TURNING POINTS IN

ISRAEL'S HISTORY

British Control
1917

In 1917 the British forces

defeated the Turks and
gained control over Israel
The British wanted to create a
Jewish homeland
This is important because
some Jewish settlements
started to occur
Link for more
info:http://www.nybooks.com/
articles/archives/2013/feb/07/
palestine-how-bad-and-goodwas-british-rule/

British Control. (n.d).

Retrieved on November 18,
2015 from
http://biblesearchers.typepa
d.com/.a/6a0120a610bec497
0c01348094c8ae970c-pi

The Holocaust
1933-1945

A genocide in which
approximately 6 million Jews
were killed by Adolf Hitlers Nazi
regime
Jews were imprisoned, enslaved
and murdered
Most countries stood by while the
Nazis and their accomplices
carried out the mass murder of
the Jewish people
Important because it stretches
back past parameters of the
modern era, into the medieval
age and beyond inception of antiSemitism

Hungarian Jews Being Selected. (n.d).

Retrieved November 18, 2015 from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holoc
aust

Migration to Palestine
1940
Nazi Holocaust of the Jews in
Europe prompts efforts at
mass migration to Palestine

Jewish armed groups in pursuit

of independent Jewish state
fights British authorities.

This was important because it

was one of the many times the
Jews would fight for freedom
*1941 Israel declares
independence as British
Mandate ends.

Jews Fleeing. (n.d.). Retrieved

November 18, 2015 from
http://www.bbc.com/news/worldmiddle-east-29123668

First Arab-Israeli War

1948

Armistice agreements leave

Israel with more territory than
envisaged under the Partition
Plan, including western
Jerusalem
Jordan annexes West Bank and
Eastern Jerusalem
Egypt occupies Gaza
750,000 Palestinians flee or
expelled out of their total
population of about 1.2 million
Important because this was the
war that followed Israels
independence

Palestinians Fleeing. (n.d.).

Retrieved November 18, 2015
from
http://ifamericansknew.org/ima
ges/nakba.jpg

Six Day War

1967

Israel launches a preemptive attack on Egypt,

and Jordan and Syria join
war
This war lasted six days
and left Israel in control of
east Jerusalem, West Bank,
Gaza, Golan Heights and
Sinai
With government approval,
Jewish settlements are set
up in these areas

Middle East War. (n.d.). Retrieved

from
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-mid
dle-east29123668 on November 19, 2015.

Sources

Israel Profile. (2015). Retrieved November 19,

2015, from
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east29123668

For more information..

http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutIsrael/History/Pages/Facts%20
about%20Israel-%
20History.aspx
http://contenderministries.org/middleeast/timeline.php

Illuminated late-medieval map of the

Tribes of Israel. (n.d.). Retrieved
November 19, 2015 from
http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutIsrael/History/
Pages/Facts%20about%20Israel%20History.aspx