2 minSocietyReligious Coercion in Israel?Translated into: Kfiah Datit. Kfiah: coercion/force Datit: Religious. Israel was founded with the unique challenge of integrating diverse...
5 minPoliticsMapai - Mifleget Poalei Eretz YisraelThe Workers Party of the Land of Israel Established in 1930, the Mapai party resulted from the union of two parties: Ahdut HaAvoda and...
2 minSocietyThe Status Quo AgreementThe Status-Quo Agreement, initially established through a letter on the 19th of June 1947, was an understanding reached with religious...
3 minPoliticsAgudat IsraelAgudat Israel is a political party founded in 1912 in Poland. It was intended to be a political tool to preserve the ultra-Orthodox way...
3 minPoliticsWhat is the Knesset?Name The name "Knesset" comes from the ancient Knesset HaGdola, or "Great Assembly" in Hebrew, which was a group of 120 scribes, sages,...
2 minPoliticsHow is the Knesset formed?The Knesset, Israel's parliament, is composed of 120 members. Any Israeli citizen over 21 can be elected to the Knesset, except for...
1 minSocietyThe Law of return (Hok Hashvut)The Law of Return was a law passed by the Knesset (Israel's parliament) on July 5th, 1950, two years after the State of Israel was...
2 minSocietyYom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)Yom Hazikaron laShoah velagvura Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed in Israel every year on the 27th of (the Hebrew month of) Nisan. It...
2 minPoliticsYitzhak Rabin Memorial DayYom Hazikaron leYitshak Rabin Memorial Day for the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is a national day of remembrance...
2 minSocietyHatikva, the National AnthemIsrael's national anthem, "Hatikvah" ("The Hope"), is about the hope of the Jews to return to Israel, the land of their forefathers,...
1 minSocietyMinorities in IsraelAccording to the Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2021, Israel had 6 873 000 Jews, 1 671 000 Muslims, 179 000 Christians, and...