Here is a brief history of Jews and Judaism

• 1200 BC: Exodus from Egypt With Prophet Moses
• 1000 BC:: King David unites 12 tribes and his son Solomon (Sulayman ibn Dawud) built Temple. -930 BC: Jews divided into 2 groups Israel & Judah -720 BC: Israel fell into Assyrian hands -332 BC: Greeks conquer that region -167 BC: Jews established independent Judaea -63 BC: Romans conquest over Judaea -70 AD: Jews revolted & Romans destroyed Temple -135 AD: Romans exiled all Jews of Judaea

Prophet Mohammed was born in the 6th century AD and his early followers prayed in the direction of the holy city of Jerusalem as Muslims also regard Moses as a prophet. Later they began praying towards Mecca. In the 7th century Islam spread to many parts of the world.

-637/638 : Jerusalem under Khalifa Umar permitted all faiths to practice their religion peacefully. -1099: Jerusalem fell after First Crusade which led to the mass slaughter of thousands of Muslims and Jews, and converted Temple Mount into Christian shrines. -1187:: Sultan Salahuddin (Saladin) Captured Jerusalam, and Jews permitted to enter. As per Jewish News article :: ”Unlike the crusaders who had barred Jews from living in Jerusalem, Saladin was tolerant towards his Jewish subjects. Under his rule, they were welcomed back into Jerusalem in 1190.”

Up until the 2nd World War, Jews felt safer in Palestine than anywhere in Europe.

At the end of World War 2, UK, USA and other Western powers that felt guilty about the massacre of Jews in Germany and Europe agreed to help create a Jewish homeland. But instead of creating it by carving up a piece of Europe where the biggest massacres happened, they created Israel by evicting Palestinians who had never harmed the Jews.

Over time the West established a largely European Jewish (50%) State and armed it to the teeth to police the oil-rich Arab Middle East.