by hadassah | Oct 22, 2019 | Presence in the Land
1949-1951: The Young State The Arab defeat in the War of Independence did not bring an end to Arab violence against Israel. Despite numerous overtures of peace from the Israeli government, the Arab world continued to threaten and perpetrate violence against the...
by hadassah | Oct 22, 2019 | Presence in the Land
1948: Independence The War of Independence, begun in 1947, intensified in 1948, especially after Israel’s Declaration of Independence. This was Israel’s bloodiest war, resulting in 6,373 casualties on the Israeli side, which succeeded in the...
by hadassah | Oct 22, 2019 | Presence in the Land
1940-1947: War As World War II heated up in Europe and the massacre of the Holocaust gained momentum, violence in British-ruled Palestine increased as well. In 1941, the Mufti of Jerusalem summoned a Holy War against Britain and collaborated with the Nazis to...
by hadassah | Oct 22, 2019 | Presence in the Land
1920-1940: Jewish Immigration and Arab Terror As Hitler rose to power in Germany and began to implement the genocide of the Jewish people, increased numbers of Jews immigrated to Palestine, legally and illegally. At the Cairo Conference in 1921, a partition of...
by hadassah | Oct 22, 2019 | Presence in the Land
1900-1920: Jewish Homeland The two decades between 1900 and 1920 propelled Zionism forward. In 1903, a proposal was made to establish a Jewish homeland in Uganda, but this proposal was declined by the Zionist Congress. The Kishnev Pogrom in Russia and other...
by hadassah | Oct 22, 2019 | Presence in the Land
300-400: Christianity Becomes the Official Religion of the Roman Empire During the fourth century AD, Emperor Constantine the Great made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. This led to edicts against the Jews as well as laws protecting them....
