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  2. History of Israel - Wikipedia

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    Over 14,000 Jews were expelled by the Ottoman military commander from the Jaffa area in 1914–1915, due to suspicions they were subjects of Russia, an enemy, or Zionists wishing to detach Palestine from the Ottoman Empire, [191] and when the entire population, including Muslims, of both Jaffa and Tel Aviv was subject to an expulsion order in ...

  3. History of the Jews under Muslim rule - Wikipedia

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    Jews lived in Kurdistan for thousands of years, before the final and mass migration in 1951–1952 to Israel. For many years, the Jews lived under the rule of the Ottoman and Persian Empires and following World War I, they mainly lived in Iraq, Iran and Turkey, some Jews lived in Syria.

  4. Timeline of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    Patriarch Sophronius and Umar are reported to have agreed the Covenant of Umar I, which guaranteed non-Muslims freedom of religion, and under Islamic rule, for the first time since the Roman period, Jews were once again allowed to live and worship freely in Jerusalem. [51] Jerusalem becomes part of the Jund Filastin province of the Arab Caliphate.

  5. History of Jerusalem during the Early Muslim period - Wikipedia

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    The earliest Muslim settlement activity took place south and southwest of the site, in thinly populated areas; much of the Christian settlement was concentrated in western Jerusalem around Golgotha and Mount Zion. [25] The first Muslim settlers in Jerusalem hailed mainly from the Ansar, i.e. the people of Medina. [11]

  6. Islamization of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    It was built over the Foundation Stone, the site of the historic Jewish Temple. [61] The al-Aqsa mosque was built at the southern end of the mount in the 8th-century. Throughout the entire period of the Muslim conquest until the capture of Jerusalem in 1099, various structures were built on the mount including memorial sites and gates. [62]

  7. History of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    The first such immigrants were Orthodox Jews: some were elderly individuals, who came to die in Jerusalem and be buried on the Mount of Olives; others were students, who came with their families to await the coming of the Messiah, adding new life to the local population. At the same time, European colonial powers began seeking toeholds in the ...

  8. Origin of the Palestinians - Wikipedia

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    A series of laws were passed that discriminated against Jews and Judaism, and Jews were persecuted by both the church and the authorities. [61] Many Jews had emigrated to flourishing Diaspora communities, [62] while locally there was both Christian immigration and local conversion. By the middle of the 5th century, there was a Christian majority.

  9. History of the Jews in Hebron - Wikipedia

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    In 1927, Ben-Zvi documented an entire street in Hebron inhabited by Muslims who were thought to be of Jewish ancestry. Forced to convert to Islam against their will several generations earlier, possibly around 150 years prior, they were known as the al-muḥtasibīn (المختاسبين), meaning "those who give their law to heaven".