History of Israel || From an Ancient Kingdoms to a Modern State

The history of Israel, from the first mention of its name in 1208 BC to today. One narrow land bridge between three continents, and every empire that wanted it. This Israel history documentary follows the full story. It starts on May 14th, 1948, when David Ben-Gurion read a declaration in a small Tel Aviv museum and five armies crossed the border within hours. Then it goes back more than 3,000 years to ask why a strip of land smaller than New Jersey carries so much weight. Israel is a tiny piece of the map, yet it is holy to three religions at once. Its history is one of the most argued-over on Earth. This video tells it step by step, with care for both Israelis and Palestinians. In this documentary you will see: The Merneptah Stele and the oldest known mention of Israel. Jerusalem, the walled ridge city. King David, King Solomon, and the first Temple. The Tel Dan Stele and the “House of David.” The split into Israel and Judah. The Assyrian conquest of 722 BC. The Babylonian exile of 586 BC. Persia, Alexander the Great, and the Maccabean revolt. Herod’s Temple. The Jewish revolt of 66 AD and the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. The Bar Kokhba revolt and Hadrian renaming the land “Syria Palaestina.” The Diaspora and “Next year in Jerusalem.” Constantine, Helena, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Arab conquest of 638 and the Dome of the Rock. The Crusaders, Saladin, the Mamluks, and the Ottomans. Pogroms, the Dreyfus Affair, and Theodor Herzl. The first Zionist Congress of 1897 and the founding of Tel Aviv. The Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate. The Holocaust. The 1947 UN partition plan and the 1948 war. The Nakba and the exodus of Jews from Arab countries. The Six-Day War, the Yom Kippur War, and the 1979 peace with Egypt. The Oslo Accords. October 7th, 2023 and the war in Gaza. The Babylonians exiled its people, and the memory survived. Rome renamed the land, and the old name survived too. Two peoples now say the same ground is part of who they are. That is why this story never leaves the headlines. This Israel documentary is based on archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed research, and primary historical sources. We bring world history to life while remaining faithful to the historical record. Sources: Tchernov, E. (1987), “The age of the ‘Ubeidiya Formation, an Early Pleistocene hominid site in the Jordan Valley, Israel,” Israel Journal of Earth Sciences Bar-Yosef, O. (1998), “The Natufian culture in the Levant, threshold to the origins of agriculture,” Evolutionary Anthropology Mazar, A. (1990), “Archaeology of the Land of the Bible: 10,000−586 B.C.E.,” Yale University Press The American Heritage Dictionary — entry “Levant” Morris, B. (2008), “1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War,” Yale University Press#Israel #palestine #israelhistory #palestinehistory #jerusalem #jewishhistory #middleeasthistory #history #historydocumentary #worldhistory