2) Israel. The World Factbook. 2003
...the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without ending the deep...

3) e. Israel and Judah. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...e. Israel and Judah c. 1300-1020 ISRAELITE TRIBAL PERIOD. 1 c. 1300-1200 THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN. The biblical tradition traces the tribes of Israel back to the time...

4) Bene Israel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Bene Israel, or Beni Israel (both: baīne) (KEY) [Heb.,=sons of Israel], Jewish community of India, living mostly in and near Bombay. Many thousands of others have...

5) Israel. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Israel Republic in the Middle East, formerly part of Palestine. Israel is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria and Jordan to the east, the Gulf of Aqaba (an arm...

6) Israel. The American HeritageŪ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...founded by Saul c. 1025 b.c. After 933 it split into the Northern Kingdom, or kingdom of Israel, and the kingdom of Judah to the south. Israel was overthrown by the...

7) Israel, in the Bible. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Israel, in the Bible, (izīrel, izīral) (KEY) [as understood by Hebrews,=he strives with God], according to the book of Genesis, name given to Jacob as eponymous ancestor...

8) Beni Israel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Beni Israel, see Bene Israel....

9) Israel River. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...Israel River, c.25 mi/40 km long, Coos co., N N.H.; rises in Presidential Range; flows NW to the Connecticut R. near Lancaster....

10) Acre, city, Israel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Acre, city, Israel, Israel: see Akko....