Israel was the Ancient homeland of the Hebrews for already more than 2000 years by the time the Romans invaded. It was not called Palestine until the Romans expelled the people and renamed it in the year 70.
The Romans called it Palestine after an ancient Enemy of the Jews: the Philistines.
both believe palestine is their rightful holy land
Arabs and Jews are in conflict over the territory of the former British Mandate of Palestine in the Middle East.
it became split between jews and arabs
it became split between jews and arabs
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Both believe that Palestine is their holy land and that it belongs to them.
The United Nations.
Jewish Immigration to Palestine increased significantly, causing Arabs to worry about losing their land.
Mordekhai Orenstein has written: 'Jews, Arabs and British in Palestine'
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In 1948, Jews didn't have a country, so they invaded Palestine, killed many Palestinians, and forced many out. The Jews then changed the name of Palestine to Israel.
It's the Arabian country that is named by all Arabs as Palestine,however it was occupied in 1948 by the Jews who named it Israel.
According to Jewish and Arab tradition, the Jews descend from Abraham following the line of his son Isaac and the Arabs descend from Abraham following the line of his son Ishmael. So it may be said that Jews and Arabs had a common beginning. In terms of what science can tell us, while Jews have a strong genetic relationship to Levantine Arabs (Arabs in Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria), they do not have a strong genetic relationship with Arabian Arabs (who were the original Arabs and live in the Arabian Peninsula).