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Answer 1
The Israelis are not "fighting over the Gaza Strip", and there are presently no Israelis living there and no Israeli military forces stationed there. The area is presently governed by Hamas, a political/military entity listed by the US State Department as an international terrorist organization, and with the explicit, publicly expressed goal of destroying Israel. Weapons and ammunition are constantly flowing into the area, from Sinai, through tunnels under the border policed by Egypt, and from time to time, rockets are launched from inside Gaza and land in civilian neighborhoods in nearby Israeli cities. Also from time to time, Israel mounts a military operation designed both to take rocket manufacturing and launching facilities out of operation, and to register its disapproval of their use. Like, say, the US might do, if, say, rockets launched from Tijuana were to rain down on residential neighborhoods in San Diego.
Answer 2
The Gaza strip is seen by the Israelis as a buffer from threats from other entities who use the proximity to settlements as a means to lob bombs and missiles to destroy them. So far, they have not given way to demands from Hamas and other parties, largely since treaties have been repeatedly broken.
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What were Israelis and Palestinians fighting over?
The Israelis and Palestinians are fighting over a small piece of land called the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.The Israelis and Palestinians are fighting about a wide variety of things. Please see the Related Question to read more about the conflict.
Why do Israel and Palestine fight over the Gaza Strip?
The Gaza Strip is currently ruled by Hamas which is dead-set on opposing the Israeli Right to Exist. It has constantly bombarded Israeli cities close to it and recently expanded its firing range to the Israeli financial capital of Tel Aviv. The Israelis have surrounded Gaza with a blockade and armed border to prevent the influx of the very missiles used to perpetrate these attacks. This has caused a humanitarian problem in Gaza, resulting in increased fury to attack the Israelis. This vicious cycle self-perpetuates.
What is one thing that the Palestinians and Israelites are fighting over?
The Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and Israel-proper.
Which two ethnic groups are fighting over the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip?
As of right now (May 2014), nobody is. Until a few weeks ago, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority were competing for political power in those areas, but they signed an agreement a few weeks ago, and they are presently making nice in public. In an overarching and general sense, the Israelis and the Palestinians are fighting over the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. However, the Israeli government has already ceded the claim on the Gaza Strip to the Palestinians and claims that it is willing to devolve control of most of the West Bank to Palestinians as well.
What area are Jews and Arabs fighting over in Israel?
It depends on the particular conflict, but the two territories most in contention between the Israelis and Palestinians are the Gaza Strip and the West Bank (including East Jerusalem). There is much contention between Israelis and Syrians over the Golan Heights and between Israelis and Lebanese there is some contention over the Shebaa Farms and the area south of the Litani River. It is important to note that while Israel is the Jewish State, its soldiers and citizens are Israelis and have important non-Jewish components. (This is why the word Jew has not been used above in favor of Israeli.)
Why are Israel and Pakistan fighting over Gaza Strip?
Israel and Pakistan have no diplomatic relations, but are not currently in a State of War. Pakistan has not attempted, militarily or politically, to prevent Israeli or Palestinian interests from being realized in the Gaza Strip. If instead of Pakistan, you meant Palestine, please see the Related Question.
What piece of territory is Arab-Israeli Conflict fought over?
It depends on the particular conflict, but the two territories most in contention between the Israelis and Palestinians are the Gaza Strip and the West Bank (including East Jerusalem). There is much contention between Israelis and Syrians over the Golan Heights and between Israelis and Lebanese there is some contention over the Shebaa Farms and the area south of the Litani River.
Are the Gaza Strip and the West Bank still being fought over today?
The West Bank is certainly being fought over. There is a Palestinian Government (the Palestinian Authority) which claims the territory of the West Bank to be its sovereign land and an occupying Israeli Government (the State of Israel) that claims stewardship of the territory pending a final treaty or similar agreement. The two sides occasionally clash over these views. As for the Gaza Strip, while it is certainly true that fighting between the Hamas government and the Israeli government occurs in and around the Gaza Strip, it is not being fought over. This is to say that the Israeli government makes no claim to the territory in the Gaza Strip. Therefore it is exclusively Palestinian Territory. Also, the last remnant of Fatah in Gaza was excised in 2007, so there is no intra-Palestinian fighting either for control of the territory.
What three areas of land in Israel are groups fighting over?
The West Bank (also called Judea and Samaria) The Gaza Strip The Old district in the City of Jerusalem
Do Jews live in the Gaza strip?
Jews used to live in the Gaza Strip as Israeli Settlers from the late 1960s to their removal by the Israeli government in 2006. No Jews have lived in the Gaza Strip since they were removed in 2006, and governance of the Strip handed over to the Palestinian Authority. In addition, Jews do not have a religious claim to Gaza as that territory belonged to the Philistines during the Ancient Kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
Is the Gaza Stripe part of Israel?
The Gaza Strip is an anomaly. It was part of Egypt, but when Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty, Egypt refused to take back the Gaza Strip. Under international law, it was considered part of Israel, but Israel does not believe in occupying other areas, so they declined to take over the Gaza Strip. It is not part of any country, nor is it independent.
What does the Gaza Strip look like?
Answer 1No, it one of major cities in Palestine.Answer 2Currently the territory is in de facto control of the Militant Hamas Organization which has severed ties with the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Gaza, by virtue of this is de facto an independent country, although no country recognizes it and most see it as an integral part of any future Palestinian State.
