... . Judaism originated in the Middle East, but Jewish communities have existed at one time or another in almost all parts of the world, a result of both voluntary migrations and forced exile or expulsions. Origin The central element of Christianity is the person of Jesus Christ. Jesus of Nazareth, a Jewish rabbi, attracted a following of people who believed him to be a new prophet ... 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 exi...

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... from a meaningful existence: they were considered to be inconsequential nomads who neglected' the land before 1948 thus to be Palestinian during the first two decades of Israel's existence either meant exile for the 780,000 Palestinians who were driven out in 1948, or it meant an indecent subaltern existence within Israel for the remnant 120,000 who managed to stay on ... ...

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... by a Jewish king before Islam ever existed, and the remains of the temples that were destroyed when Babylon invaded and occupied the country after-which the citizens were sent into exile to neighboring countries such as Iraq, Iran, and Syria or elsewhere where they were treated as second class citizens for two thousand years until their return in the late 1800 ... ...

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... political representative. Because of his desire to press for a diplomatic solution he undertook initiatives that at times were unacceptable to the Palestine National Council (PNC), the Palestinian people's "parliament in exile." In the late 1960's, Arafat supported the PNC's call for a secular democratic state in all of Palestine, to be achieved by guerrilla attacks against Israeli targets. This strategy lost credibility ... ...

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... hurt us. Ignorance is NOT BLISS -get him to confess what he really has- stupid because he never will hes a liar and has proven that theory time and time again. - Exile. get him the hell out of iraq and out of power - maybe a coup. get his top members to oust him out of power so a proper government can be set up ... ...

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... during the Holocaust, right from the get-go. The entire structure of the museum, which was designed by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie, is made of grey concrete, intended as a metaphor reflecting a time in history when all societal lines defining right and wrong – moral, political and religious - were blurred, a "grey area" corresponding to the grey concrete. When you ... ...

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... it is in this frame of mind that the 73 war was viewed as a great moral victory. The crossing of the Suez Canal by the Egyptian army was perceived as a metaphor of crossing into a new era of triumph and dignity. With the 73 war, the Egyptian view of the 67 war shifted from a state of denial in their overall recollection to ... ...

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