1. Israel A Jewish Homeland

2. Palestine Territories of Israel, West Bank, and the Gaza Strip

3. History of Region 3,000 yrs ago Jews lived there Jews were driven out Palestinians moved in (135 AD) Arabs conquered the area in 7th Century

4. Diaspora Global dispersal of Jews from Palestine by the Romans Jews had no where to call their own

5. Zionist (Zionism) 19th and 20th Centuries a push for Jews to return to their homeland (Palestine)

6. WWI Ottoman Empire lost war and territory (Palestine) British were to oversee Palestine until it was ready for independence

7. Balfour Declaration 1917 British Foreign Secretary issued a statement to Zionist leaders promoting the idea of creating a homeland

8. Post- WWII 1947 UN voted to partition Palestine into Palestinian and Jewish states After the Holocaust US and European nations felt sympathetic for the Jews Arab/Islamic countries were against it

9. State of Israel May 14, 1948 became an independent state