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Jews and Arabs settled in Palestine (or Israel to the Jews) 3,000 years ago. Jews claim God gave the land to them (remember the promise to Abraham?).
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n A.D. 73, the Roman Empire forced the Jews to leave
Palestine. Jews scattered
throughout the world (the “Diaspora”). The Arabs stayed in Palestine, later becoming Muslims. -
Palestinians were furious at
Great Britain and the Jews.
Fighting broke out in
Palestine. It got so bad that Great Britain finally gave the whole problem over to the United Nations to solve. -
Jews were mistreated wherever they went. In
Russia, people attacked
Jews and burned their villages. Later, in Germany, 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Jews began planning to return to Israel. -
Jews began returning to Israel in 1882, buying land and building villages. When Great Britain won WWI, they took control of Palestine and said they supported the Jews returning to their homeland
