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After the conquest, Jewish communities began to grow and flourish. Umar allowed and encouraged Jews to settle in Jerusalem. It was first time, after almost 500 years of oppressive Christian rule, that Jews were allowed to enter and worship freely in their holy city.[58] Seventy Jewish families from Tiberias moved to Jerusalem in order to help strengthen the Jewish community there.[59]
According to Gilbert, from 1099 to 1291 the Christian Crusaders "mercilessly persecuted and slaughtered the Jews of Palestine."[69] In 1099, the Jews were among the rest of the population who tried in vain to defend Jerusalem against the Crusaders. When the city fell, a massacre of 6,000 Jews occurred when the synagogue they were seeking refuge in was set alight. Almost all perished.[70] In Haifa, the Jews and Muslims held out for a whole month, (June–July 1099).[71] Under Crusader rule, Jews were not allowed to hold land and involved themselves in commerce in the coastal towns during times of quiescence. Most of them were artisans: glassblowers in Sidon, furriers and dyers in Jerusalem.[citation needed] At this time there were Jewish communities scattered all over the country, including Jerusalem, Tiberias, Ramleh, Ashkelon, Caesarea, and Gaza. In line with trail of bloodshed the Crusaders left in Europe on their way to liberate the Holyland, in Palestine, both Muslims and Jews were indiscriminately massacred or sold into slavery.[72]
In the crusading era, there were significant Jewish communities in several cities and Jews are known to have fought alongside Arabs against the Christian invaders.[74]
The Crusader rule over Palestine had taken its toll on the Jews. Relief came in 1187 when Ayyubid Sultan Saladin defeated the Crusaders in the Battle of Hattin, taking Jerusalem and most of Palestine. (A Crusader state centred round Acre survived in weakened form for another century.) In time, Saladin issued a proclamation inviting all Jews to return and settle in Jerusalem,[75] and according to Judah al-Harizi, they did: "From the day the Arabs took Jerusalem, the Israelites inhabited it."[76] al-Harizi compared Saladins decree allowing Jews to re-establish themselves in Jerusalem to the one issued by the Persian Cyrus the Great over 1,600 years earlier
The 16th-century nevertheless saw a resurgence of Jewish life in Palestine. Palestinian rabbis were instrumental producing a universally accepted manual of Jewish law and some of the most beautiful liturgical poems. Much of this activity occurred at Safed which had become a spiritual centre, a haven for mystics. Joseph Karo's comprehensive guide to Jewish law, the Shulchan Aruch, was considered so authoritative that the variant customs of German-Polish Jewry were merely added as supplement glosses.[
In around 1563, Joseph Nasi secured permission from Sultan Selim II to acquire Tiberias and seven surrounding villages to create a Jewish city-state.[110] He hoped that large numbers of Jewish refugees and Marranos would settle there, free from fear and oppression; indeed, the persecuted Jews of Cori, Italy, numbering about 200 souls, decided to emigrate to Tiberias.[111][112] Nasi had the walls of the town rebuilt by 1564 and attempted to turn it into a self-sufficient textile manufacturing center by planting mulberry trees for the cultivation of silk. Nevertheless, a number of factors during the following years contributed to the plan's ultimate failure. Nasi's aunt, Doña Gracia Mendes Nasi supported a yeshiva in the town for many years until her death in 1569.[113] In 1576, the Jewish community of Safed faced an expulsion order: 1,000 prosperous families were to be deported to Cyprus, "for the good of the said island", with another 500 the following year.[114] The order was later rescinded due to the realisation of the financial gains of Jewish rental income.[115] In 1586, the Jews of Istanbul agreed to build a fortified khan to provide a refuge for Safed's Jews against "night bandits and armed thieves."[114]
During World War I the British had made two promises regarding territory in the Middle East. Britain had promised the local Arabs, through Lawrence of Arabia, independence for a united Arab country covering most of the Arab Middle East, in exchange for their supporting the British; and Britain had promised to create and foster a Jewish national home as laid out in the Balfour Declaration, 1917.
originally posted by: Bilk22
a reply to: hounddoghowlie
I never claimed there were no jews in the region. Never. The jews lived among the arab nations. There was no jewish state. That is a 20th century convention.
Have a good read.
originally posted by: dashen
originally posted by: Bilk22
a reply to: hounddoghowlie
I never claimed there were no jews in the region. Never. The jews lived among the arab nations. There was no jewish state. That is a 20th century convention.
So Judean? Hasmonean? Samarian? The High Synod in Tyre. Those. Jewish/Hebrew kingdoms never existed i guess
Flavius Josephus Would probably disagree
originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
a reply to: dashen
Lol using that israel existed 2000 years ago has proof they own the land, comical at best there bud
originally posted by: Bilk22
originally posted by:blick22
Have a good read.
Kingdom of Judah
Now who would disagree that both have a right to live there? I'm not making that claim.
originally posted by: hounddoghowlie
a reply to: Bilk22
well that depends on how far you want to go back. are you saying the Israel and Judah didn't exit until Assyrian captivity, then left just Judah. Both are the same peoples, from the same line. and counting both of them, ruled the land longer than any Arab or Muslim people ever have, and have had a continual presence there.
you know Israel has the same rights to live there as do the Palestinian Arabs. both come from a Semitic nomadic origin and roamed around the land.
originally posted by: combatmaster
a reply to: dashen
There was never a palestinian sovereign state. During the time of the British mandate of palestine, the term 'palestinian' was used to refer to Jews that resided in the british mandate of palestine.
originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
a reply to: combatmaster
And your point is that more than 2000 years ago is a valid point for stealing land, might need to pack up there bud, cause the land you live on isint yours i guess.