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Israel
Located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, Israel is the only Jewish-majority state in the world. It has a total land area of 22,072 sq km with an estimated population of approximately 7.7 million as of 2010.
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It depends on your perspective.
Of the answers given, (b) "loss of land" is probably the best. It is definitely not (c) or (d) since Israel was founded in 1948 and the Camp David Accords did not happen until 1979 and the PLO did not come to power until 1993 in the Gaza Strip.
There would be strong argument for (a) "lack of respect" since the Arabs felt that Western powers were imposing Israel on them because they did not respect the Arabs' right to self-determination in those territories. However, since the key manifestation of this disrespect was the deprivation of land, (b) is a better answer.
Are Palestine and Israel the same?
Answer 1:
No. Palestine and Israel are two separate countries. The problem in naming comes from the fact that Palestine was also the name of the British Mandate in the territory that both of them wish to occupy and directly proceeded them. However, Israel is State with a Jewish Character and Palestine is a State with an Arab Moslem Character.
Answer 2:
No. Palestine is the name given to the Holy Land which is the birth place of both Judaism and Christianity. Israel is a country that is placed in the region known as Palestine, for the sole purpose of it being a place where religious practitioners (especially those of Jewish denomination) can flock to for peace.
Answer 3:
Yes, Palestine and Israel are the same place but Palestine was it's own country until Israel invaded it's land and territory.
Answer 4:
No. Israel has never been in or a part of Palestine.
Israel did not exist as a state or as a legal entity before May 14th 1948.
Israel was declared as an Independent Sovereign State May 14th 1948.
An Independent Sovereign State cannot be a part of any other entity.
The Israeli Government informed the International Community of its Declaration on May 15, 1948 Letter From the Agent of the Provisional Government of Israel to the President of the United States, "MY DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: I have the honor to notify you that the state of Israel has been proclaimed as an independent republic within frontiers approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its Resolution of November 29, 1947, and that a provisional government has been charged to assume the rights and duties of government for preserving law and order within the boundaries of Israel, for defending the state against external aggression, and for discharging the obligations of Israel to the other nations of the world in accordance with international law. The Act of Independence will become effective atone minute after six o'clock on the evening of 14 May 1948, Washington time."
The Israeli Government further clarified the extent of its sovereignty in statements to the UNSC on May 22nd 1948.
Israel has never legally annexed any territories to the extent of it's Declared Sovereignty. Currently, Israel illegally claims approximately 50% of the Palestinians' rightful territories.
To put it simply, if it isn't the "acknowledged" Sovereign Territory of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt or Israel, by default it's a territory of Palestine.
Commentary on Answer 4:
There is no international legal organization or any current government that claims that Israel should revert to the borders of the U.N. Resolution 181 Partition Plan. If Israel is recognized as a legal entity by any body, it includes all territory acquired as a result of the Armistices of 1949. By that definition, Israel occupies only 22% of Palestinian territories. (Of course, the other definition is that Israel does not merit existence and is therefore occupying 100% of Palestinian territory.)
Answer 5:
Yes, they refer to the same land, although its better to refer to it as Palestine because that's what it was called until the Jews occupied it and named it Israel.
Answer 6:
Yes and No. Palestine has two different definitions and Israel has two definitions.
Palestine 1: All of the lands of the former British Mandate of Palestine.
Palestine 2: All of the lands not under Israeli control in 1950 that serve as the basis for any current two-state proposal for the State of Palestine.
Israel 1: All of the lands under Israeli control in 1950.
Israel 2: All of the lands under Israeli control, both military and civil as of 2012.
Now for the spatial relationships.
Israel 1 is entirely within the borders of Palestine 1, but smaller (78%)
Israel 1 (78%) + Palestine 2 (22%) = Palestine 1
Israel 2 and Palestine 2 overlap in much of the West Bank Territories. Israel 2 and Israel 1 overlap in all of Israel 1's territories. Israel 2 does not control the Gaza Strip territories which are part of Palestine 1 and Palestine 2. Israel 2 also controls some Syrian territory not in either Palestine.
