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Mainly because there is not now, and historically has never been, any other place in the world

where Jews have been completely free to be Jewish and to live as Jews.

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When did Israel start?

Israel achieved independence on May 14, 1948.


Was Israel leased out by Palestine?

No. No country is leased by or to another country. Additionally, Palestine had no ability to lease out territory given that it was not a country at the time of Israel's independence. Israel received independence as a result of the UN Partition Plan of Mandatory Palestine.


Was Israel a colony?

No. Palestine (What the area was called before Israel declared independence) was under Ottoman (Turkish) rule from 1516 to 1918, at which point the British Empire declared a mandate in Israel, which lasted until Israel declared independence in May 14th, 1948. A Mandate is a declaration of intent, meaning the mandating country will control the zone and support the people who inhabit it until they are ready to declare independence.


When the Jews in Palestine declared their independence they named their new country what?

Israel


Whom did Israel gain its independence from?

Answer 1PalestineAnswer 2Israel gained its independence from the UNITED KINGDOM.Israel was previously the BRITISH MANDATE FOR PALESTINE, which was a territory in the Middle East under British Occupation. Contrary to the view that Israel became independent from "Palestine", the territory was not an autonomous country or region called Palestine prior to independence. To say this would be as absurd as saying that the United States gained independence from the Native Americans instead of saying that it got independence from Great Britain.