Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nyika yacho yaidzorwa nehurumende yeBritain kubva muna 1920 kusvika muna 1948, pashure pokunge yapambwa nevaOttoman pakapera Hondo Yenyika Yokutanga. Hondo Yenyika II yakaona kutumwa
rakaputirwa zvine simba. Pakangobvumirana maBritish kupa zvombo uye kuumba Jewish Brigade muna 1944, maYishuv maJuda akapinda muhondo zviri pamutemo kudivi revaAllies. Pakupera kwehondo, pakati pekuwedzera kwekunetsana neBritain yainge yaneta nekurwisana, United Nations (UN), yaida kunyaradza mapoka evaArab nevaJudha, yakagamuchira chirongwa chekuparadzanisa Palestine muna 1947 ichikurudzira kugadzirwa kwenyika dzakazvimirira dzevaArab nevaJudha, uye Jerusarema renyika dzakawanda. Urongwa hwacho hwakagamuchirwa neJewish Agency asi hwakarambwa nevatungamiriri vechiArab. Gore rakatevera, sangano revaJudha rakazivisa rusununguko rweHurumende yeIsrael, uye Hondo yeArabhu-yeIsrael yakazotevera muna 1948 yakaona Israeri ichigadzira nzvimbo zhinji dzenzvimbo yaimbova yeMandate, nepo West Bank neGaza zvaitongwa nenyika dzeArab dzakavakidzana. Israel yakabva yarwa hondo dzinoverengeka nenyika dzeArabhu, uye kubva paHondo yeMazuva matanhatu muna Chikumi 1967 yakabata nzvimbo dzakatorwa dzinosanganisira West Bank, Golan Heights neGaza Strip (ichiri kunzi yakatorwa mushure mekubviswa muna 2005, kunyangwe dzimwe nyanzvi dzemutemo dzichipokana nekutaura uku). Mitemo yemitemo yakatevera yakaguma nekushandiswa kwakazara kwemutemo weIsrael mukati meGolan Heights neEast Jerusalem, pamwe nekushandiswa kwayo zvishoma muWest Bank kuburikidza ne "payipi" mumaguta eIsrael. Israeri inodzora zvizere zvinenge zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zveWest Bank uye inodzora zvishoma pamusoro pemakumi matanhatu nematanhatu emaPalestine enclaves; kubatwa kweIsrael kwenzvimbo dzePalestine kunoonekwa pasi rose kuti ndiko kubatwa kwemauto kwenguva refu kwazvo munyika munguva dzazvino. Nhamburiko dzokugadzirisa kunetsana kweIsrael nePalestine hadzina kuguma nechibvumirano chokupedzisira chorugare, nepo Israeri yakasaina zvibvumirano zvorugare neEgipita neJorodhani.