Significance of Arabs to the Origins of the Arab Israeli conflict
Significance of Arabs to the Origins of the Arab Israeli conflict
• The Arab-Israeli conflict refers to the dispute between the Jews of Israel and the Arabs of Palestine over the land of Palestine.
• The Arab-Israeli conflict has its origins both in events in the last 200 years and indifferent interpretations of 2000 years of history, within the ancient territory of Palestine, at the Eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea in the Middle East.
• The issues and roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict have arisen from the claims by Arabs and Jews to be rightful owners of the holy land. This is based on the history and religion of their people.
• Jews had lived in the area for many hundreds of years after escaping famine and slavery in Egypt. But after the Romans crushed the Jewish revolt and expelled them from Palestine, they scattered around the world, keeping their language, culture and traditions.
• During the seventh century, the religion of Islam spread rapidly to all parts of the Middle East. The Prophet Mohammed’s (peace be upon him) miracle, where he was taken from Mecca to Jerusalem and rose to the heavens, became a very important part of the Islamic religion.
• Jerusalem became one of the most important centres of the Islamic faith, resulting in the creation of a great mosque, The Mosque of the Dome of the Rock.
• The Arabs captured Palestine from the Persians in 638
• The Muslim Arabs remained the dominant people and in 1518 the Turks conquered Palestine and made it part of the Islamic Ottoman Empire.
• The population of Palestine in 1900 was around 600 000, with about 50 000 Jews. Most of which lived peacefully together.
• The aims and aspirations of the Zionist movement, led by Theodor Herzl, became an increasing worry for the Arab Palestinians living in the area. The tensions between Arabs and Jews, after the suggestion of Palestine as a new national home land for the Jews, officially began.
• After the Ottomans allied itself with German in World
• The Arab-Israeli conflict refers to the dispute between the Jews of Israel and the Arabs of Palestine over the land of Palestine.
• The Arab-Israeli conflict has its origins both in events in the last 200 years and indifferent interpretations of 2000 years of history, within the ancient territory of Palestine, at the Eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea in the Middle East.
• The issues and roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict have arisen from the claims by Arabs and Jews to be rightful owners of the holy land. This is based on the history and religion of their people.
• Jews had lived in the area for many hundreds of years after escaping famine and slavery in Egypt. But after the Romans crushed the Jewish revolt and expelled them from Palestine, they scattered around the world, keeping their language, culture and traditions.
• During the seventh century, the religion of Islam spread rapidly to all parts of the Middle East. The Prophet Mohammed’s (peace be upon him) miracle, where he was taken from Mecca to Jerusalem and rose to the heavens, became a very important part of the Islamic religion.
• Jerusalem became one of the most important centres of the Islamic faith, resulting in the creation of a great mosque, The Mosque of the Dome of the Rock.
• The Arabs captured Palestine from the Persians in 638
• The Muslim Arabs remained the dominant people and in 1518 the Turks conquered Palestine and made it part of the Islamic Ottoman Empire.
• The population of Palestine in 1900 was around 600 000, with about 50 000 Jews. Most of which lived peacefully together.
• The aims and aspirations of the Zionist movement, led by Theodor Herzl, became an increasing worry for the Arab Palestinians living in the area. The tensions between Arabs and Jews, after the suggestion of Palestine as a new national home land for the Jews, officially began.
• After the Ottomans allied itself with German in World