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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.
   

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