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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Death's Head unit

History; Israeli history

Originally members of these units guarded the concentration camps. In 1938 they participated, alongside the Verfügunstruppen, in the occupation of Austria, the Sudetenland and Czechoslovakia. In ...

Sheaf. In Judaism, the sheaf of grain offering brought to the temple during Passover, on Nisan 16; thus also the name of the seven-week period between Passover/Pesach and Shavuot also known as the ...

United Nations Security Council Resolution 242

History; Israeli history

Resolution adopted in 1967 that established the principle of land for peace. The resolution calls for the “(w)ithdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict,” as ...

Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)

History; Israeli history

This convention prohibited both the use of chemical weapons as stipulated in the 1925 Geneva Protocol as well as their development, production, acquisition, transfer, and stockpiling. The Convention ...

Special Squad

History; Israeli history

SS or Einsatzgruppe detachment; also refers to the Jewish slave labor units in extermination camps that removed the bodies of those gassed for cremation or burial.