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The History and Future of Israel and the Middle East

Part 3

Introduction

In our last two lessons we have discussed several reasons why there is such a mess in the Middle East. We have learned that:

1. God put enmity between Satan and Israel.
(Genesis 3:15)

2. Ishmaels’ descendants, the Ishmaelites, were prophesied to constantly cause Israel problems, do not exist today as a nation or people. However, their descendants continue to cause problems as they were absorbed into the Arab nations.

3. Israel’s title deed to the land promised by God to Abraham and His descendants forever is found in Genesis 15 continues to demonstrate that the land belongs exclusively to Isarel and the Jewish people. In the Old Testament God reiterated to Isarel at least 18 times that the land

4. Jacob received the promises of the Abrahamic Covenant instead of Esau. The descendants of Esau, the Edomites, have constantly caused Israel problems along with the Ishmaelites. Psalm 83:5-8 is clear about that.

5 For they have conspired together with one mind;

Against You they make a covenant:

6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

Moab and the Hagrites;

7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,

Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8 Assyria also has joined with them;

They have become a help to the children of Lot.

One of Lot’s daughters gave birth to two boys – Moab and Ammon, who became the fathers of the Moabites and the Ammonites. All the nations mentioned in Psalm 83 have been absorbed into the Arab nations. Even though these nations no longer have a national identity, their descendants are still trying to destroy Isarel.

5. God changing Jacob’s name to Israel. From him, the first Jew, came the 12 tribes and the nation of Israel.

I. The History of Israel and the Middle East

B. From the Birth of the Messiah to the Birth of Israel

1. The Diaspora

In our last lesson I mentioned four prophesied distinct periods in God’s plan for Israel during the diaspora as part of the Leviticus 26 and Land Covenant found in Deuteronomy 28 - 30. They are dispersion, preservation, restoration, and reconciliation. These distinct periods cover a period of approximately 1900 years. These periods prophesied by Moses in Deuteronomy and fleshed out in secular history contributed to Israel History and her becoming a nation after 1900 years. We will continue from our last lesson our discussion about the diaspora.

From 63 BC there have been ten historical time periods for the nation of Israel:

1. The Roman Period (63BC – 325 AD)

2. The Byzantine Period (325-614)

3. The Persian Period (614-634)

4. The Arab Period (634-1072)

The Arab Dome of the Rock was built by Caliph Abd el-Malik on the grounds of the destroyed Jewish Temple.

Islam (i.e. ‘submission’, usually understood as submission to the will of God), the religion preached by Muhammad (prob. c. 570–632), the adherent of which is called a Muslim. Islam is the religion of most of the population of the northern half of Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, *Indonesia, and Papua-New Guinea. There are substantial Muslim minorities in several European countries – England, France, and Germany. There are also Muslims in Russia and the successor states of the former USSR in the Caucasus and Central Asia, India, and China.

5. The Seljuk Period (1072-1099)

6. The Crusaders Period (1099-1291)

The crusaders came from Europe to capture the Holy Land following an appeal by Pope Urban II and massacred the non-Christian population.

7. The Mameluke Period (1291-1917)

8. The Turkish (Ottoman) Period (1517-1917) - During the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-1566) the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem were rebuilt. Population of the Jewish community in Jerusalem increased.

9. The British Period (1917-1948)

Great Britain recognized the rights of the Jewish people to establish a "national home in Palestine". Yet they greatly curtailed entry of Jewish refugees into Israel even after World War II. They gave the Palestine problem to the United Nations to deal with.

10. The Israeli Period (1948-present)

There will be more discussion about the British and the Isarel periods later.

Tactics of Fear

I want to make a few observations about some the atrocities that happened to the Jews during the diaspora. The atrocities that were committed during the 1900 years of the diaspora were certainly designed by the instruments of Satan. It is during the 1900 years of the diaspora that antisemitism reached its greatest height as you will see.

The Black Plague

The Black Plague that lasted from 1348 to 1350 was blamed on the Jews.

Because of this, many Jews were massacred, and many were banished from

Spain, France, Germany, and Austria. They were accused of poisoning

wells and other water sources with infectious elements.

