"I know that you will surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands." 1 Samuel 24 v20

Modern States

The delegitimizers of Israel write off the state as a latecoming creation of the colonial powers into a long established Arab/Muslim neighbourhood. The page International Law shows that Iraq, Lebanon and Syria were all products of the same process that created present day Israel.

Counter this argument by looking at the establishment of all the Middle East states.

Nation / State	Year Established
Israel (ancient)	2410BCE Joshua leads Israel from Exodus into promised land. 1020BCE King Saul - King David 1005-965 BCE
Israel (modern)	1948 from British Mandate and League of nations and United Nations resolution.
Jordan	1950 as Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 1946 as Independant Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan 1922 as Emirate of Jordan
Syria	1946 (French Mandate)
Lebanon (ancient)	5000BCE (?)
Lebanon (modern)	1943 (French Mandate)
Egypt (Ancient)	3150 BCE
Egypt (modern)	1952 Declaration of Republic 1922 Independence from British Empire
Iraq	2010 America pulls out and leaves new government in charge 1958 Republic established 1920 created by Great Britain (British Mandate for Mesopotamia)
Turkey (modern)	1923
Yemen	1967
Kuwait	1705
U.A.E.	1971
Saudi Arabia	1932
Qatar	1878
Bahrein	1971
Oman	Late 18th century - Sultanate established
Pakistan	1956 as Islamic republic 1947 from Britain
Bangladesh	1971
Palestine	Palestine is not (yet) a nation or a state, even though it has a flag, national anthem, embassies of many nations* in Ramallah and what is effectively Palestine's embassy in Washington among other trappings of a state. Palestine is an aspiration of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (Terrorists) that is creeping towards becoming a nation.

Consult the maps at the back of your Bible to see what these nations were in Bible times.

But just remember that Palestine did not exist in Bible times!