Tensions between the Arabs and Jews began as early as biblical times. These tensions led to anti-Semitism, or hostility against Jews. Anti-Semitism and the establishment of Israel would only further the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Throughout the ongoing conflict, Jews have accumulated the right to claim Israel as their land with historical evidence found in the Bible as well as anti-Semitic treatment to corroborate this.

1. The initial cause of the Arab-Israeli conflict was each side's belief that Israel was theirs. In 1800 B.C., Abraham, the first Jew, settled in the land along with his followers. According to the Bible, God supposedly made a covenant with Abraham in which he promised the land to him and his descendants. Abraham was married to Sarah, who couldn't bear him a child for many years. She told him to have children with her Egyptian slave, Hagar. With Hagar, Abraham had one son, Ishmael. This...