HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Question
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Syria
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Mecca
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Jerusalem
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Baghdad
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Detailed explanation-1: -Because it has religious and historical implications, occupation of the Temple Mount has been the cause of bitter conflict for centuries, especially between Jews and Muslims living nearby. During the Six-Day War, Israel gained control of the Temple Mount.
Detailed explanation-2: -peace between israel and palestine has been difficult to achieve due to concerns for palestinian refugees. the refugees want their homeland back, but the israelis believe they will overwhelm the israelis living there.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which BEST explains why Israel became a nation-state in Palestine after 1948? After the Ottoman empire was dismantled after World War I a new Jewish nation-state was created. The United Nations decided that Jewish people needed a homeland after six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jerusalem, Hebrew Yerushalayim, Arabic Bayt al-Muqaddas or Al-Quds, ancient city of the Middle East that since 1967 has been wholly under the rule of the State of Israel.
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1917, in order to win Jewish support for Britain’s First World War effort, the British Balfour Declaration promised the establishment of a Jewish national home in Ottoman-controlled Palestine.