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Answer 1
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict has its origins in the confrontation between immigrant Zionist Jews in the Mandate of Palestine and their interaction with the indigenous Palestinian Arabs in the 1920s and 1930s. Before that point, the Immigration into the land had been a small trickle and Arabs were not terribly concerned. However, the Jewish immigration in the 1920s was quite large and disruptive. By the mid 1930s, both sides had developed militias which they used both to attack British colonial institutions and each other. In 1947, as UN Resolution 181 was being debated, a full-scale war erupted between the Jewish militias and the Arab militias. When Israel declared its independence in 1948, the neighboring Arab States joined in the War which caused it to be internationally recognized and called the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9.
Therefore, if we use the terms Israeli and Palestinian retroactively to those people who would eventually identify or would be identified as Israelis or Palestinians, the conflict started during the 1920s, making it a conflict of over 90 years in length. If we require that these terms be strictly applied, then the conflict started in 1948 when Israel declared its independence, which would make it a conflict of only 64 years in length.
Answer 2
"Palestinians" is a relative new invention, dating from the middle 70's Before that, Arabs defined themselves as either Arabs citizens of Jordan , Syria or Egypt. Jews called themselves Palestinians from 1918 (when the British received a mandate from the league of nations to establish a Jewish state in the historical land of Israel) till 1948, when they became Israelis. The Arab - Israeli conflict has been going on for more than 100 years (with different levels of intensity), where Arabs (and most Muslims) see it as religious offense that Jews live in Israel. Interestingly enough most Islamic scholars do not see any problem with a Jewish state, but as usual , the violent and extreme minority sway the majority.
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How long has the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict been going on for?
It has been going on since 1948, so roughly 65 years.
Who are the main leaders of the Arab-Israeli conflict?
The Arab-Israeli Conflict has gone on for the entire length of Israel's existence (64 years). Therefore a list of the leaders of the Arab-Israeli Conflict would be very long. Currently, Israel is headed by Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, the Palestinian Authority is headed by Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), and Hamas is headed by Khaled Meshaal.
People are fighting in israel and palestine cause of the crusades why?
While there is conflict in Israel now and there was conflict in Israel during the Crusades, it is not as if the current Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is an extension of the Crusades. It is being fought by very different people for very different reasons. There have also been long periods of relative peace in the region; no major war broke out in that area from 1500-1900. The Related Question below discusses the differences between the modern conflict and the Crusades.
What is the time period of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
The conflicts that involved both the State of Israel and an Arab belligerent force occurred during the following years, 1948-49, 1956, 1967-70, 1973, 1981-82, 1987-1993, 1995-2000, 2006, and 2008-09. These correspond to the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9, the Suez Crisis, the Six-Day War and the War of Attrition, the Arab-Israeli War of 1973, the Israeli involvement in the Lebanese Civil War, the First Intifada, the Second Intifada, the War with Hezbollah, and Operation Cast Lead.
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.
What is the Arab-Palestinian Conflict?
The Arab-Palestinian Conflict is the informal name given to the several Arab-Palestinian Battles and intermittent and long periods of Palestinian mistreatment at Arab hands. In fact, roughly as many Palestinians have died as a result of the Arab-Palestinian Conflict as the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict to date.
How long has the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict been going on for?
It has been going on since 1948, so roughly 65 years.
Does the Isaac vs. Ishmael conflict have anything to do with the Jew vs. Muslim conflict?
First, it is overly simplistic to label the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict as a Jew vs. Muslim conflict since there are Muslims who fight for Israel and Jews who support the Palestinians even though by-and-large Israel is made of Jews and Palestine is made of Muslims. There are certainly those that make the connection that the modern Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is an echo of the Isaac-Ishmael Conflict, but this is a minority view. Even those who typically advocate that Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is religious do not indicate the Isaac-Ishmael Conflict as the genesis of or relevent to the current Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. They fault Islamic Jihad mentality (that Muslims must make holy war to slaughter all of the Jews to bring about Judgment Day) and Jewish Messianic/Religous Zionism (the idea that Jews must take all of the Land of Israel to bring about the Messiah's coming). Both of these ideas were developed and articulated long after the Old Testament was written down. However, the religious side of the conflict is not even the most compelling cause of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. To read more about the causes of the conflict, please see the Related Question below.
