history of Jews in the Southern Levant

ancient Israel and Judah

See here.

between the end of the Jewish–Roman wars (135 CE) and the First Aliyah (1882 CE)

• return to Zion — an aspiration for Jews to return to the region of Palestine, and undo the damage caused by the Jewish–Roman wars (66-135 CE)
• Jewish diaspora — Jewish communities after their expulsion from Palestine
• Old Yishuv — Jews who lived in Palestine before the First Aliyah in 1882

the Ottoman period (1516 to 1915)

• Palestine (region) § Ottoman period
• History of Palestine § Ottoman period

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• Palestinian Jews — the Jews who lived here during this time

from the First Aliyah (1882) to the establishment of the State of Israel (1948)

• Yishuv — Jewish settlements in Palestine
• aliyahs — waves of immigration to Palestine
  • First Aliyah, 1882 to 1903
  • Second Aliyah, 1904 to 1914
  • (more)
• History of Zionism
  • Homeland for the Jewish people

around 1948 — civil war, Nakba, Israel Declaration of Independence

• the Nakba
  • Nakba denial
• Israel-Palestine war, 1947 to 1949
  • 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine
  • 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight
  • Tantura massacre
• Israeli Declaration of Independence, 14 May 1948
• admitted to the United Nations on 11 May 1949

recent decades

• New Historians — Israeli historians who have shifted their views to be a little more pro-Palestinian
• Palestinian citizens of Israel
• the West Bank
  • Israeli settlements and outposts
  • Israeli West Bank barrier
  • Israeli demolition of Palestinian property
• Gaza
  • (TODO)

demographics

Jewish demographics within the region of Palestine:

• Jews became a minority by the 3rd century
• before 1882, they comprised 2 to 5% of the population in the area
• in 1948, the British Government reported that Jews were 32% of the population
• the right-most column here has information after 1948