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This passport of
The birth
a German Jew
allowed the
holder to settle
in Palestine.
of Israel

How the JEWISH

state came to be

Palestine The promised land
After World War I, the Middle Eastern
In 1947, a plan emerged to split Palestine into
state of Palestine was ruled by Britain.
Jewish and Arab states with Jerusalem under
Its mostly Muslim Arab population was
international administration. Instead, civil war broke
unhappy about Jewish settlers called
out and on May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion
ZIONISTS who were calling for a Jewish
became the first prime minister of the newly
state to be carved out of Palestine. There
created Jewish state, ISRAEL.
was violence on both sides. Zionist movement.
Polish-born David
Ben-Gurion had been
a key figure in the

How it changed
Israel provided a home
for the world’s Jews, but

caused big problems with
Israeli soldiers the birth of the state has
attack during the Jerusalem is its Muslim neighbors.
Arab-Israeli War. a holy city for the world
Jews, Muslims,
and Christians.
Troubled times
Muslim states refused to recognize Israel,
and a series of CONFLICTS followed, starting
with the Arab-Israeli War of 1948–1949.
Against all the odds, Israel managed to
survive and even prosper in this time.
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