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8 Culture and religion
Main article: Culture of Israel
Holidays
| Date
| English Name
| Local Name
| Range of possible dates
in Gregorian calendar
|
| Tishri 1
| New Year
| Rosh Hashanah
| between Sept 6 & Oct 5
|
| Tishri 10
| Day of Atonement
| Yom Kippur
| between Sept 15 & Oct 14
|
| Tishri 15
| Feast of Tabernacles (Booths)
| Sukkot
| between Sept 20 & Oct 19
|
| Tishri 22
| Assembly of the Eighth Day
| Shemini Atzeret
| between Sept 27 & Oct 26
|
| Nissan 15
| Passover
| Pesach
| between March 27 & April 25
|
| Nissan 21
| Passover
| Pesach
| between April 2 & May 1
|
| Iyar 5
| Independence Day
| Yom Ha-Atzmaut
| between April 16 & May 15
|
| Sivan 6
| Pentecost
| Shavuot
| between May 16 & June 14
|
9 Miscellaneous topics
10 Footnotes
1 Jerusalem is Israel's officially designated capital, and the location of its presidential residence, government offices and the Knesset, Israel's Parliament. Israelis often describe the city as "The Eternal Capital of Israel." However, many countries dissent this designation, and consider the status of Jerusalem as an unresolved issue, due to Israel's capture of the eastern half of Jerusalem (and subsequent reunification) from Jordan during the Six Day War. They believe that the final issue of the status of Jerusalem will be determined in future Israeli-Palestinian negotiations; Therefore, those countries locate their embassies in other major cities like Tel Aviv, Ramat-Gan, Herzliya, etc., instead, to avoid political sensitivities.
Moreover, some of the dissenting countries do not recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, due to what they perceive as illegal Israeli action in designating the city to be its capital in the first place (1950), as well as Israel's capture of the eastern half from Jordan, in 1967. These states instead recognize Tel Aviv, the temporary capital for a time in 1948, when Jerusalem was under Arab siege, as the continuous legitimate capital, and as a result keep their embassies there. Other entities maintain that Jerusalem must be internationalized as originally envisioned by the United Nations General Assembly. See the article on Jerusalem for more.
2 For a short period in the 1990s the prime minister was directly elected by the electorate. This change was not viewed a success and was abandoned.
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