On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 16:31:50 +1000 Russell Chapman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Of course, the problem really stems back before recorded history -
> both
> sides claim to be the rightful heir because they owned the land for
> thousands of years, hundreds or thousands of years ago. Both the
> Jewish
> and Arab nations (I use those words as adjectives, and nations in
> the
> loosest sense) have ruled Jerusalem as they waxed and waned in power
> throughout history. Loosely, the Jews have the oldest title, but
> they
> largely scattered all over the globe, so the Arabs have the more
> continuous title... Certainly, each has defeated the other many
> times over.
> Russell C.
-
Do you mean that the *titles* have defeated eachother, or the 'nations'?
Because i can't really think of any time before the modern period when
Arabs and Jews conquered eachother in that area... Jews vs. Canaanites,
Greece vs. Jews, Jews vs. Hellenized Syria, Rome vs. Jews, Persia vs.
Rome, Arabs vs. Persia, Christian Europe vs. Arabs, Ottomans vs. Arabs
(or did the Ottomans conquer it from the Crusaders?)...
The Jewish-Arab conflict in the area between the Jordan and the
Mediterranean isn't very ancient, it just goes back to the beginning of
the 20th century... The two peoples involved (as well as many other
peoples) may have had claims to the land through various times in
history, but these two ones hadn't really been in armed conflict with
eachother before.
-Stephen (Steg)
"mew hast meep get frog and a smelly sock!"
~ not exactly 'du hast'
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