Older than Israel
11 Jewish Institutions Older Than Israel
Some never needed the state. Others built it before it existed.
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Older than Israel
Things, places and claims, dated against 14 May 1948, the day the State of Israel was declared.
Older than Israel
11 Jewish Institutions Older Than Israel
Some never needed the state. Others built it before it existed.
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25 Times Israel Massacred Palestinians Before Hamas Existed
Hamas was founded in 1987. Israeli forces had been massacring Palestinians since the day the state was declared. Here are 25 times, a fraction of the record.
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Older than Israel
Before the state: the Zionist institutions that built Israel
The fund that bought the land, the agency that ran the settlement, the militias that cleared it. All in place before 14 May 1948.
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456towns and villages emptied, 1947 to 1949Most of them before or within months of 14 May 1948. Each one was older than the state that emptied it.
- Palestinian Arabs in Palestine, 19471.3 million
- Made refugees, 1947 to 1949750,000
- Of Mandate Palestine held by Israel in 194978%
