There are two operative parts to the State of Israel, firstly the creation of a Jewish State and secondly its location and borders.
1) Why a Jewish State: Herzl explained quite well that the European concept of a nation-state was dependent on the idea that all of the people in any particular nation were of the same ethnic stock and heritage. Jews were branded by this system to be "the Other" and were regarded at best as possible equals and at worse as traitors, spies, thieves, and fifth columns. When the Dreyfus Affair turned out marches in Paris that said "Death to the Jews" on account of a kangaroo court against a particular guiltless Jew, it became clear that the Jew could not be integrated into Europe. After the Holocaust, the strongest proof that the Jew and the European Nation-State were irreconcilable, this view persists. In Europe, it is now directed at the Muslims since the Jews are not large enough of a threat to the European System. Unlike Muslims, though, which can return to their countries of origin if the discrimination becomes intolerable, the Jews did not have such a place. This is why the Jewish State is necessary. Since it came into existence it has accepted Jewish political refugees from over 50 nations and flown missions at its own expense to rescue Jews from at least 10 nations.
2) Why Palestine: Ahad Ha'am explains that the Jewish Soul is intrinsically connected to his history and in the same way that a German-American can never be as properly German as a German in Germany, the People of Israel can never be as properly Jewish if they are not in the Land of Israel. The relics in that land speak to a Jewish sensibility and character. There are also religious reasons as expounded by Rav Avraham Kook which posit that the development of a Jewish State in Israel hastens the arrival of the Messiah. There are additional political reasons why Palestine and not Europe. As explained above, the European Culture is strongly anti-Other and making a Jewish State there would have fostered much more contempt and alienation (ironically).
The Jews had an undeniable presence in the land from at least 700 BCE until 70 CE and this is proven not only by the Biblical account, but from Assyrian Ruins, Babylonian documents, Hellenistic inscriptions, and Roman volumes. Jews had a continuous presence in the land from 70 CE until the present day (even though they were nowhere near the majority) even though they were forcibly deported from the territory. The fact that they survived, as opposed to the Arameans or Hittites who were similarly exiled does not illegitimate their claims.
Herzl explained quite well that the European concept of a nation-state was dependent on the idea that all of the people in any particular nation were of the same ethnic stock and heritage. Jews were branded by this system to be "the Other" and were regarded at best as possible equals and at worse as traitors, spies, thieves, and fifth columns. When the Dreyfus Affair turned out marches in Paris that said "Death to the Jews" on account of a kangaroo court against a particular guiltless Jew, it became clear that the Jew could not be integrated into Europe. After the Holocaust, the strongest proof that the Jew and the European Nation-State were irreconcilable, this view persists. In Europe, it is now directed at the Muslims since the Jews are not large enough of a threat to the European System. Unlike Muslims, though, which can return to their countries of origin if the discrimination becomes intolerable, the Jews did not have such a place. This is why the Jewish State is necessary. Since it came into existence it has accepted Jewish political refugees from over 50 nations and flown missions at its own expense to rescue Jews from at least 10 nations.
Ahad Ha'am explains that the Jewish Soul is intrinsically connected to his history and in the same way that a German-American can never be as properly German as a German in Germany, the People of Israel can never be as properly Jewish if they are not in the Land of Israel. The relics in that land speak to a Jewish sensibility and character. There are also religious reasons as expounded by Rav Avraham Kook which posit that the development of a Jewish State in Israel hastens the arrival of the Messiah. There are additional political reasons why Palestine and not Europe. As explained above, the European Culture is strongly anti-Other and making a Jewish State there would have fostered much more contempt and alienation (ironically).
The kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrians in about 720 BC. when it ceased to exist. However, if by "Israel" you mean the territory that composes present day Israel, it was variously named. The southern kingdom of Judah became the Roman territory of Judea which was ruled as a part of the province of Syria. Hadrian renamed the area Palestina Syria. The Ottoman empire ruled after the fall of the Roman empire and the British had a ruling interest in the area up until the establishment of the modern country of Israel.
Modern Israel became independent on May 14, 1948 (5 Iyar 5708).
This question is difficult to understand. Israel, the country, was modern from its outset. Its people were a product of the decades and centuries when they lived. Israelis drive cars, use banks, etc. If "modern" is a euphemism for "first-world country", then Israel became modern in the late 1960s and early 1970s when its economy really took off.
The nation is approximately 3500 years old. The modern state of Israel was established in 1948.
Zionism and the revival of Hebrew are more than just linked: they are two parts of the same concept. The re-establishment of the Jewish homeland includes the re-establishment of our ancient language.
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The historical people from the country of Israel were Israelites.The modern demonym form is Israelis.
The Modern State of Israel has never ceased being a country since it was founded in 1948. If the question is referring to the Biblical Kingdom of Northern Israel, it was conquered by the Assyrians in 722 B.C.E. If the question is referring to the last Jewish State to fall before the establishment of the Modern State of Israel it is the Hasmonean Kingdom which fell to the Romans in 63 B.C.E.
what it is , is that the religion of most people in modern Egypt is Islam which is the state religion. Approximately 87 percent of the population is Muslim. There is also a significant minority of Coptic Christians. Prior to the establishment of modern Israel, there was a significant population of Jews, but nearly all have now immigrated to Israel
At this time, and since the establishment of the modern state of Israel, any person who has at least one Jewish grandparent can gain Israeli citizenship under the right of return laws. This is a separate issue from the question of who is an actual Jew.
The Modern Nation of Israel came into existence through the philosophical aspirations of Zionists, the gradual settlement of Halutzim (Pioneers) in the British Mandate of Palestine, the Militias of the Haganah, Palmach, and Irgun, the UN Partition Plan of 1947 and its vote to sanction a modern Jewish State, the declaration of Statehood by Ben Gurion in 1948, and the War of Independence (1948-1949). All of these things went into the Establishment of the Modern Nation of Israel.
Israel became a lot more modern and city like.
They are in the same rough physical area and the descendants of Ancient Israel live in Modern Israel, returned after centuries of Exile.
Yes. The Jewish State of Israel is a modern country with cars, computers, and all sorts of modern conveniences.
The Modern State of Israel is not yet conquered.
Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel.
He was a historical doctor!!