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Section size for History of Israel (45 sections)
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Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
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Prehistory	4,625	6,259	183	191
Periodisation	1,634	1,634	8	8
Bronze Age Canaan	5,893	5,893	289	289
Ancient Israel and Judah: Iron Age to Babylonian period	127	30,136	0	1,339
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Israel and Judah (Iron Age II)	12,653	19,046	389	814
Assyrian invasions	6,393	6,393	425	425
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Second revolt, 587/86 defeat	2,996	2,996	63	63
Babylonian diaspora after 587/86 BCE	854	854	72	72
Second Temple period	56	27,496	0	1,570
Achaemenid period (538–332 BCE)	3,945	3,945	384	384
Hellenistic period (333–64 BCE)	9,870	9,870	458	458
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Jewish–Roman wars	7,919	7,919	372	372
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Crusades and Mongols	5,287	5,287	361	361
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Old Yishuv	5,814	5,814	348	348
Birth of Zionism	6,196	6,196	470	470
World War I	4,917	4,917	507	507
Mandatory Palestine	54	46,901	0	3,161
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Arab revolt and the White Paper	7,087	7,087	422	422
World War II and the Holocaust	8,670	8,670	578	578
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The title "History of Isreal" is misleading. this is because the state Isreal was founded on 1948, yet the page talks about the history of the land. I would recommend to rename it "History of Southern Levant", "History of Canaan", "History of Palestine" or "History of the Holy Land" Aberkan2 (talk) 12:32, 28 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Not done: page move requests should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Day Creature (talk) 13:07, 28 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

The state of Israel was founded in 1948, but the history of Israel as a concept goes back for millennia. Nice try at erasing history tho. Metallurgist (talk) 21:42, 17 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Is your point that the biblical "Israel", and the modern state (government) of Israel, are the same thing, and that the state of Israel is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy? And that anyone that disagrees is "erasing history"?72.180.111.79 (talk) 22:15, 31 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Perhaps it should be titled History of present day Israel to be more clear. It didn't confuse me but I can see how it could be. ~2026-41824-9 (talk) 22:55, 19 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Holocaust subsection

Latest comment: 6 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Did the holocaust have a role in the migration of jews back to present day Isreal? Why is this not mentioned? ~2026-41824-9 (talk) 22:58, 19 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

POVFORK filled with Original Research

Latest comment: 1 month ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Sorry to be blunt but that is what this is. How can such an article exist actually? What sources discuss the Caliphate period as part of the history of Israel? This is quite unreal. Tiamut (talk) 14:11, 6 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

It seems that the POVFORK and SYNTH problems have been discussed raised before, and never addressed. What is the best way forward here? No serious scholarly sources discuss ghe History of Israel like this. Tiamut (talk) 14:21, 6 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

The History of Pakistan page discusses the Neo-lithic period, yet I doubt Og and Bog called where they live Pakistan. Sir Joseph ^(talk) 01:07, 9 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Merge with history of Palestine…

Latest comment: 4 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Certain editors know exactly what they did here. This should be merged into the history of Palestine article. Satendresse (talk) 05:05, 1 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 28 May 2025

Holocaust subsection

POVFORK filled with Original Research

Merge with history of Palestine…