Ashkelon or Ashqelon (/ˈæʃkəlɒn/ ASH-kə-lon; Hebrew: אַשְׁקְלוֹן, romanized: ʾAšqəlōn, IPA: [aʃkeˈlon] ; Arabic: عَسْقَلَان, romanized: ʿAsqalān) is a...
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Ascalon (redirect from Tel Ashkelon)
fortifications emerging in the Middle Bronze Age. During the Late Bronze Age, Ashkelon was integrated into the Egyptian Empire, before becoming one of the five...
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Ashkelon may refer to: Ashkelon, a coastal city in the South District of Israel Ascalon, the ancient city of Ashkelon, destroyed in 1270, and now an archaeological...
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cities which would become the core of Philistine territory, such as Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, show nearly no signs of an intervening event marked by...
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31°39′57″N 34°33′59″E / 31.6658°N 34.5664°E / 31.6658; 34.5664The Ashkelon Subdistrict is the northern of the two sub-districts in Israel's Southern...
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Trans-Israel pipeline (redirect from Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline)
Trans-Israel pipeline (Hebrew: קו צינור אילת אשקלון), also Tipline, Eilat–Ashkelon Pipeline, or Europe–Asia Pipeline is an oil pipeline in Israel extending...
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approximately 100 m off the coast of Ashkelon, Israel at a depth of around 3–4 m in the Mediterranean Sea. The city of Ashkelon was once a bustling trade port;...
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The Ashkelon rocket attacks were a series of rocket attacks from Gaza initiated by the ISIL affiliate Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade in 2015. After the first...
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The Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company (Hebrew: חברת קו צינור אילת אשקלון בע"מ (קצא”א), also known as the Europe Asia Pipeline Company and by the acronym...
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Ashot Ashkelon Industries Ltd (TASE: ASHO) is an Israeli manufacturer of build to print products such as: gears, transmissions and gearboxes to the Aerospace...
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Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל הפועל אשקלון, Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Ashkelon) was an Israeli football club based in Ashkelon. After being...
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The Letter of the Karaite elders of Ascalon (c. 1100) was a communication written by six elders of the Karaite Jewish community of Ascalon and sent to...
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The Ashkelon Sport Arena (Hebrew: היכל הספורט העירוני אשקלון) is an indoor sporting arena located in Ashkelon, Israel. The arena opened in 1999 and is...
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Barzilai Medical Center (redirect from Ashkelon Hospital)
Arabic: مركز برزيلاي الطبي) is a 600-bed district general hospital in Ashkelon, Israel opened in 1961. The hospital serves a population of 500,000, including...
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Hof Ashkelon Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית חוף אשקלון, Mo'atza Azorit Hof Ashkelon, lit. Ashkelon Coast Regional Council) is a regional council...
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cities or pentapolis in the Southwest Levant, made up of principally Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath, and for a time, Jaffa (present-day part of Tel...
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or 1963, to parents who were expelled or fled from Al-Jura (now part of Ashkelon) during the 1948 Palestine war. He earned a bachelor's degree in Arabic...
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Elitzur Ashkelon (Hebrew: אליצור אשקלון) was a professional basketball team based in Ashkelon in south-west Israel. The team reached the quarterfinals...
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Battle of Ascalon (redirect from Battle of Ashkelon)
The Battle of Ascalon took place on 12 August 1099 shortly after the capture of Jerusalem, and is often considered the last action of the First Crusade...
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The Ashkelon dog cemetery is a burial ground in the city of Ashkelon in Israel where possibly thousands of dogs were interred in the fifth to third centuries...
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magnificent building in Ashkelon. Following the defeat at the Siege of Ascalon, the Majidi-monarch, Al-Zafir, ordered Ashkelon's ruler Sayf al-Mamlaka Tamim...
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Aviv 474,530 12 Beit Shemesh Jerusalem 154,694 3 Haifa Haifa 290,306 13 Ashkelon Southern 153,138 4 Rishon LeZion Central 260,453 14 Rehovot Central 150...
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Arab Gas Pipeline (redirect from El Arish-Ashkelon pipeline)
with Iraq's gas grid to allow Iraq to export gas to Europe. The Arish–Ashkelon pipeline is a 90-kilometre (56 mi) long submarine gas pipeline with a diameter...
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Ashkelon Beersheba Eilat Gedera Kiryat Gat Kiryat Malakhi Netivot Sderot Ofakim Yavne Tel Aviv Jerusalem Regional Council areas affected Hof Ashkelon...
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in cities in the Sharon plain including Gedera, Herzliya, Tel Aviv, and Ashkelon. Air raid sirens were activated in Beersheba, Jerusalem, Rehovot, Rishon...
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Israelis in Ashkelon run for shelter following a missile alert during Operation Protective Edge...
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"The Streets of Ashkelon" is a science fiction short story by American writer Harry Harrison. It has also been published under the title "An Alien Agony"...
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camp in 1975. Sinwar's family grandparents fled from Al-Majdal Asqalan (Ashkelon) during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. He joined the military movement of Hamas...
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Austronesia Pontian boat Butuan boats Black Sea Sinop D Marsala Greek: Ashkelon Kyrenia Leontophoros Syracusia Phoenician: Gozo Bajo de la Campana Punic:...
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Egyptian-ruled Gaza in 1962 to a family who had been expelled or fled from Ashkelon during the 1948 Palestine War. He finished his studies at the Islamic University...
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