The History Of Israel

The World in First-Century Palestine was similar and different in many ways to the present. The Jews were in their Holy Land and proud to be the chosen people of God. The Roman Empire occupied their land during the first century. First, Romans did not threaten their way of life. Later on with higher taxes and greater oppression all changed. This led to political backstabbing, religious uprising and insurgency. More than a million people died, mostly Jews. Back in that time religion guided the chosen people’s lives more so than today. Jewish people had very important rituals. The term we know as “unclean” had a different meaning in those times. Women did not have the same rights and freedoms that we have today. Crucifixion was the extremist penalty to all the Jews in the Holy Land. Rituals, “Unclean”, and crucifixion was part of normal everyday life in Palestine in the First Century.

The war for the independence of Israel was not a war as much as it was a hostile takeover of Palestine by any means necessary. Two infamous Jewish forces, the Irgun and the Haganah, often used terror tactics to achieve their goals and both focusing their energies on reprisals against Arabs and the British. Their tactics killed hundreds of innocent civilians in the name of a Jewish state and the Haganah even attacked their own people, framing the Palestinians, in order to generate support and sympathy for the their cause, but these acts appealed to some who “believed that any action taken in the cause of the creation of a Jewish state was justified.” There were unquestionably consequences to these actions as well as violent reactions to a Jewish state from other Middle Eastern states. When Israel finally declared independence, “the armies of Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Iraq invaded Israel” and began the first war between the Arabs and now Israelis. Although the Arab Legion lost the war against Israel, in part to the support Israel received from the United States, it set a precedent for Arab-Israeli relations which have been tense every since and there still has yet to be reconciliation between the Israelis and Palestinians, who continue to be oppressed and persecuted.

The key episodes that established leadership among Israel are the accounts of their tribulations while in the wilderness and God’s responses. Starting in Number Chapter 11 the Israelites are beginning to complain about their misfortunes. It was not clear to scholars whether the Israelites were complaining to Moses or to God. Either way God herd their complaints and took it as if they were toward him. In return to their complaints God “burned against them”. “Then the fire of the Lord burned against them. And consumed some outlying parts of the camp”. Mosses then asked God to cease the fire in prayer and God did. “But the people cried out to Moses; and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire abated”.

During World War II, millions of Jews fled from Germany to escape the brutality of Adolf Hitler. A Zionist movement established that all Jewish refugees were to flee to Palestine, a concept founded by The Jewish State, by Dr. Theodore Herzl, in order to unite all Jews in one holy state. The British were convinced in 1917 by Chaim Weizmann that all Jews needed their own territory in Palestine, and in the early 1920s, the British were given a mandate over Palestine by the League of Nations. Palestinians felt threatened by the rise in Jewish presence in their state, causing widespread fighting in order to expel Jews from the Arabians’ sacred Palestinian land. Ben-Gurion (also known as a member to the World Zionist Congress) was leader of the Jewish peoples in 1947, whereas there was no single leader of the Arabs, there were several influential figures to the cause: Haj Amin el-Husseini – grand mufti of Jerusalem, Azzam Pasha – secretary-general of the Arab League, King Abdullah of Transjordan – only leader open to a Arab-Jewish compromise, and Glubb Pasha – commander of the British-trained Arab Legion.

Historically, the greatest innovations in both the arts and sciences, medicine as well as religion, were achieved when there was cross dialogue and harmony amongst the different religions, factions and nationalities. By getting different opinions and viewpoints on anything can significantly enhance whatever is being discussed and therefore can make a better and stronger product or idea. Without a doubt, history most definitely repeats itself and Israel is no exception.

Despite being one of the worlds’ smallest countries, Israel has prevailed in all conflicts since its independence from British rule in 1948. (U.S. Relations with Israel) If Israel is lost to the neighboring countries the United States will lose an important ally and strong presence in the Middle East. Despite all the controversy and conflict over the 7,850 square miles is home to some of the holiest sites of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.