War.
The Jewish refugees in Palestine obviously accepted the resolution. However, Palestine, supported by the Arab states, protested.
As the Jewish population in Palestine attacked Arab families, evicting them from newly made Jewish neighborhoods, the Arab states invaded.
It could be contended that Israel knew that the war was coming and had to defend itself - and couldn't risk a fifth column.
Since this question is contentious, the answers have been annotated with the general opinion put forward by the contributor.
Answer 1: Jews returned to their historic homeland and adequately defended it
The Jewish people originally believed that the land was given to them by God, which is why they were able to inhabit and control the area. The area has been part of their Holy Land since before the rise of Islam.
They created an independent society there due to prejudice and persecution in many of the countries where they lived, off and on for hundreds of years. The building of the new society began in the 1880's and culminated in independence in 1948, following the murder of 6,000,000 Jews in the Nazi Holocaust.
Right now the area is smaller than it could be as they devastated the militaries of most of the neighboring Arab countries during the six day war, which involved them grabbing a great deal of land, most of which they ended up returning.
Answer 2: "Kicking People Out" is Historically Normative
Note that as for "kicking people out", although this is now considered wrong, in the late forties millions of people in many countries were kicked out of their homes, and were driven further away than the Palestinians and involving much larger distances, So it wasn't unique, just Israel is the only country that still gets blamed for it. (The other countries that suffered exiles like this are Russia, Poland, Germany, Finland, Pakistan, and India.)
Answer 3: Jews are divided on whether or not to even support Israel
Not all Jews share the same meaning on Israel; many of them are Zionists, and live in Israel. Others are anti-Zionists (these include many Jews outside of Israel). They are Jewish, and share the same believe as the Israelis, but they don't see the point in having a Jewish state. These Jews cherish their ancestry, but just practice Judaism in other countries.
Answer 4: In this world Might Makes Right
In this world, unfortunately, Right is the right of force. The Jews were not the first to rule Palestine, just as the Arabs were not the first to rule Spain. Also, one man's displacement is another man's holy cause, just as one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. The world is what it is, and no one can change it for long. Once you accept and understand this pattern, it becomes easier to live with. This contributor has also been displaced from his home, and he can never go back because it no longer exists except in his memory.
Answer 5: Killing people is against Human Rights
It is unfair to kill innocent lives and destroy a defenseless country because before the Muslims the JEWS ruled it it just like saying ARABS have the right to kill all Spanish people because they ruled Spain before? Murder is obviously against human rights.
Answer 6: Israel has not actually kicked out the Palestinians
Israel hasn't. You go to Israel and you wont find it too hard to find a Palestinian Arab.
The Jews haven't "kicked out the all Palestine people" in 1948, the Jewish Leaders asked the Arabs to stay, the Arab Leaders, (ie the leaders of Jordan, Egypt, Iraq and so on) told them to flee Israel, while they destroyed it, and then the Arabs could move back in. (BTW, until this point a Jew living there would be called a Palestinian (not an Arab Israel is still here, and the Arabs who fled, are now wishing they had done what Israel said. If you think Israel "kicked out all Palestinian people" then look what the Arabs did to the Jews all over the Arab world (The Arab world was 2% Jewish). Anyway look at Gaza - how many Jews live there? None, and the Jews that were there, and had lived there for years were really dragged out of their homes. Israel is 0.2% of the Arab world, but before Israel as I said the Jews had an 2% population.
Answer 7: Nation-Building for a Minority unfortunately leads to Displacement
NO. Irridentism is not the reason Israel was established. It is because the Jews had no homeland, but for many centuries had no civil rights in much of Europe and the Middle East. It is not as if the Arabs tried to take back Spain. It is more as if there was no Arab or Muslim country at all, and the Arabs had to live as minorities in various countries where lots of people hated them and blamed them for all the worlds' problems. And every few generations it got dangerous and they had to move to another country. Displacing some of the Palestinians WAS WRONG, but was it more wrong than displacing the Prussian Germans, the East Poles, the Karelians, the Ionian Turks, the Sindhi Hindus, etc etc in the same years? Do you hate the Jews for that but not the other people who did all those other transfers? Yes? Well, that is why there is an Israel, not because of the ancient kings.
