Why is Israel called the Holy Land?
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The Holy Land, or Israel, is a revered location for many faiths, especially Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The Holy Land includes Jerusalem, the Western Wall, the Jordan River, the Mount of Olives, Bethlehem, Masada, and the Dome of the Rock. Visitors to the Holy Land explore the ancient towns and beautiful destinations such as Gethsemane, the Sea of Galilee, and the Dead Sea. Israel is called the Holy Land because it is the site of divine encounters between man and God and the land where Jesus lived, died, and rose again.
The Holy Land is special to Christians because it is the historical region of Jesus’ birth, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection. It is also the birthplace of the church, the place where most of the Bible was written, and the location of many events in the Old and New Testaments. Many Christians visit the Holy Land to touch, see, and confirm what they read in the Bible. The Holy Land is where God revealed Himself to us in the Person of Jesus Christ and performed many miracles. It is also where Jesus will one day rule and reign. After God punishes Satan and his followers, “the LORD Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem” (Isaiah 24:23).
In Judaism, Israel is more than the “Holy Land”; it is also the “Promised Land.” God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants, saying, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it” (Genesis 15:7; cf. verse 18). God’s promise of the land was repeated to Isaac (Genesis 26:3) and to Jacob (Genesis 28:13). The exodus of the Jews from Egypt under Moses’ leadership and their travel to Canaan was a fulfillment of God’s ancient covenant with them (Deuteronomy 19:89). It is the “land flowing with milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8). It is the land of King David, Joshua, Gideon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and many more biblical heroes. Many mitzvoth, or commands, given to the Israelites in the Torah can only be performed in the land of Israel. The prophet Joel relates a promise of the future blessings of Jerusalem: “I, the LORD your God, dwell in Zion, my holy hill. Jerusalem will be holy” (Joel 3:17).
Muslims call the land of Israel the “Holy Land” based on a passage in the Quran in which Moses proclaims, “O my people! Enter the holy land which Allah hath assigned unto you, and turn not back ignominiously, for then will ye be overthrown, to your own ruin” (Surah 5:21). Muslims usually call the land “blessed.” In Islam, Jerusalem also has significance. There Muhammed is said to have experienced the Isra and Mi’raj. Jerusalem is also the location of two of Islam’s holy buildings, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.. Jerusalem was Islam’s first qiblah (direction of prayer); however, Islamic prayers are now directed toward Mecca. The region referred to as “blessed” is interpreted differently by various Muslim scholars.
The Baha’i religion also regards Israel as the Holy Land, and its two most important shrines are located there. Baha’i followers pilgrimage to the Mansion of the Bahji in Akko, the final resting place of Bahaullah, the founder of their religion. The Baha’i Gardens in Haifa contain the Shrine of Bab, who was a prophet respected in Baha’i, where the Bab’s remains are laid to rest and can be found on a hillside of terraced gardens.
..聖地（希伯來語: אֶרֶץ הַקּוֹדֶשׁ Eretz HaKodesh, 拉丁語：Terra Sancta; 阿拉伯語：الأرض المقدسة Al-Arḍ Al-Muqaddasah）是在約旦河與地中海之間的一個區域，包括約旦河的東岸。「聖地」這個詞傳統上是「聖經以色列地」以及歷史上的「巴勒斯坦地區」的同義詞，如今通常指現代以色列、巴勒斯坦領土、西約旦、南黎巴嫩部分地區和西南敘利亞，猶太人、基督徒、穆斯林均以此處為神聖之地。
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以色列國（希伯來語：
מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל；阿拉伯語：دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل） ，通稱以色列（希伯來語：יִשְׂרָאֵל；阿拉伯語：إِسْرَائِيل，羅馬化：Isrāʾīl），是位於中東地區的一個主權國家，1948年5月14日獨立建國，人口900餘萬，主要人口為猶太人，以希伯來語為官方語言，通用英語。
歷史記錄以色列曾經多次滅亡,人民被流放及流亡世界各地,他們沒有戶籍與地籍,換句話說就是亡國奴,世世代代寄人籬下,過者悲慘的無祖國的日子,在中國北宋時期,曾經有部份的猶太人及阿拉伯人,他們經商與逃亡,淪落於河南省開封府,由當時北宋接納,救濟,收留下來,從此以後她們便與中國人通婚,同居,直到今日河南省開封鄭州等地,都有其後裔(猶太人阿拉伯人與中國人混血種),居住在當地他,們保持傳統信仰的宗教,就是猶太教與伊斯蘭教,他們堅定的信仰就是不吃豬肉,堅守教義,禱告信仰唯一的真神上帝,他們在北宋時期賜姓穆或是慕,可以世代居住停留於中國境內,至於第二次世界大戰期間德國希特勒的納粹黨,屠殺600餘萬的猶太人,其中亦有1萬餘人逃亡,中國上海避難,由中國政府庇護..
