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Historians and archaeologists agree that the northern Kingdom of Israel existed by ca. 900 BCE [49] [50] and the Kingdom of Judah existed by ca. 850 BCE. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] The Kingdom of Israel was the more prosperous of the two kingdoms and soon developed into a regional power; [ 53 ] during the days of the Omride dynasty , it controlled Samaria ...
Portuguese West Africa – British Member of Parliament Victor Cazalet, during a debate on Palestine in 1938, suggested that wealthy Jews, especially those in America, buy a large block of land in Portuguese West Africa (today Angola), saying that the soil was available and suitable. He also added that there are practically no indigenous or ...
Israel and the PLO signed the Oslo I Accord in Washington, D.C. The accords provided for the withdrawal of some IDF forces from the West Bank and Gaza Strip and for the establishment of a self-governing authority for the Palestinians, the Palestinian National Authority. 1994: 26 October: Israel and Jordan signed the Israel–Jordan peace treaty ...
Israel and the United Arab Emirates sign a peace treaty. [61] 30 April 2021 45 people are killed in the 2021 Meron stampede during Lag BaOmer. [62] 7 October 2023 In the day considered the deadliest for Jews since the Holocaust, as well as deadliest day in Israel's history, 1,390 people are killed in the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. [63]
In 1948, following the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine, the Israeli Declaration of Independence sparked the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, which resulted in the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight from the land that the State of Israel came to control and subsequently led to waves of Jewish immigration from other parts of the Middle East.
Khazar Kingdom, c. 750–950 CE (semi-nomadic Turkic state in the Caucasus whose ruling royal elite seems to have converted to Judaism, although the extent to which it was adopted by commoners is highly debated) [11] [12] [13]
The United Arab Emirates' decision to normalise relations with Israel follows a history of peace efforts between Israel, the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades ...
The 20th century saw a large shift in Jewish populations, particularly the large-scale migration to the Americas and Palestine (later Israel). The independence of Israel sparked mass exodus of Jews from Arab and Muslim countries. Today, the majority of the world's Jewish population is concentrated in Israel and the United States. [1]