How many Israelis have been killed by Arabs since 1850?
It is unclear what an "Israeli" is prior to 1948 as there was no state of Israel before that point. If the term "Israeli" is also pushed back to the forerunners of the State, the Zionist Palestinian Jewry, it still only goes back to conflicts in the early 1920s. Additionally, many non-Zionist Palestinian Jews and Palestinian Arabs would also have descendants who would be Israeli citizens.
Between all of the various wars and riots since the 1920s, roughly 25,000 Israelis and Palestinian Jews were killed at Arab hands (either Palestinian Arabs or Arabs from other countries). Prior to 1920s, the numbers would been incidental.
The Balfour Declaration of 1917 was written to show Great Britain's support for?
The Balfour Declaration was the first promise by the British Empire to give the Jewish people a national home in Palestine. It was the first major success of the Zionist Movement and led to increased pressure by Jews to immigrate to the territory and set the foundations of a new Jewish State-to-be. As the Zionists worked to create a Jewish state, the support of one of the world's largest powers, that was soon to take over Palestine, was crucial. This also changed the future trajectory of Israel/Palestine as a region, allowing the seeds of Israel's creation to be sown.
What time of the year did Israel leave Egypt?
Northern Hemisphere Springtime.
The Passover festival, which commemorates the exodus from Egypt, begins on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Nissan. That works out to be the date of the first Full Moon following the Vernal Equinox.
There is both religious and secular zionism. Both concern the Jewish desire to live in our ancestral land.
He created a TV show in Israel. He is a Film and Television Director who has directed such documentaries as "The First Israeli in Space which follows Ilan Ramon and the rest of the crew of the ill fated Space Shuttle Columbia and the rest of the STS-107 crew to the lauch pad and to disaster. He has directed and produced hundreds of hours of Televison programs for Channel One, Israel's Public TV Station including a feature length drama entitled "The Trek." In this film we follow the Jewish inhabitants from a village in Gundar, Ethiopia through Sudan on their way to Jerusalem. Few survive the Trek. For the past. For eleven years until 2011 ,Neil Weisbrod has been Head of The Drama and Arts Department at Channel One. After thirty-four years at IBA, Neil is now working as an independent filmmaker. He is currently working on a documentary film about a scientific expedition to the Highest Arctic Ocean.
How many wars did Egypt win against Israel?
Israel and Egypt have never fought a one-on-one war. Egypt was one of the nations
whose armies joined in a coordinated, synchronized attack on Israel in 1948, when
Israel declared itself an independent sovereign nation, in an attempt to forcefully
convey the statement "Oh no you don't!". Israel obviously didn't "lose" that one.
Who ruled the kingdom of Israel in the time of Jesus?
The Kingdom of Israel was finally destroyed by the Assyrians in 722 BCE and many of the people who did not flee to Judah or Egypt deported, never to return. So, in the time of Jesus, there was no Kingdom of Israel and there had not been for over seven centuries. The land of the Israelites had become Samaria, the land of the Samarians, or Samaritans.
Judea and Samaria were under Roman rule.
Israel Kirzner is 81 years old (birthdate: February 13, 1930).
5 W's of the Arab-Israeli Conflict?
Who: Arabs (represented by the states or organizations of Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and numerous other supporters) against Israel (represented solely by the State of Israel and numerous other supporters). Some prefer (incorrectly) to call the Israelis as Jews since Israel is the Jewish State.
What: It is a territorial and religious conflict over who should control a small piece of land in the southwestern Levantine Region in the Middle East, roughly equivalent with the Holy Land, called the former British Mandate of Palestine.
