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Religion. Muslim powers controlled the region until the 1900’s. They allowed Christians and Jews to keep their religion.
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Religion • Muslim powers controlled the region until the 1900’s. They allowed Christians and Jews to keep their religion. • The Jews of Israel are currently locked into a conflict with their Palestinian Arab neighbors. While the media bombards us with constant reports of violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, there is no doubt that the epicenter of the conflict lies in Jerusalem and more specifically on the Temple Mount in the Old City. Yasser Arafat says that there can be no peace without Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine and total Muslim sovereignty over the Temple Mount. • (http://www.aish.com/h/9av/j/48955411.html) • (http://www.mideastweb.org/briefhistory.htm)
Religion • Israeli leaders, on the other hand, say that Jerusalem will remain under Israeli sovereignty, even as Barak offered significant autonomy over the Temple Mount and Palestinian Authority control over Arab sections of Jerusalem (http://www.aish.com/h/9av/j/48955411.html)