The document discusses the history of Israel/Palestine from ancient times through the 20th century. It describes how the land was conquered by various empires over millennia and the treatment of Jews living there. It argues that Jews have an ancient and ongoing connection to the land, and that the concept of a distinct "Palestinian people" and claims to the whole land are a recent development arising from Arab propaganda meant to deny Jewish ties and rights to the area.
13. The Assyrians seized control of the Northern Kingdom of Israel in 722 B.C.E. and exiled the northern tribes – the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.
14. Then the Babylonians conquered the land of Judah, and in 586 B.C.E destroyed the First Temple. Many Jews were forced into exile.
15. The Babylonians were conquered by the Persians, and Cyrus, King of Persia, allowed the Jews to return to Israel (558 B.C.E.) and rebuild the Second Temple.
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25. In 1895, Alfred Dryfus , a French Jewish captain, was falsely accused of being a spy.
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27. On Aug. 29, 1897, the First Zionist Congress met in Basel Switzerland.
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31. The area that included the Land of Israel was now part of the Ottoman Empire .
76. Five Arab armies attack in a genocidal war against the State of Israel. Azzam Pasha, Secretary General of the Arab League, declared: “This will be a war of extermination, and a momentous massacre.”
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85. The area of Judea and Samaria are crucial for Israel’s defense.
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89. The world demands that Palestine should be divided – two states for two peoples. When talking to people in the West, the “Palestinian” government claims that it wants an independent state in the “West Bank” and Gaza. In their own press, in every school book and every map, “Palestine” includes all of Israel. PA Ministry of Religious Affairs
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92. Jordan’s rulers once acknowledged that: "Palestine and Transjordan are one," King Abdullah I told the Arab League in Cairo in 1948. "The truth is that Jordan is Palestine and Palestine is Jordan," King Hussein said in 1981.
93. The world has now forgotten that Palestine was already divided between Jews and Arabs, and the Arabs received over 77% of the land. There already is a two-state solution! There already is a “Palestinian” State!
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Notes de l'éditeur
Jewish Communities in the Land of Israel (7th to 11th Centuries) After the death of Emperor Julian II, in 363 CE, most of the Jewish settlements in the south were destroyed. The Jews remained mainly in the Galilee and in the larger cities.