Israeli History Newspaper Article

Israel is a country in the Western Asian Levant on the edge of the southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Israel borders Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt. Israel declared its independence in 1948. It is the world’s only Jewish state. Jerusalem is the capital city and the seat of government. Israel is one of the many countries in the Middle East but the only one considered to have liberal democracy. Israel is the most advanced in the region for economic competitions, business regulations, freedom of press, and overall human development. For four thousand years Israel has been a Jewish holy land and a promised land. Israel holds in Jewish religious obligations, encompassing Judaism’s most important sites. Sites such as the first and second temple are extremely important religious icons for Jewish people. The first of a series of Jewish kingdoms and states established intermitted rule over the region that lasted more than a millennium, starting around the eleventh century.

Questions:
Are all Israelis Jewish?

What do Muslims think of Israel and the fact the Jewish people consider Israel as their Promised Land?

----written by Corina