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Katzir-Harish
Harish (, cha-reesh, lit. "ploughed furrow") is a city in the north of Israel. Its jurisdiction is an area of 9,739dunams. It is currently being expanded into a city projected eventually to have a population of 100,000. In it had a population of . History Harish was founded as a Nahal settlement in 1982 and converted into a kibbutz in 1985. The kibbutz disbanded in 1993. Following a government decision, a new neighborhood of 300 housing units was built on the site and marketed to career army officers, although few moved there. Harish merged with the neighboring town of Katzir, forming Katzir-Harish. They separated again in 2012, with Harish remaining a town, and Katzir reverting to the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In the 1990s, the low cost of housing attracted young couples, mostly secular, but in 2003, a group of Garin Torani families moved to the town. In addition, an Arab Bedouin clan from Ramla moved there in order to end a bloody feud with another clan. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katzir
Katzir () is a community settlement in north-central Israel. Located south-west of Umm al-Fahm and close to the Green Line, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established in 1982 by Hitahdut HaIkarim on land owned by the Jewish Agency, and was initially a community settlement A community settlement (, ''Yishuv Kehilati'') is a type of town or village in Israel and in the West Bank. In an ordinary town, anyone may buy property, but in a community settlement, the village's residents are organized in a cooperative an .... In 1993 it was merged with neighbouring Harish to form Katzir-Harish local council. However, in 2012 the two were separated, with Harish remaining a local council and Katzir reverting to the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. References External linksOfficial website Community settlements Menashe Regional Council Populated places in Haifa District Populated pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Council (Israel)
A city council (, ''Iriya'') is the official designation of a city within Israel's system of local government. City status may be granted by the Interior Minister to a municipality, usually a local council and whose character is urban, defined as having areas zoned for distinct land use like residential, commercial, and industrial areas. City mayors and members of the city councils are elected every five years. In 2021, there were 12 Arab city councils in Israel. See also *List of cities in Israel *Local council (Israel) *Regional council (Israel) Regional councils (plural: , ''Mo'atzot Ezoriyot'' / singular: , ''Mo'atza Ezorit'') are one of the three types of Israel's Local government in Israel, local government entities, with the other two being City council (Israel), cities and Local c ... References External linksLocal Government in Israel The Knesset Lexicon of Terms. 2009Local Authorities (רשויות מקומיות)on Israel Government portal * City Counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haredi Judaism
Haredi Judaism (, ) is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that is characterized by its strict interpretation of religious sources and its accepted (Jewish law) and traditions, in opposition to more accommodating values and practices. Its members are often referred to as "ultra-Orthodox" in English, a term considered pejorative by many of its adherents, who prefer the terms strictly Orthodox or Haredi (plural: Haredim). Haredim regard themselves as the most authentic custodians of Jewish religious law and tradition which, in their opinion, is binding and unchangeable. They consider all other Movements of Judaism, expressions of Judaism, including Modern Orthodox Judaism, Modern Orthodoxy, as "deviations from God's laws", although other movements of Judaism would disagree. Some scholars have suggested that Haredi Judaism is a reaction to societal changes, including Jewish emancipation, political emancipation, the movement derived from the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Jewish as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northern coast of Egypt, the north, the Gaza Strip of Palestine and Israel to Egypt–Israel barrier, the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to Egypt–Sudan border, the south, and Libya to Egypt–Libya border, the west; the Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Cairo is the capital, list of cities and towns in Egypt, largest city, and leading cultural center, while Alexandria is the second-largest city and an important hub of industry and tourism. With over 109 million inhabitants, Egypt is the List of African countries by population, third-most populous country in Africa and List of countries and dependencies by population, 15th-most populated in the world. Egypt has one of the longest histories o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Antiquities Authority
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA, ; , before 1990, the Israel Department of Antiquities) is an independent Israeli governmental authority responsible for enforcing the 1978 Law of Antiquities. The IAA regulates excavation and conservation, and promotes research. The Director-General is Eli Escusido - sometimes written Eskosido. The Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel is the new home of the IAA, located on Museum Hill, in the heart of Jerusalem, capital of the State of Israel,.The campus is planned on 20,000 square meters between the Israel Museum and the Bible Lands Museum by Architect Moshe Safdie. The aim of the National Campus is to exhibit approximately two million ancient artifacts and make them accessible to the public. The National Campus serves as a center for research, education, demonstration, display, and explanation of Israel's cultural heritage across its various cultural and religious spectrums, throughout human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Esur
