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Holy Land:Holy Trouble!
The 20th Century has been a hotbed of Holy Land tensions
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Holy Lands - Roman
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Holy Land Sacred to Jewish
Why?
Jerusalem = ancient capital city
this region is considered their ancestral homeland (before they were kicked out back around 500 BCE!)
Jerusalem has Western or Wailing Wa$ - of the Second Temple - most sacred site in Judaism
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Holy Land Sacred to i
Why?
It’s a$ about Jesus Christ! Christians regard Jesus as their Messiah and Saviour - messenger 'om God
Holy Land (Bethlehem + Jerusalem)- places where Jesus was born, crucified and resurrected
This area became Christian a)er the Roman Emperor Constantine forced everyone to adopt Christianity (313)
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Sacred to Islam
Why?
Jerusalem - place where Mohammad (Muslim’s Messiah, next a)er Jesus) ascended to heaven
3rd most sacred site in Islam
Holy Lands conquered by Muslims in 7th Century
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Holy Land
Has been largely in the Muslim World since the 7th century: Seljuk Turks, Ottoman Empire
WWI - Ottoman Empire breaks up a)er losing (they joined Germany and lost). Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Jordan and Kuwait are created. These “countries” had never existed before
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20th Century1917 - Britain gives the OK for Jewish folks to start immigrating to Palestine
1920‘s-30‘s: Jewish numbers grow in Palestine
1930’s - Hitler’s rising power = rising tensions against Jewish people in Germany
WW11 + Holocaust: mi$ions of Jewish people ki$ed in Europe
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Effects ofWorld War 11
Post-Holocaust: The world is ashamed
Jewish people need a safe place to go
Many believe they need to create a homeland somewhere
But where? Wherever they go wi$ cause tensions with the local people... (eg: Europeans “discovering” America)
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Holocaust Solution?
Palestine was chosen as a safe place for Jewish people to create a new homeland - where they wi$ be safe 'om persecution
Reasons?
i) Ancient Jewish Holy Land
ii) Jewish people have been moving there since 1917
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What problems might this lead to?
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Holy Lands
Today there are constant tensions in the Holy Land between Palestinians (who are mainly Muslim but also Jewish + Christian) and Jewish settlers.
Hundreds of people die and live in fear every year in Palestine and Israel as a result
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Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss
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