TAKING THE LONG WAY HOME. The Balfour Declaration, issued by the British government in 1917, announced Britain’s promise of a national home for the Jewish people—Palestine had been under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. This appeased the Zionist movement, which...
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...
