PALESTINE ISRAEL PEACE PROCESS INTRODUCTION 1. The Middle East problem had erupted when in 1948 the state of Israel was declared for establishment in Palestine. Since then‚ many of the Arab countries got entangled in the conflict with Israel‚ over the Palestinian issue. For the last 48 years or so‚ the Middle East issue has been a history of miseries for the Palestinians. The Palestinians who once belonged to a country with distinctive geographical‚ political and cultural identity ultimately
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their homes and property. While many people left‚ a larger number of Jews were forced to leave all Arab countries in the Middle East. The Palestinians then took the Gaza Strip under their security ruled by Egypt‚ Jordan‚ Syria‚ and Lebanon. Another conflict started in 1967. Israeli troops took control of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip that were part of the “Occupied Territories‚” according to the Palestinians. Less than one million Palestinians remained in the West Bank after a large number moved
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Bibliography: 2. Edward W. Said‚ Peace and its Discontents-Gaza and Jericho: 1993-1995 (London: Vintage‚ 1995). 3. Helena Cobban‚ The Palestine Liberation Organization (New York: Cambridge University Press‚ 1992). 4. T.G Fraser‚ The Arab-Israeli Conflict (London: Macmillan Publishers‚ 1995). 2. Brian Urquhart‚
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At the moment there is still no Palestine‚ due to the 1948-49 war. This was when the Israelis drove out the Arabs from their land‚ and also some of the granted land by the UN‚ leaving them only with the West bank which was run by Jordan and the Gaza strip run by Egypt. This caused over 700‚000 Palestinian Arabs to flee their homes and become refugees. There were already half a million refugees before the war and now today there are over 3 million Arab refugees. According to the UN records this is
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Israeli military in the Middle East. The Israeli occupation of Arab territories had a large impact on Arab-Israeli relations. Through the dominancy of the Israeli army during the Six Day War‚ they were able to capture the Sinai Peninsula‚ the Gaza Strip from Egypt‚ East Jerusalem‚ the West Bank from Jordon and the Golan Heights from Syria. In addition‚ Israel controlled the Sharm el-Sheik and the Gulf of Aqaba. This was significant as Israel stopped Jordanian ships from entering the Red Sea and
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and two (2) U.S. State Department-designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs)‚ the Lebanese Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah and the radical Palestinian Hamas Organization. The localized conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip which happened on July 12‚ 2006 has instantly became
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that was promised to both the Muslims and Jews as well as sacred Christian holy sites that are in the middle of the conflict. As of 2011‚ Israel is considered a country while Palestine is not considered a country but they have the west bank and gaza strip territories that are occupied by Israel (Malone). The Palestinians demand Statehood but the Israeli government refuses to give the Palestinians statehood due to the argument over Jerusalem in which the Palestinians and Israelis have sacred religious
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1) Origins of the State of Israel What is the Jewish claim to the land? Ancient Hebrews 3‚000 years ago. Forced out by different invaders‚ lastly the Romans. A tiny Jewish community continued to live there‚ having never left. What is the Palestinian claim? Also descended from Abraham. Lived along the coast – the Philistines. The land had been populated by Arabs since at least the 7th century. When the Arab conquerors arrived‚ there were Christians and a smaller number of Jews living
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Chapter 5: The First Arab-Israeli War and the 1956 Suez Crisis The war of 1947-49 Following Israel’s declaration of statehood the Arab armies attacked along all the borders of the Jewish state. Egyptian forces attacked from the south; Syria‚ Lebanon and Iraq attacked from the north and north-east. By 28 May 1948‚ the Jordanian Arab Legion had occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank. After initial setbacks‚ however‚ the Israelis successful drove the Arab armies out of the north‚ regained
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however they still conceive the same mistakes due to hypocrisies in forging peace. That does not only lead to the encroachment of the war‚ but the suffering of law-abiding people‚ from Muslims being massacred by air raid with the guilty in the Gaza Strip to Israelis being murdered in the dark confines of their houses and being blown to bits by suicide bombers. So who is truly to blame for all this strife and suffering? The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is
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