Who lived in Israel/Palestine before Jews?

Question

I have been trying to find the answer hopefully you guys can tell me. And if you can post the source please.

Answer 1

Well which set of Jews do you mean...nobody really lived there except handfuls of many peoples before the Jews came, and Israel was bordered by Babylonians and Assyrians...the Jews (most of them, there has always been Jews in Israel, no matter how small a number) were kicked out at which point Arabs started moving in in greater numbers, until the aliyot started and Jewish population went up.

Answer 2

For most of the past 4,000 years the Jews did not live in the area known today at Palestine. Giving the territory to the Jews in 1948 to make a Jewish state was the same as giving all of North and South America back to the natives who were there ahead of the Europeans who conquered it. Palestinians were originally Philistines.

Answer 3

it incredibly is happening in Israel now. 20% of the Israeli inhabitants is Arab muslim. they have jobs. They vote. it incredibly is all very non violent and wealthy for all in touch. the only distinction between Israeli Arabs and Palestinian Arabs is that the Palestinians are murderous and crammed with hate for Jews; they in no way end their tries to kill Jews. If it weren't for muslim hatred, there'd be no problems in that portion of the middle-east. (There'd nevertheless be problems over in the Iraqi end of the middle east, because of the fact Iraqi Shia hate Iraqi Sunni and vice verse. Iraqi Arabs hate Iraqi Kurds, and vice verse. The Arabs are terrified of the Iranians, because of the fact the Iranians have a centuries-old historic previous of dominating the Arabs and intruding into the indoors affairs of Arab international locations. The Kurds occupy land in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey, and that they hate being occupied by using Iranians, Iraqis, and Turks. The Kurds have a low-key, guerrilla conflict going now against the Turks and Iranians, and the Iraqi usual government is afraid to aim to pass into and administer Kurdish territory. The Arabs hate and worry the Turks ever because of the fact the Turkish Ottoman empire overran the Arab lands and governed it harshly. The Turks weren't ejected from Arab lands till the British military and Lawrence of Arabia ejected them for the duration of international conflict I.) If the Israeli Jews all have been given directly to airplanes and emigrated to three different usa on the instant, there continues to be be sectarian homicide and hatred everywhere in the middle east. it incredibly is silly in charge all of it on the Jewish Zionists.

Answer 4

Biblically, no one.

Historically, the oldest civilizations are found in Israel and the Fertile Crescent

Answer 5

Pick up a bible and read. Remember the story of Joshua and the walls of Jericho? I don't recall if it gave a name to the people there other than the inhabitants of Jericho.

Answer 6

The earliest inhabitants were the Mousterian Neanderthals (about 200,000 BCE).

Answer 7

The Canaanites.

Answer 8

Neanderthals

Answer 9

Jerusalem came under Islamic rule during the reign of the second Caliph Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) in the year 638. It was a peaceful conquest. The ruling patriarch of the city, whose name was Sophronius, offered the keys of the city to the Caliph himself.


Upon entering the blessed city, the Caliph asked about the location of the mosque of David (al-Masjid al-Aqsa) and the blessed Rock from where the Prophet went in Miraj.

The site was a desolate place at that time. Romans had destroyed the so-called Second Temple in the year 70 CE and no non-Christian or Christian ruler of that city after that ever tried to build any place of worship there.

According to historians, it was a garbage dump, a dunghill for the people of Jerusalem. Umar, upon learning this was the site of the Masjid of Jerusalem and the place from where the Miraj took place, cleaned the place with his own hands and put his forehead in payer on that ground.

The Masjid al-Aqsa was later built in that area.

In 691 CE the Dome of Rock and a more elaborate mosque were constructed. Those were, perhaps, the first most expensive and expansive sacred monuments built in the history of Islam.

Jerusalem was always held in great esteem by Muslims. The Prophet said, "Journeys should not be taken (with the intention of worship) except to three mosques: the Sacred Mosque in Makkah, my Mosque in Madinah and Masjid al-Aqsa in Jerusalem."

On the basis of this Hadith, Muslims always considered it as a religious deed to visit the city of Jerusalem, its mosque and its sacred and blessed precincts. Often pilgrims made it a point to visit Jerusalem on their way to Makkah and Madinah.

Muslim rulers and philanthropists built many hospitals, schools, and religious centers in and around the city. They purchased land in and around the city and dedicated it as a Waqf (endowment) for religious purposes. The whole city is virtually Waqf land that is non-salable and nontransferable.

Many Muslim scholars also migrated and settled in the city. The Al-Aqsa Masjid was a great seat of learning. Thousands of pious people and scholars included provisions in their wills to be buried in Jerusalem. There are thousands, perhaps millions of Muslims' graves in the city of Jerusalem.

Muslims also recognized the rights of Christians and Jews who hold the city dear to their hearts and sacred in their faiths.

Under Islamic rule they were given permission to settle there. When the Caliph Umar made the treaty with the Christian Patriarch Sophronius it was agreed, at the request of the Christian patriarch, that "No Jews will live with them in Aelia (Jerusalem)."

But later, due to Muslim tolerance, this rule was relaxed and Jews were allowed to come and settle in the city.

After the re-conquest of Jerusalem by Salahuddin in the time of the Crusades, Jews were again permitted by Muslims to come back and live in the city. The Crusaders during their 90-year rule (1099 - 1187) had banned both Jews and Muslims from that city.



Conclusion

The city of Jerusalem is very important to Muslims. Muslims have a right to this city religiously, historically and legally. I have mentioned only the religious aspects in this paper. There are three important points to remember about Islam and the city of Jerusalem:

1. In the whole history of Jerusalem, form the time of Prophet David until now, the longest rule of this city belonged to Muslims.

2. Muslims maintained the sacredness of this city in the full sense of the word.

3. Muslims established and practiced the most tolerant multi-religious and multi-faith character of Jerusalem.

Answer 10

Um... the Turkish people, I think. They ruled it, at least.