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Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip gäz´e , (2003 est. pop. 1,330,000) rectangular coastal area, c.140 sq mi (370 sq km), SW Asia, on the Mediterranean Sea adjoining Egypt and Israel, in what was formerly SW Palestine, now officially administered by the Palestinian Authority . People and Economy The Gaza Strip... Read more |
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Palestinian Americans
PALESTINIAN AMERICANS by Ken Kurson Overview Historical Palestine stretched from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea to lands east of the Jordan River, according to commentators, and was bordered by Syria on the north and Egypt on the south. Most of this land is now controlled by... Read more |
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Gaza
Gaza Ghazzah , or Ghuzzeh , town (2003 est. pop. 380,000), principal city and administrative center of the Gaza Strip , SW Asia, on the Philistia plain between the Mediterranean Sea and W Israel. In ancient times, Gaza was an Egyptian garrison town (it is mentioned in the Tell el Amarna ... Read more |
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Judaea
Judaea or Judea [Lat. from Judah ], region, Greco-Roman name for S Palestine. It varied in size in different periods. In the time of Jesus it was both part of the province of Syria and a kingdom ruled by the Herods. It was the southernmost of the Roman divisions of Palestine, the others being... Read more |
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Oslo Accords
OSLO ACCORD (1993) Agreement between Israel and the PLO negotiated secretly in Oslo, Norway, and signed at the White House on 13 September 1993. In 1993 Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) agreed to recognize each other, and signed a Declaration of Principles (DOP)... Read more |
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Tyrone
Tyrone former county, Northern Ireland. In 1973 it was divided into the districts of Strabane, Omagh, Dungannon, and part of the Cookstown district.... Read more |
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Middle East
Middle East term traditionally applied by western Europeans to the countries of SW Asia and NE Africa lying W of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Thus defined it includes Cyprus, the Asian part of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, the countries of the... Read more |
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Leitrim
Leitrim , county (1991 pop. 25,301), 589 sq mi (1,526 sq km), N Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Carrick-on-Shannon . Leitrim is divided into two parts by Lough Allen; the northern part is mountainous, the southern part level. Potatoes and oats are grown. Industries include textiles,... Read more |
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Agudat Israel
AGUDAT ISRAEL Organization of Orthodox Jewry; political party of Orthodox Jews in Israel. The organization was founded in Katowice (Upper Silesia, now in the southwestern part of Poland), in 1912, as a worldwide movement of Orthodox Jews. It established the Council of Torah Sages as its... Read more |
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Israeli Army Divides Gaza Strip Into Three Isolated Areas
...divided the Gaza Strip into three isolated territories...attacks against Israel on Saturday and...said that the Gaza Strip was divided into Gaza City and...that connects the ... |
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Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank, divide Gaza into three
...Thursday, while in the Gaza Strip troops divided the territory into three parts, in an operation...last Saturday in Gaza. Despite the latest...resume until after Israel forms a new government...carving the ... |
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ADC condemns Israeli reoccupation of Gaza
...the Gaza Strip controlled...raids by Israel, Israeli troops entered Gaza earlier this...escalation by Israel. ADC has...attack on Gaza: 1. The...since it divides the Gaza ... |
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IDF divides Gaza in two
...Headline: IDF divides Gaza in two Byline...divided the Gaza Strip into two yesterday...and southern Gaza. Security officials...yesterday morning, three mortar shells...Strip and within ... |
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Fatah Men Oversee Gaza's Links to Israel
...CROSSING, Gaza Strip - Two Palestinian...days between Israel and Hamas-ruled Gaza. They work...police post in Gaza and the Erez Crossing into Israel. Rattling...Hamas on one divide, the ... |
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US pressure forces Israeli troops out of Palestinian territory
...the Gaza Strip early yesterday...territory. As part of its heaviest...uprising, Israel sent tanks...ground troops into Palestinian...upon whom Israel depends for...mission in Gaza," the ... |
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Gaza rocket squads barrage Israel after Israeli troops kill four West Bank...
...efforts to move Israel and Gaza's Islamic...Shehadeh, and three other gunmen...southern Israel on Thursday...reported. Gaza militant...the Gaza Strip. "When...going to divide ... |
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Gaza rockets barrage Israel
...Israel and Gaza's Islamic...along with three other gunmen...rockets and three mortars were fired at Israel late Wednesday...barrage from Gaza seemed inevitable...controls the Gaza Strip. ... |
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Gaza Rockets Barrage Southern Israel
...Israel and Gaza's Islamic...along with three other gunmen...rockets and three mortars were fired at Israel late Wednesday...barrage from Gaza seemed inevitable...controls the Gaza Strip. ... |
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Four main issues divide Israel, Palestinians
...were set after Israel won control...West Bank, the Gaza Strip, the Sinai...carves deep into Palestinian...West Bank. Israel did that in the Gaza Strip two years...rich in all three. An ... |