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===Independence of Israel===

[[file:Declaration of State of Israel 1948.jpg |thumb | Prime Minister Ben-Gurion proclaims the independence of Israel. Photo by Rudi Weissenstein, 1948]]

After the fall of Israel in AD 70, various peoples and religions ruled over Jerusalem. The Jews were expelled from Jerusalem and scattered throughout the world, while those who remained lived under foreign rule. Following direct Roman rule, Jerusalem then alternated between Christian and Islamic powers, from the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire to the Ottoman Empire. Since 1517, it had been under Ottoman rule, but in 1917, during World War I, Jerusalem fell to the British. From 1920 onward, the Palestine region, including Jerusalem, was placed under British Mandate.

After the fall of Israel in AD 70, various peoples and religions ruled over Jerusalem. The Jews were expelled from Jerusalem and scattered throughout the world, while those who remained lived under foreign rule. Following direct Roman rule, Jerusalem then alternated between Christian and Islamic powers, from the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire to the Ottoman Empire. Since 1517, it had been under Ottoman rule, but in 1917, during World War I, Jerusalem fell to the British. From 1920 onward, the Palestine region, including Jerusalem, was placed under the British Mandate.

On November 29, 1947, following the end of World War II (1939-1945), the [https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/ United Nations Security Council] approved the independence of Israel. Prior to that, however, Jerusalem was designated as a territory that does not belong to any state under international law.

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 ===Independence of Israel===
 [[file:Declaration of State of Israel 1948.jpg |thumb | Prime Minister Ben-Gurion proclaims the independence of Israel. Photo by Rudi Weissenstein, 1948]]
-After the fall of Israel in AD 70, various peoples and religions ruled over Jerusalem. The Jews were expelled from Jerusalem and scattered throughout the world, while those who remained lived under foreign rule. Following direct Roman rule, Jerusalem then alternated between Christian and Islamic powers, from the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire to the Ottoman Empire. Since 1517, it had been under Ottoman rule, but in 1917, during World War I, Jerusalem fell to the British. From 1920 onward, the Palestine region, including Jerusalem, was placed under British Mandate.
+After the fall of Israel in AD 70, various peoples and religions ruled over Jerusalem. The Jews were expelled from Jerusalem and scattered throughout the world, while those who remained lived under foreign rule. Following direct Roman rule, Jerusalem then alternated between Christian and Islamic powers, from the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire to the Ottoman Empire. Since 1517, it had been under Ottoman rule, but in 1917, during World War I, Jerusalem fell to the British. From 1920 onward, the Palestine region, including Jerusalem, was placed under the British Mandate.
 On November 29, 1947, following the end of World War II (1939-1945), the [https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/ United Nations Security Council] approved the independence of Israel. Prior to that, however, Jerusalem was designated as a territory that does not belong to any state under international law.

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