User blog comment:Daxus Inferno/Real Countries?/@comment-2159942-20130331175357/@comment-1789156-20130403021243

Both sides have legitimate claims to the land. The Israelites lived in the area for many years before the common era. The area around Jerusalem was successfully invaded by King Saul during his war against the Amalekites, and the city itself was conquered by King David. On the other hand the Arabs controlled the area continuously for about 1400 years (minus the two centuries in which the Christian crusaders controlled the area around Jerusalem).