Expulsions

For the 1900 years that the Jews were scattered to many lands and countries around the world. They would be forced from land to land and county to country. When they were scattered to different countries, many times they had to learn new languages, customs, and learn new skills for jobs. If one was a farmer or a shop owner, the land the farmer owns and the goods in a business cannot be taken to another country when one flees. One reason there are so many lawyers and medical doctors among Jewish communities around the world is because these skills for these occupations can be taken from one land to another.

Americans have 1492 engrained in their minds as an important date concerning America. However, in the Jewish community, 1492 is not a date they want to remember. In 1492 Ferdinand and Isabella, the monarchs of Spain, decreed that the Jews must be expelled from Spain. When they were expelled from Spain, many countries would not accept the Jews who were expelled from Spain.

Let’s compare what I just discussed to Deuteronomy 28:65.

65“Among those nations you shall find no rest, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul.

Blood Libels

Blood libels is the accusation that Jews performed human sacrifices and cannibalism on children to use the blood during the Passover Seder. The accusation has been used over and over many times and as a result Jews suffered and died. Hitler used it during the holocaust aganist the Jews during the Holocaust.

The Badge

Jews from the Middle Ages through the Holocasut were required to wear pointed hats in some countries, but in most counties they were requerd to wear yellow pointed badges to distinguish them from the Gentiels of each country. The hat and badge announced to everyone, “I am a Jew.”

The Ghetto

A Ghettos was a designated area of a city where Jews wee forced to live so they would be separated from the Gentiles. Usually, these Ghettos were walled and had only one gate. The single gate was closed and guarded each night.

The most famous ghetto was the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust. From July 22 until September 12, 1942, German SS and police units, assisted by auxiliaries, carried out mass deportations from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka killing center. During what was described as the “Great Action,” the Germans deported about 265,000 Jews from Warsaw to Treblinka. They killed approximately 35,000 Jews inside the ghetto during this operation. By early 1943, the surviving Jews in the Warsaw ghetto numbered approximately 70,000 to 80,000 individuals.

On April 19, 1943, the Warsaw ghetto uprising began after German troops and police entered the ghetto to deport its surviving inhabitants. Jewish insurgents inside the ghetto resisted these efforts. This was the largest uprising by Jews during World War II and the first significant urban revolt against German occupation in Europe. By May 16, 1943, the Germans had crushed the uprising. Seven thousand Jews were killed during the uprising. After the Warsaw ghetto uprising, the SS and police deported approximately 42,000 Jews to forced-labor camps and to the Lublin/Majdanek concentration camp. Most of these people were murdered in November 1943 in a two-day shooting operation known as Operation Harvest Festival (Erntefest).

The Crusades

Bands of mail-clad armies marched across German and French towns attacking Jews. They massacred many Jews on their way to Jerusalem to set up a Kingdom of Palestine. On July 15, 1099, Jerusalem fell at the hands of the Crusaders. Jews were burned alive in their synagogues and at the Temple area. One witness to the slaughter said, “They cut down with the sword everyone whom they found in Jerusalem and spared no one. The victors were covered with blood from head to foot.” Phillip Shaff’s History of the Christian Church, Vol. 5, PP 240-241.

The Pogroms

The pogroms originated in Russia. By definition pogrom means an attack. The attacks are usually swift, localized form of brutality which usually included looting, rape, destruction, and murder. This form of terror was used in Russia from 1881 – 1921 extensively. They were also used in Germany, Romania, Austria, the Balkans, Morrocco, Algeria, and Persia. During the Russian civil war that began in 1917, there were 12236 attacks that resulted in 60,000 dead Jews and many more wounded.

The most famous pogrom occurred in Germany on November 9 & 10, 1938. The Nazis attacked Jewish people and their property. It is known as Kristallnacht which means crystal night. It refers to the broken glass left on the streets after the pogrom. It commonly known in English as the Nights of the broken glass.

In two nights more than 1000 synagogues were burned or damaged. Jewish businesses were looted and ransacked. Jewish hospitals, schools, homes, and cemeteries were vandalized. Ninety-one people were killed and 60,000 males 16-60 were arrested.

