Wicakepia sourced. The Six-day War. 1967, Israel conquered the West Bank, Gasa, the Golan Heights, and the Sinai Peninsula during the Six-day War. The Sinai Peninsula was traded for peace after the Yom Kippur War. In 1980–81, Israel annexed East Jerusalem and the...
Jewish ancestry is traced back to the Biblical patriarchs such as Abraham, his son Isaac, Isaac’s son Jacob, and the Biblical matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, and Rachel, who lived in Canaan. The Twelve Tribes are described as descending from the twelve sons of...
In 1896 Theodor Hertzl published a book on “The Jewish State.” Zionism was born. Between 1882 and 1903, approximately 35,000 Jews moved to Palestine. During World War 1, most Jews supported the Germans because they were fighting the Russians, who were...
