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Historically, the Jewish people had been ill-treated and harassed out of almost every country they had ever lived in. In particular, in Europe, the Holocaust resulted in 6,000,000 Jewish civilian deaths and an untold number of European Jews being forced out of their homes. The people who returned found that the population that came back was now intolerant of them. In the Arab World, Jews had been second-class citizens who had to pay special taxes and had fewer rights at law. When the Europeans came in and colonized the Middle East, they granted the Jews facial equality, which angered many Muslim Arabs and drew the Jews close to the colonizers. As the European countries began to give the Arab World independence, Jews were treated horribly for their connection to the former colonial infrastructure.
Since most of world Jewry was in either Europe or the Arab World, those push factors drove a large percentage of Jews to find a new place to live. They wanted a country where being Jewish was no longer a detriment, so they went to the British Mandate of Palestine because that territory was established with the intent of creating just such a Jewish homeland.
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∙ 13y agoThey believe they were compelled to by biblical prophesy in the Old Testament. God made the Kingdom of David (Israel) their "Promised Land."
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Why has Jerusalem been a stumbling block in peace negotiations between Arabs and Israelis?
Yes as both the Jews and Muslims consider Jerusalem as a holy city., and Israel want it as their capital one day.
What year did Israel fall to invaders?
In the year 70 C.E. (Common Era), the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and its Holy Temple and exiled the Jews. However, although Jews were no longer permitted in Jerusalem, Jews lived throughout the country. In fact, there was never a period where there were NO Jews living somewhere in Israel. During the Middle Ages, more Jews began to return to Israel, growing in the Nineteenth Century. By the end of the Nineteenth Century, Jews outnumbered Arab in Jerusalem itself.
How successful were the Jews in their physical and spiritual reconstruction efforts after their return to Jerusalem from their Babylonian exile?
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The books of Ezra And Nehemiah describe what event in Jewish history?
The return of several tens of thousands of Jews from the Babylonian exile and the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the Temple.
The Romans forced the Jews to leave Jerusalem in 70 AD because?
The Jews rebelled against Roman rule in Palestine.
When do Jews go to Jerusalem?
There is no rule about going to Jerusalem. Jews may visit whenever they want, for different reasons.
When were the Jews allowed to return to Jerusalem?
Around 539 BCE.
Who was The clever Persian ruler who allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem?
bc it has no balls lol by faith
What foreign ruler restored Jerusalem to the ancient Jews?
The foreign ruler who restored Jerusalem to the ancient Jews was the Persian king, Cyrus the Great. In 538 BCE, Cyrus issued a decree allowing the Jews to return to their homeland and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem after their exile in Babylon.
How did the Muslims Arabs who took control of the Jerusalem in 600 Ce ad treat Christians and Jews?
Under Roman and Byzantine rule, Jews were banned from Jerusalem. Between 614 and 629, the Persian Empire controlled the city, briefly, and permitted Jews to return. In 638, the Arab Caliphate took control and allowed the Jews to return. Under Arab and Fatimid rule, Christians continued to prosper in Jerusalem, until 1033, when the Fatimid Caliph ordered all churches destroyed. When the Crusaders captured Jerusalem in 1099, they massacred most of the Jews and Muslims.
What is the name of the ruler that conquered Babylon and allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem to rebuild their temple?
After defeating Babylon, Cyrus the Great of Persia allowed the Jews (and other people) to return to their homeland in 538 BCE.
Why did the Jews leave the Holy Land?
Jews were forced out by armed invaders. The Babylonians invaded, sacked Jerusalem, and forced Jews into exile. Some stayed in Babylon while others returned from exile. The Roman empire sacked Jerusalem and forced Jews into exile and slavery, and did not allow Jews to return to Jerusalem until the Islamic conquest, when some returned. The Crusaders slaughtered essentially all of the Jews of Jerusalem, driving many Jewish refugees from the Crusader kingdoms. After the Crusaders were defeated, some Jews returned.
Who took over Babylon and allowed Jews to return to Jerusalem?
King Cyrus the Great of Persia.
Which book of the Bible allowed the Jews to return from exile and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem?
A book of the bible did not allow anything, people did. If the question intends to ask: "In what book of the Bible does it discuss the return of the Jews from exile and the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem?" there are two answers. The Book of Ezra and the Book of Nehemiah discuss this.
Did Judaism predict the return of Jews to Israel?
The traditional Jewish liturgy includes numerous prayers for the restoration of Jerusalem, and for the coming of the Messiah who will restore the Davidic kingship and lead the return of Jews to the biblical land of Israel.
Why has Jerusalem been a stumbling block in peace negotiations between Arabs and Israelis?
Yes as both the Jews and Muslims consider Jerusalem as a holy city., and Israel want it as their capital one day.
What year did Israel fall to invaders?
In the year 70 C.E. (Common Era), the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and its Holy Temple and exiled the Jews. However, although Jews were no longer permitted in Jerusalem, Jews lived throughout the country. In fact, there was never a period where there were NO Jews living somewhere in Israel. During the Middle Ages, more Jews began to return to Israel, growing in the Nineteenth Century. By the end of the Nineteenth Century, Jews outnumbered Arab in Jerusalem itself.