Kristallnacht symbolized the final shate4ring of Jewish existence in Germany. The survival of Jews in Germany after Kristallnacht was impossible.

The Holocaust

The last atrocity to the Jewish people we will discuss is the Holocaust. Adolf Hitlers demonical “final solution to the Jewish problem” will endure as the darkest hour the Jewish people until the Great Tribulation.” Zecheriah writes in 13:8-9 that two thirds of the Jewish people in Isarel will die during the Great Tribulation under the leadership of the antichrist.

8 “It will come about in all the land,”

Declares the Lord,

“That two parts in it will be cut off and perish;

But the third will be left in it.

9 “And I will bring the third part through the fire,

Refine them as silver is refined,

And test them as gold is tested.

They will call on My name,

And I will answer them;

I will say, ‘They are My people,’

And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

We’ll discuss that again later in the series. Approximately six million Jewish were murdered during the Holocaust. As we will also discuss again later in the series, the Holocaust was one of the main factors in the finding a land for the Jewish people to live.

Flagellation

For 1900 years pagans, Muslims, so called Christians joined together in on the Flagellation of the Jews.

Several lessons ago I mentioned four prophesied distinct periods in God’s plan for Israel during the diaspora as part of the Leviticus 26 and Land Covenant found in Deuteronomy 28 - 30. They are dispersion, preservation, restoration, and reconciliation. These distinct periods cover a period of approximately 1900 years. These periods prophesied by Moses in Deuteronomy and fleshed out in secular history contributed to Israel History and her becoming a nation after 1900 years. We have discussed the dispersion aspect of God’s plan for Israel in the diaspora, Now, we are going to discuss the preservation aspect of God’s plan for Israel in the diaspora.

Preservation

For 1900 years the Jews were scattered to many countries on the earth. In most of these counties they were persecuted beyond belief. Many were tortured and murdered and then the remaining in many cases were expelled from these counties to flee to counties that would not except them and if they did, the persecution continued. But God in His mercy kept His promise to preserve a remnant as we see in Leviticus 26:43-44.

43 ‘For the land will be abandoned by them, and will make up for its sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be making amends for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and their soul abhorred My statutes.

44 ‘Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, nor will I so abhor them as to destroy them, breaking My covenant with them; for I am the Lord their God.

In Jeremiah 31:35-37 we also see God’s promise to preserve them.

35 Thus says the Lord,

Who gives the sun for light by day

And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,

Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar;

The Lord of hosts is His name:

36 “If this fixed order departs

From before Me,” declares the Lord,

“Then the offspring of Israel also will cease

From being a nation before Me forever.”

37 Thus says the Lord,

“If the heavens above can be measured

And the foundations of the earth searched out below,

Then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel

For all that they have done,” declares the Lord.

Here we see God’s promises for the preservation of the Chosen People. These kinds of Passage demonstrate not only that God is faithful in keeping His promised to Israel that He made thousands of years ago, but that He will continue to keep His promises to Isarel. God keeping His promised to Isarel should also inspire believers in Christ to trust that God will keep the promises He has made to individual believers, as well as the His Church, the Body of Christ. God in keeping His promises to Israel, which is fulfilled prophecy, should demonstrate to the Jewish people and he nation of Isarel, to believers in Jesus, and to the world that God keeping His promises to the Jewish people and to Isarel demonstrates the validity of God Word. It demonstrates that God word is true and can be trusted in matters of faith and practice.

In 1888 the Prussian Emperor Frederick III often would test his chaplain with theological questions. Frederick, however, said he did not have time for long answers and explanations. He wanted simple answers that he could comprehend quickly. One day he asked his chaplain if he could provide simple and succinct evidence for the truth of the Bible. Frederick asked if the chaplain could provide the evidence in just one word. The wise chaplain responded that he could do just that.

“What is this magical word?” Frederick asked.

The chaplain replied, “Israel, your majesty. The people of Israel.”

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Betw The Balfour Declaration the White Papers

From 1517 to 1917, what is today Israel, along with much of the Middle East, was ruled by the Ottoman Empire.

