Around the 20th century BC, Sumerian Canaanites settled in the coastal areas and plains of Palestine. BC13rd century, the Philistines established a country along the coast. At the end of 13 BC, Hebrew tribes moved in and settled. In 1 1 century BC, Jews established the Hebrew kingdom, and later Assyria, Babylon, Persia and other foreigners occupied Palestine. BC 1 century, the Roman Empire invaded, and most Jews flowed to all parts of the world. It became part of the Arab Empire in the 7th century. Arabs moved in and assimilated with local aborigines, and gradually formed modern Palestinian Arabs.
According to the above materials, the Palestinian area was once the hometown of Jews, and their legends are widely known in this article. Take the Bible as an example. This Christian classic records the story of Jewish ancestors. Although most historians believe that we can't get much information from the Bible-this is not because the records in it are untrue, but because it is difficult to prove its authenticity; Furthermore, the Bible is only a product of faith-however, because most of its contents are accepted by Jews today, it is necessary for us to understand the outline of the story carefully, because today's conflict and the Jerusalem issue are closely related to religious reasons:
The story begins when God tells Abraham to leave his hometown of Mesopotamia and go to Canaan, now the Palestinian area, to start a new life. In this way, Abraham was regarded as the ancestor of the Jews, just as China regarded the Yellow Emperor as the ancestor of the Chinese nation. So Abraham came to Canaan with his wife and son, which is probably the evidence that Jews think they are the masters of the Palestinian area. His son Isaac and grandson Jacob are both considered ancestors of Jews. Jacob had twelve sons. For some reason, ten of them hated their brother Yue Se very much and sold him to Egypt as a slave. However, Joseph had an ability to interpret dreams, which won the favor of the king of Egypt, so he was appointed Prime Minister. Later, Jacob and his sons came to Egypt to take refuge in Yue Se, and produced a large number of their descendants. They were first called Israel (meaning that God fought for it or fought with God? )。 The king of Egypt saw the prosperous Jews and regarded them as a threat. In order to get rid of this hidden danger, he found an excuse to demote these Israelis into slaves. The painful service life made the poor Jews rise up and resist, so the story of Moses accepting the Ten Commandments and leading the Israelis back to their hometown was staged. I won't elaborate on complicated things. Around13rd century BC, the Israelites established the first unified kingdom-the Kingdom of Israel. During their reign, there were two outstanding kings, David and his son Solomon. They developed trade and maintained their rule by force, which made Israel develop to the peak. More importantly, at this time, Jerusalem, the capital of the kingdom, was established as the holy land of the Jewish nation, thus laying the groundwork for the thorny crux of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
From this point of view, the history of Jews, at least what they think is the fact, shows their national characteristics. In their subconscious, the Jewish nation is a disaster-ridden nation, but it is a nation that has overcome disasters. They have the courage and strength to resist God's tests. But their tragic experience in modern times seems even more tragic than the catastrophe recorded in the Bible. Is this another test for them? To be sure, this terrible experience will always be engraved in the wandering, broken and bleeding hearts of Jews:
Just after the destruction of the kingdom of Israel, the Greek and Roman kingdoms also occupied this land. During this period, Jews were exiled to all parts of the world. They lost their hometown and were forced to flee to Germany, Austria, Poland and other countries in Eastern Europe and Western Europe, but their personal interests were greatly restricted. Perhaps because they are an intelligent people, they have made great achievements in politics, medicine and art, so they are envied by other peoples. The Russian massacre and World War II became the most painful memories of Jews, and perhaps because of this, the anger of Jews was out of control.
1920, Britain divided Palestine into two parts with the Jordan River as the boundary. In the east, it is called Outer Jordan (now the Kingdom of Jordan), and in the west, it is still called Palestine (now Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) as a British trust territory. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, a large number of Jews moved to Palestine at the instigation of the "Zionist Movement", and bloody conflicts with local Arabs continued. After World War II, with the support of Britain and the United States, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution in 1947, stipulating that Palestine would establish a Jewish state (about 1.52 million square kilometers) and an Arab state (about1./kloc-0) after the end of the British Mandate in/948. 1948 After the founding of Israel in May, it pursued an expansionist policy and launched four large-scale wars against Arab countries in 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973. More than 654,380 million Palestinian Arabs have been driven out of their homes for generations and become refugees. 1964 The first meeting of the Palestinian National Council held in Jerusalem in May decided to establish the Palestine Liberation Organization. 1969 Arafat was the chairman of the PLO Executive Committee. 1978 In September, Egypt, Israel and the United States signed the Camp David Agreement, and the Palestinians in the occupied territories obtained limited autonomy, and the PLO refused to accept it. The special meeting of the Palestinian National Council 1988165438+1October19 held in Algiers adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing the establishment of a Palestinian state on Palestinian land with Jerusalem as its capital. The declaration clearly stated that Palestine accepted General Assembly resolution/KOOC-0/947/KOOC-0/KOOC-0/adopted on 29 October (partition resolution). The border issue of Palestine will be resolved through negotiations in the future. 1988 12 Arafat recognized Israel's right to exist and condemned terrorism. 1993 September 13, after secret negotiations hosted by Norway, Israel and the PLO signed a peace agreement and put forward a Palestinian autonomy plan. 1On May 4, 1994, the PLO and Israel signed a historic agreement on limited autonomy in the Gaza and Jericho. 12 On May 2nd, the Palestinian National Authority was established. On July 12 of the same year, Arafat returned to Gaza after 27 years in exile.