israel a jewish homeland. palestine territories of israel, west bank, and the gaza strip
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Israel
A Jewish Homeland
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Palestine
• Territories of Israel, West Bank, and the Gaza Strip
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History of Region
• 3,000 yrs ago Jews lived there
• Jews were driven out
• Palestinians moved in (135 AD)
• Arabs conquered the area in 7th Century
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Diaspora
• Global dispersal of Jews from Palestine by the Romans
• Jews had no where to call their own
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Zionist (Zionism)
• 19th and 20th Centuries a push for Jews to return to their homeland (Palestine)
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WWI
• Ottoman Empire lost war and territory (Palestine)
• British were to oversee Palestine until it was ready for independence
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Balfour Declaration
• 1917 British Foreign Secretary issued a statement to Zionist leaders promoting the idea of creating a homeland
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Post- WWII
• 1947 UN voted to partition Palestine into Palestinian and Jewish states
• After the Holocaust US and European nations felt sympathetic for the Jews
• Arab/Islamic countries were against it
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State of Israel
• May 14, 1948 became an independent state