After graduating high school, I decided to goto Israel on a one year program. I told all of my friends and family I was going to Israel for a spiritual awakening, but that was a complete lie. I went to Israel because I wanted to spend a lot of time going out in Tel Aviv and enjoying life. I was scared of going into the real world. I was scared of going to NYU and falling into a lifetime of debt. More importantly, I wanted to find myself. I wanted to figure out what I wanted with my life. High school was over. Being on the basketball team and being popular weren't gonna get me anywhere. I needed to find out what type of person I was and what I wanted my future to look like. I thought if I separated myself from my real life I would be able to find answers to these questions on my own. So I went and had the time of my life. For the first few months, my friends and I, as well as every other Jewish American in Israel on a one year program, went out a ton. The nightlife in Tel Aviv was fantastic and we were having a great time. The legal drinking age is 18 there so we were able to go out without any worries.

Israel, the place call the holy land, the land, which Jesus walked, however, it is widely acknowledged that tensions between secular and religious sectors constitute a salient feature of Israeli society. If one were to try to summarize the relationship of Israel to Jewish religion, he would say that it is related but not equivalent to certain concepts of Israel. Most people think of the holy land when they hear the names Israel but one must ask the question is Israel truly the holy land. This essay will show the relationship between religion and Israel. Religion in the broadest sense may be defined as man's attitude towards the unseen, and the earliest forms of human thought furnish the clue from which must be traced the development of

At the conclusion of the Old Testament, Israel’s religious and political posture had not changed much towards regaining their foothold as a sovereign nation. Although the Israelites made advancements in restoring the temple and reestablishing the Mosaic Law, they still remain under the decree of a powerful nation, the Persian Empire. No one from the Davidic royal line was able to defeat the Persians or regain the throne for the Jewish people.

There has been a Jewish state in Israel for 68 years, and since its creation, thousands have died from the violence in the following years. The governments of Israel and Palestine are sworn enemies, and nationalism is extremely high in both countries, weakening the possibility of compromise and peace. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the current leader of Israel, is almost constantly attacking Palestine with blame and insults. Across the border in the Palestinian state of Gaza, Hamas, a group labeled as a terrorist group by most nations, holds complete power and conducts attacks on innocent Israeli civilians such as missile attacks and organized suicide bombings and stabbings. The region almost never seems to be at peace. Ceasefires and promises are broken, civilians are killed, and blame is passed back and forth even more

Israel was a creation of the Palestine complexity, which mainly had two components - Zionism and imperialism. During the process of decolonization it was only in Palestine a colonial settler state was established. The powers that were involved namely USA, UK and USSR not only failed to resolve the conflict but further established its ground by supporting the Jewish colonization and expulsion of Arabs from their own country, effecting the creation of a Zionist state.

This paper examines a mixture of historical and currents facts about Israel. Specifically, the country is placed under the microscope in order to explain history of origin, geographical location, statistical demographics, government structure, and military structure. Together, these findings based on detailed research suggests that Israel is a country rich in complex history that predates centuries before its inception.

In the passage of canonic book, Torah and the rest of the Bible it is clearly explain that Israel is the promised land by the Supreme being where the Jewish fated. For all over the time before the Zionist movement raise, Jews everywhere keeping their eyes remain fixed to the Jerusalem (Rubin, n.d.). The spirit of nationalism developed in Europe during late nineteen-century. These spirits influence the Jews returning to Israel and build a state nation through the human organization and action. Through ups and down Jewish was succeed bring Israel to be a state nation. I am agreeing with the consciousness of nationalism spirit of Jewish, without this spirit Israel would not be Israel that we can see today. However, bringing one country to independence was not that easy. Israel facing a lot of controversy during their independence and was attacked by the neighborhood country after they announce their independence in Tel Aviv, 1948 (Rubin, n.d.).

Allison Jewish new year, in around sept/oct, ram horn is blown during prayer service, a time for reflection and self-improvement for the New Year.

The conflict between the Palestinians (Arabs) and Israelis (Jews) was over land, a place where they can call home. The ending of World War I (WWI), the land was known as the Palestine land. Three monotheistic religion called the land the holy land. In 1948 to 1949, the land was divided into three: the State of Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. The Israelis claim ownership of the land because in the bible Abraham and his descenders was promise the land. The Palestine claim ownership of the land due to that fact that they have been living there for hundreds of years. The Palestine reject the theory of the biblical claims but if they were to entertain the idea, Abraham son Ishmael, is the forefather of the Arabs which makes the land promised to them too.