The Arab Israeli Conflict.

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The Arab Israeli Conflict

The roots of the current Arab-Israeli conflict stretch back to ancient history.The crux of the issue lies in the fact that a small sliver of land, which is located west of the Jordan River and east of the Mediterranean Sea is holy to three different religions. Some refer to this land as "Palestine"while others call it Israel. Regardless of its name, it is considered holy to Christians, Muslims and Jews and it plays a central role in the origin of these religions.

For Jewish people, this reion is the Promised Land. They believe that it was given to them by God. The Jewish people were forced from the land in A.D. 70 by the Romans, who then changed the name to Palestine. Ever since then, Jews dreamed of returning and recleiming their biblical land.

In the late 1800's there was a rise of anti-semitism in Eastern Europe, large scale massacres of Jews, called pogoms, had happened in Russia. Many Europeans blamed Jews for economic problems. Europe no longer felt safe for Jewish people, they felt that they could only be safe in their own country. In 1896 Theodor Herzi wrote The Jewish State,