http://www.jewsagainstzionism.com/slideshow/2006Nov9nyc.cfm

WHAT YA DON'T SEE ON THE BBC ,FOX AND CNN

Historical roots
See also: History of ancient Israel and Judah, Jewish history, and History of the Jews in the Land of Israel

The first historical record of the word "Israel" comes from an Egyptian stele documenting military campaigns in Canaan. Although this stele which referred to a people (the determinative for 'country' was absent) is dated to approximately 1211 BCE,[8] Jewish tradition holds that the Land of Israel has been a Jewish Holy Land and Promised land for 3,000 years. The land of Israel holds a special place in Jewish religious obligations, encompassing Judaism's most important sites including the remains of the First and Second Temples of the Jewish King, Solomon. Connected with these two versions of the temple are religiously significant rites which stand as the origin for many aspects of modern Judaism.[9] Starting around the 11th century BCE the first of a series of Jewish kingdoms and states established intermittent rule over the region that lasted more than a millennium.

The holy Menorah sacked from Jerusalem, as seen on the Arch of Titus. Jews are traditionally forbidden from walking under the arch, which would express the sovereignty of Titus over the Jews.Under Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and (briefly) Sassanian rule, Jewish presence in the region dwindled because of mass expulsions. In particular, the failure of the Bar Kokhba's revolt against the Roman Empire in 132 CE resulted in a large-scale expulsion of Jews. It was during this time that the Romans gave the name Syria Palaestina to the geographic area, in an attempt to erase Jewish ties to the land.[10] Nevertheless, the Jewish presence in Palestine remained constant. The main Jewish population shifted from the Judea region to the Galilee. The Mishnah and Jerusalem Talmud, two of Judaism's most important religious texts, were composed in the region during this period. The Muslims conquered the land from the Byzantine Empire in 638 CE. The Hebrew niqqud was invented in Tiberias during this time. The area was ruled by the Omayyads, then by the Abbasids, Crusaders, the Kharezmians and Mongols, before becoming part of the empire of the Mamluks (1260-1516) and the Ottoman Empire in 1517.

Dont pander to the originator by getting into a discussion from his one liner.

cynic..i'm a jew as well and Netanyahu is the biggest war mongering whore on the planet and should be exiled to outer space imho

please crawl back under your stone until you find something sensible to say which you can support with logic .... that applies both to this thread and your utterances and drivel on the various share threads

owch cynic wasnt even aimed at me and i still felt cut by you comments, well put :)

One thing is for sure...if they can resolve Israel/Palestine issue, most of terrorism in the world will be over. But they probably won't...