Discussing the historical significance of Jerusalem Jerusalem holds quite a significant portion of religious history. Not only for Christians but Muslims and Jews as well. Jerusalem (in Hebrew called Yerushalayim; in Arabic Al Quds), is a city lying at the intersection of Israel and the West Bank, found between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea, about 50 kilometers southeast of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv-Yafo. Jerusalem is composed of two distinct sections: West Jerusalem …showed first 75 words of 544 total…

…showed last 75 words of 544 total…had it before the second world war and consider it their territory. So all the fighting is over land and religiously important places which no one is sure what happened exactly where. So in the end every one wants a piece and the dispute has been going on for so long I some times think that the people forget what exactly their religion teaches and what exactly the correct and civilized way is to act.