Only one country controlled the area of the Mandate for Palestine prior to Israeli Independence: the British Empire.
1) It was in the first century 2) It was in Palestine 3) Jesus was born 4) It is now called Israel
A:There had been no nation of Israel for over seven hundred years before the time of Jesus. The smaller southern nation of Judah, or Judea, was controlled by the Roman Empire, as was Samaria, the successor state to Israel.
Ottoman Empire till 1918 and Britain after that.
Palestine
well they say ottoman and declaration of independence.
Israel is also known as the State of Israel or the Land of Israel. Palestine is also referred to as the State of Palestine or the Palestinian Territories.
They both claimed Mandatory Palestine, which is currently controlled by the States of Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and what Egyptian Generals call "Hamas-stan".
Israel, in the area formerly known as Palestine until 1948.
They are seeking a home in the territory that once constituted the Mandate of Palestine and is currently controlled by the State of Israel.
Palestine as defined by the British Mandate of Palestine is currently de jure controlled partially by the State of Israel and partially by the Palestinian Authority. Hamas also has de facto control of Gaza, but no de jure control.
The Bible refer to the Land of Israel mostly as Land of Canaan and Land of Israelites, But never as Palestine. The origin of the name Palestine is at the 5th century BC, when Herodotus called it that way, after the ancient people of Philistines, which are mentioned in the Bible.