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Prior to the Balfour Declaration of 1917, Muslims and Jews had almost no problems. The Jews were much more comfortable in Islamic areas, because on the plains of Europe and Russia, they often experienced persecution. The first time Umar bin Khattap entered Jerusalem, in 638, with only an Aslam and a Camel, and succeeded in transferring the power of Jerusalem to the hands of Muslims, at that time Umar refused Saphronius’ request to prohibit Jews from entering the Holly Site.