When did Jews from around the world begin to move to Palestine?

Answer 1

Following the end of the First world War, the British classified the 800,000 inhabitants of Palestine according to religion: 650,000 Muslims, 80,000 Christians and 60,000 Jews.

By the end of 1947, there were 1,300,000 Arabs (Muslims and Christians) and 600,000 Jews in Palestine. Over the previous thirty years, Palestine had witnessed an influx of Jews, some of it by illegal immigration. The purpose was to achieve an ethnic majority, so as to create a Jewish state of Israel. After the Israeli Declaration of Independence, the government encouraged Jews in the Arab lands to join their fellow Jews in Israel. Large-scale immigration also came from the ravaged countries of Europe, particularly the former Soviet Union.

• Answer 2

Israel is important to Jews because God promised it to Jacob (Genesis ch.28), the father of the Israelites, and his descendants. Jacob was renamed Israel by God (Genesis ch.35); and the Israelites lived in Israel during the era of the Patriarchs (220 years), during the era from Joshua until the First Destruction (850 years), during the Second Temple era (420 years) and afterwards. They remained a majority in the land for another 300 years after the Second Destruction; and a minority of Jews remained there throughout the ensuing centuries.

Israel had been the site of the First Temple, built by King Solomon; the dynasty of King David; the Second Temple, built by Ezra; and the Hasmonean Dynasty. It was where the Hebrew Prophets lived, and where the Mishna (Oral Torah) was codified. Also, many of the Torah's commands apply only in Israel.

Answer 2

Discussions concerning the creation of a modern Jewish State began around 150 years ago when a handful of Secular Jews with a lot of political connections in Europe got together. They called themselves Zionists and united along the belief the the Jews, who were spread throughout the world, needed one central place as a homeland. These Zionists formed several Zionist Congresses at the turn of the 20th century and debated different options with Uganda being the one that received the most consideration but were all ultimately rejected.

In 1917 after WWI when Turkey lost control over then Palestine it was handed over to mostly British control and ultimately destined to get on its feet and become the Jewish homeland. The few Arabs that remained didn't accept the plan and long before it could be implemented began the invention of terrorism that they unleashed upon the increasing Jewish population, not discriminating between the Yishuv (new Jewish Settlements) and the Jews who had lived there for centuries. The UK then began limiting the permitted amount of Jewish Immigration in the late 1930s to appease the Arabs. This led to small, underground Jewish militias began fighting the British to reverse this change and try to gain independence.

After the tragic events of WWII had almost eradicated the Jews of Europe, the battle between the Jewish militias and the British leadership intensified. The Jewish Militias were also engaged against Arab militias until the Jewish Settlement got independence in 1948. The State offered all Jews and Arabs who wished to remain citizenship with full equal rights for all. Many Arabs decided to leave heeding promises from neighboring Arab countries that the Jewish state would be wiped out soon enough.

In 1967 acting on misinformation from Russian intelligence Egypt decided to launch a war and got all the neighboring Arab countries to join in and attack Israel. In a miraculous preemptive strike Israel wiped out two-thirds of the Egyptian Air Force. After 6 days of intense ground combat taking place throughout then divided Jerusalem being occupied by Jordan along with the west bank. At the same time they were battling Egypt in the south and at the end of the war had conquered Jerusalem the West Bank and Gaza.

In 2006 Israel returned Gaza however not to Egypt who it was captured from rather to the newly created Palestinian Authority who would soon be taking over by rival terrorist organization HAMAS.

Answer 3

1406 BC

There have been Jewish people there since

before it was ever called Palestine.

Answer 4

There's some disagreement on the era during which that took place.
Most scholars typically place it between 1200 and 1400 BCE.

Answer 5

in 7BC lol !