sentences:  By 2017, Israel and several Arab Sunni states led by Saudi Arabia formed a semi-official coalition to confront Iran – a move which some marked as the fading of the Arab–Israeli conflict.Some groups who oppose the peace process invoke religious arguments for their uncompromising positions.The contemporary history of the Arab–Israeli conflict is very much affected by the religious beliefs of the various sides and their ideas and views of the chosen people in their policies with regard to the "Promised Land" and the "Chosen City" of Jerusalem.