In one respect, you're correct Justin.... If you go in the waaaay back machine, one thing they have in common is Jews AND Muslims trace their religious heritage back to Abraham, yet have vastly different political & religious views, in spite of that common ancestry. In fact, this is probably where the chasm between the three first began. Jews & Christians trace their lineage back to Abraham’s son Isaac, who was a surprise conception to the older wife Sarah, who was thought to be barren at her stage in life, which is why Abraham had already conceived a son with their maid, Hagar, to ensure he had a male heir to carry on the family name. This illegitimate, yet firstborn son was Ishmael, & is who the Muslims trace their lineage to. Upon the birth of Isaac, Abraham banished Hagar & Ishmael, who purportedly roamed the desert & nearly died, if not for the intervention of an angel leading them to water. And so it begins…. The two religions & cultures arguing over who is the rightful heir to Abraham, & who should reap all that is promised in the Old Testament, including the Promised Land The non religious, land based part of the argument where you're wrong, is that when NATO created the "state" of Israel & carved up the land of Palestine to do it.... People were already living there. If you look at maps of how the land was delegated after WWII.... It's very piecemeal.... Not half & half like you'd assume. That part doesn't really have anything to do with religion, and actually started even earlier, when Palestine was still a British territory, and the British started allowing Jews to move into that area amongst the existing inhabitants. The land war further escalated when the "state" of Israel decided after the War of '67 that the Gaza Strip, Golan Heights & West Bank were now their "territories" & forcefully took them over. This infuriated Palestinians, that people who'd never lived there before, & were forced upon them & given Palestinian land by other countries/occupiers, were now taking the joint over And before you say the only reason the Jews want the land in Palestine is because of religion..... They were first offered land by London in Uganda back during the original Zionist movement of Theodore Herzl several decades earlier in 1903. Prior to Uganda, Argentina & Cyprus were also being considered. Herzl & the Zionist's were thrilled by this offer, & considered it a great victory for their cause of a homeland. Unfortunately, the offer was rescinded a year after Herzl's death in 1904