En Esur, also En Esur (; ) or Ein Asawir (), is an ancient site located on the northern Sharon Plain, at the entrance of the Wadi Ara pass leading from the Israeli Coastal Plain, Coastal Plain further inland. The site includes an archaeological mound (Tell (archaeology), tell), called Tel Esur or Tell el-Asawir, another unnamed mound, and two springs, one of which gives the site its name. A 7,000-year-old Early Chalcolithic large village already showing signs of incipient urbanisation and with an open space used for cultic activities was discovered at the site below later, Bronze Age remains.Elad, Itai et al., "'En Esur (Asawir), Area N: Preliminary Report (26/10/2020)", in HA-ESI 132 (2020) During the Canaan#Early Bronze Age (3500–2000 BC), Early Bronze Age, around 3000 BCE, a massive fortified proto-city with an estimated population of 5,000 to 6,000 inhabitants existed there. It was the largest city in the region, larger than other significant sites such as Tel Megiddo, Meg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of the three-age system, following the Stone Age and preceding the Iron Age. Conceived as a global era, the Bronze Age follows the Neolithic, with a transition period between the two known as the Chalcolithic. The final decades of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean basin are often characterised as a period of widespread societal collapse known as the Late Bronze Age collapse (), although its severity and scope are debated among scholars. An ancient civilisation is deemed to be part of the Bronze Age if it either produced bronze by smelting its own copper and alloying it with tin, arsenic, or other metals, or traded other items for bronze from producing areas elsewhere. Bronze Age cultures were the first to History of writing, develop writin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City (Israel)
A city council (, ''Iriya'') is the official designation of a city within Israel's system of local government. City status may be granted by the Interior Minister to a municipality, usually a local council and whose character is urban, defined as having areas zoned for distinct land use like residential, commercial, and industrial areas. City mayors and members of the city councils are elected every five years. In 2021, there were 12 Arab city councils in Israel. See also *List of cities in Israel *Local council (Israel) *Regional council (Israel) References External linksLocal Government in Israel The Knesset Lexicon of Terms. 2009Local Authorities (רשויות מקומיות)on Israel Government portal * City Council Ordinance City councils Subdivisions of Israel City Councils A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Rail
Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit that uses rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from heavy rapid transit. The term was coined in 1972 in the United States as an English equivalent for the German word ''Stadtbahn'', meaning "city railway". From: 9th National Light Rail Transit Conference Different definitions exist in some countries, but in the United States, light rail operates primarily along exclusive Right_of_way#Rail_right_of_way, rights-of-way and uses either individual tramcars or multiple units coupled together, with a lower capacity and speed than a long heavy rail passenger train or rapid transit system. Narrowly defined, light rail transit uses rolling stock that is similar to that of a traditional tram, while operating at a higher capacity and speed, often on an exclusive right-of-way. In broader usage, light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smart City
A smart city is an urban area that uses digital technology to collect data and operate services. Data is collected from citizens, devices, buildings, or cameras. Applications include traffic and transportation systems, power plants, utilities, urban forestry, water supply networks, waste disposal, criminal investigations, information systems, schools, libraries, hospitals, and other community services. The foundation of a smart city is built on the integration of people, technology, and processes, which connect and interact across sectors such as healthcare, transportation, education, infrastructure, etc. Smart cities are characterized by the ways in which their local governments monitor, analyze, plan, and govern the city. In a smart city, data sharing extends to businesses, citizens, and other third parties who can derive benefit from using that data. The three largest sources of spending associated with smart cities as of 2022 were visual surveillance, public transit, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Israeli Shekel
The new Israeli shekel (, ; ; currency symbol, sign: Shekel sign, ₪; ISO 4217, ISO code: ILS; unofficial abbreviation: NIS), also known as simply the Israeli shekel (; ), is the currency of Israel and is also used as a legal tender in the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The new shekel is divided into 100 Israeli agora, agorot. The new shekel has been in use since 1 January 1986, when it replaced the hyperinflation, hyperinflated Old Israeli shekel, old shekel at a ratio of 1000:1. The currency sign for the new shekel is a combination of the first Hebrew letters of the words ''shekel'' () and ''ẖadash'' () (new). When the shekel sign is unavailable the abbreviation ''NIS'' ( and ) is used. History The origin of the name "shekel" () is from the ancient Biblical currency by the same name. An early Biblical reference is Abraham being reported to pay "four hundred shekels of silver" to Ephron the Hittite for the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baqa Al-Gharbiyye
Baqa al-Gharbiyye (, ; lit. ''Western Baqa'') is a predominantly Arab city in the "Triangle" region of Israel near the Green Line. In 2003, Baqa al-Gharbiyye united with the Jatt local council to form Baqa-Jatt, a unification that was dissolved a few years later. The city had a population of in . History Pottery remains from the Intermediate Bronze Age, Iron Age II and Hellenistic era have been found here.Zertal, 2016, pp334 Roman, Byzantine and Umayyad eras An olive press, quarries and a winepress believed to date to the Hellenistic or Early Roman period have been found. Ceramic objects from the late Roman or early Byzantine periods have also been found,Dauphin, 1998, p. 755 and a burial cave, with remains dating to Byzantine and the beginning of the Umayyad periods (sixth–seventh centuries CE). Crusader/Mamluk eras In 1265 Sultan Baibars divided the village between the emirs Ala' al-Din Taibars al-Zahiri'' and ''Ala' al-Din 'Ali al-Tunkuzi'' when the villages of Pale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
