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Nobody is under occupation in Israel. The Palestinian Arabs who live there have full Israeli citizenship if they want it, as well as equal rights to own land, do business, vote, attend school, sue or practice law in Israeli courts, get health care, worship as they please and stand for election to government office. Those who decide that they would be happier elsewhere are free to move with their families to any of the surrounding countries, or for that matter, to anywhere else in the world.

One thing that Palestinians living in Israel don't have that others living in Israel do have: A universal military obligation.

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The question turns on the wording in Israel. As Answer 1 notes, ethnic Palestinians in Israeli territory are not under occupation and are full citizens in the Israeli State with unique political parties that advocate for their interests. It is the Palestinians outside of Israeli civil jurisdiction, such as those in the West Bank that are under occupation. This occupation has lasted since 1967, over 45 years ago. However, Palestinians have been ghetto-ed and garrisoned in Arab refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, and the Gaza Strip since 1949, nearly 64 years. Over 10% of Lebanon's current population are Palestinians living in a virtual prison that they cannot leave because they do not have proper documents (and the Lebanese intentionally choose to deprive them of these documents).

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Their ancestors have lived there since the days of earliest settlement in the Mesopotamian area. That would be from the first perceptible difference between Arabic and Jewish people.

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Very roughly, for 3,000 years.

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The Patriarchs and their family lived in the land of Israel (Canaan) for 220 years, from the 19th century BCE. The era from Joshua until the First Destruction (including the Judges and Kings) was 850 years. The Second Temple era was, according to traditional chronology, another 420 years (not 586), which included the Hasmonean dynasty. That's a total of 1490 years.

  • After the Second Destruction, there were thousands of Jews who remained in Israel (Judea; Palestine) throughout the Talmudic era and beyond (see for example the Talmud, Sanhedrin 17b). They were the majority of Palestine's population well into the fourth century, with records attesting to at least 43 Jewish communities, most of them in the Galilee and Jordan valley. After that, there were still Yeshivas in Israel with at least some thousands of community-members.
  • In the fifth century, the Jerusalem Talmud was collated in the yeshiva of Tiberias, by the disciples of Rabbi Johanan; and the Christians of Palestine declared the Jews to be a tolerated minority.
  • In the sixth century CE, Mar Zutra and his descendants served as head of the community and the Rabbinical academies.
  • In the seventh century, the Palestinian Jews joined the Persians in a battle to take Jerusalem from the local Byzantines, and enjoyed a brief autonomy, which the Byzantines under Heraclius officially recognized in 628.
At the time of the Moslem conquest of Palestine in 638, the Jewish population in the land has been put at no less than 300,000; and a period of flourishing began. Caliph Umar encouraged Jews to resettle Jerusalem.
  • In the eighth century, there were 30 synagogues in Tiberias. A Jew named Abu Issa brought his forces in battle against the Caliph.
  • In the ninth century, the Jews of Palestine instituted their own Gaon (leading sage) in Tiberias and in Jerusalem.
  • In the tenth century, we have the greatest of the Massoretes, Rabbis Aharon ben Asher and Ben Naphtali, flourishing in Tiberias.
  • Contemporary with Rashi (11th century), we have a Rabbi Abiathar and others, who lived in Israel (see for example Rashi commentary, Talmud Berakhot 62a), and large Jewish communities in Rafah and Ramle, Hebron, Acre, Caesaria, Jaffa, Ashkelon and Gaza.
  • In the 12th-13th centuries, the Palestinian Jews were harshly persecuted under the Christian Crusaders, yet many Jews continued to live in all the above-mentioned towns as well as Haifa, with Judah Halevi journeying to the Jewish communities of Palestine in 1141, Maimonides in 1165, and Nachmanides in 1286.
  • In 1187, Saladdin invited more Jews to settle Palestine. In 1204, a group of Maghreb Jews arrived; and in 1211, 300 Rabbis arrived from France and England. In 1260, Rabbi Yechiel of Paris established a Talmud academy in Acre.
Since that time, the continuous presence of Jewish communities in Palestine (Israel) is well-known and needs no reiteration.
A brief timeline of Israel and the Jews:
1) c.1950 BCE: Noah delegated what is now called Israel to the Semites (children of Shem) (Rashi commentary to Genesis 12:6).
2) c. 1750 BCE: The neighboring Canaanites gradually take control of the land (ibid) which therefore becomes called Canaan.
3) 1737-1522 BCE: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob spread their teachings in the land. God promises this land to them and their descendants (Genesis ch.28).
4) 1272 BCE: The Israelites under Joshua, at God's command, enter the land (Joshua ch.3-4) which now becomes called the Land of Israel. They remain for 850 years.
5) 422 BCE: The Babylonians destroy the First Temple, exiling the Jews.
6) 352 BCE: The Persians permit the Jews to rebuild the Temple. Tens of thousands of Jews resettle in Israel, now called Judea, while others remain in Babylonia.
7) 68 CE: The Romans destroy the Second Temple. Most of the Jews in Judea slowly scatter afield, but some thousands remain. Judea is renamed Syria-Palaestina by the Romans. The Galilee region remains heavily populated by Jews
8) 1096-1270: the Crusades.
9) from 1492: after the Spaniards expel all Jews from Spain, many thousands relocate to the Jewish communities in Palestine.
10) c.1780-1880: The first wave of modern Aliyah, mostly religious Jews, who move from Europe to Israel (Palestine) in the thousands.
11) c.1880 onward: the large-scale Jewish return to Israel gets underway.
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for 64 years and they still have not got what they wanted the wanted to take over the beutiful land in palestien and kill little children they are the dummest people in the worl they have a cold heart killing innocent children

