The Holy Land in Crisis The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the oldest, most complicated, conflicts that stretches back to biblical times and the Roman Empire (The Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Sadly Unique 1). The two main points of conflict are the city of Jerusalem and Palestinian boarders (The Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Sadly Unique 1-2). Israel claims Jerusalem as ... , the Romans began their own conquest (Kublin "Greeks, Romans, Arabs"). This is when the conflict involving territory began. The name "Palestine" was given to the land of Israel by a local Roman ruler who was de...

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... a few principles - the biblical promise to Abraham and his descendants; on the fact that this was the historical site of the Jewish kingdom of Israel (which was destroyed by the Roman Empire); and the need to dwell where they are separated from European anti-Semitism. However, Arabs' claims to the land are based on continuous residency in the country for hundreds of ... crimes that Europe has committed against them. Throughout history, the territory was ruled by outside governments such as Persians, Syrians, Rome, and the Byzantine Empire; from the 1400's to 1917, by the Sultans of the ...

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