The group has simpler ideas -- like reducing water use at schools and other buildings in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

Like the storm gods in the myths of Israel's neighbors, Yahweh heaps up the waters with a blast of wind.

就像犹太人邻居的神话，耶和华用狂风卷起巨浪。

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Israel is either like or unlike her neighbors--that's not helpful.

以色列与它的邻国要么相像，要么不像，这理论不好。

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Although Israel says the blockade is essential for its national security, scenes like this have some in Israel questioning whether the closure has worked.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

The problem is that if you want to do risk-sharing, you're not, ideally, sharing with someone who's just like you living in Israel, working in a certain agricultural industry-- because there are lots of risks that you've already shared.

如果你真的想要达到风险分摊的效果，理论上说，就不应该只和与你的同伴,比如同住在以色列，一样从事农业的人来分摊-,因为你们承担的许多风险是正相关的。

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The Gaza war halted indirect Israeli-Syrian talks mediated by Turkey and drew fierce criticism from Mr.Erdogan, who has since emphasized ties with anti-Israel neighbors like Iran and Syria.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

Well, like the rest of the ancient world, Israel had a cultic system, and that cultic system featured a sanctuary: a sacred space with holy objects; sacred objects, where priests performed a variety of ritual acts.

和其他古代世界一样，以色列有一个宗教系统，圣所是这个系统的一个特色：,它是一个布满了神圣物体的地方，祭司会在这里举行一系列的仪式。

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And President Obama's refusal to strongly condemn Israel after it attacked a flotilla carrying activists and aid to the Palestinian city of Gaza, angered demonstrators like university student Sahid Sundana.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

The ritual cult of the Israelites may look like that of their neighbors but it functioned very differently; its purpose was drastically different from that of Israel's neighbors. The Israelites like their neighbors may have set up a king over themselves. But Israelite monarchy differed from Canaanite monarchy in significant ways because of their monotheism.

从祭拜仪式上看，以色列人和邻国类似,但操作起来很不一样，而目的则完全相反,以色列人可能会像邻国那样,拥立一位君主，然而受一神论的影响,以色列的君主政体和迦南地区的有明显差异。

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They say Israeli disengagement from the area would make it easier for Palestinian militants to attack Israel like those in Gaza have been doing since Jewish settlers evacuated the Strip in 2005.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

The call is an apparent challenge to Israel, which has brought in thousands of additional police to prevent clashes like the ones that have broken out sporadically in the city during the past two weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08