The Jewish people re-established the State of Israel in 1948, nearly 2,000 years after the destruction of a Jewish commonwealth in the Holy Land.

Iran is trying to entrench itself across the Middle East and provide advanced weapons to its terrorist proxies to attack Israel. To do this, Iran is working to permanently consolidate a land bridge linking Iran—through Iraq, Syria and Lebanon—to Israel’s borders. Today, it is already using the land bridge to shuttle military equipment and terrorists to Israel’s northern border.

The Iranian people are being held hostage by a regime that prioritizes regional aggression over the well-being of its own people. Increased sanctions help reduce Iran’s ability to fund terrorism in the region and around the world.

As part of the 1995 Israeli-Palestinian Oslo II accord, the Palestinians and Israelis agreed to classify the West Bank into three categories: Areas A, B and C, ascribing to each different levels of Israeli and Palestinian security control and civil jurisdiction.

Iran has ballistic missiles with a range of 1,500 miles that can carry nuclear or chemical warheads, and in the next few years is expected to have missiles that could reach the United States.

Israel is the 154th largest country in the world. Its land mass is comparable to Fiji, Slovenia and El Salvador, and is less than 1/400th the size of the United States.

At its narrowest point, Israel is only 9 miles wide from the Mediterranean Sea to the West Bank, with half of its population and infrastructure in a 60-mile strip along the coastline.

Herod was king of Judea from 40 BCE to 4 BCE. He oversaw extraordinary building projects, including his palace on Masada and the massive expansion of the Temple in Jerusalem.

The Arab Spring has brought significant change to the Middle East. Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Tunisia, Bahrain and Lebanon are among the many nations facing internal challenges that threaten regional stability.

Iran provides advanced weaponry to Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Assad regime in Syria using various land, sea and air routes.

In 194 7, the United Nations decided to divide the British Mandate of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. The Jewish community in Palestine accepted the plan. The Arabs rejected it and attacked Israel.

Following World War I, the League of Nations formally gave control of Palestine to the British government. The mandate incorporated the Balfour Declaration favoring the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine.

The Lebanese-based Iranian-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah has rockets that can reach all of Israel’s population centers and strategic sites.

The Islamic Republic is rapidly advancing toward a nuclear weapons capability in defiance of mandatory U.N. Security Council resolutions requiring the suspension of its nuclear program.

The Jewish state shares borders with four nations, and is in close proximity to capital cities and strategic points in neighboring countries, including the Suez Canal and Tabuk-home to a Saudi air force base.

The modern State of Israel signed armistice agreements with its neighbors in 1949 after surviving invasions by five Arab armies during the War of Independence in 1948.

Israel's capital is the Jewish state's largest city and a dynamic multicultural metropolis. Israel protects and guarantees access to Christian, Muslim and Jewish holy sites located throughout Jerusalem.

In 1921, the British established the Emirate of Transjordan in the area east of the Jordan River and closed it to Jewish settlement, although Transjordan remained part of the British Mandate for Palestine.

The threats to Israel are compounded by topographic challenges posed by the terrain of the West Bank, Golan Heights and the low­lying coastal region, which is home to most of Israel's citizens.

The Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas has rockets that can reach most major cities in Israel.