... see it. Arabs believe that they should have some of Jerusalem because in the city is the spectacular mosques of Al-Aqsa and the Golden Dome mosque. Muslims have a special word for Jerusalem it is 'Al-Quds' which means the Holy Place in Arabic. Israel used to own only half of Jerusalem and Jordan had the other half of Jerusalem. Now though Israel have total control over Jerusalem. Because of Jerusalem being a holy city for both countries it creates a lot of Conflict between them. The problems over War and Occupation are short-term problems. In 1947 Israel was given about half of the country and the Arabs got the West Bank, the Gaza strip and bits of land to the North and South sides of Israel. The Arabs sound like they have not got a lot of land but Israel has got quite a lot of desert that is useless. In ...

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