The Arab- Israeli Conflict
AO1: "What are the main differences between the beliefs and attitudes
of the Jews/Israelis and the Arabs/ Palestinians towards the land now
called Israel with the Gaza Strip and the West Bank?
The Arab- Israeli conflict is one of the most interesting conflicts
that have strained relations between the Muslims and the Jews which
involves a small but significant piece of land known as Palestine
(Israel today). This conflict is not rooted in modern times though, as
this section of my coursework will explain.
Both groups have extremely strong views on this topic, both
historically and religiously important, which has lead to this
stalemate between them.
Some Historians have said that the Jewish claim to Palestine (the old
name for the combined Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza strip) is
stronger historically than the Arabs. We need to remember that the
Jews first settled in the area of Palestine in groups of Hebrews
around 4000 years ago and set up their own kingdom and a beautiful
capital city - Jerusalem, but it was cruelly taken away by the Roman
Invaders around 63 AD. Despite the Jews rebelling against their new
overlords around 64AD they were defeated cruelly by 70AD. Their last
stand was made at the ancient fortress built by King Herod - Masada.
It shows that the Jewish believe they would rather kill themselves
than be slaves to a new nation of rulers. All the main Jewish
synagogues were destroyed, including the Temple of Solomon, reduced to
rubble with only one wall (the Wailing Wall) remaining. This act of
destroying all the evidence of Jewish occupation - and dispelling them
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...e deal with the Israeli
Prime Minister Rabin. No doubt that there would be anger amongst his
own side for signing a deal which he had decided in 1974 not to sign
any at all.
Overall it is important to realise that there are a range of attitudes
in each side in the conflict, and will never agree which is the best
way to gain all the land from the other sides. They both have
moderates who are willing to co-operate with each other to create
permanent peace between themselves, yet they will risk assassination
attempts by their own side- as in the case of President Nassar of
Egypt in 1981, and Prime Minister Rabin in 1995. But whatever the
attitudes within the group they will all have the same belief - that
they are the ones who should own 100% of the land, as they have
historical and religious claims in the conflict.
Ehud Olmert Ali Purtell Ehud Olmert, a former prime minister of Israel, was motivated to try and make peace among the Israelis and Arabs. Other leaders of Israel used violence to try and resolve the conflict but it only made things worse. Olmert wanted to use peace instead of violence to try and end the Arab-Israeli conflict. His efforts to achieve peace affected the Arab-Israeli conflictbut without long term results. Olmert has worked as the former prime minister of Jerusalem, Deputy Premier, Finance Minister, and Mayor of Jerusalem, giving him many years of experience and knowledge regarding world affairs like the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The Middle East has since time immemorial been on the global scope because of its explosive disposition. The Arab Israeli conflict has not been an exception as it has stood out to be one of the major endless conflicts not only in the region but also in the world. Its impact continues to be felt all over the world while a satisfying solution still remains intangible. A lot has also been said and written on the conflict, both factual and fallacious with some allegations being obviously evocative. All these allegations offer an array of disparate views on the conflict. This essay presents an overview of some of the major literature on the controversial conflict by offering precise and clear insights into the cause, nature, evolution and future of the Israel Arab conflict.
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Since the inception of an Israeli nation-state in 1948, violence and conflict has played a major role in Israel’s brief history. In the Sixty-One year’s Israel has been a recognized nation-state, they have fought in 6 interstate wars, 2 civil wars, and over 144 dyadic militarized interstate disputes (MIDs) with some display of military force against other states (Maoz 5). Israel has been involved in constant conflict throughout the past half century. Israel’s tension against other states within the Middle East has spurred vast economic, social, and political unity that has fostered a sense of nationalism and unity in Israel not seen in most other states. Over the next several pages I will try and dissect the reasons for why the nation state of Israel has been emerged in constant conflict and how this conflict has helped foster national unity and identity among the people of Israel.
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The Israeli-Palestine conflict is an event that has been well documented throughout the course of Middle-Eastern history. The conflict dates back as far as the nineteenth century where Palestine and Zionist, will later be known as Israel, are two communities each with different ideologies had the same overwhelming desire to acquire land. However, what makes this clash what it is, is the fact that both of these up and coming communities are after the same piece of land. The lengths that both sides went to in order obtain they believed was theirs has shaped the current relationship between the two nations today.
The ongoing and explosive Israeli-Palestinian conflict has its roots in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century when two major nationalist movements among the Jews and Arabs were born. Both of these groups’ movements were geared toward attaining sovereignty for their people in the Middle East, where they each had historical and religious ties to the land that lies between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Toward the end of the 19th century, Southern Syria (Palestine) was divided into two regions, inhabited primarily by Arab Muslims, and ruled by the Turkish Ottoman Empire (BBC News). At this time, most of the Jews worldwide lived predominantly in eastern and central Europe. When the Zionist political movement was established in 1887 and began to fund land purchases in the Ottoman Empire controlled region of Palestine, tensions between the two groups arose. Since then, Israel and Palestine have been vying for control of this land that they both covet, and this conflict remains as one of the world’s major sources of instability today, involving many different players. One of these players who continues to halt the peace process, is a militant fundamentalist Islamic organization called Hamas. Hamas has intensified extreme opposition and bloodshed in the region, with the aim of destroying the state of Israel. However, few people know that starting in the mid 1970s, Israel secretly supported an organization that would later emerge as Hamas, even though both groups had competing future visions for the nation. Why did it choose to do this when it had so much at stake? This paper will address the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict leading up to the beginning of Israeli support of Hama...
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