A visionary activist widely regarded as the father of modern Zionism writes “The Jewish State,” which argues that the answer to antisemitism is Jewish national self-determination. Theodor Herzl convenes the First Zionist Congress, ... Read more

Due to repeated pogroms, poverty, and also ideology, Jewish immigrants from Russia, Poland and Yemen began to arrive in historic Israel and establish more agricultural settlements. ... Read more

The Balfour Declaration is issued, pledging the British government’s support for the establishment of a Jewish national home in Historic Israel.  Pictured below : The letter from British Foreign Service Secretary Arthur James Ba... Read more

After World War I and the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the British and the French carve up the Middle East between them. Syria and Lebanon fall under French rule, while the modern-day Israel and Jordan become part of the British Mandate... Read more