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This question is very difficult to answer as there are over 300 million Arabs and there are a correspondingly large myriad of opinions. I will focus on the two most pertinent to the general discussion.
Most Arabs would tell you that if you were to give them carte blanche to go back to 1948 and design it as they'd like, there would be no Israel and there would be a state of Palestine. (This assertion is a non-starter with most Jews.) By the same token, if you asked most Jews if they were to get carte blanche what they would do, they would have most (if not all) of the Palestinians shunted into the neighboring Arab countries and there would be no future Palestinian State. (This is especially true among Jews who consider Jordan to be the proper Palestinian State. This point is a non-starter with Arabs and Palestinians.)
The difference between the Arabs and the Jews with this carte blanche analysis is that while many Jews have accepted the inevitability of a Palestinian State, far fewer Arabs have accepted the inevitability of a Jewish Israeli State. While this is the majority opinion, it is certainly not the only one in Arab circles.
Some Arabs are willing to compromise to the 1949 borders in the same fashion that some Israelis are willing to compromise to the 1949 borders. This is a more acceptable and workable solution for the two parties and has been the basis of negotiations. Fatah has committed itself to the fulfillment of this objective, while other organizations like Hamas prefer to pursue the pie-in-the-sky and condemn their citizens in the interim to the Israeli blockade as a result of their belligerence.
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What are the common ideals that most Arabs share?
Most Arabs share the will to form a united Arab state (but many also just want an alliance to unite Arabs which is what the purpose of the Arab League is). The majority of Arabs also want to put an end to foreign intervention and foreign presence in their nations which has continued ever since the formation of the European empires in Arab territories. In addition, most Arabs are resentful of the Jewish presence in Israel which used to be settled mostly by Arab Palestinians. They believe that their holy lands should belong to them as opposed to the Jews.
How did the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 affect Palestine Arabs?
If you are talking about lands before the 6 day war of 1967 and lands before the establishment of Israel, Jews did not take lands from Arabs. Rather, they paid for those lands, in many instances many times more their actual value. Arabs, for most part, sold those lands, while thinking because of arid and barren nature of those lands, they got a great deal, and the Jews would not be able to do much agriculture, they would soon leave, and they would repossess the lands. We know the history. Somehow, by some miracle, Jews tranformed the lands into an agricultural heaven.
Why did Saddam Hussein want to draw Israel into the war?
To unite the Arabs (to his side) & turn the campaign into a "Holy War."
How were the Palestinians induced to give up their land?
The Palestinians didn't lose their country. Actually, not all of them. Most of the Palestinians still live in what was called the British Mandate of Palestine. Most of them in the West Bank and the Gaza strip and in Israel still remains a large Arab community. The Arabs in Israel are called Israeli Arabs and make up about 20 % of the Israeli population and got equal rights. They are the only Arabs in the Middle East who are allowed to vote! The first homeland for the Arab/Palestinians was Transjordan, which was cut off from the British Mandate of Palestine in 1922. The remaining part would be available for a Jewish National Home. When the UN in 1947 wanted to share the rest of Palestine 50/50 into a Jewish State and another Arab State the Arabs rejected the partition and the Jews accepted it. The Arab/Palestinian spiritual leader called: 'Kill the Jews, my Muslim brothers!' 'Drive them into the sea'. After the British withdraw from Palestine, David Ben Gurion declared the Independence and rebirth of the Jewish State of Israel in 1948. Israel was the first independent Jewish State in the Jewish home region after 19 centuries of foreign rule and diaspora. Short after the Israeli Independence Declaration all the Arab countries attacked Israel. In the Israeli-Arab war (in Israel called the War of Independence) some more then 500 thousands of Arabs/Palestinians who lived between 1946-1948 in Palestine fled away. Most of them fled to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, which was part of historical British Palestine. These people actually didn't leave what they call their Palestine! Those territories remained to become a Palestinian State. However Transjordan and Egypt who occupied it didn't give it to the Palestinians! There only goal was to destroy Israel, they didn't care about the 'Palestinians'. However a smaller group fled to Southern Lebanon and Syria. The Arabs locked them up into refugee camps so the people would grow and grow because of the poverty and the lack of hygienical care (condoms!). They used and use them as a demographic weapon against Israel. At the same time from 1948 to the 70s more then 1 million Jews fled from the Arab world to Israel from Persia, Yemen, Iraq, Egypt, Tunesia etc. (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_exodus_from_Arab_and_Muslim_countries) These people would have had no future in islamitic countries where Jews never have had equal rights. All the governments of the State of Israel from the Independence till now have announced as long as the Arabs don't recognize the right of the State of Israel to exist the Arabs should resolve