Some Fun Facts

Israel became a nation around 1450 BC some 2000 years before the rise of Islam, Jewish people have lived in the land continuously since the days of Joshua - some 3000 years,

The Jewish people were the main population in the land from 1000 BC to AD 637 - a period of 1637 years,

Even if the Arabs had become the main population in the land from 637 to the present - which they did not - they would have to remain to equal the time the Jewish people were the main population for 268 more years merely to equal the time the Jewish people are the main population prior to AD 637. 

The Muslim controlled the land from 637 to 1099 - 462 years, Jewish people still lived there.Crusaders, who tortured and killed Jews in their quest for ascendancy,

The Muslims retook the land from 1291 to 1917 - a total of 626 years., However, by 1880 the Jews again were the main population in Jerusalem, as they had been in Safed and Liberia's,

The British captured the Holy Land from the Muslim Ottoman Turks in 1917.

On November 29, 1947, the UN announced a partition. The Arabs were not happy and instigated riots and proclaimed they would fight for every inch of the territory. You can read some background at

 https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/background-and-overview-israel-war-of-independence

The State of Israel declared its independence on May 14, 1948. David Ben-Gurion, head of the World Zionist Organization, made the declaration of the establishment of the Jewish State. He was also the chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine. The historic announcement would end the British Mandate over Israel at midnight on that day.

Six Day War:

In response to Jordanian shelling, Israeli Troops moved into the West Bank and attacked East Jerusalem on June 5, 1967.

The brief yet intense war was a stunning victory for the Israelis. Though outnumbered, the Israelis inflicted heavy casualties on its Arab enemies. In the Arab world, the war was demoralizing. Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had been boasting of his plans to destroy Israel, announced he would resign as the nation's leader until massive demonstrations urged him to stay on.

For Israel, the victories on the battlefield proved it was the dominant military force in the region, and it validated its policy of unyielding self-defense. The war also began a new era in Israeli history, as it brought more than one million Palestinians in occupied territories under Israeli rule.

Yom Kippur War:

Fighting commenced when Egyptian and Syrian forces crossed their corresponding ceasefire lines with Israel and invaded the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights from 6 to 25 October 1973.

Israel’s victory came at the cost of heavy casualties, and Israelis criticized the government’s lack of preparedness. In April 1974, the nation’s prime minister, Golda Meir (1898-1978), stepped down.

You can read more details at https://www.jewishhistory.org/the-yom-kippur-war/

Some historical novels to read:

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