... Jerusalem, but it was cruelly taken away by the Roman Invaders around 63 AD. Despite the Jews rebelling against their new overlords around 64AD they were defeated cruelly by 70AD. Their last stand was made at the ancient fortress built by King Herod - Masada. It shows that the Jewish believe they would rather kill themselves than be slaves to a new nation of rulers. All the main Jewish synagogues were destroyed, including the Temple of Solomon, reduced to rubble with only one wall (the Wailing Wall) remaining. This act of destroying all the evidence of Jewish occupation - and dispelling them to the far ends of the empire is now known as the Diaspora. So, one of the reasons why the Jews believe this is their homeland, - they had it taken away from them to start off with by foreign invaders. Another reason why the Jews believe they ...

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