The tension between Arabs and Israeli people has been caused by both sides wanting control and power while attempting to prove their superiority over the other. This conflict is a struggle between the Jewish state of Israel and the Arabs of the Middle East. This conflict has included several wars between Israel and certain Arab countries that are opposed to Israel 's existence. The Arab-Israeli tension began prior to the colonization of the British; however the tension grew when the United Kingdom attempted to assisted during World War I. After the war finished the UK left and war broke out between the Arabs and the Jews.
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In ancient times the area of conflict began as a settlement of Canaanite, and then it was settled by the Philistines (Meyer 1907, p.21). The land that incorporates Israel and the Palestinian territories has been conquered and re-conquered several times throughout history. Starting in the Classical period of 1250 BC, Israelites began to conquer and settle in the land of Canaan which is located near the Gaza strip (BBC 2005, p.1). In 961-922 BC during the reign of King Solomon and the land was divided into two kingdoms; the north and south. Then in 333 BC the conquest by Alexander the Great 's brought the area underneath Greek rule (Meyer 1907, p.21). A revolt in Judea 165 BC established the final independent Jewish state within ancient times. In 63 BC This Jewish state was incorporated into the Roman area of Palestine and in 133 AD Jerusalem was destroyed, and the Jewish people were banished or sold into slavery. In 638 AD Arab Muslims ended Byzantine rule (BBC 2005 …show more content…
The next day the armies of Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan and Iraq lunched an attack on Israel aiming to destroy the new nation. This was the start the first major Arab-Israeli war (Rowen 2007, p.1). In 1949, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan became known as Jordan and Israel. Israel defeated the Arabs in the war, resulting with Israel to gain most of the land the UN had meant for the Palestinians. Egypt and Jordan occupied the rest of the area that was assigned to the Palestinians (Reich 2014, p.8). Israel gained control of the West Bank, a territory between Israel and the Jordan River. Additionally Israel gained controlled the western half of Jerusalem and eastern half was held by Jordan (USATODAY.com 2001, p.1). Israel incorporated the territory into the new country, which added around 150,000 resentful Arabs to its population (Reich 2014 p.34). By 1949, Israel had signed ceasefire agreements with Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon. However peace treaties were not signed because the Arab countries refused to recognize Israel existence. Because of the war, more than 700,000 Palestinians became refugees, resulting with most of them to flee to Jordan or to the Gaza Strip (Vogele 2014
Imperialism, Colonialism, and war had a huge impact on the Middle East, and it can also be thought of as the source of conflict. According to the map in Document A, it shows that the size of the Ottoman Empire grew smaller after the first world war, along with this change came new boundaries. These borders were created by the victorious European countries that won World War I, and made different ethnic and religious groups separated and grouped together with others. Great Britain's took over Palestine mandate and developed the Balfour Declaration that promised Jews support in making a home in Palestine. Most of the Palestine land was populated with Arabs. As soon as Jewish immigration increased, so did the tension between the two groups because each felt like they deserved the Palestine land. Zionism began early in the history of Judiasm and it was the movement for the Jews to establish a home in Palestine, and return to their holy land. During the Holocaust, six million Jews were killed and the deep-seeded hatre against them increased
According to Shlaim, the conflict begins during World War 1 when the British made various promises to both Jews and Arabs while simultaneously plotting with the French to divide all the territory into spheres of influence . The British assumed that Palestinians and Jews could leave peaceably in a single state, but Britain's obligation to the Jews could only be met at the expense of the Arab majority. The British carved up the territories under their mandate without regard for religious, ethnic, or linguistic composition of their inhabitants.
Israel’s claim to the Golan Heights dates back centuries to Biblical times when Abraham promised the Bashan Region, the Biblical name for the Golan Heights, to the people of Israel. Israeli citizens did not settle in the Golan, however, until the First Temple Period, which began in 953BC. Half of the Israeli tribe of Menasseh settled in Transjordan and later named the area after another Biblical city of the same name, Golan. (Web Golan) During this era, the town acted as a refuge for criminals awaiting trial, which could also account for the town’s name, as the word “golah” means exile. In 732BC, the Israelis were exiled from the Golan by an Asyrian Emperor, Tiglath-Pileser II, and did not return to Bashan until after 586BC, which was the start of the Second Temple Period. From 732BC to 586BC, the Asyrian Emperor populated the entire region with citizens from various parts of his empire. When the Israelis returned to their homes, though, they lived in peace alongside the non-Jewish inhabitants. (Camera Media Report,1995) The Golan Heights changed hands several more times and was influenced by various cultures throughout the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Talmudic Periods from 65BC to 636AD. From 636 to 1516 during the Islamic Conquest, also known as the Mamluk Period, most of the Jewish settlements from previous periods disappeared entirely and the Druze were the primary inhabitants of the Golan. The Druze remain in certain areas of the Golan to this day. (Israeli Governme...