When: It is unclear exactly what set off the conflict as agitators from both sides have claimed that the other "started it". However, hostilities came to a head in the 1920s and are still quite active over 90 years later.
Where: See "what"
Why: See the related question: Causes of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. There are far too many to list here.
What are the main achievements of Israel?
Science, hi-tech (ICQ, flash memory cards), agriculture (Israel invented the drip irrigation system, used in Africa to save millions).
The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) is the world's most renowned and comprehensive annual report on the competitiveness of nations, ranking and analyzing how a nation's environment creates and sustains the competitiveness of enterprises. The rankings were compiled by the Swiss Institute for Management Development (IMD). Hard data are taken from international or national organizations, private institutes and partners, and survey data are drawn from the annual Executive Opinion Survey of 4,460 respondents. The Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce is World Competitiveness Report's representative in Israel. The International Institute Management Development (IMD) at Lausanne, Switzerland, ranked Israel in first place in several categories, including its economy's soundness in the face of economic crises and in the functioning of its central bank. "Israel's ranking in the top place in terms of the economy's resilience to crises is a direct result of the actions taken by the Finance Ministry and the Bank of Israel, who withstood the pressure and didn't stream money to failing organizations and financial institutions as was the case in the US and Europe," said Uriel Lynn, president of the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce.
Israel is ranked 17th in the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2010 rankings, up from 24th place in 2009. Israel is ahead of China.
Israel's economy is No. 1 in the world for resilience to economic cycles.
Israel was ranked No. 1 for its expenditure in research and development as a percentage of gross domestic product, as it was last year, and in the innovative capacity of firms to generate new products, processes and services.
Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the world. *Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation by a large margin - 109 per 10,000 people - as well as one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed.
*In proportion to its population, Israel has the largest number of startup companies in the world. In absolute terms, Israel has the largest number of startup companies than any other country in the world, except the US (3,500 companies mostly in hi-tech).
*Israel is ranked #2 in the world for venture capital funds right behind the US.
*Outside the United States and Canada, Israel has the largest number of NASDAQ listed companies.
*Israel´s GDP per capita( PPP) is higher than in Italy, South Korea and new Zealand.
*Twenty-four percent of Israel's workforce holds university degrees - ranking third in the industrialized world, after the United States and Holland - and 12 percent hold advanced degrees.
*Israel has the world's second highest per capita of new books.
*Israel is the only country in the world that entered the 21st century with a net gain in its number of trees, made more remarkable because this was achieved in an area considered mainly desert.
*In response to serious water shortages, Israeli engineers and agriculturalists developed a revolutionary drip irrigation system to minimize the amount of water used to grow crops.
*Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computers per capita.
*Israel leads the world in the number of scientists and technicians in the workforce, with 145 per 10,000, as opposed to 85 in the U. S., over 70 in Japan, and less than 60 in Germany. With over 25% of its work force employed in technical professions. Israel places first in this category as well.
*The cell phone was developed in Israel by Motorola, which has its largest development center in Israel.
*Most of the Windows NT operating system was developed by Microsoft-Israel.
*The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel.
*Voice mail technology was developed in Israel.
*Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R&D facilities outside the US in Israel.
*The AOL Instant Messenger was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.
*An Israeli company was the first to develop and install a large-scale solar-powered and fully functional electricity generating plant, in southern California's Mojave desert."
*All the above while engaged in regular wars with such an implacable enemy as Arabs that seek its destruction, and an economy continuously under strain by having to spend more per capita on its own protection than any other country on earth. This from a country just 60 years young having started off life on a very frontiers-like basis, whose population had mostly just emerged from the devastating World War II years.
Who was the Israeli leader that was assassinated?
Yitzhak Rabin: Israeli Prime Minister who recognized the PLO in 1993 and made peace with Jordan in 1994. He was assassinated by a radical Israeli Jew who believed Rabin was betraying Israel in 1995.
No. The media does not deal with the root causes of these bigger issues because such issues cannot be described in 5 minute clips or 15 minute "investigative reports". They require hours of explanation, numerous interviews, and a reporter who is willing to be completely honest, if not objective, in his analysis.
