ISRAELI HISTORY The country of Israel became a nation in 1312 B.C.E.. Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 B.C.E., the Jews have had dominion over the land for one thousand years with a continuous presence in the land for the past 3,300 years. The land of Jerusalem is of great importance to the Israeli people, and has been for centuries. It is mentioned in the Tanach, the Jewish Holy Scriptures, over seven hundred times. …showed first 75 words of 602 total…

…showed last 75 words of 602 total…a result of the sympathy many of the world’s nations felt toward the Jewish people following the Holocaust. Many believe it was these feelings of sympathy that initially pressured the United Nations to establish an Israeli nation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Gilbert, Martin. Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy. Colli, 1986. Israel & the Arabs: The June 1967 War. Facts on File: New York, 1968. Bauer, Yehuda. The Holocaust in Historical Perspective. University of Washington Press: 1978. FreeRepublic.com “A Conservative News Forum”.