But World War I dramatically altered the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East. In 1917, at the height of the war, British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour submitted a letter of intent supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The British government hoped that the formal declaration—known thereafter as the Balfour Declaration—would encourage support for the Allies in World War I.

When World War I ended in 1918 with an Allied victory, the 400-year Ottoman Empire rule ended, and Great Britain took control over what became known as Palestine (modern-day Israel, Palestine and Jordan).

The Balfour Declaration and the British mandate over Palestine were approved by the League of Nations in 1922. Arabs vehemently opposed the Balfour Declaration, concerned that a Jewish homeland would mean the subjugation of Arab Palestinians.

The British controlled Palestine until Israel, in the years following the end of World War II, became an independent state in 1947.

Conflict Between Jews and Arabs

Throughout Israel’s long history, tensions between Jews and Arab Muslims have existed. The complex hostility between the two groups dates all the way back to ancient times when they both populated the area and deemed it holy.

Both Jews and Muslims consider the city of Jerusalem sacred. It contains the Temple Mount, which includes the holy sites al-Aqsa Mosque, the Western Wall, the Dome of the Rock and more.

Much of the conflict in recent years has centered around who is occupying the following areas:

Gaza Strip: A piece of land located between Egypt and modern-day Israel.
Golan Heights: A rocky plateau between Syria and modern-day Israel.
West Bank: A territory that divides part of modern-day Israel and Jordan.

The Zionism Movement

In the late 19th and early 20th century, an organized religious and political movement known as Zionism emerged among Jews.

Zionists wanted to reestablish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Massive numbers of Jews immigrated to the ancient holy land and built settlements. Between 1882 and 1903, about 35,000 Jews relocated to Palestine. Another 40,000 settled in the area between 1904 and 1914.

Many Jews living in Europe and elsewhere, fearing persecution during the Nazi reign, found refuge in Palestine and embraced Zionism. After the Holocaust and World War II ended, members of the Zionist movement primarily focused on creating an independent Jewish state.

Arabs in Palestine resisted the Zionism movement, and tensions between the two groups continue. An Arab nationalist movement developed as a result.

Israeli Independence

The United Nations approved a plan to partition Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state in 1947, but the Arabs rejected it.

In May 1948, Israel was officially declared an independent state with David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, as the prime minister.

While this historic event seemed to be a victory for Jews, it also marked the beginning of more violence with the Arabs.

1948 Arab-Israeli War

Following the announcement of an independent Israel, five Arab nations—Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon—immediately invaded the region in what became known as the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

Civil war broke out throughout all of Israel, but a cease-fire agreement was reached in 1949. As part of the temporary armistice agreement, the West Bank became part of Jordan, and the Gaza Strip became Egyptian territory.

How the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Began

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Arab-Israeli Conflict

Numerous wars and acts of violence between Arabs and Jews have ensued since the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Some of these include:

Suez Crisis: Relations between Israel and Egypt were rocky in the years following the 1948 war. In 1956, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser overtook and nationalized the Suez Canal, the important shipping waterway that connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. With the help of British and French forces, Israel attacked the Sinai Peninsula and retook the Suez Canal.

Six-Day War: In what started as a surprise attack, Israel in 1967 defeated Egypt, Jordan and Syria in six days. After this brief war, Israel took control of the Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, and Golan Heights. These areas were considered “occupied” by Israel.

Yom Kippur War: Hoping to catch the Israeli army off guard, in 1973 Egypt and Syria launched air strikes against Israel on the Holy Day of Yom Kippur. The fighting went on for two weeks, until the UN adopted a resolution to stop the war. Syria hoped to recapture the Golan Heights during this battle but was unsuccessful. In 1981, Israel annexed the Golan Heights, but Syria continued to claim it as territory.

Lebanon War: In 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon and ejected the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). This group, which started in 1964 and declared all Arab citizens living in Palestine up to 1947 to be called “Palestinians,” focused on creating a Palestinian state within Israel.

First Palestinian Intifada: Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank led to a 1987 Palestinian uprising and hundreds of deaths. A peace process, known as the Oslo Peace Accords, ended the Intifada (a Arabic word meaning “shaking off”). After this, the Palestinian Authority formed and took over some territories in Israel. In 1997, the Israeli army withdrew from parts of the West Bank.

