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Jews herded into Pale of Settlement in Russia
Jewish settlers are believed to have arrived in the Crimea and the Black Sea area as early as last centuries B.C. -
Reform movement begins in Germany
The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. -
Jews made scapegoats for Czar of Russia
The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. -
First immigration to Israel
Following their expulsion and after the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans in 70 CE, the majority of the Jews were dispersed throughout the world. The Jewish national idea, however, was never abandoned, nor was the longing to return to their homeland. -
Dreyfus affair in France
DescriptionThe Dreyfus Affair was a political scandal that divided the Third French Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906 -
First Zionist Congress
Description First Zionist Congress was the inaugural congress of the Zionist Organization held in Basel, Switzerland, from August 29 to August 31, 1897. -
British mandate begins in Palestine; Balfour Declaration
The British Mandate for Palestine was the outcome of several factors: the British occupation of territories previously ruled by the Ottoman Empire, the peace treaties that brought the First World War to an end, and the principle of self-determination that emerged after the war. -
Country of Jordon created by the British on the East Bank of the Jordon River
Attitudes in Jordan, a land of 2.3 million inhabitants, reflect the division of its people into 1.4 million Palestinians, or those with roots west of the Jordan River, and 900,000 indigenous residents of the East Bank. -
Hitler comes to power in Germany
Hitler attained power in March 1933, after the Reichstag adopted the Enabling Act of 1933 in that month, giving expanded authority. -
Final Solution formulated by the Nazis
The origin of the "Final Solution.” What is clear is that the genocide of the Jews was the culmination of a decade of Nazi policy, under the rule of Adolf Hitler. The "Final Solution" was implemented in stages. After the Nazi Party rise to power, state-enforced -
Partition of Palestine by the UN
DescriptionThe United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations, which recommended a partition of Mandatory Palestine at the end of the British Mandate. -
State of Israel Declared
Establishing the first Jewish state in 2,000 years. At midnight, the State of Israel officially came into being upon termination of the British mandate in Palestine. -
War of Independence
DescriptionThe 1948 Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1947–49 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948 -
PLO founded
DescriptionThe Palestine Liberation Organization is an organization founded in 1964 with the purpose of the "liberation of Palestine" through armed struggle, with much of its violence aimed at Israeli civilians -
Six Day War and Reunification of Jerusalem
The entire city of Jerusalem and its holy sites came under Jewish control. Israel reunified the city, extending Israeli law, jurisdiction and administration to the parts previously occupied by Jordan.