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大衛王將以色列的都城遷到耶路撒冷，在耶路撒冷為王33年。其子所羅門接任王位。所羅門承接大衛留下的這個強國，就大興土木，建築堡壘、宮室和耶路撒冷的聖殿。所羅門的統治時期可以說是以色列歷史的黃金時代的頂點。
猶太人信仰上帝耶和華,賜給他們的土地就是聖地HOLY LAND.,也就是說依據聖經的記載牛奶與蜜之地,那也就是摩西,當年代領以色列人出埃及,應允他們的理想國的土地,2千餘年過去,歷史的記載猶新,如今的以色列人雖然不再與四鄰的阿拉伯人為敵,可是對於自己的兄弟巴勒斯坦人,卻是記恨,記惡,記仇,不時的戰爭,因為古時期兄弟因為王位,權利,信仰,土地等因素分家,而引起兄弟鬩牆之爭,到今日扔未解決..
公元前931年所羅門王死後，北方的十個支派便馬上脫離以色列聯合王國，由耶羅波安做王；而南方的兩個支派，即猶大和便雅閔，則依然由所羅門的兒子羅波安領導，自此，約一百多年的以色列聯合王國結束，國家分為北國以色列和南國猶大。
南部群體（即南國猶大）有兩個部族，以較為強大的部族猶大來命名；而北部群體（即北國以色列）則有10個部族，仍然保持著以色列的名稱。因此，居住在南部猶大地區的人，自此被稱作猶太人；而居住在北部以色列地區的人，便保持以色列人的稱號，從而使猶太人與以色列人一樣，都具有種族和民族，乃至國家的多重意義。
公元前722年，以色列王國被新亞述帝國所滅。南王國繼續存在，直到前586年亡於新巴比倫。
以色列的領土歷史上曾為多個帝國家統治。包括古埃及、新亞述帝國、新巴比倫帝國、波斯第一帝國、希臘馬其頓帝國、托勒密埃及、塞琉古帝國、羅馬共和國和羅馬帝國、東羅馬帝國、波斯第二帝國、阿拉伯帝國、法蒂瑪王朝、塞爾柱帝國、十字軍（耶路撒冷王國）、埃及馬穆魯克王朝、鄂圖曼土耳其帝國以及大英帝國。1918年，鄂圖曼帝國一戰戰敗，退出該地區，隨即阿拉伯部落紛爭。1922年，國際聯盟委託英國託管。受猶太復國主義興起和反猶主義影響，二戰後，大批猶太移民遷入。
1947年11月29日，聯合國大會181號決議確定支持在巴勒斯坦託管地推行分治方案，支持以巴分別成立獨立國家，耶路撒冷及其周邊地區則由國際管理[.
1944至1948年之間，約20萬猶太人通過各種途徑輾轉來到巴勒斯坦地區。第二次世界大戰結束後，巴勒斯坦地區已經有60萬猶太居民]。
1947年，猶太人達到63萬占當地總人口197萬的將近1/3，已擁有6%的土地，根據聖經中描述建立的「傳統聚居點」實際建在當時阿拉伯人擁有的土地上。
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英國託管時期與錫安主義和猶太人回歸:近幾個世紀以來，諸多流亡海外的猶太人一直試圖返回以色列。1800年，在巴勒斯坦地區猶太人總人口約1萬人，據鄂圖曼帝國人口統計，此時約30萬總人口劃分為猶太人3%，基督徒10%，穆斯林87%。18世紀開始有數波小型的回歸潮，從數百到上千人不等。錫安主義運動的發展推動「第二次回歸浪潮」（1904－1914年），約有4萬名猶太人返回定居，至1914年巴勒斯坦地區猶太人總人口約9萬4千人，占總人口70萬的13%。此時當地尚極少發生穆斯林、基督徒和猶太教徒的宗教及民族衝突。第一次世界大戰結束後，猶太人掀起「第三和第四次回歸浪潮」，1931年猶太人在約旦河西岸今巴以地區占總人口的17%
Israel (/ˈɪzriəl, ˈɪzreɪəl/; Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל, romanized: Yīsrāʾēl; Arabic: إِسْرَائِيل, romanized: ʾIsrāʾīl), officially known as the State of Israel (Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, Medinat Yisrael), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west,[ respectively, and Egypt to the southwest. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country,[] while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, although international recognition of the states sovereignty over the city is limited.[
Israel has evidence of the earliest migration of hominids out of Africa.[29] Canaanite tribes are archaeologically attested since the Middle Bronze Age,[30][31] while the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah emerged during the Iron Age. The Neo-Assyrian Empire destroyed Israel around 720 BCE.[34] Judah was later conquered by the Babylonian, Persian and Hellenistic empires and had existed as Jewish autonomous provinces.[ The successful Maccabean Revolt led to an independent Hasmonean kingdom by 110 BCE,] which in 63 BCE however became a client state of the Roman Republic that subsequently installed the Herodian dynasty in 37 BCE, and in 6 CE created the Roman province of Judea.[ Judea lasted as a Roman province until the failed Jewish revolts resulted in widespread destruction] the expulsion of the Jewish population[ and the renaming of the region from Iudaea to Syria Palaestina.[] Jewish presence in the region has persisted to a certain extent over the centuries. In the 7th century CE, the Levant was taken from the Byzantine Empire by the Arabs and remained in Muslim control until the First Crusade of 1099, followed by the Ayyubid conquest of 1187. The Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt extended its control over the Levant in the 13th century until its defeat by the Ottoman Empire in 1517. During the 19th century, national awakening among Jews led to the establishment of the Zionist movement followed by immigration to Palestine.
