    the holy land (; hebrew:  , arabic:  ), as a term used by jews, christians, and muslims, is an area roughly located between the jordan river and the mediterranean sea but also includes the eastern bank of the jordan river. historically, it is synonymous with both the land of israel and palestine,as in the 1759 map (attached) which calls it "the holy land, or palestine ... (with) the ancient kingdoms of judah and israel in which the 12 tribes have been distinguished" and is thus inclusive of the 20th century concepts of both palestine and israel and nowadays is part of israel, palestine, lebanon, syria and jordan. part of the significance of the land stems from the religious significance of jerusalem, the holiest city to judaism, the historical region of jesus's ministry, and the isra and mi'raj event in islam and mount nebo, where moses presumably died. the perceived holiness of the land to christianity was part of the motivation for the crusades, as european christians sought to win the holy land back from the muslim suljuq turks. they had taken it over after defeating the muslim arabs, who had in turn taken control from the christian byzantine empire. many sites in the holy land have long been pilgrimage destinations for adherents of the abrahamic religions, including jews, christians, muslims, and bahÃ¡'Ã­s. pilgrims visit the holy land to touch and see physical manifestations of their faith, confirm their beliefs in the holy context with collective excitation, and connect personally to the holy land. ==judaism== jews do not commonly refer to the land of israel as "holy land" (hebrew:  ). it is explicitly referred in the tanakh as "holy land" in on
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