PALESTINE Antonyms

• a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt

• of or relating to or characteristic of the Hebrews

• of or relating to the language of the Hebrews

• the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel

• a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties

• Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine

• an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC

• capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel (although its status as capital is disputed); it was captured from Jordan in 1967 in the Six Day War; a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims; was the capital of an ancient kingdom

• Jews collectively who practice a religion based on the Torah and the Talmud

• the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud

• the southern part of ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ

• an ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan

• a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine

• a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine

• an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river; populated largely by Palestinians