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... Philistines, to settle the southern area of the area. The area became known as the land of the Philistines or later Palestine. Also during this time, the Israelite culture and Kingdom developed throughout parts of the area. During the mid-8th century BC, the area came under the control of the Assyrian Empire. Around 597 BC to 582 BC, the area ... ...
... emerge. Failure to deal with underlying issues at this time can create major problems down the track. As examples, the first world war was followed by the creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the State of Israel was created following the second world war. The history of both countries illustrates very clearly how the creation of national boundaries based on ... ...
... lived under the rule of Ottoman Turks for four centuries. Many suffered and died during an Arab revolt that was launched against the Turks, with the assistance of the United Kingdom and France, during World War One. After this period, the Arabs who had been promised British support of their independence movement learned that the British had also committed to carving ... ...
... the future. "In accordance with their prewar promises, the British turned over control of inland Bilad al-Sham to a puppet state led by Faysal in 1918. His government, the Kingdom of Syria, would last only a few months, enjoy little domestic legitimacy, lose British support, and fall victim in July 1920 to French imperialist claims on his territory during from the ... ...
... -wing and Oriental parties. --------- Eretz Israel (Hebrew for « Land of Israel » or « State of Israel »). Eretz Israel covers the territories which were part of the Jewish Kingdom(s) at the time of the First and Second Temple. This means beyond Palestine and into a part of Jordan. While some zionist activists still aim to have the modern Jewish state ... ...
... Palestinian Nationalism. Central to the Palestinian movement is the desire to regain Palestinian territories deemed unlawfully occupied by the Zionist Movement of Israel, completed under the auspices of the United Kingdom and other Western nations. As such, it may be said that all the organizations and movements working under the banner of Palestinian nationalism exist with only one motivation: the expulsion ... ...
... the coast and the major seaport of Haifa. The resolution created an atmosphere where the new country of Israel began to take action to assure its viability. Once the United Kingdom abandoned its control in Palestine there was no neutral authority capable of preserving peace and order. Violence and bloodshed descended upon the Holy Land. Large scale fighting among the Jews ... ...
... one deity. Its deity was Yahweh, the god of the patriarchs, who was worshipped in a sacrificial cult centered in Jerusalem and later at sanctuaries in the north, where a rival Jewish kingdom was formed. Prophets who warned against the people's reliance on these temple cults saw themselves vindicated when both the northern and southern kingdoms were destroyed by foreign conquerors. The exile ... ...
... two countries came under the rule of the same French governance as stipulated in the League of Nations mandate. It is important to understand that although Syria was founded as a kingdom and Lebanon more of a political refuge, these two countries share similar histories in the Arab world. With Damascus being the longest continually inhabited city in the world and Beirut one ... ...
... . The Arabs, however, claim the land based on continuous residence for hundreds of years and the fact that they represented the demographic majority. They reject the notion that a biblical-era kingdom constitutes the basis for a valid modern claim. Homes are not the only facet of Palestinians" lives that are targeted. Their very livelihoods are. Since 1967, Israeli occupation has been responsible ... ...
