Hermus -JRG Grade 7

Some people think that the muslim religion is not important in Israel, and that the Jewish religion is more important, but I disagree. The muslim religion is actually very important in Israel, 61% of the total people in Israel are muslim. While only 42% of the total people are Jewish. This proves that the muslim religion is very important in Israel and that Israel is a very important to the muslim religion.

Many people think that the Palestinian's should not own Israel because Israel is a very religious and important to the Jewish religion. But, Israel is also very important to the muslim religion as well. On a muslim scripture god wrote that all of his people following this religion should be nice to one another, and he wrote how important Israel is to the muslim religion. He said "...believe in what has been sent down to you." (Muhammad) After this he explained how this means to appreciate what you are given, and what you have. He said to appreciate being able to have part of the land of Israel, and to worship him in the holy cities. God also wrote, "...believe in what has been sent to you ad what has been sent down before you..." (Quran 2:4) He explained that this meant to appreciate everything in life, even to appreciate being able to live in Israel even though there are conflicts and fights. So therefore, the Palestinian's deserve this land because god told them to appreciate being able to live in Israel, and that worship in Israel is very important to their religion.

I think the Palestinian's deserve the land over the Israeli's because the Palestinian's were there first. In 1882, the Palestinian's were the first group of people that went to Israel. Later in the year of 1882, became the start of the European Jewish Immigration, which was when the Jewish were planning on migrating to Israel to try and take the land away from the Palestinian's. This just started a conflict over land, which still goes on today. Therefore, I think the Palestinian's deserve the land over the Israeli's because the Jews started the conflict and forced the Palestinian's to leave the land, so why would they deserve to own the land if they started the conflict over the land.

When Israel left Israel, they headed for Germany. But, on October 2, 1947, the Israeli's got in a fight with Germany and headed back for Israel. Once they got to Israel they forced the Palestinian's to leave the land, sending them to other countries and refuge camps. This just proves that the Palestinian's deserve the land because they were on the land first, and they never did anything to the Jews, but the Jews forced them to leave even though they were there first.

I think the Palestinian's deserve this land because they were always on this land. There were the first ones there, the Jews came, left, and then came back and forced all the Palestinians to leave and go to refuge camps. Still today the Palestinian's are being forced into a smaller amount of land. Israel was split in half, half was given to the Jews, and the other half was given to the Palestinian's. Even though the west bank belongs to the Palestinian's, only 75% of the people who live there are actually Palestinian's. 99% of the total people who live in the Gaza strip are Palestinian's, so not many Jews live there as they do the west bank. So even though the Palestinian's actually own the Gaza strip and west bank, the Jews are still forcing the Palestinian's to move closer and closer together. This just shows that the Jews do not deserve this land because they are doing this.

I think the Palestinian's deserve this land because they were on this land first. The Jews came to this land when the Palestinian's were already there. According to Ottoman records, which is the name of an empire who ruled Israel in 1882, in 1887 the Palestinian's were still in Israel, there was about 403,795 Palestinian's on that land. A few years later the Jews came back to Israel forcing the Palestinian's to leave. This shows that the Palestinian's deserve this land because they were the first ones on the land, the Jews were the ones to force the Palestinian's off of the land because they wanted it, so why would they deserve the land over the Palestinian's?

I disagree with you. Giving the Palestinian's versus from an Israeli bible doesn't mean anything to the Palestinian's. It's not that the Palestinian's don't believe in a god, because most of them do, but it's that the Palestinian's believe in different things and gods than the Jews do. So saying "god gave us this land" and giving different versus from the Israel bible doesn't provide any good reason when talking to the Palestinian's because they believe in different gods.

I disagree with you, saying god gave the land to the Jews doesn't mean anything to Palestinian's. Palestinian's believe in different things and gods, different from what the Jews believe. So saying god gave you the land doesn't provide any good reason for you to have the land. The Jews may have won many more wars over the Palestinian's but the Palestinian's were there first. The Jews came after the Palestinian's were already there, left, and came back forcing the Palestinian's to leave the land and go to refuge camps and other countries. According to Ravit Hecht, a columnist with Israel's oldest daily newspaper, 40% of Israeli's left Israel and came back forcing the Palestinians. 25% of Israeli's left and came back to Israel after the other Israeli's already forced the Palestinian's to leave. This shows that the Palestinians were there first, so therefore they deserve the land. Even though the Jews did win wars over the Palestinian's, the Jews don't deserve the land after they forced the Palestinian's to leave because they wanted the land.

I disagree with you. Yes, the Jews may have given their lives to win this war, but the Palestinian's also gave up some of their lives as well. The Jews weren't the only ones to give up their lives. And yes, the Jews did win most of those wars, but the Palestinian's were there first, before the Jews so I think they deserve the land. The Jews came when the Palestinian's were there, left, and then came back forcing the Palestinian's to leave and sending them to refuge camps. So even though they did win many wars, the Palestinian's were on this land first, and the Jews forced the Palestinian's to leave, so in the end they really don't deserve to have this land after doing that.

I disagree with you. Just because god gave them the land doesn't mean it is officially "their land." Even though god may have given the Jews this land, the Palestinian's have been on the land longer than the Jews. So that doesn't even make sense that god gave them the land because the Palestinians were on that land longer than the Jews. The Jews came to this land after the Palestinian's were already there forcing them to leave and sending them to refuge camps and other countries. According to Ravit Hecht, a columnist with Israel's oldest daily newspaper, 40% of Israeli's left Israel and came back forcing the Palestinian's to leave and 25% of Israeli's left Israel and came back after the other Jews already forced the Palestinian's to leave. This just proves that the Palestinian's deserve the land because they were there first. The Jews may have been given this land from god, but they don't deserve the land if they forced the Palestinian's to leave, and thought it was their land even though the Palestinian's were there first.