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- united nations
- an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
- quaran
- the book of Islams sacred writing
- p.l.o
- terrorist group, Palestine Liberation Organization
- mandate
- colony in holy land controlled by british
- hamas
- Islamic Resistance Movement. performs military movements against Israel.
- occupied territories
- Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Golan Heights, East Jerusalem - Palestinians commanded self-rule
- israel
- an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea
- aliya
- ascent, when jew is called up to read torah
- zionism
- jewish word for holy land, a jewish movement that encouraged Jews to return to their homeland
- diaspora
- the dispersion of the Jews outside Israel