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Israel is an old country and the history of its people is equally old. The first five books of the Old Testament focus on the origins of the ‘people of Israel\' or the Jewish race with events dating back to around 2000 BC.

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The Diaspora that followed remained in the country from there onwards with pogroms from Eastern Europe sparking the 19th century Zionist movement that sought to return the Jewish people to Israel.

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This event was to mark the beginning of the long and bloody struggle that the country endures to this day. The conflict in 1967 known as the \'Six Day War\' returned Jerusalem to Jewish control, something which had not been seen since their expulsion at the hands of the Romans.

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