[RetiredArmy]

Israel was not a nation from 70 AD until May 14, 1948. I don’t know where you think that Israel was a nation in the land in those dates because they were not. They were out of the land until 1948. They were scattered in 70 AD. There was another rebellion in 135 AD that was the final demolishing of the Jews by the Romans. They WERE NOT a nation again until 1948. Where do you get this stuff?

[varyouga]

I said they were in exile for that period and therefore NOT a nation as it presently exists

[rmlew]

Israel was not a nation from 70 AD until May 14, 1948. I don’t know where you think that Israel was a nation in the land in those dates because they were not. They were out of the land until 1948. They were scattered in 70 AD. There was another rebellion in 135 AD that was the final demolishing of the Jews by the Romans. They WERE NOT a nation again until 1948. Where do you get this stuff?
There were Jewish and Samaritan rebellions up through 613 during the last Byazantine Persian war. http://en.wikipedia.org
/wiki/Jewish_revolt_against_Heraclius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritan_Revolts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish%E2%80%93Roman_wars