10 agorot controversy

yes Claim about an Israeli coin August 2024 thumb|right|200px|The Israeli 10 agorot coin The 10 agorot controversy refers to a conspiracy theoryYasir Arafat: A Political Biography: A Political Biography, Barry Rubin. Page 241 made public by Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat's appearance at a specially convened session of the UN Security Council in Geneva on 25 May 1990. At the session, Arafat claimed that the obverse design of an Israeli ten agorot coin showed a map of "Greater Israel" that represented Zionist expansionist goals.Pipes Daniel The Hidden Hand: Middle East Fears of Conspiracy 1998 St Martin's Press 0312176880 50 https://books.google.com/books?id=LOzpsSgrN4MC&q=10%20agorot%20coin%20arafat&pg=PA50Rowley Gwyn The Areal Extent of Israel: Passions, Prejudices and Realities GeoJournal April 1991 23 4 383–386 41145122 10.1007/bf00193612 1991GeoJo..23..383R 189889311 Arafat's claims In support of his claim that the 10 agorot coins displayed a Greater Israel, Arafat also quoted a 1989 paper by Gwyn Rowley of the University of Sheffield published in GeoJournal. The paper titled "Developing Perspectives upon the Areal Extent of Israel: An Outline Evaluation" raised the question of what the maximum territorial extents of Eretz Yisrael were in the eyes of Israelis. As part of this inquiry, Rowley presented a map of the Middle East with a superimposed outline based on the embossed pattern of a contemporary 10 agorot coin. In the text Rowley surmised: Whereas Israel has never formally defined its borders one possible indication of Israel's broader territorial ambitions might be seen in the Israeli ten agorot coin which carries a map, seemingly depicting an area that would extend over to encompass present-day Amman, Beirut, Baghdad, Damascus and the N parts of Saudi Arabia. This same territorial depiction was carried on the earlier one sheqal coin.Rowley Gwyn Developing Perspectives upon the Areal Extent of Israel: An Outline Evaluation https://archive.org/details/sim_geojournal_1989-09_19_2/page/99 GeoJournal 1989 19 2 99–111 10.1007/bf00174640 1989GeoJo..19...99R 189891013 S. M. Berkowicz, of the Department of Physical Geography, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem criticized Rowley's article in a subsequent paper also published by GeoJournal. Berkowicz concluded that the shape was based on an ancient coin and "There is of course no foundation to Rowley's undocumented claim."GeoJournal, March 1991, Volume 23, Issue 3, pp. 187–196, "Developing perspectives upon the areal extent of Israel: A reply", S. M. Berkowicz Rowley then responded that the coin might have been chosen because of its map-like shape. Arafat's meeting in Geneva generated widespread global media coverage. Details of design thumb|right|200px|The design for the 10 agarot coin is based on a Hasmonean coin minted by Antigonus II Mattathias.Pipes Daniel https://books.google.com/books?id=9Y3vCgAAQBAJ&q=10+agorot+coin+israel The Hidden Hand: Middle East Fears of Conspiracy 1998 Palgrave Macmillan 978-0-312-17688-4 en thumb|200px|Old 100 Shekel coin, 1984 The Bank of Israel maintains that the 10 agorot design was selected for its historical value, and is a "replica of a coin issued by Mattathias Antigonus (40–37 B.C.E.) with the seven-branched candelabrum".10 Agora (need to click "Coins", then "10 Agora") http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/en/Currency/CurrentCurrencySeries/Pages/Default.aspx#Top dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160925112921/http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/en/Currency/CurrentCurrencySeries/Pages/Default.aspx#Top 25 September 2016 2016-02-16 A picture of the coin is available on the Bank of Israel Currency exhibition The design, by Nathan Karp, first appeared on the 100 shekel coin issued by the Bank of Israel on 2 May 1984.http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/en/Currency/PastNotesAndCoinsSeries/Pages/Default.aspx#Top Past Notes & Coins Series 10 January 2013 29 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121129213656/http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/en/Currency/PastNotesAndCoinsSeries/Pages/Default.aspx#Top dead When the old shekel currency was replaced by the new shekel in September 1985, the design was copied to the new 10 agorot coin, which was equal in value to the old 100 shekel. This design was also adopted as the symbol of the Bank of Israel. References External links http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/catal/eng/tb_bills_coins_eng_c037.php 10 agorot Bank of Israel (BOI) Replica of a coin issued by Mattathias Antigonus (37 - 40 B.C.E.) with the seven-branched candelabrum; the emblem of the State of Israel; "Israel" in Hebrew, Arabic and English dead 29 September 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083646/http://www.bankisrael.gov.il/catal/eng/tb_bills_coins_eng_c037.php http://www.boi.org.il/en/Currency/CurrentCurrencySeries/Pages/Default.asp https://web.archive.org/web/20191031041910/http://www.boi.org.il/en/Currency/CurrentCurrencySeries/Pages/Default.asp dead 31 October 2019 10 agorot Current currency series BOI See tab Coins, select: Agora and New Sheqel Series, select 10 agorot http://www.boi.org.il/en/Currency/PastNotesAndCoinsSeries/Pages/Default.aspx 100 Past Notes & Coins Series BOI See tab Coins, select: New Agora and Sheqel Series, select 100 Sheqalim 27 March 2017 27 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121027172356/http://www.boi.org.il/en/Currency/PastNotesAndCoinsSeries/Pages/Default.aspx dead Category:1990 controversies Category:Conspiracy theories involving Israel Category:Currencies of Israel Category:Yasser Arafat