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Israel was settled in by the Hebrew People 3,000 years ago. The Jewish Diaspora in Century BCE (586) began in the 6th Century.
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The first handmade Jewish Temple was destroyed. In 63 BCE Judaea became apart of Rome. In 66 CE the Jews began to riot against Rome.
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In 70 CE he Jewish temple was destroyed for a second time by Rome.
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In 132 the Jews rebelled against the Emperor Hadrian. The Jews were defeated and weren’t allowed to live in Judea amymore.
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Judea was renamed Syria-Palestinia. The Jews scattered all over the world anywhere, but Judea.
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In the 600s, thIs area called Palestine was taken over by the Muslims. Their decedents remain’s in the area of Palestine.
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In the 1890s, Theodore Herzl began trying to restore Israel to the Jewish people.
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World War I Britain took control of Israel.
After World War II, Jews began to move to Israel in large numbers
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In 1947, the United Nations decided to divide the area into Palestine and Israel.
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In 1948, neighboring Arabic countries, angry about the division attacked Israel.
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The Arabs lost in 1956, 1967, & 1973
Israel claimed large amounts of territory in the Middle East, all the way to Egypt. -
In 1979, Israel returned most of the territory and signed a peace treaty with Egypt.
In 1987, Arabs in Israel declared the West Bank and Gaza to be a Palestinian country. -
Israel refused to recognize the claim until 1994.
In 2005, Israel gave up all claim to the Gaza Strip -
However, some Israelis refuse to respect Palestine territory in the West Bank and settle in it.
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Some Palestinians want all Jews gone, Violence continues.