Israeli history

Israeli history

The history of Israel encompasses the history of the modern State of Israel, as well as that of the Jews in the Land of Israel.

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Qassam

History; Israeli history

A short range missile developed by Hamas and used to attack Israeli targets.

Yichud

History; Israeli history

A short time of seclusion immediately following the marriage ceremony that the bride and groom spend alone together.

Jerusalem Underground

History; Israeli history

A small group of Jewish settlers in the West Bank who carried out violent organized attacks against the Palestinians in the 1980s.

A small labor camp located outside of the Vilna ghetto. It housed about 1250 workers and their families. The camp resembled a ghetto more than a concentration camp in that families were not separated ...

Swieciany

History; Israeli history

A small town in eastern Lithuania north-east of Vilna. A small ghetto was located there. The ghetto was liquidated April 4, 1943. The people were told that they were being resettled in either the ...

Nowa Wilejka

History; Israeli history

A small town to the east of Vilna which was incorporated into the city of Vilna (Vilnius) in 1947. It was the site of a small labor camp, the last camp in the Vilna district to be liquidated in July ...

Sikarikin

History; Israeli history

A small, anti-leftist conspiracy group that, since 1988, has conducted several sabotage acts against Israelis supportive of talks with the PLO; named after a Jewish messianic terrorist group that ...