On May 14, 1948, authorities in Israel declared the State of Israel an independent country.
http://www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/mbjh/s...Dowd/main.html
Funny, Britain helped the Arabs in the early 1900's to gain control over that whole area from the Ottoman Empire which I believe was the precursor to Turkey in some way.
The UN basically formed Israel as an Independent country.