The land was controlled as a mandate of the British Empire from 1920 to 1948, having been ceded by the Ottomans at the end of the First World War. The Second World War saw the mandate bombed heavily. Once the British agreed to supply arms and form a Jewish Brigade in 1944, Yishuv Jews officially entered the conflict on the side of the allies. At the end of the war, amidst growing tensions with the conflict-weary British, the United Nations (UN), eager to appease both Arab and Jewish factions, adopted a Partition Plan for Palestine in 1947 recommending the creation of independent Arab and Jewish states, and an internationalized Jerusalem.[] The plan was accepted by the Jewish Agency but rejected by Arab leaders.[] The following year, the Jewish Agency declared the independence of the State of Israel, and the subsequent 1948 Arab–Israeli War saw Israel establishment over most of the former Mandate territory, while the West Bank and Gaza were held by neighboring Arab states.[] Israel has since fought several wars with Arab countries,[ and since the Six-Day War in June 1967 held occupied territories including the West Bank, Golan Heights and the Gaza Strip (still considered occupied after the 2005 disengagement, although some legal experts dispute this claim).] Subsequent legislative acts have resulted in the full application of Israeli law within the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem, as well as its partial application in the West Bank via "pipelining" into Israeli settlements.[] Israel exerts full control over almost two-thirds of the West Bank and partial control over 165 Palestinian enclaves; Israels occupation of the Palestinian territories is internationally considered to be the worlds longest military occupation in modern times.[f Efforts to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict have not resulted in a final peace agreement, while Israel has signed peace treaties with both Egypt and Jordan.
In its Basic Laws, Israel defines itself as a Jewish and democratic state, and the nation state of the Jewish people.] The country is a liberal democracy with a parliamentary system, proportional representation, and universal suffrage.] The prime minister is head of government and the Knesset is the legislature. With a population of around 9 million as of 2019,[] Israel is a developed country and an OECD member.[] It has the worlds 31st-largest economy by nominal GDP, and is the most developed country currently in conflict.] It has the highest standard of living in the Middle East,[] and ranks among the worlds top countries by percentage of citizens with military training,[] percentage of citizens holding a tertiary education degree,[] research and development spending by GDP percentage,[ womens safety,[] life expectancy8] innovativeness,] and happiness..
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The Holy Land (Hebrew: אֶרֶץ הַקּוֹדֶשׁ Eretz HaKodesh, Latin: Terra Sancta; Arabic: الأرض المقدسة Al-Arḍ Al-Muqaddasah or الديار المقدسة Ad-Diyar Al-Muqaddasah) is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Bank of the Jordan River. Traditionally, it is synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine. The term "Holy Land" usually refers to a territory roughly corresponding to the modern State of Israel, the Palestinian territories, western Jordan, and parts of southern Lebanon and southwestern Syria. Jews, Christians, and Muslims regard it as holy.
Part of the significance of the land stems from the religious significance of Jerusalem (the holiest city to Judaism, and the location of the First and Second Temples), as the historical region of Jesus ministry, and as the site of the first Qibla of Islam, as well as the site of the Isra and Miraj event of c. 621 CE in Islam.
The holiness of the land as a destination of Christian pilgrimage contributed to launching the Crusades, as European Christians sought to win back the Holy Land from Muslims, who had conquered it from the Christian Eastern Roman Empire in the 630s. In the 19th century, the Holy Land became the subject of diplomatic wrangling as the holy places played a role in the Eastern Question which led to the Crimean War in the 1850s.
Many sites in the Holy Land have long been pilgrimage destinations for adherents of the Abrahamic religions, including Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Baháʼís. Pilgrims visit the Holy Land to touch and see physical manifestations of their faith, to confirm their beliefs in the holy context with collective excitation,[2] and to connect personally to the Holy Land
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