Unavoidable, no, it can be avoided, such as has been demonstrated by the Egyptian-Israeli and Jordanian-Israeli Peace Agreements. However, we are talking about an intractable conflict, meaning that there is a lot of mental, physical, and political investment on both sides of the conflict to achieving their aims that the will to avoid conflict is minimal. In terms of achieving peace in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, a number of things would have to take place before a long-standing peace (as opposed to a mere cessation of hostilities) could take place. There are other requisites, but there are the most important.
1) Mutual Recognition: Israel would need to recognize a completely independent and sovereign Palestinian Government that would fully control a certain amount of the former British Mandate of Palestine (most likely Gaza and the West Bank). Israel would also have to confer on this state the unambiguous nature of being correct and necessary for Israel. Conversely, Palestine would have to recognize the Right for Israel to Exist as a Jewish State occupying the remaining amount of the British Mandate of Palestine (most likely 1949-Israel). Both sides would have to recognize the historical and emotional value that the land also has to the other.
2) Regional/International Recognition: States that have adopted attitudes strongly favoring one side at the expense of the other, such as the Arab States would need to recognize the legitimacy of both Israel and Palestine.
3) Israeli Reparation Payments: Israel dispossessed many Palestinians of their property, either by malicious activities that took place during the Arab-Israeli Wars or by Ben-Gurion refusing to let Palestinians who left return after the 1948-9 War. Israel needs to pay the Palestinian government reparations for the land that was taken in this way.
4) Israeli Withdrawal from the Settlements: Israel must withdraw from the Settlements to provide Palestine with a viable infrastructure and complete sovereignty. The Settlers must return to Israeli territory. The buildings, however, should be left as partial payment of the above-mentioned reparations.
5) Palestinians Must Concede Right of Return:Recognizing the State of Israel as a Jewish State is meaningless if Palestinians en masse are allowed to Return to Israel. Therefore, Palestinians (and their backers) must abandon the notion that they can ever return to Israeli territory. Palestinians should leave the refugee camps and become proper citizens in this new country of Palestine.
6) Jerusalem Must Be Shared or Internationalized:Palestine and Israel both want Jerusalem and the only way to solve this is either divide the city East/West respectively and divide the Old City or Internationalize the City or some combination of Internationalization and division. Neither side will rest until it can assure its followers that its holy sites will be protected.
7) Liberal Thought: Just in general, people have to be willing to compromise and live with that compromise.
It is avoidable if the majority of the Arab nations honestly want peace. Unfortunately many of those Arab nations have leaders and politicians who seem to view conflict as a means to an end.
Prioktan has written ( as an Expert Answer) a very intelligent synopsis of all the things necessary to happen for peace. Rather than go into each item again, I'm simply going to say I agree completely with his answer and fervently hope that it may happen.
There is no such conflict. Abraham and his grandson Israel were never in conflict according to the Bible. There is also no conflict between the patriarch Abraham and the Modern State of Israel.
The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians destabilizes the region and results in increased militarization among nations.
Zionism is certainly one of the causes of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. It is not the only cause of the conflict and is also not the most important cause of the conflict.
It depends which "Conflict in Israel" the question is asking about. If it is asking about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, the conflict is, strictly speaking, between Israelis and Palestinians which are national groups, not religious groups. However, the majority of Israelis are Jewish and the majority of Palestinians are Muslim. (However, there are numerous Muslim Israelis, Druze Israelis, and there are both Christian Israelis and Christian Palestinians.) If it is asking about Israel's internal political conflicts, they are often between Secular Jews and Religious Jews.
Arab-Israel conflict has seen many wars between two. It started with 1948 war which ended with creation of a Jewish state. Subsequently Egypt and Israel had a conflict in 1956 due to Suez Canal nationalization and subsequent blockade for Israel by Egypt. In 1967 a full scale war broke out between Israel and Arab countries like Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. In 1969 Egypt started War of Attrition which ended in 1970 and in 1973 Yom Kippur war was fought between Egypt and Israel. Since then minor skirmishes have continued to take place between two sides.
When we were exiled from Israel, it was unavoidable.After we were exiled from Israel, it was unavoidable.
There is no such conflict. Abraham and his grandson Israel were never in conflict according to the Bible. There is also no conflict between the patriarch Abraham and the Modern State of Israel.
Yes.
There are many tensions between the countries.
Almost incessant conflict, punctuated by a new war or conflict almost every decade at least.
There are two questions here:When was Israel founded? -- May 14, 1948.Why is Israel at war with most of its neighbors? -- This is a very complex question which is more fully addressed at this related question: What are the causes of the Arab-Israeli Conflict?
The obsession of Israeli neighbors with the idea of destroying Israel.
Unfortunately, there are more than two conflicts going on. There is an ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza. In addition, there is a major conflict taking place between Russia and the Ukraine.
It may be:the war between North Korea and its neighbors (Japan, South Korea),the war in the Middle East between Israel and its neighbors, orthe war between the West (USA and EU) and Russia
The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians destabilizes the region and results in increased militarization among nations.
Zionism is certainly one of the causes of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. It is not the only cause of the conflict and is also not the most important cause of the conflict.
The three Middle Eastern neighbors of Israel are Lebanon (to the north), Syria (to the northeast), and Jordan (to the east). Israel also has a border with Egypt (to the southwest).