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However, a Christian pilgrim from Bohemia who had visited Jerusalem in 1491–1492 wrote in his book Journey to Jerusalem: "Christians and Jews alike in Jerusalem lived in great poverty and in conditions of great deprivation, there are not many Christians but there are many Jews, and these the Muslims persecute in various ways. Christians and ...
The name "Israel" first appears in the Merneptah Stele c. 1208 BCE: "Israel is laid waste and his seed is no more." [25] This "Israel" was a cultural and probably political entity, well enough established for the Egyptians to perceive it as a possible challenge, but an ethnic group rather than an organized state. [26]
Within three years (1948 to 1951), immigration doubled the Jewish population of Israel and left an indelible imprint on Israeli society. [309] [310] Overall, 700,000 Jews settled in Israel during this period. [311] Some 300,000 arrived from Asian and North African nations as part of the Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries. [312]
1968: Israel starts rebuilding the Jewish Quarter, confiscating 129 dunams (0.129 km 2) of land which had made up the Jewish Quarter before 1948. [89] 6000 residents and 437 shops are evicted. [90] 1969: Denis Michael Rohan, an Australian Protestant extremist, burns a part of the Jami Al-Aqsa.
Of the Jewish population, 200,000 live in East Jerusalem settlements which are considered illegal under international law. [182] In 2005, 2,850 new immigrants settled in Jerusalem, mostly from the United States, France and the former Soviet Union. In terms of the local population, the number of outgoing residents exceeds the number of incoming ...
The History of Jerusalem during the Kingdom of Jerusalem began with the capture of the city by the Latin Christian forces at the apogee of the First Crusade. At that point it had been under Muslim rule for over 450 years. It became the capital of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, until it was again conquered by the Ayyubids under Saladin in 1187.
Map of the twelve tribes of Israel (before the move of Dan to the north), based on the Book of Joshua. The Israelites (/ ˈ ɪ z r ə l aɪ t s,-r i ə-/; [1] [2] Hebrew: בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל , Bənēy Yīsrāʾēl, transl. 'Children of Israel') were a group of Semitic-speaking tribes in the ancient Near East who, during the Iron Age, inhabited a part of Canaan.
Judaea (Roman province) Before 4 August 70 is referred to as Second Temple Judaism, from which the Tannaim and Early Christianity emerged. Judaea (Latin: Iudaea [juːˈdae̯.a]; Ancient Greek: Ἰουδαία, romanized: Ioudaía [i.uˈdɛ.a]) was a Roman province from 6 to 132 AD, which incorporated the Levantine regions of Idumea, Philistia ...