man colony.In 1918, the British captured Akko and made it part of the British mandate in Palestine. By 1920, Akko became the area for the British central prison in the Middle East. The prison itself was housed in a citadel that had been built by the Crusaders. Many members of the Jewish Underground were imprisoned in the Akko citadel, and, over the course of the period of British rule, nine people were hung there.In 1948 there was an Arab invasion the Arabs not only rejected partition, but also attacked Israel from all sides. On the day that Israel declared its independence, the Arab League Secretary, General Azzam Pasha declared a holy war. The armies of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq invaded the country with the intention of tearing it apart.The Jewish religion plays a great part in Israel and its formation. Jewish history began about 4,000 years ago with Abraham, his son Isaac and grandson Jacob. Documents were dug up from the ground in Mesopotamia, dating back to 2000-1500 B.C., that confirm aspects of their traveling way of life as described in the Bible. The Book of Genesis relates how Abraham was summoned from Ur of the Chaldeans to Canaan to start a new group of people that would follow God. When a famine spread through Canaan, Jacob (Israel), his twelve sons and their families settled in Egypt, where their descendants were made to work and become slaves.After 400 years of slavery, the Israelites were led to freedom by Moses who, according to the bible, was chosen by God to take his people out of Egypt and back to the Land of Israel promised to their forefathers. They wandered for 40 years in the Sinai desert, where they were forged into a nation and received the Ten Commandments. The exodus from Egypt left an indelible imprint on the national memory of the Jewish people and became a universal symbol of liberty and freedom. Every year Jews celebrate Passover, Shavuot and, commemorating events of that time.During...
