Was there peace in the middle east prior to the existence of Israel ?

Question

If so how many if any Jews were in the region ?

Was there rampant bombing prior to Israel's existence ?


Were the Arabs united ? Were they against us in say 1900 as they were durring the crusades and who started those crusades us or them ?

Answer 1

Before Israel existed it used to be 80% majority Arabs living peacefully with about 20% Jews roughly but the Arabs were in the majority. Until that is the British and USA left what was called "Palistine" in a mess. USA since have funded weapons etc. to Israel to kill the muslims and Palistinians. So the very existence of Israel is a con. They somehow miraculously claim Israel 'is our god given right".
There was peace before....

Answer 2

Except for Egypt, most notably, the Middle East was still a colonized region. Independence (true self governance) didn't come until after WWII, and Israel was formed in 1948 during the divestiture of these colonies. What's peculiar is that much of the Middle East was not constituted the way that the European powers defined them (e.g. Iraq).

The Arabs were most definitely not united - Sunni v. Shia is just one slice of it, as well as secularism v. islamism. Israel's introduction arguably gave Arabs a cause around which to coalesce, but it by no means has made Arab unity a going condition. There have been many internicine Arab conflicts, e.g. Egypt v. Libya, as well as domestic civil strife, e.g. Algeria.

"Rampant bombings"? Not sure how you define that, but do yourself a favor and rent "The Battle of Algiers" (1957).

Jewish presence in the Middle East is as ancient as the Middle East. In most places, relations were peaceable. There were several hundred thousand Jews in Baghdad prior to Saddam seizing power - he made it intolerable for them.

Crusades - too complicated to discuss here. You have a library near you, no?

Answer 3

The crusades were hundreds of years before 1900s. The middle east was somewhat united, reluctantly, by the Ottoman Empire, which was based out of Turkey. There was dissention amongst them, but no major wars. In the 20th century, the British colonized much of the middle east, with the french also claiming territory. Due to horrible bordering, many different groups who didn't like each other were stuck together, which led to some more fighting.

So no, war in the middle east is not the fault of the creation of israel

Answer 4

the warlords and a few rich families ruled with a heavy hand...there were laws of course but mainly Islamic...there was little unity between areas and pirates controlled the waters....check up on the history of the Spaniards and the Muslim invaders...esp. El Cid and his collaboration with Spanish Muslims and the constant invasions from Africa...these invaders used Islamic law in a very militant way and required the deaths of all unbelievers. it's a very complex history and probably led to the Spanish Inquisition

Answer 5

The Ottoman Empire didn't come about peacefully, not for the Christian and the Jews in any case, nor for many Muslims.

Answer 6

Yupchagee still has his head stuck up his butt as he still thinks he knows everything when he actually Knows diddly squat.

Answer 7

It was far more peaceful than it is now.

Answer 8

get thee to the library

Answer 9

The Jews start all the wars.
--Mel Gibson

Answer 10

No, there was not peace. Never has been, never will be.