According secularism, the original inhabitants of what is now Israel, were the Canaanites, who were culturally affiliated with the Phoenicians. In fact, the whole of the Levant, Bilad El-Sham in Arabic, in ancient times all used to be called "Canaan." The area of the Levant, the countries that make it up are Israel, The West Bank and the Palestinian territories although not even the Arabs consider them countries, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. Also, according to secularism, the Levant has been continually inhabited since the early Bronze age RIGHT as the very last stone age ended. There are some scholars who have speculated, that the first civilization did not begin in Babylon, but it in fact began in the Levant, this has mostly to do with the view that since the first human beings evolved in Africa, since the people of the Levant were the first farmers of human history, they were therefore the first to become civilized, because without farms, you can't have cities.
According to religious views, specifically the Abrahamic faiths, in this instance lets use Judaism, the Levant, specifically Israel, is the place where God stood, to create the rest of the earth. First there was absolutely nothingness, just a great void, then God made the heavens (space) and the earth, and at first, it was just a water covered planet. The very first spot of land, that appeared on this earth, was Israel, and from that spot of land, God formed the rest of the earth. Tell you something you don't learn in Sunday or Hebrew school right? Let me continue please, before you report me to the wiki answers people for an overly long answer; it was in fact from the soil of Israel, that God formed Adam, the first man, and it was in fact in Israel were Eden was planted.
Read the book of Genesis; it states that Eden lies between Ethiopia, and Syria, in a place where there is gold, and onyx stone. Onyx is a form of quartz crystal, that in ancient times, not sure if its true now, was found in abundance throughout the Levant. Now do not quote me on this, because I do not know for sure, but I believe Israel is known for producing quartz, and, in ancient times there was gold there, lots of it. Genesis says, a land between Syria and ethiopia, where gold and onyx stone can be found; also the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in ancient times they were much bigger, and branched off into many more places. The only land that meets the requirements, of being between Syria and Ethiopia, where there is gold and onyx stone, and which lied between the Tigris and Euphrates, as understood in ancient times, is Israel, that is why therefore by all logic, Eden was in fact in Israel, NOT Iraq.
Like the whole of the earth, according to religious view, Israel was formed by the hand of God himself; of all places on earth, it possesses the greatest spiritual potency. I read in occult books, that because Islam, Christianity and Judaism dwell there, people who practice the occult arts are advised to stay away from Israel. Now, why is this? For all the blood that has been spilt, all the wars that have been fought, the fact that Israel was formed by God himself, is not something that can be undone, God's spiritual residue, still dwells on and in that land. Many practitioners of the occult arts who have gone to Israel, often complained of being physically ill, even sick, and were forced to leave. My own take on their reaction, has to do with the fact that the damned, and the sacred, do not go together. A person who dwells with the dark arts, the occult arts, pollutes their own soul, no one with a badly polluted soul, can comfortably live in Israel. If while in Israel, you feel physically sick, if you do not feel good, if you fall ill every time you go there, it probably means you are not a very good person. Because Israel was formed by the hand of God himself, no one possessing an evil soul, will comfortably, or happily there. The damned, and the sacred, do not go together, and because the spirit of God once dwelt there, his very RESIDUE, not even his pressence he doesn't even have to be there, is so potent, it makes wicked men and women, physically ill.
If you do not believe in God, Israel was established the Canaanites, the world's first farmers, and cultural affiliates to modern day Lebanese. If you do believe, the first resident of Israel, the very first resident, was God, Adam and everyone else came afterward.
What was the historical character of Israel?
The Bible tells that all the people of Israel were descended from a single ancestor, Jacob. His family went to Egypt where they were enslaved for four hundred years, then fled in the famous Exodus. Approximately 1400 BCE, they conquered the land of the Canaanites because it had been promised to them by their God, at the same time committing acts of genocide. After a period of occasional rule by a series of Judges, a monarchy was set up, but Israel soon split into two warring kingdoms. The northern kingdom, Israel was soon conquered and disappeared from history. The southern kingdom, Judah took over the inheritance of Israel but was taken into Exile by the Babylonians. fter their return, the Jews suffered under the Hellenists and then the Romans. In this history, the Hebrews were at all times monotheistic, although frequently guilty of backsliding.
