... and ptholemy, two of Alexanders generals controlled in afterwards. Antiochus IV Epiphanes took over and tried to force the Greek religion and customs on the Jews. There last ruler before After he put a statue of Zeus in the temple they rebelled. A tribe of Judeans called the Macabee's rebelled from ... place of conflict Antiochus destroyed the sacred temple in Jerusalem and tried to force his religion onto them. He also restricted worship and practice on the Jews because Antichus was a bad leader they revolted. The revolt was lead by Judas MAccaleus a Hasmonean The Romans had a polytheis...

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... their God. All of these religions were formed long ago. There are many similarities between all of them. Throughout history, Christians have persecuted Jews. Jews have been the target of prejudice and many conversion attempts. However, Christianity has the same origins and core beliefs as Judaism. The similarities between ... Christianity and Judaism are numerous. For example, both Jews and Christians believe in monotheism, the faith in one god. Furthermore, both religions worship the same God, although they name Him differently. ... in the Kingdom of God on earth. The most important fi...

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... World War I and the fall of the Ottoman Empire. The southern portion of their empire was left to the British which they called "Palestine." The Jews stated to again migrate to the area and rid it of swamps and malaria, "they did not rid the land of the few Arabs that were ... Partition Plan also know as Resolution 181. In this plan 25 percent of the Palestine Jewish state was offered to the Jews and the rest was going to be an Arab state. The Jews accepted this offer but the Arabs turned it down because they wanted it all(United). Since there wasn't a settlement ... no political identit...

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... is situated. It is also the home of the Dome Of The Rock, site of Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac. For these reasons Jerusalem is the Jews" most Holy city. The Dome Of The Rock also has significance for the Arabs; it is the site of Mohammed's Night Journey. Palestine is ... war, and with few exceptions the Arabs have been embarrassed. In the 1920s the Jewish immigration encouraged large numbers of highly skilled intelligent and wealth Jews to Palestine. They fuelled the already strong sense of nationalism and more and more Jewish people began to believe in the possibility of fulfilling thei...

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... homeland. The need for nationalism in the middle east is great, because of Hertzle and the Zionist movement. (The Zionist movement is the belief that the Jews should have their own home land.) The arab nationalists feel the same way (that they should have their own home land.) Some of these nationalists are ... Fisal, Hussain, and Lawrence of Arabia. They have led many people to believe that the Jews should be denied their rightful home land that led to the British take over in WWI. In WWI the allies where France, Brittan, and Russia. The ... limited the immigration per year. Then came W...

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... to understand the current problems. This knowledge consists of five wars in the past fifty years since the creation of the independent state, Israel. This particular dispute proclaims that the Jews vindicate the ownership of the land and in the meantime the Palestinians occupy the land. Israel was established in 1948. Before WWII the Zionist objective of a Jewish homeland pleased few ... Jews. Instead man Jews joined revolutionary parties, like the Bund, to fight for socialism. However, the U.S. has provided the Jewish state with powerful military forces for their benefit including the ...

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... Declaration. The Balfour Declaration (1917) is a letter broadcasting Britain's decision favoring the establishment in Palestine as a home for the Jews in a famous letter written by Arthur James Balfour to Lord Rothschild. This agreement linked the Jews and British stating that when the Jews withdrew their allegiance with Germany the British would grant them free land (7).This agreement would soon make the allegiance between ... the Jews and Britain stronger. However, in the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 the British had created a secret document with France. This document claims the Brit...

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... and this alone causes a problem for conflict. There is another ingredient that is tossed into the pot to create a brew for conflict. After World War II, the Jews who managed to escape the Holocaust fled to Palestine, on a basis of Zionism, a movement to set up a Jewish state with the capital in Jerusalem (CQ ... , a lot of the problems like some of Israel's wars would not have broken out due to consequences that had been pre-set. There are 3.5 million Jews in Israel, whereas there are over 200 million Arabs that all hate the Israelis. In this case, the Israelis should seriously start con...

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... achieve life after death. Christianity and Islam believe the same but they both believe that God abandoned the "law" (Torah) because of the stubbornness of the Jews. In Christianity, God sent his only son Jesus Christ as a human being to teach the coming the kingdom and present a new covenant and a new ... that, obvious. In one corner you have Judaism which is almost entirely based on acts and sacrifice. It teaches that followers (only Jews) must follow an exact set of rules, spearheaded by the Ten Commandments. They must appear a certain way, eat a certain way, act a certain way. Theref...

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... going to found its homeland to Palestine after World War II ends and the Nazis collapses. And -- The United Nations accepted their request. In May 14, 1948, the country where Jews are new makes name the Israel republic. They stepped forward in their new country. However, the race Arab in whom religion and customs completely differ from ... Jews lived in Palestine. They could not have accepted the founding of the country of Jews easily. The army of Palestine was trespassed upon Israel from three sides instantly. It carries out no ends offensive and defensive battle. Both ... countries f...

