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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. | 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 | 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 did not belong to any state under international law. | ||
On Friday, May 14, 1948, at 4 PM, David Ben-Gurion, the leader of the Jewish community in Palestine, read aloud the Declaration of Independence in the Tel Aviv Museum.<ref>[https://catalog.archives.gov.il/en/chapter/the-declaration-of-independence/ The Declaration of Indepence], Blue and White Pages 2018, ''Israel State Archive''</ref> | On Friday, May 14, 1948, at 4 PM, David Ben-Gurion, the leader of the Jewish community in Palestine, read aloud the Declaration of Independence in the Tel Aviv Museum.<ref>[https://catalog.archives.gov.il/en/chapter/the-declaration-of-independence/ The Declaration of Indepence], Blue and White Pages 2018, ''Israel State Archive''</ref> | ||