their 'Palestinian' issue on their own ground (there are more then 15 MILLION square kilometers left, comparing to Israel which is only 22 thousand square kilometers). The UN thought most of the fled Arab Palestinians would also be happy to live in the West Bank under Jordanian Rule and the Gaza Strip and Egyptian Rule , the rule of their Arab brothers. This was true until in the 60s the PLO came to exist, to destroy Israel. Short there after in 1967 (the 6 Day War) Israel occupied the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. They never drove the Palestinians living there away. There were refugees in 1967, but all of them returned. In the 90s the territories inhabited by Palestinians on the West Bank (most of the West Bank) got their own administration in the Palestinian National Authority. This is called the Israeli-Palestinian interim agreement. In 2005 Israel withdraw from the Gazastrip. The permanent status of these territories has to be achieved by negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and Israel which can lead to the creation of the first independent Palestinian State (if you don't count Jordan which is actually also a Palestinian State!) in the whole history next to the State of Israel. Obstacles are the Israeli settlements and the Arabs who don't want to recognize the right of existence of the State of Israel. You can say most of the Palestinians didn't lose there country. In Israel the remaining Palestinian Arabs have got equal rights as Jews, aswell as in the Palestinian territories they administrate themself, aswell as in Jordan most of the Palestinian refugees nowadays are Jordanian citizens. The West of Jordan is also included in historical Palestine at the time of the Arab Empire when most of the nowadays called Palestinian Arabs immigrated to Palestine from the Arab Peninsula. According to that theory, all the Palestinians still live in historical Palestine. *The only way to peace is when both parties understand each others stories and rights to live in the conflict territory!
What are the basic arguments each group of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict has regarding resolving the conflict?
The problem with this question is that it assumes monolithic opinions on both sides. This is not the case. As a result, there are numerous views and perceptions that color all sides. Typically, Israeli goals are seen to hold to the maintenance of a Jewish State where Jews control the policy and general direction of the country. Secondly, Israel wants to protect the Jewish rights to access and maintenance of Jewish Holy Sites in all areas of the former British Mandate of Palestine. Finally, Israel wants to have secure and peaceful borders. Typically, Arab goals are seen to hold to the creation of an independent Arab State where Palestinians control the general policy and direction of the country. Arabs also wish, if not for the removal of Israel, for Palestinian refugees to have the Right to Return to Israel. Arabs want unrestricted access to Muslim Holy Sites in all areas of the former British Mandate of Palestine. Finally, the Arabs want East Jerusalem to be the capital of an independent Palestinian State.
What are the common ideals that most Arabs share?
Most Arabs share the will to form a united Arab state (but many also just want an alliance to unite Arabs which is what the purpose of the Arab League is). The majority of Arabs also want to put an end to foreign intervention and foreign presence in their nations which has continued ever since the formation of the European empires in Arab territories. In addition, most Arabs are resentful of the Jewish presence in Israel which used to be settled mostly by Arab Palestinians. They believe that their holy lands should belong to them as opposed to the Jews.
Which goal do Israel and Palestine share today?
None, Palestinians want to eradicate Israel and Israel wants to survive.
What is the Hamas views on land for peace?
they do not want land for peace between israel and palestinians because they want full power of the gaza strip and nothing to do with israel.
Which two cultures in the middle east have been feuding for decades?
How long a list do you want? Pretty much every two bordering ethnicities in the Middle East have been feuding for the last few centuries, examples include: Arabs and Kurds Turks and Kurds Persians and Kurds Persians and Arabs Christian Lebanese and Sunni Muslim Lebanese Israelis and Arabs (including Palestinians) Settled Arabs and Bedouins Amazigh (Berbers) and Arabs Iraqi Sunni Arabs and Iraqi Shiite Arabs Alawites and Syrian Sunni Arabs and Druze Druze and Palestinians
Why do the Jews think Palestinians shouldn't have their land?
Jews do not think this. Most Israeli Jews support a two-state solution. They just want the Palestinians to recognize Israel's right to exist.
Why not bomb all the Arabs out of Isarel?
Because Israel cares about civilians and they don't want to kill Innocents
How did the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 affect Palestine Arabs?
If you are talking about lands before the 6 day war of 1967 and lands before the establishment of Israel, Jews did not take lands from Arabs. Rather, they paid for those lands, in many instances many times more their actual value. Arabs, for most part, sold those lands, while thinking because of arid and barren nature of those lands, they got a great deal, and the Jews would not be able to do much agriculture, they would soon leave, and they would repossess the lands. We know the history. Somehow, by some miracle, Jews tranformed the lands into an agricultural heaven.
Why did Saddam Hussein want to draw Israel into the war?
To unite the Arabs (to his side) & turn the campaign into a "Holy War."
What were the difficulties the Jews had living in Israel?
