One day after the Israeli declaration of independence, on 15 May 1948, the civil war transformed into a conflict between Israel and the Arab states. Egypt, Transjordan, Syria, and expeditionary forces from Iraq entered Palestine. These forces took control of the Arab areas and immediately attacked Israeli forces and several Jewish settlements. Ten months of fighting took place mostly on the territory of the British Mandate and in the Sinai Peninsula and southern Lebanon, interrupted by several truce periods.
As a result of the war, the State of Israel controlled the area that UN General Assembly Resolution 181 had recommended for the proposed Jewish state, as well as almost 60-percent of the area of Arab state proposed by the 1947 Partition Plan. This included the Jaffa, Lydda, and Ramle area, Galilee, some parts of the Negev, a wide strip along the Tel Aviv–Jerusalem road, West Jerusalem, and some territories in the West Bank. Transjordan took control of the rest of the former British mandate, which it annexed, and the Egyptian military took control of the Gaza Strip. At the Jericho Conference on 1 December 1948, 2,000 Palestinian delegates called for unification of Palestine and Transjordan as a step toward full Arab unity. The conflict triggered significant demographic change throughout the Middle East. Around 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes in the area that became Israel, and they became Palestinian refugees in what they refer to as Al-Nakba ("the catastrophe"). In the three years after the war, about 700,000 Jews emigrated to Israel, many of whom had been expelled from their previous homelands in the Middle East.
Munchkin cat
A Munchkin cat is a type of cat breed that is a medium sized cat weighing 4 to 9 lbs. A Munchkin cat is best known for its short legs and outgoing personality.
A munchkin cat can range from a wide range of prices depending on factors like gender or the cats color, whether they are a purebred seller or a private seller. Female cats can be more money because they can have kittens. Baby cats tend to cost more and the adult cats cost less. The prices for these cats can be $500 (U.S) to $1200 (U.S) .
A Munchkin cat are loving and friendly. These cats want to be around humans. They love hugs and love to be pet. Munchkin cats get along with other cats Munchkins get along with dogs. These cats make great indoor cats and can hunt mice. Munchkin cats live 12 to 14 years and come in all types of colors and patterns. Munchkin cat eyes come in any color.
The care for a munchkin cat is important. Care for these cats includes brushing their fur once a week and to have water and food for the cat. These cats need a mix of wet food because it has vitamins and dry food for a healthy diet. Munchkins also need a lot of exercise. Having fake mice and a lot of different toys is good.
101955 Bennu
101955 Bennu (provisional designation ) is a carbonaceous asteroid in the Apollo group discovered by the LINEAR Project on 11 September 1999.
Bennu has a 1 in 2,700 chance of hitting Earth between the year 2175 and 2199.
It is named after the Bennu, the ancient Egyptian mythological bird associated with the Sun, creation, and rebirth.
Bennu has an average diameter of .
Bennu is the target of the OSIRIS-REx mission which is intended to return samples to Earth in 2023 for further study.
Bennu is the second-highest on the cumulative rating on the Palermo technical impact hazard scale.
It is believed that Bennu broke off from another asteroid in the asteroid belt, but the gravitational pull of Saturn dislodged it into the range of Earth.
Bennu orbits the Sun every 1.2 years. It comes within 0.002 astronomical units of the earth every 6 years.
Some believe that if Bennu enters a specific hole between the earth and the moon its orbit could change in a way that would make it likely to hit Earth.
Kenneth Allen Taylor
Kenneth Allen Taylor (1954 – December 2, 2019) was an American philosopher and radio personality. He was known for being the co-host (with John Perry) of the radio program "Philosophy Talk". Taylor was born in Sandusky, Ohio.
Taylor died on December 2, 2019 of a heart attack in Stanford, California at the age of 65.
Sandusky, Ohio
Sandusky is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Erie County.
According to 2010 census, the city had a population of 25,793.
In 2011, Sandusky was ranked No. 1 by "Forbes" as the "Best Place to Live Cheaply" in the United States.
John Perry (philosopher)
John Richard Perry (born January 16, 1943) is an American philosopher and radio personality. He is a Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Stanford University and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of California, Riverside.
He is known primarily for his work on situation semantics (together with Jon Barwise), reflexivity, indexicality, personal identity, and self-knowledge. Along with Kenneth Allen Taylor, he hosted "Philosophy Talk".
Perry was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. He studied at Cornell University.
He was awarded the Jean Nicod Prize in 1999. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
George J. Laurer
George Joseph Laurer (September 23, 1925 – December 5, 2019) was an American engineer. He developed the Universal Product Code, commonly known as the barcode, in 1973. As an engineer at IBM, he was asked to develop the pattern used for the Universal Product Code.
Laurer died at his home in Wendell, North Carolina on December 5, 2019 at the age of 94.
Wendell, North Carolina
Wendell is a town in Wake County, North Carolina United States. The population was 5,845 at the 2010 census.
Piet Huyg
Piet Huyg (19 March 1951 – 6 December 2019) was a Dutch footballer. He played as a defender. He played 349 games with HFC Haarlem, mostly in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.
Huyg died on 6 December 2019 at the age of 68 of Alzheimer's disease.
Irena Laskowska
Irena Laskowska (15 March 1925 – 6 December 2019) was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than 40 movies and television shows between 1948 and 2003. Laskowska was known for her roles in "The Last Day of Summer" (1958), "Milczące ślady" (1961), "Salto" (1965), "Hunting Flies" (1969), "Everything for Sale" (1969) and in "Pornografia" (2003).
Laskowska was born in Kraków. He died on 6 December 2019 in Warsaw at the age of 94.
Hirokazu Kanazawa
Zvonimir Vujin
Zvonimir "Zvonko" Vujin (23 July 1943 - 8 December 2019) was a Serbian amateur boxer. He competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics for Yugoslavia and won bronze medals on both occasions. In 1967 he won a silver medal at the European championships and a gold at the Mediterranean Games. He was born in Zrenjanin.
He died on 8 December 2019 in Zrenjanin, Serbia at the age of 76.
Ice Bucket Challenge
The Ice Bucket Challenge, sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, was a viral challenge in which people would dump a bucket of ice water over a person's head, either by another person or by themselves. This was done to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as motor neuron disease and in the US as Lou Gehrig's disease) and encourage donations to research.
It went viral on social media during July–August 2014.
Reinhard Bonnke
Reinhard Bonnke (April 19, 1940 – December 7, 2019) was a German-American Pentecostal evangelist. He was known for his gospel missions throughout Africa. Bonnke was an evangelist and missionary in Africa, starting in 1967.
Bonnke's autobiography, "Living a Life of Fire", is a collection of stories of his life.
Bonnke died on December 7, 2019 in Orlando, Florida at the age of 79. The cause of death was femur surgery-related problems.
Bump Elliott
Chalmers William "Bump" Elliott (January 30, 1925 – December 7, 2019) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Bloomington, Illinois.