The Israeli-Palestine Crisis

Jerusalem. It is the greatest land and it is worst land. Everyone wants it, it is where some of the most "holy" things have happened, and yet it binds chaos, destruction and enslavement instead of peace, harmony and love. From the Kingdom of Israel to the Kingdom of Jerusalem to the Mamelukes, Ottomans, Britain and today Israel once again, it seems no one can just get a grip on this enigma.

Jerusalem was originally Egyptian, then later came into the hands of Israel. It was first taken from the Kingdom of Israel by the Greeks, and later by the Romans. (which is where the origin of Palestine comes from.. all roads DO lead to Rome..) After the first real decline of the Eastern Roman Empire Jerusalem would begin to fall into the hands of Turks and Egyptians. This would continue from the 6th until the 11th century when the crusaders would form the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

King Amalric, one of the last Kings of Jerusalem, was a very generous one. He gave rights to Muslims and Jews to practice their religion in peace within the walls. Many Christians disliked this policy, but it was a withstanding one and was definitely one of the most peaceful times in Jerusalem. However, Amalric was a leper, as was his son Baldwin IV. This brought Guy to the throne, a frenchmen who was friends with anti-Islamic Crusaders. His reign was disastrous and the Kingdom of Jerusalem would fall to one of the greatest sultans to ever grace the earth, Sala al-Din of Egypt.

Jerusalem would forget what peace was.. as the Ayyubid Caliphate (Egypt), The Mongol Empire and the Mamelukes (Egypt) would reign over this city throughout the Middle Ages. However, near the end of the Middle Ages the rise of the a new empire, the Ottoman empire, would take Jerusalem from the Egyptians (15th century) and would hold onto this city for the next 500 years.

In other words, it would be five hundred years without a ruler that was not of the Islam faith. Also, 900 of the past 1000 years with a ruler of Islamic faith would have ruled Judea. In whose right mind did creating a state for the Jewish population from the west did creating a state in a concentrated Muslim population, now referred to as Palestine, deem this a fruitful and splendid idea?

Absolutely insane! There was no justification! Obviously, we can not undo the past actions of United Nations and the major powers following World War I and World War II, but this needs to be understood before trying to tackle a peace settlement in a region that has been through so much death and chaos.

Jews are there to stay, but unless something is rectified, the Palestinians may face a similar fate that the Jews "earned" Israel with.