HISTORY
THE WORLD TODAY
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Germany
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Lebanon
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Palestine
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -On May 14, 1948, at the end of the British Mandate, the Jewish People’s Council gathered in Tel Aviv and the chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, declared the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz-Israel, to be known as the State of Israel.
Detailed explanation-2: -The international community regards the Palestinian territories, meaning the West Bank including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, as territories occupied by Israel.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mandatory authorities agreed a compromise position regarding the Hebrew name: in English and Arabic the name was simply “Palestine” (""), but the Hebrew version “()” also included the acronym “()” for Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel).
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1988 the Palestine National Council meeting in Algiers proclaimed the establishment of the State of Palestine.
Detailed explanation-5: -Israeli Jews across the religious spectrum strongly support the idea of Israel as a Jewish state and a homeland for Jewish people around the world.