War began‚ the situation for Israel looked perilous in the eyes of many residents. Many believed that the sheer size of the Arab armed forces would result in the immediate demise of the Jewish state.1 On the eve of the war‚ Egypt amassed approximately 100‚000 troops in the Sinai organized in seven divisions near Israel’s southern border.2 They had nearly 950 tanks‚ 1‚100 APCs‚ and more than 1‚000 artillery pieces at their disposal.3 Combined with Syria and Jordan’s forces‚ the Arabs numbered some 250
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Navy. The unit is considered one of the primary Special Forces units of the Israel Defense Forces. S’13 specializes in sea-to-land incursions‚ counter-terrorism‚ sabotage‚ maritime intelligence gathering‚ maritime hostage rescue‚ and boarding. The unit has taken part in almost all of Israel’s major wars‚ as well as other actions. The unit is one of the most secretive in the Israeli military. Shayetet 13 is a veteran Israeli special forces unit. It was formed in 1948 by Yohai Ben-Nun with men drawn
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Introduction Middle Eastern nation states came into existence not as a result of naturally-evolving and unique historical‚ social‚ or political processes reaching a nexus of cohesion‚ but rather‚ they emerged as a manifestation of the fragility of colonial power in the region (Zweiri a.o. 2008: 4). The history of statehood in the Middle East and its establishment by colonial powers has ensured that this remains a fragile and unstable region (Zweiri a.o. 2008: 4). After the collapse of the Ottoman
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Agassi pitching Better Place to auto manufacturers – Better Place is re-thinking electric vehicles by making fuel stations swap out your battery with a charged one instead of pumping petrol or diesel into the car‚ highly ambitious‚ executed first in Israel‚ now in China‚ etc. Persistence This chapter talks about the story of "Fraud Sciences" company pitching to Paypal to use their fraud detection service – Paypal ended up buying them so that the competition doesn’t get them – idea came from founders
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War of 2006 began on July 12th‚ when Hezbollah launched a rocket attack on Israeli military positions stationed near the border between Lebanon and Israel. In the minutes during the ensuing chaos‚ Hezbollah militants crossed the border into Israel‚ and kidnapped two Israeli soldiers who they intended to use as collateral in a prisoner exchange with Israel. The war lasted until August 13‚ 2006‚ at which point the United Nations intervened. During the war‚ both sides targeted civilian areas‚ resulting
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about Arabs Army’s main goal is to destroy Israeli and conquer their territory. Their army are preparing to invade Israeli’s country to finish it off since the failure of 1948 Arabs’ First Attack on Israeli. But the Israeli Army are preparing on defense and on offensive against the Arabs Army to attack early and surprise the enemy position. Israeli wanted to weaken their enemy and conquer from Sinai Peninsula and Golden Height from their territory. It starts on June 5‚ 1967 to June 10‚ 1967 that
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50 days of violence.” (BBC.com) ISM is trying to get civilians from all around the world to participate in non-violent acts against the Israel military in West Bank for the mistreatment of the Palestinians. Neta Golan is an activist‚ part of the ISM. Golan a co- founder of ISM is a third generation Israeli. She was born and raised in Tel-Aviv (a city in Israel). Golan attended Jewish schools where she was taught about Jewish history and religion daily‚ almost as much as she was taught academics
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Josh Orenbuch Professor Schwabe Essay #4 whYyoU should have First Year Writing The first year biology majors and accounting major of YU are all asking themselves the same question: “How is First Year Writing going to help me?” As an accounting major in the Syms School of Business‚ I was extremely troubled by the university requirement to take first year writing as well. “How will FYW help me with balance sheets?” I asked myself. How will this class get me an accounting internship this
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Salma earns her only small form of salary from a lemon grove that her family has occupied for fifty years. However‚ one of the ironic issues surrounding this lemon grove is that it is located on a line separating Israel from the occupied territories of the West Bank. The Israeli defense minister‚ Isreal Navon moves into a large house right next to Salma’s lemon grove and immediately initiates a conflict between his elegant home and the orchard. Salma received an official letter notifying her that
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Women in Defense Force From the earliest years of ancient times‚ women’s status were defined by their relationship to men. A woman was in second place to the man never the first. Since early historical times‚ women have been considered not only intellectually inferior to men but also a major source of temptation and evil. Early Roman law described women as children‚ forever inferior to men. The “double standard” certainly involves more than biology; it is also a product of the historical domination
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