Showing posts with label Israel. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Joint Issue Israel–Nepal . 2012


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Israel and Nepal established full diplomatic relations in 1960. The Prime Ministers at the time were David Ben Gurion of Israel and B.P. Koirala of Nepal.  

Nepal was among the first Asian countries to establish relations with Israel and one of the only bold nations that did not support the 1975 United Nations resolution equating Zionism with racism. That resolution was subsequently revoked some 20 years later. Over the years, the two countries have created a diverse network of cooperation and close ties in various areas.




To celebrate the anniversary of their diplomatic relationship,  they joint issue to release  one stamp depict the geographic of both countries, the Himalaya Mountain and the Dead Sea on September 04, 2012.

Nepal is located in the Himalaya Mountains and includes Mt. Everest - the earth’s highest mountain, and Israel is home to the lowest place on earth - the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is 422 meters below sea level, the Lowest Place on Earth  and Mt. Everest is 8,848 meters above sea level, the Highest Place on Earth

Monday, February 7, 2011

Israel–Vatican Joint Issue.

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Israel Post and Vatican Post jointly has issued the stamp depicted the Garden of Getshemane, Jerusalem. The joint issued is only one stamp.

The garden of Getshemane is is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem most famous as the place where Jesus and his disciples prayed the night before Jesus' crucifixion.

In the following shown photo of The Garden of Getshemane, Jerusalem. According to the New Testament it was a place that Jesus and his disciples customarily visited, which allowed Judas to find him on the night of his arrest.Overlooking the garden is the Church of All Nations, also known as the Church of the Agony, built on the site of a church destroyed by the Sassanids in 614, and a Crusader church destroyed in 1219. Nearby is the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Mary Magdalene with its golden, onion-shaped domes (Byzantine/Russian style), built by Russian Tsar Alexander III in memory of his mother. (taken from Wikipedia)

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