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What Peace Prize-winning Israeli leader was assassinated in 1995?
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Yitzhak Rabin
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What peninsula did Israeli capture from Egypt in 1967, and return in 1982?
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Sinai
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On what religious holiday did nine Arab states (plus Cuba) launch a surprise attack on Israel in 1973?
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Yom Kippur
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What brief war did Israel fight in 1967?
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Six Days War
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What territory did Israel take from Syria following that war?
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Golan Heights
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Who was Israel's first (and to date only) female Prime Minister?
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Golda Meir
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Who became Israel's first Prime Minister in 1948?
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David Ben-Gurion
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What is the name of the movement to establish a Jewish country in the Holy Land?
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Zionism
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What 1917 statement by the British Government announced support for that movement?
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Balfour Declaration
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What is the term for an Israeli collective farm?
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Kibbutz
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What was the name of the Medieval Christian attempts to capture the Holy Land?
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The Crusades
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What empire destroyed the Second Temple in 70 A.D.?
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The Roman Empire
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What Jewish kingdom was led by Herod the Great?
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Judea
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In what town was Jesus born, according to the Bible?
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Bethlehem
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What Persian king freed the Jews from their captivity in Babylonia, and helped them rebuild their land?
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Cyrus the Great
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What brutal empire conquered Israel in 722 B.C. and deported 10 of the 12 tribes of Israel?
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Neo-Assyrian Empire
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What Biblical king is said to have built the first temple?
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Solomon
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Who, according to the Bible, was the first king of Israel?
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Saul
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What book of the Bible tells the story of the Jews' escape from Egypt?
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Exodus
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What Biblical city, conquered by Joshua, has been inhabited for 12,000 years, and is sometimes considered the world's oldest city?
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Jericho
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Arp, you may enjoy my own Palestine Quiz, though, I've been meaning to update it for a while and never got around to it.
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