Ancient Israel
- ca 1000 B.C Israelites conquer what is to become Jerusalem and Holy Land
- various conquerors throughout next 1000 years (Babylon, Greeks, Rome)
- first century B.C. Roman occupation
- various revolts in next 200 years.
- 66 AD large scale revolt
- 70 AD revolt put down many Jews dispersed
- 130's AD Jews expelled from Palestine (Diaspora)
- Jews only part of population
- Various empires controlled
- Crusades briefly put Palestine in European hands
- Turks through 1453-end of WW1
- 1918-1947 Controlled by British empire as a protectorate
- 1947 UN proposes to divide into Arab and Jewish areas
- 1948 Israel Declaration of Independence
- Done by U.N. Plan to partition
- Arabs rejected because at the time 65% of the population was NOT Jewish
- Most of the Jewish population moved in from Europe
- Modern Israel was divided into Palestinian and Israeli
- 5 Arab states declare war
- Israel wins and takes more land. Gaza and West Bank stayed in Arab control (Egypt)
- 1956 takes Suez Canal and forced to return (War started by British and French)
- 1967 6 Day War; gained Gaza, West Bank, Sinai, and Golan Heights (Sinai later given back)
- 70's-80's near constant conflict
- 1978 Camp David Accord between Egypt and Israel
