What historic claim do both Jews and palestinians make to the land of palestine?

Answer 1

The Jews claim that the land dates back to 3,000 years when Jewish kings ruled the regions from Jerusalem. To Palestinians, the land had belonged to them since most, but not all, Jews were driven out around A.D. 135. Islam spread in the 7th century and quickly became the dominant region.

Answer 2

The Jews claim that the land dates back to 3,000 years when Jewish kings ruled the regions from Jerusalem. To Palestinians, the land had belonged to them since most, but not all, Jews were driven out around A.D. 135. Islam spread in the 7th century and quickly became the dominant region.

Answer 3

Palestine has always been Jewish land, the Israelites living in Jerusalem and Jaffa (now tel-Aviv), Tyre and Sidon etc. But after the Crusades, many Jewish slaves went to Europe with their masters. When they were liberated, they stayed. During the Islamic era, the people living in Palestine were separated into Jews, Christians and Muslims. Eventually the other religions thinned out and the majority of the Palestinian population became Muslim (the group we recognize today as Palestine is entirely Muslim, but evidently it has not always been so). After the Holocaust, the Allies felt the Jews should be united in their original home, but it was occupied by the Palestinians. The Allied powers essentially kicked the Palestinians out of Palestine, put the Jews in and called it Israel. -But don't quote me, this isn't my era of speciality.