Alsace and Lorraine is a region between France and Germany in which there are more people of German ethnicity who were taken from France by Germany in the process of unification. This fact caused a feeling of revenge between the two countries and the region only returned to France after the Versailles treaty.
Israel, also known as the Holy Land, is sacred to Jews, Christians, Muslims, Druze and Baha'is. All faiths and religious practices are accepted and permitted in Israel.