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In pictures: Israel at 70 – seven major moments

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Share Seven major moments from Israel’s history, as the country turns 70. AFP Israel is marking 70 years, according to the Hebrew calendar, since independence was proclaimed. The day – 14 May 1948, according to the the Gregorian calendar – was a moment of tremendous joy for Jewish people around the world, and came just three years after the Holocaust. The move was rejected by neighbouring Arab countries and five armies attacked the newborn state the next day. KEYSTONE / GETTY IMAGES Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs fled or were driven from their homes in the war that followed Israel’s creation, marking the beginning of the Palestinian refugee problem that continues to this day. About 600,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries, as well as some 250,000 Holocaust survivors in Europe, settled in Israel in the first few years of the state’s existence, more than doubling its Jewish population. GETTY IMAGES In 1961, Israel put on trial in Jerusalem th