[296] On 5 February 1966, the United States announced that it was taking over the former French and West German obligations, to maintain military "stabilization" in the Middle East. Britt Gillette is the founder of End Times Bible Prophecy and the author of Coming To Jesus and Signs Of The Second Coming. [citation needed], In 1915-1916 Talaat Pasha of the Young Turks forced around a million Armenian Christians from their homes in Eastern Turkey, marching them south through Syria, in what is now known as the Armenian genocide. And for the Jewish people, it offered a chance to be free from persecution after thousands of years of systematic oppression by European powers. Hamas claimed responsibility for most of the bombings. In 1972 the new Egyptian President Anwar Sadat expelled the Soviet advisers from Egypt. The General Assembly rescinded this resolution in December 1991 with Resolution 46/86. It happens that 1260 plus 1260 days is an important seven-year period in the bible, referred to in Rev. Many of his followers converted, forming a sect that still exists in Turkey, known as the Dnmeh. They emerged at a time that Assyria was weakened by the emergence of Babylon and may be a committing to text of pre-writing verbal traditions. During the Knesset debate some 5,000 demonstrators gathered and riot police had to cordon the building. Since then, Israeli relations with its Arab neighbors and the Palestinian population within Israel has alternated between contentious peace and all-out war. Download Signs Of The Second Coming: 11 Reasons Jesus Will Return In Our Lifetime on Amazon, Apple iBooks, Kobo, Nook, and Smashwords. Ben-Gurion quit Mapai to form the new party Rafi, he was joined by Shimon Peres and Moshe Dayan. The Hamas government in the Gaza Strip is significantly more aggressive and antagonizes Israel with countless rocket attacks. These 10 Bible prophecies were fulfilled in 1948 when Israel became an independent, united nation for the second time in history, and for the first time in 2,900 years. It thus increased the power of the smaller parties. By 1947 the Labour Government was ready to refer the Palestine problem to the newly created United Nations. This expansion was not directed at the Jewish people. During the 18th and 19th centuries, European leaders solidified the idea of a nation-state. [148] Over the course of the next century Christians worked to eradicate "paganism", leading to the destruction of classical Roman traditions and eradication of their temples. After his death, Solomon inherited his empire and constructed the First Temple in Jerusalem. In 1838 there was another revolt by the Druze. Israel was not a state before 1948. There are a lot of other end time prophecies to stem from that, but I will be doing only one end time prophecy at a time. Use the form below to sign up for our free monthly newsletter. Since 1967, Israel has given the Sinai Peninsula back to Egypt and the West Bank and Gaza Strip back to Palestine. Enrolling in a course lets you earn progress by passing quizzes and exams. On 4 July 1946 a massive pogrom in Poland led to a wave of Holocaust survivors fleeing Europe for Palestine. Israel had paid for the boats but the French had refused to supply them. Over the period, the Samaritan population drastically decreased, with the rural Samaritan population converting to Islam, and small urban communities remaining in Nablus and Caesarea, as well as in Cairo, Damascus, Aleppo and Sarepta. Within three years (1948 to 1951), immigration doubled the Jewish population of Israel and left an indelible imprint on Israeli society. LIVE Q&A for February 4, 2021. Ben-Gurion became the first Prime Minister of Israel. . As per the Book of Ezra in the Holy Bible, In the first year that Cyrus was king, he gave an order. Suleiman the Magneficent's personal physician was Moses Hamon, an inquisition survivor. Until 1966, Israel's principal arms supplier was France, however in 1966, following the withdrawal from Algeria, Charles de Gaulle announced France would cease supplying Israel with arms (and refused to refund money paid for 50 warplanes). The withdrawal and Hamas victory left the status of Gaza unclear, as Israel asserted it was no longer an occupying power but continued to control air and sea access to Gaza although it did not exercise sovereignty on the ground. Three weeks later, Irgun bombed the British Military Headquarters of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing 91 people. An anti-religion party, Shinui, led by media pundit Tommy Lapid, won 15 seats on a secularist platform, making it the third largest party (ahead of orthodox Shas). In 1947, only two years after the end of WWII, the newly formed United Nations passed a resolution calling for the creation of two states - one Arab and one Jewish - out of the British mandate of Palestine. These incidents led Israel to initiate the Second Lebanon War, which lasted through August 2006. Cities were often surrounded by massive earthworks, resulting in the archeological tells common in the region today. [132], As a result of the disastrous effects of the Bar Kokhba revolt, Jewish presence in the region significantly dwindled. [72][73] As a punishment, the Babylonians besieged Jerusalem in 597 BCE, and the city surrendered. [101] The