The Jews STILL live there, and they still have difficulties. The biggest problem is the situation with the Palestinian Territories. The Israelis require the Palestinians to recognize them as a state in order to gain independence, but the Palestinians refuse. On the Other hand, The Palestinians, want full control over the old city of Jerusalem, and the Israelis refuse. The Palestinian Authority has repeatedly stated that it will not recognize or deal with Israel. But another complication there is that all of the power, water, and cell phone service in the Territories come from Israel. In order for Israel to give complete independence, it would have to stop supplying the Palestinians with electricity and water, which they just can't do.
How were the Palestinians induced to give up their land?
The Palestinians didn't lose their country. Actually, not all of them. Most of the Palestinians still live in what was called the British Mandate of Palestine. Most of them in the West Bank and the Gaza strip and in Israel still remains a large Arab community. The Arabs in Israel are called Israeli Arabs and make up about 20 % of the Israeli population and got equal rights. They are the only Arabs in the Middle East who are allowed to vote! The first homeland for the Arab/Palestinians was Transjordan, which was cut off from the British Mandate of Palestine in 1922. The remaining part would be available for a Jewish National Home. When the UN in 1947 wanted to share the rest of Palestine 50/50 into a Jewish State and another Arab State the Arabs rejected the partition and the Jews accepted it. The Arab/Palestinian spiritual leader called: 'Kill the Jews, my Muslim brothers!' 'Drive them into the sea'. After the British withdraw from Palestine, David Ben Gurion declared the Independence and rebirth of the Jewish State of Israel in 1948. Israel was the first independent Jewish State in the Jewish home region after 19 centuries of foreign rule and diaspora. Short after the Israeli Independence Declaration all the Arab countries attacked Israel. In the Israeli-Arab war (in Israel called the War of Independence) some more then 500 thousands of Arabs/Palestinians who lived between 1946-1948 in Palestine fled away. Most of them fled to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, which was part of historical British Palestine. These people actually didn't leave what they call their Palestine! Those territories remained to become a Palestinian State. However Transjordan and Egypt who occupied it didn't give it to the Palestinians! There only goal was to destroy Israel, they didn't care about the 'Palestinians'. However a smaller group fled to Southern Lebanon and Syria. The Arabs locked them up into refugee camps so the people would grow and grow because of the poverty and the lack of hygienical care (condoms!). They used and use them as a demographic weapon against Israel. At the same time from 1948 to the 70s more then 1 million Jews fled from the Arab world to Israel from Persia, Yemen, Iraq, Egypt, Tunesia etc. (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_exodus_from_Arab_and_Muslim_countries) These people would have had no future in islamitic countries where Jews never have had equal rights. All the governments of the State of Israel from the Independence till now have announced as long as the Arabs don't recognize the right of the State of Israel to exist the Arabs should resolve their 'Palestinian' issue on their own ground (there are more then 15 MILLION square kilometers left, comparing to Israel which is only 22 thousand square kilometers). The UN thought most of the fled Arab Palestinians would also be happy to live in the West Bank under Jordanian Rule and the Gaza Strip and Egyptian Rule , the rule of their Arab brothers. This was true until in the 60s the PLO came to exist, to destroy Israel. Short there after in 1967 (the 6 Day War) Israel occupied the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. They never drove the Palestinians living there away. There were refugees in 1967, but all of them returned. In the 90s the territories inhabited by Palestinians on the West Bank (most of the West Bank) got their own administration in the Palestinian National Authority. This is called the Israeli-Palestinian interim agreement. In 2005 Israel withdraw from the Gazastrip. The permanent status of these territories has to be achieved by negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and Israel which can lead to the creation of the first independent Palestinian State (if you don't count Jordan which is actually also a Palestinian State!) in the whole history next to the State of Israel. Obstacles are the Israeli settlements and the Arabs who don't want to recognize the right of existence of the State of Israel. You can say most of the Palestinians didn't lose there country. In Israel the remaining Palestinian Arabs have got equal rights as Jews, aswell as in the Palestinian territories they administrate themself, aswell as in Jordan most of the Palestinian refugees nowadays are Jordanian citizens. The West of Jordan is also included in historical Palestine at the time of the Arab Empire when most of the nowadays called Palestinian Arabs immigrated to Palestine from the Arab Peninsula. According to that theory, all the Palestinians still live in historical Palestine. *The only way to peace is when both parties understand each others stories and rights to live in the conflict territory!
Did diverse culture have anything to do with the war in Israel?
Yes. The reason that Israelis and Palestinians want unique states is that each believes that it has a unique culture and history.
Why are zionists bloosthirsty?
That's a lie spread by the Arabs. Zionists are people who want Jews to have their own state. Zionists never killed thousands of Palestinians, and never stole their land. Arabs just say that because they are brainwashed as little kids to do bad things to Jews.
