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Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
The Israeli Armed forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque recently. The fight in the country has been increasing since mid-April. The Hamas in the Gaza Strip attacked Israel for its actions. They were engaged in Air strikes. During the air strikes, Israel used IRON DOMES to defend itself from the missiles launched from Gaza. It was ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Topics: air-strikes • Al-Aqsa Mosque • Gaza Strip • Hamas • Israel-Palestine • Israeli Jews • Jerusalem • Jews • Jordan • UNESCO World Heritage Site
What is Lag B’Omer?
Lag B’Omer is an annual Jewish festival. It is celebrated in the Hebrew month of Iyar. The festival is celebrated on the thirtieth day of the Omer. Recently, more than forty-four people died here due to a stampede (in Meron of Israel). They were gathered at the reputed tomb of Shimon Bar Yochai for Lag ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Hebrew • israel • Israel Stampede • Jews • Judaism • Lag B'Omer • Omer • plague • Stampede
Stampede at Israeli Pilgrimage site
A massive stampede at Meron, a Jewish Pilgrimage site in Israel killed at least 44 people. This was the largest COVID-19 era gathering of Israel. About the disaster The stampede occurred at the most reputed tomb of Shimon Bar Yochai. He was a second century sage. The pilgrimage was closed in 2020 due to COVID-19. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Israel Stampede • Israeli Jews • Jews • Judaism • Meron • Stampede
Israel’s Nation State Law
The Supreme Court of Israel recently assembled to hear a special petition filed by Arab-Israeli citizens to scrap the Nation State Law. About the Nation State Law The Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People is informally known as the Nation State Law. It is one of the fourteen constitutional laws or ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Arabs • israel • Israel-Palestine • Israel-Palestine Conflict • Jews • Nation State Law
Funding for India-Palestine Techno Park released
Recently the Indian Representative to Palestine, Sunil Kumar released the third tranche of funding for the construction of India-Palestine techno park in Palestine. India had committed to invest 12 million USD as a part of capacity building in Palestine. India currently pays 3 million USD on half yearly basis The Techno Park The park will ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: India-palestine • India-Palestine Development Partnership • Investment • Israel-Palestine • Jews • Palestine • Technology
Mahatma Gandhi’s 80-year-old Letter wishing Jews ‘Era of Peace’ Unveiled
The National Library of Israel unveiled an 80 – year old handwritten letter by Mahatma Gandhiji on the day World War II broke out. He had wished the Jewish people an era of peace in his letter. Gandhiji had addressed the letter the Bombay Zionist Association that was struggling to turn the support of Indian ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
Topics: Jews • Mahatma Gandhi • World War II