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+Israel © MEA-20180314 (C5–) History of Israel -Golan Heights

History of Israel -Golan Heights

The Golan Heights or otherwise called the Golan is an area of land, a rocky plateau located on the east and north sides of the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret) in the far North of Israel. Its borders are Israel, Lebanon, and Jordan. Israel maintains control of this 1,800 square kilometre area in a defensive role to stop enemy attack-rockets on its citizens which had been coming from the Golan. The Golan is 65km from North to South and averages about 20km from East to West. Despite its size, the Golan is very important, as it supplies Israel with over a third of its water.

Historically, many significant battles have been fought in this area—and the barbed-wire shown in the picture above is evidence of a more recent battle, Israel’s Six-Day War in 1967. In 1981 Israeli forces captured this part of the Golan from Syria and continue to monitor the area. After the 1948-1949 Arab-Israeli War, the Golan was partly demilitarised by the Israel-Syria Armistice Agreement, and over the years, has proved to be an area of continuing violence as the agreement is broken by both sides due to disagreement over the legal status of the demilitarised zone (DMZ), cultivation of land within it and competition over water resources.

According to the Book of Deuteronomy in the Bible, the Amorite king Og of Bashan was conquered by the Israelites coming out from Egypt around the 12th-13th Century B.C.E. Throughout the Old Testament period, the Golan was the focus of a power struggle between the Kings of Israel and the Aramaeans who were based near modern-day Damascus. In the 16th century, the Golan was conquered by the Ottoman Empire and was part of the Vilayet of Damascus until it was transferred to French control in 1918. When the mandate terminated in 1946, it became part of the newly independent Syrian Arab Republic.

The Golan is home to some of Israel’s most stunning and beautiful landscapes, far removed from the big cities and towns in the rest of the country, where. Its abundant water resource has created green landscapes and picturesque water-features, including Israel’s spectacular Saar Falls and The Banias Waterfall.

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History of Israel –Tabernacle Model -Timna Park

Timna Park, located 25 kilometres North of Eilat, centres its focus on history, antiquities and a variety of activities (such as the coloured sands and the artificial lake) within the beautiful wilderness surrounds. Its acacia trees and other arid-land vegetation, its herds of wild ibex looking out at you from the cliff tops, and its evidence of human activity from antiquity to the present all make Timna Park a worthwhile place to visit. This horseshoe-shaped Valley covers some 15,000 acres and is surrounded by steep cliffs and Mount Timna which is 453 metres above sea level. The valley contains many minerals such as iron, manganese and more importantly, copper. Timna is the site of the world’s first copper mine and thousands of ancient mining shafts can be seen throughout the park as well as remains of smelting furnaces dating back to imperial Egypt. Historically, copper was the first metal used to create work and household tools, weapons, costly ornaments and cultic objects.

Visitors to Timna Park can watch a multimedia presentation titled ‘The Mines of Time’ which bring many mythological and ancient stories of copper gods and Pharaoh Ramses to life, including the history of copper-mining from ancient Egyptian times to the present.

A full-scale replica of the biblical Tabernacle (Insert) stands in the very wilderness where Moses and the children of Israel wandered for forty years. When reading the Biblical account of the dimensions of the Tabernacle as outlined in Exodus Chapter 26, one tends to think it to be much bigger that what it really is. However, a more realistic size of the Tabernacle is shown in the photograph above—seeing is believing. The following Bible verses show how much God wanted to be in fellowship with His chosen people. “Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Adonai filled the tabernacle. Moshe was unable to enter the tent of meeting, because the cloud remained on it, and the glory of Adonai filled the tabernacle.” (Exodus 40:34-35 CJB).

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