On 14 May 1948, a new state appeared on the world map - Israel. After two thousand years of exile, Jews were given the opportunity to reunite in the Promised Land.
The new episode of WAS is dedicated to the dramatic history of the creation of Israel. We will recall when and why the mass migration of Jews to Palestine began and how Theodor Herzl managed to inspire Jews around the world to create their own country. You will learn how the post-war superpowers decided the fate of Jews and Arabs in Palestine, how it happened that despite the irreconcilable hostility, the positions of the USSR and the US towards Israel suddenly coincided, why Stalin, a fierce opponent of Zionism, supported the creation of Israel, and why the day after David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the emergence of a new country, five states declared war on it at once.
5 янв 2022
