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HISTORY
Biblical Times
8
The Second Temple Period - The Return to Zion
14
Foreign Domination
21
The State o Israel
35
The Peace Process
49
Historical Highlights
57
6| History
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HISTORY
The birthplace o the Jewish people is the Land o Israel (Eretz Yisrael). There, a signicant part o the nation’s long history was enacted, o which the two thousand years are recorded in the Bible; there, its cultural, religious, and national identity was ormed; and there, its physical presence has been maintained through the centuries, even ater the majority was orced into exile. During the many years o dispersion, the Jewish people never severed nor orgot its bond with the Land. With the establishment o the State o Israel in 1948, Jewish independence, lost 2,000 years earlier, was renewed.
)'ז :ב"ל םירבד( ...רודו רוד תונש וניב םלוע תומי רכז
Remember the days o old, consider the years o many
generations... (Deuteronomy 32:7)
Section on an
illuminated late-
medieval map o
the Tribes o Israel
•Courtesy
R. Ben-Haim
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