The Israel known to historians was rather different. The clear consensus is that there was no Exodus from Egypt, as described in the Bible, and therefore no enslavement in Egypt. The stories of the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are no more than legends. The noted archaeologist, Israel Finkelstein, says that Israel and Judah were never united but had their own separate cultures, pottery, religious beliefs and even dialects of the Hebrew language. Historians are now trying to unravel the history of the monarchies and even the post-Exilic period, separating fact from invention. As for monothreistic religious beliefs, Lang (cited by Keel and Uehlinger, Gods, Goddesses and Images of God in Ancient Israel), tells us: "In the four and a half centuries during which there were one or two Israelite monarchies (ca. 1020-586 B.C.), there was a dominant, polytheistic religion that was indistinguishable from that of neighboring peoples. Insofar as there were differences between the Ammonite, Moabite, Edomite, Tyrian, etc. versions of religion, these beliefs stayed within the framework of Near Eastern polytheism, and each should be interpreted as a local variant of the same basic pattern. The Israelites . . . venerated their own protector god who was there to provide for health and family. But they venerated Yahweh [God] as well, the regional and national god, whose special domain dealt with war and peace issues."
Why don't Jews smoke in Israel?
Plenty of Jews smoke in Israel. Those who don't either never started,
or else quit out of concern for their financial or physical well-being, or
were nagged to quit by their wives, kids, boy/girl-friends, etc.
A lot like in the US, actually.
Did Jesus prophesy the formation of the modern state of Israel?
Circumstantial biblical evidence prompts a "yes" answer -- "indirectly."
"I will make Jerusalem and Judah [the Jews] like an intoxicating drink to all the nearby nations that send their armies to besiege Jerusalem. ON THAT DAY I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone, a BURDEN FOR THE WORLD. None of the nations who try to lift it will escape unscathed." (Zech.12:2-3 NLT New Living Translation)
The "circumstances" that make Jerusalem such a burden for all the nations of the world, today, is that "armed camp of Jews" in the Middle East, to which the world errantly refers as the "State of Israel." A nation that so many nations of the world seem to hate for one reason or another above all others.
"State of Judah" [SOJ] would be a more accurate name. But the world has always been ignorant of the distinction between "Israel" and "Judah" [the Jews]. Which is a study unto itself.
This prophecy, of course, is speaking of the time frame of Jesus' return to establish the Kingdom of God on earth. So, while the nations of the earth are and have been totally "intoxicated" with any and all events that occur in and around Jerusalem for many decades, now... this prophecy hasn't completely come to fruition, yet.
Zechariah's Holy Spirit-inspired prophecy of Jerusalem's burdensome existence [thanks to the armed Jewish presence there, surrounded by enemy nations], sent by God [Jesus Christ, the Almighty Creator LORD God of the Old Testament - see John 1:1-3] sees its ultimate fulfillment in Zechariah's 14th chapter, when the "Day of the LORD;" the Day of Christ's return, is revealed: and Christ returns to save Jerusalem, the world and mankind.
"WATCH, for the Day of the LORD is coming when your possessions will be plundered right in front of you! On that Day I will gather ALL THE NATIONS to fight against Jerusalem... Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He has fought in times past. On that Day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives..." (Zech.14:1-3 NLT)
"AND THE LORD WILL BE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH. On that Day there will be One LORD - His name alone will be worshiped." (verse 9)
Obviously, this hasn't happened, yet. And, of course, the world discounts that it ever will. But, there is the "prophecy" from Jesus Christ, the Old Testament WORD and "LORD your God" of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob [Israel]... that "indirectly" reveals the formation of the modern state of Israel.