What are the effects of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict on the Israel's relationships with other Muslim Countries?
There is presently no Israeli-Palestinian war. Similarly, there has been no relationship between Israel and Muslim countries for quite a while, except for Egypt and Jordan, which have executed peace treaties with the Jewish state. Israel has also maintained strong relationships with the Muslim-majority nations of Turkey and Iran for a long period of time. However, the Israeli-Iranian Alliance collapsed with the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The Turkish-Israeli Alliance was dealt a major blow by the Mavi Marmara Incident which is related to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Who are the main leaders of the Arab-Israeli conflict?
The Arab-Israeli Conflict has gone on for the entire length of Israel's existence (64 years). Therefore a list of the leaders of the Arab-Israeli Conflict would be very long. Currently, Israel is headed by Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, the Palestinian Authority is headed by Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), and Hamas is headed by Khaled Meshaal.
How long has genocide been going on for?
There was no genocide in Palestine. This is hyperbole. The actual Israeli-Palestinian Conflict has been going on since the 1920s or late 1940s depending on how you define the groups. To read more about why Palestine is not a genocide or how the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict began, please see the Related Questions below.
Why do you think it is important to learn to resolve conflicts?
It is important because it can benefit you or someone else! Do not be devious about it because then it will bite you sometimes in the long run. Always act like a thrue gentleman/woman. Try to resolve the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict! Not easy! One way or another it will bite you in the butt, no mather how it will be resolved! But for many people it will have significant changes, mostly for the good. And that is what it is all about, changes for most of them for the benefit off the few and the masses!
How long have Palestinian troops been in Israel?
There have never been Palestinian troops in Israel since there is no such thing as a Palestinian Army. (The Palestinian Authority has a Police Force and a Paramilitary Wing, but no proper army.) The Israeli Army has patrolled the Palestinian Territories since 1967.
Is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict still continuing?
My first reaction is "Pick up a newspaper !". But, sadly, that won't necessarily do the job.Yes. It's uglier now (November 2015), in more ways, than is has been for a long time.
Has there been fighting in the Middle East since Israel became an independent nation in 1948?
Answer 1Yes, because they had to lose land, and now they want to take over Israel.Answer 2Yes. However, there was also fighting in the Middle East long before Israel became a state. In fact, the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict go back to the first settlements of Zionist Jews in Ottoman Palestine who were rejected and attacked by the Muslim Palestinians.It is also worth noting that the Arab-Israeli Conflict, while garnering a lot of news, is nowhere near the biggest conflict in the Middle East. The Iran-Iraq War alone killed more people than have died in all of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Wars put together and more Syrians have died in this current Syrian Civil War than Palestinians have died in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Arab-Palestinian Conflict put together. Israel's existence did not create war in what had been a peaceful place, but just created some new wars where there were quite a number of extant conflicts already.
Why is there still conflict over Israel since the Crusades?
While there is conflict in Israel now and there was conflict in Israel during the Crusades, it is not as if the current Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is an extension of the Crusades. It is being fought by very different people for very different reasons. There have also been long periods of relative peace in the region; no major war broke out in that area from 1500-1900. The Related Question below discusses the differences between the modern conflict and the Crusades.
Are the Jews and Muslims at war?
Answer 1Muslims are at war with Zionists, and those who help them fortify their situation facing Muslims.As for Jews.. if they are against what's happening in the occupied land of Palestine, they are never considered enemy to Muslims.Answer 2No. The Jews, as a community, and the Muslims, as a community are not engaged in some worldwide struggle. There is the Arab-Israeli Conflict and within it the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and many incorrectly boil those conflicts down to a Jew vs. Muslim conflict. In Israel, many non-Jews, such as Druze, Muslim Bedouins, and Muslim Circassians, serve in the Israeli military. Arab armies, especially those from Egypt and Lebanon have large numbers of Christian members. Palestine also has a small Christian population that fights on both sides. Both the Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict are nationalist and territorialist conflicts that require land-based solutions.It is ridiculous to assert, as does Answer 1, that as long as Jews abandon their political aspirations that Muslims will not consider them an enemy. This would mean that any Jew who desires to have political rights is an enemy of Islam and if this were the case, then there would be an international Jew vs. Muslim Conflict.