United States pursued close relations with the new Arab states, particularly the Nasser-led Egyptian Free Officers Movement and Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia. The revolt was led by Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias, who conquered Jerusalem in 164 BCE and re-established worship at the temple. Benny Morris, One state, two states: resolving the Israel/Palestine conflict, 2009, p. 66. [297][298][299] In 1966 security restrictions placed on Arab-Israelis were eased and efforts made to integrate them into Israeli life. When they refused to hand the arms to the government, Ben-Gurion ordered that the ship be sunk. 1.5 million went to the United States. [67] Sennacherib had a 12 meter by 5-metre frieze erected in his palace in Nineveh (now in Iraq) depicting his victory at Lachish, the second largest city of Judah. But since this is my first end time prophecy I'm writing about, I will mention that there must be another Jewish temple in Jerusalem . was the year in which he made it. The government of Palestine has split in two. Residents were given permanent residency status and the option of applying for Israeli citizenship. They had settled in Israel without official status. Ben-Gurion declared that he would only accept office if Lavon was fired from the position of the head of Histadrut, Israel's labour union organization. 2, p. 531. [275] Among them, the largest group (over 100,000) was from Iraq. He subjugated the Edomites and converted them to Judaism. In the December 1973 elections, Labour won 51 seats, leaving Golda Meir as Prime Minister. Completing this lesson should enable you to: To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member. During the Second World War, the Jewish Agency worked to establish a Jewish army that would fight alongside the British forces. Hebrew and Arabic were made the official languages of the new state. Having recruited a few thousand volunteers, he organized the blockade of the 100,000 Jewish residents of Jerusalem. Israel's Personalities. The following online calendar conversion tool is available for counting days as well as converting between the Gregorian calendar and the Jewish calendar. In the early 20th century, 175 papyrus documents recording activity in this community were discovered, including the "Passover Papyrus", a letter instructing the garrison on how to correctly conduct the Passover feast.[89]. With no outside help and no countries ready to admit them, very few Jews managed to escape Europe between 1939 and 1945. Both the Arab and Jewish leadership rejected the White Paper. In, sfn error: no target: CITEREFMorkholm2008 (. The area was governed by the PLO independently of the Lebanese Government and became known as "Fatahland" (Fatah was the largest faction in the PLO). 10 Prophesies of Israel fulfilled in 1948 when Israel became a Nation. Genesis 35:11 And God told him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and The British government publicly committed itself to the creation of a Jewish homeland. Ben-Gurion's Rafi party received 10 seats, Gahal got 26 seats becoming the second largest party. A demand for a ceasefire was reluctantly accepted on 7 November. [62] The Siloam inscription, a plaque written in Hebrew left by the construction team, was discovered in the tunnel in 1880s, and is today held by the Istanbul Archaeology Museum.[63]. Jewish Calendar: 5 Iyyar 5708, Gregorian Calendar: 15 July 537 B.C. After Israel had fought off the Arab aggressors, it established a Parliament (called the 'Knesset') and was admitted as a member state to the UN in 1949. The system remained in place until after 2000. This led to even more migration and made it even more difficult for Britain to juggle the promises made to both groups. As a result of the Jewish-Roman Wars in the 1st and 2nd centuries CE, many Jews were killed, displaced or sold into slavery. In 1955 the Egyptian government began recruiting former Nazi rocket scientists for a missile program.[288][289]. Sharett's government was brought down by the Lavon Affair, a crude plan to disrupt USEgyptian relations, involving Israeli agents planting bombs at American sites in Egypt. In 1908 the World Zionist Organization set up the Palestine Bureau (also known as the "Eretz Israel Office") in Jaffa and began to adopt a systematic Jewish settlement policy. Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria invaded Israel in around 732 BCE. In May 1960 Adolf Eichmann, one of the chief administrators of the Nazi Holocaust, was located in Argentina by the Mossad, later kidnapping him and bringing him to Israel. Although anti-Semitism fed on the religious hatred of earlier times, many did not see conversion as a solution. Mehmet Tezcan, Astiye Bayindir, 'Aristocratic Women and their Relationship to Nestorianism in the 13th century Chingizid Empire,' in Li Tang, Dietmar W. Winkler (eds. [325] It also recommended that he never again be allowed to hold the post (it did not forbid him from being Prime Minister). Instead opposition leader Ariel Sharon was elected PM. 37 - Herod the Great is made King of Israel by Rome. Following the revolt, Muhammad Pasha, the son of Muhammad Ali, expelled nearly 10,000 of the local peasants to Egypt, while bringing loyal Egyptian