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According to tradition, Judaism was founded by Abraham 3800 years ago.

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The Patriarchs and their family lived in the land of Israel (Canaan) for 220 years, from the 19th century BCE. The era from Joshua until the First Destruction (including the Judges and Kings) was 850 years. The Second Temple era was, according to traditional chronology, another 420 years (not 586), which included the Hasmonean dynasty. That's a total of 1490 years.
After the Second Destruction, there were thousands of Jews who remained in Israel (Judea; Palestine) throughout the Talmudic era and beyond (see for example the Talmud, Sanhedrin 17b). They were the majority of Palestine's population well into the fourth century, with records attesting to at least 43 Jewish communities, most of them in the Galilee and Jordan valley. After that, there were still Yeshivas in Israel with at least some thousands of community-members.

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As of September 2010, 5771 years.

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Roughly 3,000 years.

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Very roughly, for 3,000 years.

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How does Palestine and Israel get along?

The Palestinians (Arabs) and Israelis (Jews) do not get along and do not live in the same territory in Israel. There has been constant fighting between them since Israel became a nation in 1948. No peace treaty has held, and no relinquishment of the land has achieved peace.


What was the relationship between Israel and Palestine like before 1984?

If this question is asking about political relations between Israel and Palestine, then the answer is rather simple: Palestine did not exist. Palestine only became a country in the late 1980s or early 1990s depending on the particular interpretation of history chosen. At this point, the Palestine Liberation Organization, the forerunner to the current Palestinian Authority (the recognized government of Palestine), was a stateless organization that believed in no negotiation or peace with the State of Israel. If this question is asking about personal relationships between Israelis and Palestinians, the question becomes more complicated. Between 1949 and 1967, Israeli Jews had little if any contact with Palestinians. The Israeli Arab communities tried to maintain links across the border with Jordan, but with little luck. Between 1967 and 1987, many Palestinians got jobs in Israel and correspondingly, there was relatively high degree of contact. Palestinians formed large portions of the workforce in many unskilled professions during this period. While the Occupation certainly bothered and infuriated the Palestinians, it was nowhere near as strong and omnipresent as it has been since the Intifadas.


Where is Israel under Palestine's control?

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How did Israel's Declaration of Independence in 1948 lead to?

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How was the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict resolved?

It has not yet been resolved. Israel and Palestine were closest to a long-lasting solution at the Taba Summit in Egypt in 2000 when Ehud Barak conceded on nearly all of the Palestinian requests, but was denied by Yassir Arafat who knew that the remaining concessions that Barak did not make would make the solution untenable for the Palestinians. (The primary issue was that there was no Right of Return for Palestinians to what is now Israel, which is a non-starter with Israel, but most Palestinians will not let go.) Since that time, international focus groups and thinktanks have come up with solutions, but there are too many people who are too unwilling to compromise to implement them.

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Israel has predominantly been in conflict with what group of people?

Arabs, specifically Palestinians.


Is Palestine evil?

No. No country or people is evil. Palestine and Palestinians are victims of violence and strife and have been attacked both by Israel and by their "fellow" Arabs. Each has placed them in occupation, deprived them of necessary materials, and stalls their chances for proper statehood.


Who is in charge of palestine?

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What is the occupation of Palestine?

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How have Israelis treated the Palestinians?

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What obstacles have prevented peace between Israel and the Palestinian's?

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Why do Palestinians live in the West Bank?

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