Where was the homeland of the Jews before Israel was formed.?

Answer 1

The state of israel was created by wiping out most of the state of Palestine after the second world war.

When it was controlled by the british, the population of jews was about 5%. Until the declaration of the state of israel, in spite of decades of support in encouraging immigration by zionists and support by britain, they owned about 6% of the land.

The "biblical jews" were nomadic tribes until they conquered parts of Palestine as described in the bible:

For example, when joshua captured the city of jehrico:

Joshua, KJV:
21: "And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ***, with the edge of the sword. "
24: "And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD"

They ruled on and off for a few hundred years until the Romans conquered the region followed by the Greeks and the destruction of their temple in the year 70 of the Christian Era.


The majority of modern jews (about 80%) and usually the most rigid zionists are the ashkanazis - decendents of the Khazara who converted to judaism in the seventh century when their King Bulan decided to abandon their state religion of "phallus worship". Their primary book is the Talmud rather than the Torah.

These jews later mixed with the traditional populations of jews in eastern europe and southern russia and were the majority of instigators in the Bolshovic revolution and progroms.

For about a thousand years (the dark ages in europe), the jews were persecuted in europe and their culture was revived and flourished under muslim rule in the middle-east, north africa and spain. Muslim spain is where their "golden age" occured and they revived the dead hebrew language.

The jews arrived in england from france as tax collectors after the norman invasion lead by william the conquerer which was supported by the pope and financed by the jews. Later, they were banned and expelled for a few hundred years (350?) and were generally not popular as money lenders because they charged interest (which the church banned until recently).

Answer 2

After the complete exile following the second temple the Jews were kicked out of living in Israel. Of course some came back and there was a pocket living there for the last two thousand years but the rest of Jewry have been wandering about the world until the recent reestablishment.

Why so long? Read how hard it was to establish in today's day and age. The arab neighbors were not so kind to Jews living in Israel, nor were the Christian neighbors. Also, the airline industry had yet to be invented and many could hardly afford to eat (especially in Poland; contrary to the steriotype that all Jews are rich, which is still false) let alone move. Lastly, moving in those days was also dangerous. Losing what you had while moving meant you lost everything. You couldn't transfer money via Western Union.

Answer 3

They didn't have a place to call home. The name Israel, meaning 'striving with God', is another name for Jacob, (of the coat of many colours), who went to Egypt from Canaan (where Israel is now) as a slave, then brought his father and brothers there too. Jacob and his eleven brothers are the ancestors of the Jews. Many years later their descendants were led out of Egypt by Moses and were a nation. They didn't get to settle in their own land (read the Bible for the details).

Later on, the Jews were taken captive by the Babylonians (the book of Daniel was written at that time while he was in exile). They were eventually let go, and dispersed throughout Europe. Eventually, in 1948 they were able to set up a homeland and call it the State of Israel, as predicted in the Bible.

This is a very simplified version. Read the Bible, which among many other things is the history of the Jewish people.

According to my friend who was around in 1948, they bought this land from the Palestinians who were living there, who now want it back.

Answer 4

Is·ra·el 2 Pronunciation (zr-l)
1. An ancient kingdom of Palestine founded by Saul c. 1025 b.c. After 933 it split into the Northern Kingdom, or kingdom of Israel, and the kingdom of Judah to the south. Israel was overthrown by the Assyrians in 721.
2. A country of southwest Asia on the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It was established in 1948 following the British withdrawal from Palestine, which had been divided by recommendation of the United Nations into Jewish and Arab states. Discord with neighboring Arab countries that had rejected the UN partition led to numerous wars, notably in 1948-1949, 1956-1957, 1967, and 1973. In the Six-Day War of 1967 Israel occupied the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Jerusalem's Old City, the Golan Heights, and the Sinai Peninsula. The Golan Heights and Jerusalem were later annexed, and the Sinai was returned to Egypt in 1982. A 1993 Israeli-Palestinian accord granted limited Palestinian autonomy in the Gaza Strip, and a similar accord calling for Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank was signed in 1994. Jerusalem is the capital and Tel Aviv-Yafo the largest city. Population: 6,110,000.

Answer 5

Zionism is a political movement that supports a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel, where Jewish nationhood is thought to have evolved somewhere between 1200 BCE and late Second Temple times, and where Jewish kingdoms and self-governing states existed up to the 2nd century CE.
While Zionism is based in part upon religious tradition linking the Jewish people to the Land of Israel, the modern movement was mainly secular, beginning largely as a response to rampant antisemitism in Europe during the 19th century At first one of several Jewish political movements offering alternative responses to the position of Jews in Europe, Zionism gradually gained more support. The destruction of the existing Jewish society in Europe during the Holocaust accelerated migration to Palestine, in turn accelerating the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. Since 1948 Zionism is a national ideology within the State of Israel, and outside it is primarily a movement in support of that state. So, various debates concerning the amount of time Jews have occupied that piece of ground. That is why it was selected for the formation of the Jewish State. They have been fighting for a place to call home for literally thousands of years. Peace to you from frogspeaceflower.

Answer 6

I think in the early books of the Old Testament they were a nomadic tribe, like many groups at that time. Then Israel was established and they tried to settle there - obviously the Romans and a few others had other ideas about that. But I think that's how it started.

Answer 7

Egypt, 3500 years ago. Pharoh Akenaten (Moses)was overthrown by his political rivals and lead his followers (The Hibiru) out of Egypt, across the Reed Sea, into what is now Palestine and Israel

Answer 8

They didn't have one at that time. They were scattered all over the world When the british allowed them to move to their present location after WW2 , it was a return to part of their ancestral homeland that they welcomed

Answer 9

There wasn't one. Jewish people were spread out by the diaspora throughout the globe. They are supposed to have originated from where they are now. Good Question - I'd like to know a little more myself about that.

Answer 10

Try to read and learn some more.
Do you know what is the definition of Israel?
Do you know the definition of the jews?