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Where does one begin???!!!!

Where does one begin???!!!!. The Arab – Israeli Conflict. This war has been going on for thousands of years… Its roots lie in competition for land, property, spiritual rights, attention, proof of cultural superiority etc etc. It is enshrined in essence in a Bible legend….

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Where does one begin???!!!!

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  1. Where does one begin???!!!!

  2. The Arab – Israeli Conflict. • This war has been going on for thousands of years… • Its roots lie in competition for land, property, spiritual rights, attention, proof of cultural superiority etc etc. • It is enshrined in essence in a Bible legend…..

  3. The story of Abram. • Abram ‘Exalted father’ lived in Iraq. • He had a vision from God that he should move and found a great nation of people. • Abram left home and walked into history along with maybe a 1,000 followers.

  4. Abram undertook a huge journey across the Middle East from modern day Iraq to Israel. The names were different then, with the land being called ‘Mesopotamia’. He travelled far and wide. He fought off hostile peoples.

  5. Abram was puzzled. God had said he would father a nation but he was childless. His wife-Sarai- was 75! How was God’s Will to happen? Sarai suggested that Abram had a child with another woman. This arrangement was allowed by law in cases where a couple were childless. The child would be treated as their own. Abram selected Hagar, their Egyptian maid. The resulting child was called Ishmael and was heir to Abram. Abram was now told by God to change his name to Abraham ‘father of a multitude’.

  6. At this point the unbelievable happened and Sarai herself fell pregnant! The resulting child was called Isaac. Sarai changed her name to Sarah. There was now a conflict of inheritance. Sarah was determined on Isaac being the true heir. Sarah persuaded Abraham to abandon Hagar and Ishmael in the desert to die of thirst. Isaac married Rebekah and one of his children was called Jacob. Jacob later became known as ‘Israel’ and the people after him became known as ‘Israelis’.

  7. Hagar and Ishmael did not die in the desert however. Hagar was visited by an angel after running frantically to find water. The angel showed her a well and they both survived. Ishmael is regarded as the Father of the Arab nations.Muslims call Abraham ‘Ibrahim’.

  8. Hagar’s searching in the desert is commemorated in the Muslim Hajj where pilgrims walk up and down a huge corridor between the great Mosque and the well at Zamzam. • The great corridor where, even today, Muslim pilgrims reenact Hagar’s frantic search for water.

  9. Summary. One man- Abraham , or Ibrahim, founded two huge groups of people. -Israelis, and -Arabs. They settled in the land we know as the ‘Middle east’. Just like brothers they have a common background, and just like brothers there is much rivalry.

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