History of Israel - Palestine Conflict

By IntroBooks Team

The Israel – Palestine conflict is the ongoing conflict of Middle
East, which finds its roots in mid-20th century will fall of the
Ottoman Empire and migration of Jews. The conflict is
attributable to 95% of the problems on Middle East. The
conflict is between the Jews and the Arabs however it is not
religious, but about the land. The Jews want Israel to be
recognized as an independent Jewish state and the Palestinian
want Jews to vacate their land. Both sides have been using all
means possible to achieve this aim and have even gone to war
thrice. The conflict is still active with no respite what so ever
past 100 years or so. Many nations and UN have tried to
resolve the issue but the intangible are too far from any
solution. The conflict is also seen as one of the most difficult
conflicts to resolve by both sides as well as international
community.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IntroBooks
• Release date: Nov 11, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393332732

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History of

Israel – Palestine

Conflict

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Preface

The Israel – Palestine conflict is the ongoing conflict of Middle East, which finds its roots in mid-20th century will fall of the Ottoman Empire and migration of Jews. The conflict is attributable to 95% of the problems on Middle East. The conflict is between the Jews and the Arabs however it is not religious, but about the land. The Jews want Israel to be recognized as an independent Jewish state and the Palestinian want Jews to vacate their land. Both sides have been using all means possible to achieve this aim and have even gone to war thrice. The conflict is still active with no respite what so ever past 100 years or so. Many nations and UN have tried to resolve the issue but the intangible are too far from any solution. The conflict is also seen as one of the most difficult conflicts to resolve by both sides as well as international community.

Introduction

Israel - Palestine Conflict is an ongoing struggle between Palestinians and Israelis for right of acquisition of land. This is one conflict, which is mainly based on the land dispute and not any religious issue. The conflict started in mid-20th century with the immigration of Jews in the Palestine State of Middle eastern Arab nation. This conflict was soon joined by neighboring Arab nations: Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.

To resolve the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis various agreements and treaties were signed between negotiators of both sides. However, the continuous riots, terrorist attacks, refusal of Palestinian to accept Israel as a state resulted in building of distrust among both the sides. Since beginning of the conflict millions of people became homeless and thousands have lost their lives.

Key issues which are acting as a hindrance in the peace process are Palestinian right of return, mutual recognition, Israeli settlements, security, water rights, Jerusalem, borders, and Palestinian freedom of movement.

Two state solutions, is one of the best solutions given for bringing peace in this area. This solution aims at forming two different states: State