Second Palestinian Intifada: Palestinians launched suicide bombs and other attacks on Israelis in 2000. The resulting violence lasted for years, until a cease-fire was reached. Israel announced a plan to remove all troops and Jewish settlements from the Gaza strip by the end of 2005.

Second Lebanon War: Israel went to war with Hezbollah—a Shiite Islamic militant group in Lebanon—in 2006. A UN-negotiated ceasefire ended the conflict a couple of months after it started.
Hamas Wars: Israel has been involved in repeated violence with Hamas, a Sunni Islamist militant group that assumed Palestinian power in 2006. Some of the more significant conflicts took place beginning in 2008, 2012, 2014, 2021 and 2023.

Israel Today

Clashes between Israelis and Palestinians are still commonplace. Key territories of land are divided, but some are claimed by both groups. For instance, they both cite Jerusalem as their capital.

Both groups blame each other for terror attacks that kill civilians. While Israel doesn’t officially recognize Palestine as a state, more than 135 UN member nations do.

In October 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally declared war on Hamas following a surprise deadly assault launched from Gaza by Hamas militants.

The Two-State Solution

Several countries have pushed for more peace agreements in recent years. Many have suggested a two-state solution but acknowledge that Israelis and Palestinians are unlikely to settle on borders.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has supported the two-state solution but has felt pressure to change his stance. Netanyahu has also been accused of encouraging Jewish settlements in Palestinian areas while still backing a two-state solution.

The United States is one of Israel’s closest allies. In a visit to Israel in May 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump urged Netanyahu to embrace peace agreements with Palestinians. And in May 2018, the U.S. Embassy relocated to from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which Palestinians perceived as signal of American support for Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Palestinians responded with protests at the Gaza-Israel border, which were met with Israeli force resulting in the deaths of dozens of protesters.

een 70 Ad and May 14, 1948 11 nations occupied Isael.

The profound poem I about to read is attributed to two men

William Norman Ewer, a British Journalist (1885-1975) And

Leo Rosten, An American playwright (1908 – 1997)

How odd

How odd of God/

To choose the Jews

But not so odd

As those who choose

A Jewish God

Yet spurn the Jews

John 4:22 - Salvation is from the Jews. Baskets – The Bible and the Messiah

I have found that among many people who call themselves Christians, they love Jesus but care nothing about who God calls the Apple of His Eye, the Jewish people, the nation of Israel. They want to go to the Holy Land and walk were Jesus walked, but they care very little about the miracle in front of the own eyes – the regathering of Israel from being dispersed for 1900 years. Leviticus 26 and Deut. 28. Ez. 37 – Them bones, them bones, them dry bones.

The great Prussian Emperor Frederick often would test his chaplain with theological questions. Frederick, however, said he did not have time for long answers and explanations. He wanted simple answers that he could comprehend quickly. One day he asked his chaplain if he could provide simple and succinct evidence for the truth of the Bible. Frederick asked if the chaplain could provide the evidence in just one word. The wise chaplain responded that he could do just that.

“What is this magical word?” Frederick asked.

The chaplain replied, “Israel, your majesty. The people of Israel.”

A Brief History of Israel

1405-1382 BC – During this time Joshua, Caleb and the people of Israel invaded, brought under subjection, and divided the part of the land God promised to them.

1382-1043 BC – The era of the Judges of Israel

1043-931 BC – The United Kingdom era. This includes Saul, David, and Solomon.

931-605 BC – The Chaotic Kingdom – This era begins when Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, became King of Israel. Because his hard headiness, Israel was divided into two Kingdoms – the northern Kingdom called Israel with 10 tribes and the southern Kingdom called Judah with two tribes – Judah and Benjamin.

722 BC – The ten northern tribes were captured and sent to Assyria. This is called the Assyrian captivity (2 Kings 17).

605-538 BC – The two southern tribes, Judah and Benjamin, were taken into captivity by Babylonia. This is called the Babylonian captivity. The Temple was destroyed. It lasted from 605 BC to 538 BC (2 Kings 24-25). Daniel and his three friends were deported to Babylon during this captivity.