peasants and discharged soldiers to settle the coastline of Ottoman Syria. Judah's descendants have long been called "Jews.". : Israel and Lebanon after the Withdrawal", Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, Main Points of Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty 26 October 1994, Treaty of Peace between The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and The State of Israel, "Israel's Bold Initiative to Reduce U.S. Aid", "19901999 | ", Security Council endorses Secretary-General's conclusion on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon as of 16 June, Israeli Proposal to Palestinians and Syria, "Ashkelon Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Plant, Israel", "Is Gaza Occupied? What Does the Bible Say About Israel Becomes A Nation? - OpenBible.info Jews were usually the only non-Christian minority and spoke a distinct language (Yiddish or Ladino). In turn, Egypt agreed to recognize the right of Israel to exist. 70 - The Romans destroy the Second Temple and much of Jerusalem. [374] A wave of lone-wolf attacks by Palestinians took place in 2015 and 2016, particularly stabbings. On 16 July 2008, Hezbollah swapped the bodies of Israeli soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, kidnapped in 2006, in exchange for the Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar, four Hezbollah prisoners, and the bodies of 199 Palestinian Arab and Lebanese fighters. Of the sons of Isaac, He set aside Esau, and chose Jacob. In the mid and late 19th century, anti-Semitism throughout eastern Europe led to violent attacks against Jewish people. Jewish businesswomen dominated communication between the Harem and the outside world (see Esther Handali). Modern scholars believe that the Israelites and their culture branched out of the Canaanite peoples and their cultures through the development of a distinct monolatristicand later monotheisticreligion centred on a national god Yahweh. In 1964, Israeli Rabbinical authorities accepted that the Bene Israel of India were indeed Jewish and most of the remaining Indian Jews migrated to Israel. Between 1963 and 1967 Egyptian troops had tested chemical weapons on Yemenite civilians as part of an Egyptian intervention in support of rebels.[306]. That's the meaning that would have . [112] The Pharisees, led by Yochanan ben Zakai, obtained Roman permission to establish a school at Yavne. In March 1940 the British High Commissioner for Palestine issued an edict banning Jews from purchasing land in 95% of Palestine. International Statistics", "Population, by Religion and Population Group", "Group seeks justice for 'forgotten' Jews", "Lost Jewish property in Arab countries estimated at $150 billion", "Jewish refugees left roughly $150 billion worth of goods, property in Arab nations", "First United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF I) Background", "When Did the U.S. and Israel Become Allies? Israel History and Timeline Overview - Ducksters They also effectively eliminated Palestine by seizing the West Bank and Gaza Strip. [252] In July 1947 the UNSCOP visited Palestine and met with Jewish and Zionist delegations. An agricultural school, the Mikveh Israel, was founded near Jaffa by the Alliance Israelite Universelle, a French Jewish association. Although the Arab conquest was relatively peaceful and did not cause widespread destruction, it did alter the country's demographics significantly. The Syrians were repulsed by the tiny remnant of the Israeli tank force on the Golan and, although the Egyptians captured a strip of territory in Sinai, Israeli forces crossed the Suez Canal, trapping the Egyptian Third Army in Sinai and were 100 kilometres from Cairo. Learn how to build an online business that works. British firms controlled Iraqi oil and Britain ruled Kuwait, Bahrain and the Emirates. The principal non-Zionist Orthodox Jewish (or Haredi) party, Agudat Israel, recommended to UNSCOP that a Jewish state be set up after reaching a religious status quo agreement with Ben-Gurion regarding the future Jewish state. [335] The Lebanese government, in contravention of the UN Security Council resolution, did not assert sovereignty in the area, which came under Hezbollah control. [217] The British rejected the principle of majority rule or any other measure that would give the Arab population, who formed the majority of the population, control over Palestinian territory. On 15 May 1967, the first public performance of Naomi Shemer's classic song "Jerusalem of Gold" took place and over the next few weeks it dominated the Israeli airwaves. The two main Jewish leaders, Chaim Weizmann and David Ben-Gurion, had convinced the Zionist Congress to approve equivocally the Peel recommendations as a basis for more negotiation. Socialists aimed to reclaim the land by becoming peasants or workers and forming self-sustaining collectives. The capital city of Israel is Jerusalem, and its financial hub is Tel Aviv. The resolution divided Palestine into two states and left Jerusalem under UN control. In February 1994, Baruch Goldstein, a follower of the Kach party, killed 29 Palestinians and wounded 125 at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, which became known as the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre.