Why was there conflict in Jerusalem?

Answer 1

When the Israelites revolted against Roman domination in the first century AD. the Roman Army swept through the entire area. They destroyed city after city, and the temple in Jerusalem. Almost all of the records of the Israelites, kept by the priests, scribes and Levites were lost. They massacred nearly all the Israelites in the area of Israel/Palestine and kept up their relentless pursuit until they felt sure that all were killed or completely run out of the whole surrounding country. Immediately afterwards, people from the surrounding areas moved in, descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's first son, claiming that God had actually promised the land to him.

In 622 AD, Muhammad, a descendant of Ishmael, founded the religion of Islam and built a temple (The Temple of the Rock) in Jerusalem directly on top of the ruins of the Jewish temple, destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. The "Rock" is supposedly the rock upon which Abraham tried to sacrifice his son, Isaac, but the Muslims claim it was actually where Abraham tried to sacrifice his son, Ishmael.

In the intervening centuries, the Israelites were prevented from returning to the area by one means or another until the end of World War 2, although there were at least four significant migrations between 1881 and the end of World War 2. The British, from 1917 - 1948, ruled the area that is now Israel, under mandate, and the British army was the peace keeping force for the area. All other forms of local government were subject to the mandate under British administration. The mandate contained language that favored the establishment of ...a national home for the Jewish people... but Israelite immigration was still restricted.

Ship after ship of Israelite refugees began landing on the coast along the Mediterranean Sea without permission from the British. However, the British wouldn't let them be removed or molested by anyone. They were allowed to build compounds and fortified settlements for their families and friends. Soon there were thousands of Israelite immigrants pouring across the borders from all directions and doing the same.

When the mandate ended and the British withdrew, skirmishes broke out. The indigenous peoples viewed the Israelite immigrants as interlopers and tried to force them out and reclaim the homesteads that they had owned before World War 2 and the latest Israelite migration. The immigrants were externally supported with money, arms, and supplies. The day after the founding of the state of Israel; Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq attacked. The Middle East area has alternated between war and peace for the last 63 years (1948-2011).

Israelites still fervently seek to pray at the West Wall (the Wailing Wall). To this day, this is the only available artifact of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem, the capital of the ancient nation of Israel, that remains available to the Jewish people.

Answer 2

Palestinians and Israelis both want Jerusalem and the only way to solve this is either divide the city East/West respectively and divide the Old City or Internationalize the City or some combination of Internationalization and division. Neither side will rest until it can assure its followers that its holy sites will be protected.

Answer 3

The conflict is wide-ranging, and the term is also used in reference to the earlier phases of the same conflict, between jewish and Zionist yishuv and the majority Arab population living in Palestine under Ottoman or British rule.

Answer 4

Jerusalem is a holy place for both Jews and Muslims, and because of their hostility towards one another, it's very difficult for them to get along enough to share their holy place. So basically, both groups want Jerusalem and nobody can agree on who should have it.

Answer 5

Answer 1

They are fighting over who owns the land. The Israelis claim that the current territory was theirs a long time ago but they were forcibly removed. While they were gone, other people moved in who eventually called themselves Palestinians.

The Palestinians also cleansed the remaining Israelis who always lived there in Hebron in the 1920's.When the state of Israel was set up in 1947, the Palestinians were told to leave by the leaders in charge because of the war. Israel on numerous occasions have and are willing to make concession's. However the Palestinians backed by other countries with there own agendas do not want peace. Palestinians are brought up and taught there are no concession and the land is there from the sea to the Jordan. It is a well known fact that trans Jordan was part of Palestine and 80% of the Palestinians live there.

Answer 2

To be honest I'm not sure it is to do with land but more the use of a small number of Arabs who live in that area by other Arab countries to try and bring down the state of Israel.

Answer 3

For further reasons behind the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, see the related question below.

Answer 6

At the moment (early October 2014), the conflict in Israel is economic, political, and social . . . exactly what you would expect in a democratic country with high standards of ethics, morals, freedoms, human rights, and equality, and with near-universal citizenship.

I'm pretty sure that you're asking about the conflict that's near but outside Israel. The reason for thatconflict is that the rulers of Israel's neighbor countries feel socially and politically threatened by such a country on their doorstep, truly believe deep down that their responsibility to eradicate Jews takes precedence over striving for the betterment of the lives of their own people, and actively work to develop that consensus among their people.

Answer 7

to conflict to who will own the promise land>>>

Answer 8

Jerusalem is a holy piece of land that the palestinians and the israelies think belong to them