What is the national bird of Israel, and what is the national bird of Palestine ??

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Shay p

Israels national bird is the Hoopoe.

http://www.kruger2canyons.com/images/hoopoe.jpg

Palestiens national bird

http://www.chickenquest.com/bald_chicken.jpg

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Burning Bright
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Unknown

the Israeli national bird is the hoopo. Palestines is the palestinian sunbird.

dandyl

well as you know there is no country known as palestine, google that and you will see, so the people calling themselves "palestinians" do not have a national bird.
as for israel, Israeli President Shimon Peres announced in Maythat the colorful Hoopoe bird is officially Israel's national bird after a competition in which 155,000 Israelis cast votes.It may not be kosher, but the Hoopoe was chosen Thursday as Israel's national bird.

The Hoopoe, or "Duchifat" in Hebrew, is listed in the Old Testament as unclean and forbidden food for Jews.

President Shimon Peres declared the pink, black and white-crested bird the winner of a public vote timed to coincide with Israel's 60th anniversary this month. Environmental groups launched the campaign to draw attention to endangered birds and their habitat.

PaliSupporter91 الفلسطيني مؤيد

Israel's National Bird is a US Army Tank!

Joshua N

Israel: Hoopoe
Palestine: don't know

Musl!ma? @}~

israel? huh, whaa..? i dont understand, what does israel mean? lol

Lando

The hoopoe<israel the quassam<palestine

lemon_lorrain

The national bird of the Palestinian ערבים is the עורב.

Moustafa Hussien Obama

Israelis had never been a nature loving nation.
Till May this year, they never had a national bird .
Hoopoe is the new national bird for Israel. http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSCOO95531320080529
It was meant to be a non kosher bird so that the Israelis never think of eating it.
Palestinians has the Palestine sun-bird, a small songbird known in Hebrew as tzufit, ages before the Israelis think of a national bird.. http://www.wrmea.com/archives/July_2007/0707012.html

One lala

The national bird of Palestine is the flying katyusha.

Irit

palestine???? what's that?????

LeboNEEZ Teez

israels bird is a bald eagle, to represent the big pretty american dollars they love so much and as a tribute to america, without whom they would all be dead

palestines bird is a parakeet to represent the annoying tweeting and constant pooping all over it's cage.

peace lover

the national bird of palestine is the dodo. dumb and non-existent.

Vernon C

a peacock and a chicken?

Mao

they are both using the flying pig as their national bird

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pibe

It is not impressive in size like the eagle or rare like the red falcon, but as of yesterday, the hoopoe is Israel's national bird.

Following a six-month contest, President Shimon Peres yesterday declared the hoopoe the winner from among ten candidates. Contest organizers hope the bird will now appear on coins, stamps and clothing.

No other country has adopted the hoopoe as its national bird, according to Dan Alon, head of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel's Ornithological Center and one of the organizers.

The hoopoe garnered 35 percent of the popular vote, barely edging out the goldfinch and the warbler. However, it won the unanimous support of a public committee, and since the national bird committee's vote was worth one-quarter of the total vote, that gave the hoopoe a decisive victory.

In the birdwatching community, reactions to the results were mixed. Alon said he had supported the goldfinch at the beginning of the process. "The finch's numbers are declining and it is being hunted," he explained.

Dr Uzi Paz, a veteran birder and former head of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, supported the warbler: "That is a bird I researched, so I was rooting for it."

However, the birding community has come out firmly behind the hoopoe since its election. "This bird has adjusted to the presence of mankind and can now be seen in many more places than in the past," Paz said in its praise. "It lives mostly off crickets found on lawns. It is not a songbird, but chirps when it wants to take over territory. There is no external difference between male and female hoopoes."

"The hoopoe sits on its eggs in holes, which is interesting among birds," Alon noted. "It usually uses existing holes in trees, or even gaps between building blocks. There is a year-round population that nests in Israel, but also some that pass through during the migration season."

According to Dr. Yossi Leshem of Israel's International Center for the Study of Bird Migration at Latrun, who was Alon's partner in organizing the national bird selection, the process was not just a competition, but a lesson in democracy and in bird preservation awareness. "Educational activities were held in thousands of schools and preschools, and everyone could learn about how to vote and have influence," Leshem said during yesterday's ceremony. He was praised by many attendees for his work, and the master of ceremonies, journalist Motti Kirschenbaum, suggested choosing Leshem as the national birdwatcher.

Environment Minister Gideon Ezra talked about the problems facing Israel's birds, including electrocution, poisoning and accidental trapping in fish nets.

But this is not the end of activities to make birds into Israeli symbols: Leshem announced that Tel Aviv has chosen the swallow as its municipal bird and appointed Leshem to build nesting boxes throughout the city

About National Bird from Palestine , as long as there is not a country called Palestine it is not possible to find a "National Bird"
About Palestine for a better understanding of my answer:
Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.[1] Other terms that refer to all or part of this area include Israel, "greater Israel" (Hebrew Eretz Yisrael), Canaan and the Holy Land.

In the broad geographical sense, Palestine refers to an area that includes contemporary Israel and the Palestinian territories, parts of Jordan, and parts of Lebanon and Syria.[1][2] In the narrow sense, it refers to the area within the boundaries of the former British Mandate of Palestine (1920-1948) west of the Jordan River.

Today, Palestine may also refer to the State of Palestine proposed by the Palestinian National Authority.

Within the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the term Palestine has weighty political connotations and arouses fierce controversy

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