...In fulfillment of His prophecies, after Jesus death and resurrection, Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans in AD 70 during the Jewish Revolt, further scattering the people throughout the world and into distant lands. Seventy years later, the Jews again revolted under the leadership of Simon bar Kokhba and established the last Kingdom of Israel, which lasted three years. The final destruction came when the Roman Emperor Hadrian, who was determined to wipe out the identity of Israel, completely destroyed the Jewish city of Jerusalem, plowing it under and building a city called Aelia Capitolina on top of it. In AD 135, Hadrian changed the name of Israel to Syria Palaestina, essentially in honor of Israels enemies the Philistenes (not Palestinians, the Philistenes were not arabs, they came from the island of Crete).
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