these letters were then published by german cartographers matthias ringmann and martin waldse müller, who named the fourth continent america in honor of amerigo. of course, this was unfair to columbus, after all , he was the first, but the name stuck and nothing could be changed. on may 14 , 1948, a new state appeared on the world map - israel. declaration regardless. announced on this day one of its founders david bengurion. this step followed the decision of the un general assembly to create two states, jewish and arab, in the territory of palestine, which was ruled by great britain under a league of nations mandate. but the arab one never appeared, and the arab countries began military operations with the aim of destroying israel. the ussr helped him survive, which was the first to recognize israel. deyura helped with the supply of weapons. in moscow, efforts were calculated in this way. soviet influence in the middle east, but tel aviv began to focus on the united states and the west. then the soviet leadership decided to support the arabs, and after the six-day war of 1967, relat