Haaretz Editorial: Haaretz Editorial from the day Israel was born
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Title:more like 2,011 years
Name:vildechaye
City: VancouverState: Canada
Jewish independence effectively ended 63 B.C. when Pompey entered Jerusalem. There were brief moments of independence between 67-70 c.e. and 132-135 c.e. during Jewish revolts, but they both were crushed by the Romans. In 1948, it would have been more correct to say that there had not been an independent jewish state for 2,011 years.