 In 1517 the Ottoman Empire conquered it, ruling it until the British conquered it in 1917, and ruled it under the British Mandate for Palestine until 1948, when the Jewish State of Israel was proclaimed in part of the ancient land of Israel, which was made possible by the Zionist movement and its promotion of mass Jewish immigration.The term "Jews" originates from the Biblical Hebrew word "Yehudi", and in its original meaning refers to the people of the Tribe of Judah or the people of the Kingdom of Judah.The name of both the tribe and kingdom derive from Judah, the fourth son of Jacob.