On November 29, 1947, the United Nations voted for a partition resolution that led to the establishment of the nation of Israel in May, 1948. This was great news for Jews in Palestine and the diaspora as it meant the fulfillment of the quest for the rebirth of their nation in their previous homeland after many years of wandering (Pappe, 2006, p. 12). However, their Palestinian Arab counterparts opposed to the establishment from the start felt cheated by the international community and remained categorical that the final answer to the Jewish problem would only be solved in blood and fire (Karsh, 2002, p. 8).
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.
Palestine (and Israel) is a small area in the Middle East that is on the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea and borders the nations of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. On May 14, 1948, the state of Israel was declared by the Jewish Peoples council. Following this act, the Arab people of the surrounding countries attacked the new Israeli state. However Israel prevailed, and took almost all of the land previously designated to be ...
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.
More than 2000 years ago when Israel was still a part of the Greek-Syrian empire, king Antiochus lll reigned the land. He had waged war with King Ptolemy of Egypt over the possession of the Land of Israel. Antiochus III was victorious and the Land of Israel was added to his empire. At the beginning of his reign he was favored the Jews and accorded
Since the Arabs were living in Palestine when the Ottoman Empire control it. Since the Arabs defeated the Ottoman Empire with the help of from Germany, “Just short of 6 months the Palestinians were crushed, militarily and psychologically” (document 8) On the other hand, Israel grew beyond the partition lines, gained more defensible borders and they destroyed Arab homes reducing their population. The Palestinians rightly felt that the Israelis were taking over the area and were pushing out of lands promised to them in both the Balfour Declaration and the UN 1947 Partition.
Sørli, Mirjam, Nils Gleditsch, and Håvard Strand. "Why Is There so Much Conflict in the Middle East? ." The Journal of Conflict Resolution 49.1 (2005): 141-165. JSTOR. Web. 8 June 2011.
The War of 1948, also known as the War of Independence, was fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors. The war began May 15, 1948 when units from the armies of Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq invaded Israel launching a war that lasted until December 1948.# The war resulted in the defeat of the Arab forces and the success of Israel as a newly established state. It is evident that the Arab forces were not successful in the first Arab-Israeli war because the Arab army lacked motivation, education, and proper equipment.# Despite the support from Arab states outside of Palestine, the Arabs were unable to gain enough strength to overcome the Israeli forces. In contrast, the Israeli army was able to succeed because they had unconditional support from the Jewish community, efficient infrastructures, and modern equipment. Israel also used significant strategies that proved lethal against the competing Arab forces. With the Arab communities unorganized attempt to go to war in 1948, it was inevitable that Israel would come out of the war as the victor.
Recently there has been rising of conflicts roaring throughout the Middle East. Such risings include the attacks the Syrians are fleeing as their government continue to attack their beloved country or Israel’s government continue to build illegal settlements on Palestinian’s
These territories in the Middle East were and still are major influences on the contention in the Arab-Israeli conflict. The conflicts leading up to the events during the Six-Day War was caused by the severe increase in tension between Israel and the neighboring Arab states during the mid 1960s.
Israel was not considered a country until the United Nations made it its own country in 1948 because Israel and Palestine were having territorial and governmental issues (Issitt and Montanez - Muhinda). The conflict between the two countries began in the twentieth century. The Jews were living on Palestinian territory and because of that the Palestinians were furious about it. Palestine owned 45 percent of the land and Israel owned the other 55 percent. Palestinians thought this division of the land was unfair because they got less land yet both countries had to share the Holy City of Jerusalem. Also, ethnic and religious differences cause the conflict between Israel and Palestine. The United States got involved with this conflict by joining
Irish novelist, James Joyce, wrote a psychological story about a young boy whose round character makes vast changes. “Araby” is told in first person participant and as a result, the audience can realize that the narrator of the story is a young boy who is in love with his friend’s sister. However, the young boy soon discovers that a romantic future with the girl is only an illusion due to her social class. Although the boy’s age is unknown, Joyce is able to let the audience understand the boy’s internal conflict. Nevertheless, to further understand why the character of the young boy is dynamic and why he changed his feelings, individuals should look further into the factors that play role.