What is the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is a conflict between Palestinian Arabs and Jews that started in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Both the Palestinians and Israeli's have been continuously fighting over the same piece of land because they both believe that they are right. Until 1948, the land they were fighting over was called Palestine. Since then, Palestine has been divided into three parts. These three parts are the state of Israel, the Gaza Strip, and the West bank. The Palestinians believe that since they have lived in the area for hundreds of years, that they should have the right to own the land. The Israeli's believe that the land is theirs because of the biblical promise to Abraham's descendants. The fighting has been going on for so long, and has become more brutal as it goes on. All this fighting as lead to many deaths, and more Palestinians are being killed than Israeli's. This fighting has also lead to bombings and mass murder. Because of the bombings, some parts of the land are completely destroyed and buildings and houses have been reduced to rubble. Almost 6,000 people have been killed since 2000. There has been multiple attempts to stop the fighting, but the Israeli's and Palestinian's won't agree on them.
Brief History
in the late 19th century, the Zionist movement started. The Zionist movement was a movement that planned to bring all Jews together in Palestine because Jews were scattered all across the world. The first Jews from came into Palestine in 1882. Not all Jews were supportive of the Zionist movement, and came to Palestine for religious reasons. When the Jews came into Palestine, it was still apart of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire was an empire that was very powerful at the time of its existence. It controlled most of Western Asia, Southeast Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and Caucasus. War broke out in 1948. This war started because the Israeli's wanted independence. As a result, many Palestinians were moved out of what is now the state of Israel. This war was the cause of Palestine being separated into three parts: Israel, The Gaza Strip, and the West Bank. This conflict is one of the longest conflicts that has ever happened in the history of the world.