War of Armageddon

The Fifth Arab-Israeli War, better known by religious nicknames such as the War of Armageddon or the Tenth Crusade, was a deadly military conflict fought between Israel and the United States against the Arab League and Russia, lasting from December 2, 2027 to March 26, 2029.

Background
In 1010 BC, David captured the city of Jerusalem and became the King of Israel. His son, King Solomon, built a temple that became one of the holiest places in Judaism. Solomon's Temple was burned down by Babylonians in 587 BC and soon rebuilt. In 70 AD, the Roman Empire burned down the Second Temple and deported all Jews from Israel. In the Jews' absence, Muslims acquired Jerusalem and built the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the holiest places in Islam, on the Temple's remains. Israel wouldn't return to Jewish control until 1948. The tension between the Jewish and Muslim populations, known as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, broiled for eighty years.

Prelude
In 2026, Azriel Ben-Aharon was elected Prime Minister of Israel. An outspoken Zionist, Ben-Aharon promised to fulfill the prophecy of the Hebrew Bible and build the third and final Temple of Solomon no matter the costs. In the winter of 2027, the Al-Aqsa Mosque was torn down by the Israeli government. Before the construction of the Third Temple could even begin, millions of Muslims from all over the Arab World flocked to Jerusalem to demonstrate in a mixture of peaceful protests and violent rioting. This was the biggest mass demonstration in history. The Israel Defense Forces eventually opened fire on the crowd to disperse it, so the event is now known as "the Al-Aqsa Massacre". In total, roughly 10,000 people died in the incident.

Combat
Immediately, several members of the Arab League declared war on Israel. Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Syria (having been accepted back into the League after the end of the Syrian Civil War) all mobilized their armed forces and invaded Israel from all sides, with a combined total of 2 million troops. Saudi Arabia remained neutral. The Israeli-Palestinian cities of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Gaza were besieged by Arab forces. Israel's closest ally, the United States of America, quickly dispatched the US Army to help defend these cities.

Due to Russia's history with supporting Arab countries and opposing the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin deployed the Russian Ground Forces in Palestine to support the Arab League. The fighting lasted for a year. The results were inconclusive and both armies withdrew to re-mobilize. The combatants deployed for one final battle at Mount Megiddo; better known as "Armageddon". This was the bloodiest military engagement in history, surpassing even the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II. Both armies were exhausted beyond the point of fighting, so the Treaty of Jerusalem was signed in March of 2029.

Aftermath
The final death toll of the Arab-Israeli War accounted for 4 million combatants and civilians. 60% of these deaths belonged to the Battle of Armageddon alone. Accepting the harsh truth that Jews and Arabs cannot coexist in the same region, the State of Palestine agreed to dissolve and the Palestinians were deported to Lebanon and Jordan. Prime Minister Ben-Aharon, now dubbed "the Antichrist" by superstitious Christians, was tried and executed for crimes against humanity. Israel was severely reprimanded for its behavior by the United Nations and its Zionist attitudes were removed from its infrastructure through a series of reformations called "the Dezionization".