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    HaMagen (Hebrew: המגן, lit. The Shield), was a Jewish defense organization in Ottoman Palestine, founded by Yosef Lishansky in summer 1915. It guarded...
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  • disaster, ambulance and blood bank service HaMagen, a Jewish defense organization active during World War I MAGEN (security), a technology that prevents certain...
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    American Red Cross presented Magen David Adom with the International Humanitarian Service Award stating that the organization "exemplifies and inspires the...
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    Star of David (redirect from Magen David)
    The Star of David (Hebrew: מָגֵן דָּוִד, romanized: Magen David, lit. 'Shield of David') is a generally recognized symbol of both Jewish identity and...
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  • (from the abbreviation of Sherut ha-Bitaẖon, "Security Service"), is Israel's internal security service. Its motto is "Magen v'lo Yera'eh" (Hebrew: מָגֵן...
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    Michael Halperin in 1891 (see Ness Ziona), HaMagen (1915–17), HaNoter (1912–13; see Zionism: Pre-state self-defense), and the much more consequential (but...
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    was renamed Tel HaShomer after HaShomer, an early Ottoman-period Jewish defense organization. Located on the grounds of the Israel Defense Forces base (Camp...
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    of organizations, including military, law enforcement, paramilitary, governmental, and intelligence agencies. Israel Defense Forces: Israel's Defense forces...
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    (HFC; Hebrew: פיקוד העורף, Pikud HaOref, also referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym Pakar) is an Israel Defense Forces military district command...
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  • Citizens of Israel have refused to serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) or have disobeyed orders on the grounds of pacifism, antimilitarism, religious...
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    join HaShomer but, denied membership, he founded a rival organization, HaMagen. Several years later, he joined the Jewish espionage organization, Nili...
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  • List of political parties in Israel (category Lists of organizations based in Israel)
    seats from 2005 to 2015) Koah HaKesef Koah LeHashpi'a Lazuz Leader Lehem Lev LaOlim Man's Rights in the Family Party Magen Yisrael (Shield of Israel) Mahane...
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    ZAKA (redirect from ZAKA Organization)
    divers, to Paris to search for a missing Israeli defense official. The mission was funded by the Defense Ministry at an expected cost of $80,000. In November...
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    Iron Dome (category Missile defense)
    romanized: Kippat Barzel) is an Israeli mobile all-weather air defense system, developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries. The system...
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    Yishuv (redirect from Ha-Yishuv)
    security and defense. It also voted on the budgets proposed by the Jewish National Council and the Rabbinical Council. See Bar-Giora, Hamagen, Hanoter, and...
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  • Flag Date Use Description 1949–present Israeli Defense Forces (Tsva ha-Hagana le-Yisra'el) flag Light blue defaced standard with the IDF emblem; and with...
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    Emergency medical services in Israel are provided by the Magen David Adom (MDA) organization, which staffs approximately 1,200 emergency medical technicians...
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  • Garin Tzabar (category Israel Defense Forces)
    (Hebrew: גרעין צבר) is a program that facilitates service in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and provides a support system for Israelis and Diaspora Jews...
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    634–1099. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-59984-9. Broshi, Magen (1979). "The Population of Western Palestine in the Roman-Byzantine Period"...
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    its air defense shot down all Israeli projectiles and that the explosions were from air defense, but satellite images showed a damaged air defense battery...
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    seven communities came under Hamas control, including Nahal Oz, Kfar Aza, Magen, Be'eri, and Sufa. The Erez Crossing was reported to have come under Hamas...
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    Beit HaSefer LeManhigut, abbr. Bislam) The army weekly magazine Bamahane Israeli Army Radio (גלי צה"ל‎, Galei Tzahal, abbr. Galatz) The Magen (an abbreviation...
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    assassinate Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat, a job later tasked by Israel's Minister of Defense Ariel Sharon to a military special...
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  • Yaacov Pat (category Burials at Har HaMenuchot)
    Haganah in Mandatory Palestine. Pat was a member of Hashomer, a Jewish defense organization in Ottoman Palestine, and served in the first Hebrew regiments during...
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    for anxiety by Magen David Adom, an Israeli medical organization. About 421 rockets were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, another...
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    version was designed for the Zionist movement in 1891. The Star of David (Magen David, מָגֵן דָּוִד), a Jewish symbol dating from late medieval-era Prague...
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    in a northerly direction from the southern Red Sea. According to Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officials, their target was Israel, but they did not cross...
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    The attacker was stopped by long-time Mercaz HaRav student Yitzhak Dadon and off-duty Israel Defense Forces Captain David Shapira, who killed the perpetrator...
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    International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (category Humanitarian aid organizations)
    undeniable. One defense to these allegations is that the Red Cross was trying to preserve its reputation as a neutral and impartial organization by not interfering...
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    severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza. By 30 November, the World Health Organization documented 427 attacks on healthcare in the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
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