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... reason why there is no clear answer is because there many different branches of Judaism with different opinions on the subject. Orthodox Jews - This branch of Judaism completely rejects homosexuality because they say it goes against the Torah. Conservative Jews - This branch of Judaism feels that gays should be treated equally and have the same rights as heterosexuals. This branch allows gays ... to enter their synagogues. Reconstructionist Jews - This branch of Judaism is very liberal and is for equal rights of gays. This branch even supports ... rabbis who are gay. Reform Jews - They...

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... powerful, and present everywhere. Like the other two religions, Judaism also has a holy book called the Torah. The Torah is a sacred recording of laws and events in Jewish history. The Jews believe that God gave them the Ten Commandments through Moses, which he was called the Lawgiver. According to the Jewish tradition, God made a covenant, or agreement with Abraham, the founder ... . Ju-daism and Christianity are quite similar. The teachings of Jesus were rooted in Jewish tradition. For example, Jesus accepted the Ten Com-mandments that God had given to the Jews through Moses; he preach...

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... . America soon became allies with Israel, because America felt like the Palestinian countries were being a threat to the people of Israel. Which in terms is the major reason Americans and Jews are hated and despised by a majority of Palestinians. There is even an extreme an Afghanistan terrorist group called the Al Qaeda which whom Osama Bin Laden is believed to be ... teach kids as young as 14 years old how to use guns, bombs, and different types of weapons of mass destruction. These kids are even taught to hate Americans and Jews. On September 11, 2001 two planes crashed into the World...

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... it today emerged from the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman history involves not only the Ottoman dynasty but also, this great empire ruled over Arabs, Serbs, Greeks, Armenians, Jews, Bulgars, Hungarians, Albanians, North Africans and others. At one time in history, the Ottomans were considered a major power in the world. Their civilization had a major impact on many other societies ... in those days by commerce, culture, and religion. It constitutes the history of the major religious groups among these are Muslims, Christians and Jews. To begin with, the Ottomans had a ...

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... that has been fought over for thousands of years. This land is called Israel. Millions of people throughout the years have given their lives in a quest for the Promised Land. Jews, Christians, and Muslims, all have lost their lives fighting for this land. Although most recently, Arabs and Israelis have been fighting on this land. The Arab and Israeli conflict has ... in Israel and ruled it. On the other hand, the Israelis have lived in and out of the area for many years. Then, in the aftermath of the Holocaust, the Jews were given a homeland in Israeli because of a World War II agreemen...

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... the Holy Land because it was where Jesus had lived and taught. The Arabs had conquered Palestine in the 600s. Most Arabs were Muslims, but they usually tolerated other religions. Jews and Christians who paid their taxes and observed other regulations were free to live in Palestine and practice their own religion. The Arab rulers didn't usually interfere with Christian pilgrims ... ...

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... Dark Ages, nursing its dwindling links to a dead Roman culture. Arabic scholarship, science and invention surpassed Europe in every way. Arabic scholars would soon include Greeks, Persians, Indians, Africans, Christians, Jews and more. Every Arab and muslim was obliged to pursue knowledge in all its forms. They endeavoured to acquire the knowledge of previous civilizations by obtaining Egyptian, Babylonian, Indian, Chinese ... ...

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... as a whole, human beings have a chronic problem with accepting things that are different. Americans do not accept the way the people in the Middle East govern and rule their country. Jews and Muslims and Christians fight over land that they all believe is theirs and refuse to accept that another person has a different way of looking at practically the same God ... ...

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... (Kublin "Period of Nationalism"). From World War I on, the Middle East has been torn by conflicts. In 1948, the United Nations created Israel as a separate state as a homeland for dispossessed Jews (Kublin "Recent History"). In 1979, Israel signed a peace treaty with Egypt, however, its relations with the rest of its Arab neighbors would remain hostile until 1993. In that year, Israel ... ...

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... work to destroy all the holy places devoted to the deities other than Allah. This common god for the Arab people allowed them to bond as a people much like the Jews and Christians had done. The second major change that happened throughout the Islamic world was related to the societal structure. Muhammad's structures of Islamic pillars became foundations of the Islamic ... ...

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... as well. Ariel Sharon somehow thinks this land belongs to the Israeli people over some historical right. Besides the fact he has no knowledge of history, primarily that many Israeli Jews are descendants of the Khazarian Empire who converted to Judaism in 800 A.D. and have no Semitic ancestry, he continues to encourage settlement construction behind the scenes despite promising Palestine a state ... ...

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... among some supporters of Israel," if the United States cut some of the financial aid that is provided to Israel. He then makes the claim that there would be more Jews in Israel and the United States that would support the end of settlement than a lot of politicians think. He then backs up the statement by explaining that in 20 years ... ...

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... live and poverty and Akins feels this is just too much too overcome and too far off from occurring. He feels that there is far too much tension between the Jews and Arabs and all the countries to resolve or to settle all the conflicts. Akins feels that the Arabs can"t and never have resolved peaceful conflicts in the past, and ... ...

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