The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC / ˈ eɪ p æ k / AY-pak) is a lobbying group that advocates pro-Israel policies to the legislative and executive branches of the United States. One of several pro-Israel lobbying organizations in the United States, AIPAC states that it has over 100,000 members, 17 regional offices, and "a vast pool of donors".

Science and technology in Israel is one of the country's most developed sectors.Israel spent 4.3% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on civil research and development in 2015, the highest ratio in the world. In 2019, Israel was ranked the world's fifth most innovative country by the Bloomberg Innovation Index. It ranks thirteenth in the world for scientific output as measured …

Israel (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל ‎, Modern: Yīsraʾel, Tiberian: Yīsrāʾēl) is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin. According to the Book of Genesis, Jacob was given the name Israel after he wrestled with the angel (Genesis 32:28 and 35:10). The given name is already attested in Eblaite (????????????, išrail) and Ugaritic (????????????????????, yšrʾil).

Menasseh ben Israel was the author of many works. His major work Nishmat Hayim is a treatise in Hebrew on the Jewish concept of reincarnation of souls, published by his son Samuel six years before they both died. Some scholars think that he studied kabbalah with Abraham Cohen de Herrera, a disciple of Israel Saruk.This would explain his familiarity with the method of Isaac …

Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court redefined what constitutes a "search" or "seizure" with regard to the protections of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The ruling expanded the Fourth Amendment's protections from an individual's "persons, houses, papers, and effects", as specified in the …

The Israeli population is linguistically and culturally diverse. Hebrew is the country's official language, and almost the entire population speaks it either as native speakers or proficiently as a second language.Its standard form, known as Modern Hebrew, is the main medium of life in Israel. Arabic is used mainly by Israel's Arab minority which comprises about one-fifth of the …

India–Israel relations (Hindi: भारत-इज़राइल सम्बन्ध; Hebrew: יחסי הודו-ישראל) refer to the bilateral relations between the Republic of India and the State of Israel.The two countries have an extensive and comprehensive economic, military, and political relationship. They are both in I2U2 Group. The Indian and Israeli governments have stated ...

The Israeli Air Force (IAF; Hebrew: זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, romanized: Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, lit. 'tl', "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as חֵיל הָאֲוִיר ‎, Kheil HaAvir, "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces.It was founded on May 28, 1948, shortly after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

Since its establishment in 1948, the modern State of Israel has been involved in a series of military operations (in addition to seven recognized wars) which all compose the military aspect of the complex Arab–Israeli conflict.. The following list centralizes the main and most notable military operations conducted by the Israeli Defense Forces sorted in chronological order and divided …

Muslim supporters of Israel refers to both Muslims and cultural Muslims who support the right to self-determination of the Jewish people and the likewise existence of a Jewish homeland in the Southern Levant, traditionally known as the Land of Israel and corresponding to the modern polity known as the State of Israel.Muslim supporters of the Israeli state are widely considered to be …