cemetery in Jerusalem?

Prime Ministers of Israel

Fill in the dashes with the names of past Israeli Prime Ministers - we've given you a head start!

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Who am I?

I was born in 1860 and died in 1904
I wrote a pamphlet entitled 'The Jewish State'
I founded the First Zionist Congress

I was the main government spokesperson during the Gulf War
My brother was killed in a commando raid on Entebbe in 1976
I became Prime Minister of Israel in 1996

I played 'Salah Shabati' in one of my earlier films
I am an Israeli actor
I starred as Tevye the Milkman in Fiddler on the Roof

What am I?

I am round and eaten
I am made of chick peas
I am usually found in pitta with salad and humous & tahina

What happened when?

A) 14/5/1948? B) 5/6/1967?

C) 6/10/1973? D) 4/7/1976?

E) 9/12/1987? F) 13/9/1993?

G) 4/11/1995?

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