538-400 BC – There were three returns of the Jewish people from captivity to Israel and to rebuild the second Temple. This was led by Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah.

400-4 BC- The 400 silent years in which no inspired Scripture was written. The story of Hanukkah occurred in this time period.

4 BC–29 AD – The Gospel Era - The birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah.

29-90 AD – Beginning of the church dispensation and the completion of the New Testament

70 AD – The destruction of Jerusalem, the Temple, and many Jewish people, and the scattering of the remainder of Jewish nation into the Diaspora by the Romans led by General Titus.

From 70 AD there have been ten periods historical time periods for the nation of Israel:

1. The Roman Period (70-325)

2. The Byzantine Period (325-614)

3. the Persian Period (614-634)

4. The Arab Period (634-1072)

5. The Seljuk Period (1072-1099)

6. The Crusaders Period (1099-1291)

7. The Mameluke Period (1291-1517)

8. The Turkish (Ottoman) Period (1517-1917)

9. The British Period (1917-1948)

10. The Israeli Period (1948-present)

History of the Land

Because of sin and disobedience, the northern ten tribes

(Israel) were taken into captivity to Assyria in 722 BC and the southern two tribes (Judah) were taken into captivity by Babylon in 605 BC There were three returns to the land of

Israel from exile (in 538, 458, and 444 BC). Even though

they returned to the land, the land was still being occupied by the Gentiles. During the life and times of Jesus the Messiah, the land was being occupied by the Romans. In AD 70 Titus the Roman General destroyed the Temple and began to scatter the Jews around the world. This is called the Diaspora.

1897 - the first Zionist Congress under the leadership of

Theodore Hertzil. The Zionist Congress adopted a resolution that they would work through diplomatic means to get a portion of Palestine for the Jews to live in that were

scattered around the world.

1917 - Great Britain through the Balfour Declaration stated

that they were in favor of the Jew having a homeland in

Palestine. Palestine was then under the control of Great

Britain. Great Britain took it from the Turks. They did not take the land from the Palestinians because there was never a Palestinian state as some would have you believe. All Jews and Arabs living in the land at that time until 1948 were called Palestinians.

1922 - The League of Nations, the forerunner of the United

Nations agreed with Great Britain that the Jew needed a

homeland in Palestine. They took no formal actions, however, concerning this matter.

1933-1945 - Hitler began to persecute the Jews. Jews tried

to flee to Canada, the U.S., and Australia but were denied

entrance because of quotas. Because of this some went to

Israel. Six million Jews were killed in WW II.

1938 - In the White Papers Great Britain restricts Jewish

immigration into the land of Palestine to 1500 per month.

1945-48 During this time period, many Jews tried to fleeto

Palestine. Great Britain tried to stop most of them from

entering. There were 100,000 British troops there and the

White Papers were still in force. Great Britain was

frustrated because of this and gave the problem to the United Nations. After this, Great Britain became a third class nation because of the blessing - curse principle found in Genesis 12:3. Every nation in history that has blessed

Israel and the Jew has been blessed and every nation that has persecuted Israel and the Jew has been cursed.

The UN voted in 1947 to partition Palestine between Jordan, the Arabs, and the Jews. Jordan which had not existed until then became a nation and took 80 % of the land. The other 20% was divided up between the Arabs (Palestinians living in the land) and Jews. Their would be a Palestinian state and a Jewish state.

May 14, 1948 - The rebirth of the nation of Israel which

numbered 620,000 Jewish people. Israel told the Palestinians that they could stay and live in the land. The Arab nations surrounding Israel which numbered 80 million told the Palestinians to leave because they were going to drive Israel

into the sea and then they could come back to occupy the

land. The Palestinians went to the West Bank.

May 15, 1948 - The Arab nations attacked Israel. Israel was outnumbered 40 to 1 but because God had His hand on the

situation there was a cease fire was announced in 1949.

Israel ended up with more land then they were given by the

UN The Arab nations would not absorb the Palestinians who left Israel and were living on the West bank in poverty.

1956 War - Nasser of Egypt closed the Suez Canal but Israel

opened it.