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100

In Eilat, you can snorkel or scuba dive in this body of water.

What is the Red Sea?


100
In this year, the British government signed the Balfour Declaration, which promised the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine.

What is 1917?

100

This longtime leader was well-known for his focus on the Negev as the future of Israel.

Who is David Ben-Gurion?

100

Israel has a surplus of many commodities - hummus, tech startups, and military force, to name a few. But its lack of this natural resource has been a rising issue for years.

What is water?

100

A hybrid form of this popular salad fruit was developed in Israel in 1973.

What is אגבניה?

200

This mountain is home to the best ski resorts in Israel.

What is Har Hermon?

200
It was during this year that Israel elected David Ben-Gurion as the Prime Minister.

What is 1949?

200

This woman is often referred to as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics, a term later applied to British PM Margaret Thatcher.

Who is Golda Meir?

200

Rich in history and tourism, Israel has the highest number of this attraction per capita in the world.

What are museums?

200

This word can refer to anywhere outside of the land of Israel. It also comes before "hamoed."

What is חול?

300

This territory was captured from Syria in the Six Day War.

What is the Golan Heights?

300

This failed year 2000 meeting brought President Clinton, PM Ehud Barak, and PA Chairman Arafat together to negotiate peace agreements.

What is the Camp David Summitt of 2000?

300

This Israeli model co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 2019 in Tel Aviv.

Who is Bar Rafaeli?

300

You can thank this lexicographer who died in 1922 for the redevelopment and spread of modern Hebrew, Israel's national language.

Who is Eliezer Ben-Yehuda?

300

This Hebrew slang word is often translated to "just because" or "just kidding."

What is סתם?

400

Located on the banks of the Galilee, this was the first kibbutz ever established in Israel in 1910.

What is Kibbutz Deganya?

400

Gilad Shalit was released in this year, after five years of captivity in Gaza by Hamas.

What is 2011?

400

This former Likud leader's 2000 visit to the Temple Mount is often thought of as a major trigger of the second intifada.

Who is Ariel Sharon?

400

Israel is the only nation on Earth to enforce a mandatory military draft on this group of people.

What/who are women?

400

The phrase sometimes sung after you say a bracha on challah in preschool, or to wish someone else an enjoyable meal.

What is בתי אבון?

500

A peace treaty signed by Israel and Egypt in 1979 required Israel to give this territory "back" to the Egyptians in exchange for peace.

What is the Sinai desert?

500

In this year, Israel initiated Operation Magic Carpet, which brought 47,000 Yemeni Jews to Israel.

What is 1950?

500

This late Israeli writer penned over 40 books in his lifetime - one was made into a popular film in 2015, directed by and starring Natalie Portman.

Who is Amos Oz?

500

Many Jerusalem apartment leases include the strange stipulation that when this event occurs, the lease is void and tenants must move out.

What is the coming of the Messiah?

500

A short Yiddisch word used to convey impatience.

What is נו?

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