Why Israel and Palestine are at war

1. THE FIGHT FOR HOLY LAND The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

2. The Conquest of Canaan Philistines and Israelites' Migration and Conquest of Canaan

3. Migration of Abraham (p.b.u.h.) According to Jewish tradition, the Prophet Abraham (p.b.u.h.) migrates to Canaan at circa. 1800 BCE. At first no Jews were here. The Prophet Abraham (p.b.u.h.) leads the Philistines and Israelite tribes in migration to Canaan

4. EVENTS (ABOUT 1000 BCE to ABOUT 586 BCE 1000 BCE- Jewish conquest of Jerusalem; The kingdom of Jerusalem split into two: Israel in the north, Judea in Jerusalem and the south after David (p.b.u.h.)’s son, Solomon (p.b.u.h.)’s death. 721 BCE- Israel (Northern Kingdom) falls to Assyria 586 BCE- Judea (Southern Kingdom) falls to Babylon; the first Jewish temple is destroyed

6. Moses (p.b.u.h.) survived because his mother, Yocheved, floated him in a basket in the Nile.

7. Moses (p.b.u.h.) grew up in the Pharaoh’s palace! But he did not receive the prophet hood until old age.

8. The Hebrews believe that one day as Moses (p.b.u.h.) was walking through the wilderness, he came across a magnificent sight. It was an angel of the Lord, disguised as a bush, that was burning but not consumed.

10. HOW IT ALL BEGAN: RELIGION/CHANGE OF QIBLAH (DIRECTION OF PRAYER) After the verse: The Fools among the people will say: "What hath turned them from the Qiblah to which they were used?" Say: To Allah belongs both East and West; He guideth whom He will to a Way that is straight. , some Muslims were murdered by the Jewish peoples. Islamic Perspective: Why do Muslims believe that Jerusalem is holy to them? Well it’s because Muslims believe that Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) went on a night journey from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to the Farthest Mosque in Jerusalem, and from there he (p.b.u.h.) ascended to the heavens on an animal to see and find out what is in them. This is because in the Holy Book of the Muslims in Chapter 17 Al-Isra, (The Night Journey) Verse 1: God (Allah) says: “Glory to (Allah) Who did take His Servant for Journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque whose precincts We did bless― in order that We might show him some of Our Signs: for He is the one Who heareth and seeth (all things).” (1) –Taken from http://www.quranexplorer.com/Quran/Default.aspx What the above Verse means is that when God blessed the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) with special gifts, he decided that he might show him (p.b.u.h.) some of his Signs. Because Muslims believe that God is the one who sees and hears all things.

11. THE REIGN OF THE SECOND CALIPH: UMAR IBN-AL KHATTAB(MAY GOD BE PLEASED WITH HIM) During the reign of the Second Caliph, UmarIbn Al-Khattab (May God be pleased with him), there was a conversation between him and a Jew by the name of Ka’ab who lived during the time of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) but did not convert until his death. Imam Ahmed IbnHanbal narrated a conversation between Omar (May God be pleased with him) and Ka’ab El Ahbar, a convert Jew who lived during the days of the Prophet but had not converted until his death. In this conversation that goes on the Temple Mount Omar (May God be pleased with him) consults Ka’ab about the best place to build a mosque over the Mount, Ka’ab suggested that mosque would fit the best behind the Rock. ”…so that all Jerusalem would be before you.” Omar (May God be pleased with him) declined. He replied, “You correspond to Judaism!”18 –Taken from http://www.godsholymountain.org/papers/bayt.pdf What this means is that the Rock has nothing to do with Islam whatsoever. The Caliph denied when Ka’ab suggested that the mosque (Masjid) would fit the best behind the rock because he (Ka’ab) corresponed to Judaism. The Dome of the Rock (BaitulMaqdis) is one of the many sites in Jerusalem and also the third holiest site in Islam after the Kaaba in Mecca and the Prophet (p.b.u.h.)’s mosque in Medina.