What is the Palestinian conflict summarized?

Answer 1

There are three major Palestinian Conflicts:

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Palestinians were part of a group of Levantine Arabs who lived across all of the Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan) who resisted when Jews, first from Europe and then from the Arab countries, bought land and gained the right to declare independence as a Jewish State. As a result, this brought them into direct conflict with the Jews and their allies (Bedouins, Druze, and Circassians) and many of them left the new State of Israel as refugees. Later, through Israel's response to the belligerence of other Arab countries, Israel conquered the Palestinian Territories, which had been under Arab military occupation. The Palestinians are now attempting to create a state, some through peaceful negotiation and others through terrorist activities like bombing civilians and attacking soldiers while in plain-clothes. Israel is responding both through negotiations and through increased military patrols.

Arab-Palestinian Conflict: After the Palestinians left Israel, they became refugees among their "fellow" Arabs. The Lebanese, especially, treat the Palestinians barbarically, denying them working papers and the ability to make a real life for themselves. This creates perpetual statelessness for the Palestinian refugees. In Jordan, there was Black September which resulted in 15,000 Palestinian deaths (just 20% less than all of the Palestinians killed by Israel or Jews since 1900).

Palestinian Civil War: Hamas and Fatah are two Palestinian political factions which have two very different ideas about what kind of government Palestine should have (Islamist - Hamas vs. Secular - Fatah) and what method is best to achieve a state (Belligerence and Terrorism - Hamas vs. Peaceful Negotiation - Fatah).

See the Related Link for a short discussion on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.