... .(4) "The land became known to the Islamic world as it's Arabic name Filastin. In 1516, Palestine became a province of the Ottoman Empire." (5) Apart from the age of the Crusaders (1099-1187), the region remained under Muslim rule until the fall of the Turkish Ottoman Empire in the 20th century. There were many Jews residing in that area over the years; religious scholars ... who weren't there to claim the land, but who had moved there in order to study its religious history. Things changed when the Ottoman Land Code of 1858 required the ... stated "I should much rather see reasonable a...

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... in association with World War II. Millions of Jews were killed during this time. The Nazi party was held responsible for this persecution. When the economy in Germany started to fall apart, everyone was looking for a scapegoat. Adolf Hitler made it clear in his book Mein Kampf that he hated Jews and thought that they were the inferior race. He preyed on ... once said "Whatever is done in anger, ends in shame." People who were involved with the Jewish persecutions are feeling shame and are trying to make up for the wrong things they did. People who were directly involved in the persecuti...

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• Grade Level: High School