Israel under the
Kingdom of David and Solomon - 1000 BCE
Israel under the
Maccabees - 167 BCE
Balfour Declaration committed to
reconstruction of the Jewish homeland in what was known as the
Palestinian Mandate. - 1917 CE. In 1922 CE the League of Nations
formalized the agreement.
The First Partition, Violating the
agreement of the Mandate, Britain closed 77% of the Mandate to
Jewish settlement and awarded it to the Arabs. This area became
Jordan. Britain awarded an additional area, the Golan to Syria.
1947 CE - The U.N. passed
Resolution 181 which recommended the partitioning of the remaining
Mandate lands between the Arabs and Israel. The Jewish portion was
13% of the original Mandate. Israel accepted and the Arabs
invaded.
Pre-1967 CE - During the defensive
wars against Arab invasion, Israel captured 31% more territory
than Resolution 181 had allotted. Jordan captured the West Bank
and Egypt captured the Gaza Strip.
