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The creation of Judaism was in c.2000 B.C.E in Canaan.
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Following the Ottoman conquest in 1517, the Land was divided into four districts and attached administratively to the province of Damascus and ruled from Istanbul.
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First Zionist Congress convened by Theodor Herzl in Basel, Switzerland; Zionist Organization founded.
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Jewish Brigade formed as part of British forces
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World War II; Holocaust in Europe.
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UN proposes the establishment of Arab and Jewish states in the Land.
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In november of 1947 the United Nations decided that jews needed to havetheir own land. so they divided palestine into two countries.
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End of British Mandate (14 May)
State of Israel proclaimed (14 May).
Israel invaded by five Arab states (15 May)
War of Independence (May 1948-July 1949)
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) established -
Adolf Eichmann tried and executed in Israel for his part in the Holocaust.
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Israel becomes an associate member of the European Common Market.