Who occupied the Gaza strip / west bank first?


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With the tensions getting so bad over there an Israel about to attack Iran, i have been reading more and more about there plight. I don't consider myself too ignorant of the situation but every time i try do to some neutral diggin' i just can't seem to find who actually was there first. I had thought for a...


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Tony M

Ok this is going to be deep so let's take a dive. This info comes from the study of three different religious books.
The (Bible) Christian
The (Koran) Islam
The (Torah) Judaism
The info is very difficult to find because there is so much turmoil thus the facts tend to turn towards bias views. The first people in the Gaza strip were islamic derived people. When the Jewish people were migrating from Europe and Germany, they settled in the area which is now Israel/Palestine.Since than the two people have been fighting over the "holy land" If you read in detail the two religions have many similarities. The disagreement lead to a religious war over the land. Mohammed did not indeed make up his own religion. Mohammed is a prophet who was delivering a message, you can relate this to what Jesus was doing. In fact the Koran mentions Jesus. On a global view religion should not be a factor weather you get along with a person or not, we all have many differences, that's what makes us an interesting. Hope this helped!

 
Nemtywy

I think you have got some things wrong.
Jew do not deny that Jesus has been in Jerusalem. They just deny that Jesus is the Messiah.

According to Muslim beliefs, during one night, the prophet Muhammed was taken from Mecca to Jerusalem (the Isra) and from there ascended to heaven (the Mi'raj)

For the Jews, Jerusalem is the capital of the country they established there about 3000 years ago.
Their country was conquered by the Romans, who tried to expell the Jews from Palestine after the jewish revolt of 132-5 CE. Nevertheless, a lot of Jews remained in Palestine. Some Jews became Christians, and after the Muslim conquest in 638, many converted to Islam. The question "who came first? " isn't really relevant. The forefathers of the modern Israeli jews remained faithful to Judaism, while the Palestinian Christians and Muslims descend from Jews who converted to Christianity or Islam. Israelis and Palestinians share the same ancestors.

Besides religion, they are also fighting for water and fertile land. There aren't many rivers in Palestine, so water is scarce. The wall built by Israel on the West Bank, separates many Palestinians from their agricultural lands on the other side of the wall.

 
Dave87gn

Think of it just like America and the Indians. The Palestinians were there, and keep getting pushed further and further out when the Isrealis decide that THEY want the land they're on. The Palestinians were given the west bank until the Isrealis decided they wanted to settle it and are now pushing them

 
Bojan Jankovic

You can't just come in, settle land that belongs to someone else without consent from that population, and then force them out or even place them in ghettos. I don't care who you are or which world power supports your cause. It is not right, and it will not pass.

The British should have though of creating a Jewish state in lands that were not inhabited by someone else. This way, this area of the Middle East was a twice promised land.

 
Mike real British

The Iraq war was fought simply do defend Israel and Iran may be next for the same reason. Zionist expansion in that area is ruining America and causing global terrorism.

 
Rex K

Palestine was "reapportioned" after WWII, to provide land for Israel. In much the same way India was "reapportioned" to provide for Pakistan. If you go far enough back in History, these as many parts of the world belonged to Great Britain.

 
CHARITY G

No one knows . . . title searches didn't exist 2000 years ago . . . you are right to be confused . . . their have been Jews and Palestinians living in Israel for most of recorded time.

 
Cool Ice

Jesus

 
Flag

For ownership. It is original Israeli land.

Christianity is made up as all religions are, by the way. People put religion in between the madness.

 
Bruce J

There was a Gaza strip mall and a West Bank and Trust.