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  2. History of Israel - Wikipedia

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    Israel received several billion marks and in return agreed to open diplomatic relations with Germany. In 1949, education was made free and compulsory for all citizens until the age of 14. The state now funded the party-affiliated Zionist education system and a new body created by the Haredi Agudat Israel party. A separate body was created to ...

  3. Israeli Declaration of Independence - Wikipedia

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    The Israeli Declaration of Independence, formally the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel (Hebrew: הכרזה על הקמת מדינת ישראל), was proclaimed on 14 May 1948 (5 Iyar 5708) by David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization, Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, and soon to be first Prime Minister of Israel.

  4. History of Israel (1948–present) - Wikipedia

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    In 1948, following the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine, the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel sparked the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, which resulted in the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight from the land that the State of Israel came to control and subsequently led to waves of Jewish immigration from other parts of the Middle East.

  5. Timeline of Israeli history - Wikipedia

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    The martial law imposed on Israeli Arabs from the founding of the State of Israel was lifted completely. 1967: 5 June: Six-Day War: The Israeli air force destroyed the Egyptian air force on the ground over a period of three hours. 11 June: Six-Day War: Israel signed a ceasefire with its enemies Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq.

  6. Israel - Wikipedia

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    Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, the Red Sea to the south, Egypt to the southwest, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, and the Palestinian territories – the West Bank along the east and the Gaza Strip along the southwest.

  7. Israel and the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    Resolution 181 laid a foundation within international law and diplomacy for the creation of the state of Israel; as it was the first formal recognition by an international body of the legitimacy of a Jewish state, to exist within a partition of the territory along with an Arab state.

  8. Legitimacy of the State of Israel - Wikipedia

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    Legitimacy of the State of Israel. The Israeli national emblem, showcasing a menorah surrounded by olive branches with "Israel" written in Hebrew below it. Since the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948, a number of countries and individuals have challenged the country's political legitimacy. Under international law, Israel has always ...

  9. History of the State of Palestine - Wikipedia

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    The history of the State of Palestine describes the creation and evolution of the State of Palestine in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. During the Mandatory period, numerous plans of partition of Palestine were proposed but without the agreement of all parties. In 1947, the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was voted for.