For, Jerusalem is certainly a "heavy stone" that's too much for the nations to lift... a continuous problem that's too much for them to solve; thanks to the three false world religions vying for their claim to her: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- along with the globally cumbersome existence of the "Jewish State of Israel."
How did the outcome of the Arab-Israeli War affect nationalism in the middle east?
Nationalism is a concept and is not dependent on physical actions.
Jewish Nationalism in particular was directly affected since Israel was likely to be the only ever attempt at creating a Jewish State. Israel's success in the Arab-Israeli Wars insured Israel's survival.
The United Nations has been involved in a number of Arab-Israeli conflicts in the Middle East by?
Being where the armistices to the Conflicts are drafted.
What were the names of the four empires who conquered Israel?
1. Assyrians in 722 B.C. under Sargon II
2. Babylonians in 586 B.C. under Nebuchadnezzar
3. Greeks in 332 B.C. under Alexander the Great
4. Romans in 63 B.C. under Roman General "Pompty the Great".
There is often hyperbole in the media about comparing Zionist Israeli policy to Nazi German policy in order to create sympathy for the Palestinians. However, there are vast differences in the organization of ideals and direction of the governments, making these ideologies very different.
Persecution and Genocide
One of the hallmarks of Nazi policy was the quarantining of "Undesirables" in ghettos which were partial cities without sufficient food or living space. Then the "Undesirables" would be trucked to forced labor and extermination camps. This led to the deaths of 6 million Jews and 5 million non-Jews (primarily Slavs and Romani/Gypsies).
Israel has never organized any sort of genocidal campaign against any group. Although life is difficult for Palestinians in the West Bank under Israeli occupation, they are not rounded up, quarantined or subject to mass murder. The Palestinians in Gaza are under a blockade since the Hamas government almost always uses surplus supplies to wage war on Israel, but Israel still continues to provide the Gaza Strip with all of its electricity and 80% of its foodstuffs, the exact opposite treatment afforded by the Nazis to their "Undesirables". Of course, this fails to note how Arab Israeli citizens (ethnic Palestinians, Druze, Bedouins, and Arab Christians) receive equal treatment under Israeli Law and even have political parties which have participated in every Israeli Parliament, some of which are opposed to the Jewish State.
Industry Nationalization and Human Rights
Economically, the Fascist State tends to co-opt private industry and create an unholy political-industrial complex that makes the rights of its citizens secondary to the whims and desires of industry. This is to create a stronger impetus for production of military arms and manufactures. The Nazis were well known for their extensive collaboration with industrial manufacturers and the lessening of workers' protections.
Israel has some of the most comprehensive worker protections in the world and an incredible number of regulations for private industry. Israeli domestic policy would be considered socialist by American standards or Lib-Dem by British Standards or Moderate Gaullist by French Standards. While there is significant military expenditure in Israel, it is not co-opted by the government. Rather private manufacturers receive grants and subsidies, similar to what happens in the United States. Israel also has one of the most productive start-up economies, entirely outside of the government's interference.
Eugenics
The Nazis made very clear that they were trying to create a master race with a certain set of discernible physical features: blond hair, blue eyes, small nose, pale face, and had anatomical drawings of the Ãœbermensch which resembled the typical Swede. The Nazis researched the best ways to promote reproduction among those who "had desirable traits" and to limit reproduction among the Undesirables. Women in concentration camps, for example, were experimented on to prevent them from ovulating and thus effectively prevent their reproduction.
Aside from the fact that Jews in Israel are from all over the world (roughly 1/3 from Russia, 1/3 from the Arab World, and 1/3 from Western Europe and the USA, with sprinklings from elsewhere), there is no view in Israel of how a Jew should look. Further, there is no attempt to alter demography by preventing non-Jews from marrying and reproducing. In fact, aside for Religious Jews, Arab Israelis have the highest birth rates in Israel. While there are demographic concerns in Israel, no Israeli politician or organization has ever contemplated trying to prevent Arabs from marrying or having children, because this is not what Israel is about.
