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The Jews used to own the land 3000 years ago. In 70 A.D the Romans took over and they went else where. Then 600 years later Arabs have been there and they have been there for a thousand year. WWII happens, Jews want land and since Palestine was owned by the British they gave them a bit in Palestine. They did like them there it was Zionist who wanted it for only Jews. In 1948 war broke out, Jews took over. And they have been fighting for 62 years and still going.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 8y agoThere are a number of reasons that the Palestinians believe explain why the land is theirs.
1) Original Inhabitants: This is the strongest case for the Palestinians and goes back to how the Palestinians lived in the British Mandate of Palestine for at least 800 years as the consistent majority of people in the territory. They have love and reverence for the land and consider it to be an intrinsic part of their identity.
2) Atrocities have no Statute of Limitations:Many Palestinians assert that Israelis stole their land and possessions from 1920-1949, most violently during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9 when numerous massacres were perpetrated by Jewish militias to secure the exodus of the Palestinian People. These Palestinians assert that Israel should not be allowed to profit from this seizure of territory.
3) Moslem and Christian Holy Sites: The Palestinians have numerous holy sites that pertain to their religions as well in the British Mandate of Palestine. Jerusalem holds Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, the third most holy sites in all of Islam. There are also the Christian Monuments such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the cities of Nazareth and Bethlehem. Many Palestinian Moslems and Christians want to live in these places as they used to.
4) Arab Reception: Palestinians have been confined to refugee camps and occasionally attacked in violent pogroms by their Arab neighbors (like the attack on Sabra and Shatila in 1982 and Nahr El-Bared in 2007). Palestinians assert like the Jews that nobody is really looking out for their best interests other than other Palestinians and this is why they could never truly settle in another Arab State.
5) Never Allowed to Declare a State: Whether the Palestinians accepted UN Resolution 181 or not, they were never given an opportunity to Declare the Arab State which that Resolution gave them the right to do. After the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9, Jordan and Egypt occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, effectively preventing the nascent Palestinian organizations from becoming a nation, even though they may have wanted to do so. In the present day, the United States has actively tried to prevent Palestinian access to the forums that would allow it to declare its Right to be a State because of its protection of Israel.
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∙ 12y agoNot all Palestinians believe this, but the majority believe the Jews are not entitled to the land because they see the Jews as foreign invaders, and do not understand the Jews' ancient connection with the land.
Most of the land that makes up Israel today was actually purchased legally from Arab owners. It was land that was not occupied by ANY people because it was either swampland or desert.
Modern Palestinians are not taught this in school.
They have no idea that the Jews improved the land, and with world support of Jews and Christians, they turned the land into a desirable place to live.
The Palestinians received almost no support from neighboring Arabs, and have not advanced as rapidly. In fact, many Palestinians are unaware that their entire infrastructure is provided by Israel. Much of the anti-Israel world is also unaware of this fact.
The Palestinians see the modern Jewish areas and feel as though that land was taken from them, in that condition.
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∙ 10y agoAnswer 1
Because of a misunderstanding of Bible covenant. You see, God promised that Abraham would be the father of a great nation in the book of Genesis. The Palestinians (Arabians) think they are the rightful heirs since Abraham's son Ishmael the elder son was their forefather. But what Palestinians forget is that God specified that it would be through Abraham's son Isaac that the blessing and promise would be bestowed. Isaac is of course the forefather of Israel. You see, Isaac was Abraham's son born of god's promise through Abraham's wife Sarah. Ishmael was an illegitimate son (by Abraham's covenant with God) whose mother was Sarah's maid, Hagar. This whole story, recorded in the book of Genesis, is how the whole conflict got started.
Answer 2
Arabs both in Palestine and outside of Palestine rejected outright the idea that the Jews should be allowed to form a state in the British Mandate of Palestine. Palestinians were greatly saddened by the creation of the State of Israel because they believed that the land that had physically belonged to their parents and grandparents should have been theirs for inheritance. In their minds, it did not make sense that a group of German, Polish, French, English, and Russian speaking people should claim land that their ancestors had not even visited for centuries. Even by the time of Israel's Declaration of Statehood, less than half of the land within the UN proscribed borders of Resolution 181 was owned by Jews. Therefore, the idea of Jewish State being even more physically expansive than the land already taken was alarming.
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∙ 13y agoMost (not all) of the palestinians do not accept the partition of the land into two countries. They do not recognize the State of Israel and do not want the Jews to have a homeland there.
Most (not all) of the Jews support the partition plan, but require the Palestinian authority to formally recognize the State of Israel, which as of 2010 has not been done.
There are some Palestinians who do accept the partition plan, just as there are some Jews who do not.
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∙ 8y agoThere are a number of reasons that the Palestinians believe explain why the land is theirs.
1) Original Inhabitants: This is the strongest case for the Palestinians and goes back to how the Palestinians lived in the British Mandate of Palestine for at least 800 years as the consistent majority of people in the territory. They have love and reverence for the land and consider it to be an intrinsic part of their identity.
2) Atrocities have no Statute of Limitations: Many Palestinians assert that Israelis stole their land and possessions from 1920-1949, most violently during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9 when numerous massacres were perpetrated by Jewish militias to secure the exodus of the Palestinian People. These Palestinians assert that Israel should not be allowed to profit from this seizure of territory.
3) Muslim and Christian Holy Sites: The Palestinians have numerous holy sites that pertain to their religions as well in the British Mandate of Palestine. Jerusalem holds Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, the third most holy sites in all of Islam. There are also the Christian Monuments such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the cities of Nazareth and Bethlehem. Many Palestinian Moslems and Christians want to live in these places as they used to.
4) Arab Reception: Palestinians have been confined to refugee camps and occasionally attacked in violent pogroms by their Arab neighbors (like the attack on Sabra and Shatila in 1982 and Nahr El-Bared in 2007). Palestinians assert like the Jews that nobody is really looking out for their best interests other than other Palestinians and this is why they could never truly settle in another Arab State.
5) Never Allowed to Declare a State: Whether the Palestinians accepted UN Resolution 181 or not, they were never given an opportunity to Declare the Arab State which that Resolution gave them the right to do. After the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9, Jordan and Egypt occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, effectively preventing the nascent Palestinian organizations from becoming a nation, even though they may have wanted to do so. In the present day, the United States has actively tried to prevent Palestinian access to the forums that would allow it to declare its Right to be a State because of its protection of Israel.
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Both Arabs and Jews claim historical rights to this land?
They both claimed Mandatory Palestine, which is currently controlled by the States of Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and what Egyptian Generals call "Hamas-stan".
Were the Arabs Romans?
No, Arabs were never in there past Romans, But The Romans did conquer Arab land in the past and built several cities in Arab land, So one might think that Arabs were once Romans but actually they aren't (because of architecture of the buildings)
How long has the war between Israel and the Gaza Strip been going on?
Palestinians is a nickname of the Arabs that lives in Israel but are not Israel citizens. There is no war between to them and the Arabs. Maybe you meant the war between the Arabs and the Jews.
The Arabs who lived in Ramla and the rest Israel were before 48 were never called Palestinias what you are not writin the exact?
The original inhabitants of Palestine are the Arabs and they are called Palestinians. The illegal,racist and criminal entity so called Israel was established in 1948. Under the BRITISH mandate that land was called Palestine,and before that it was under the Ottoman empire known as PALESTINE. My family root is from RAMLEH, We call our self proudly as Palestinians and forever so.
What did the British and French promise to the Arabs if they joined the fight against the Ottoman Empire?
Britain did not promise the Arabs anything in 1914. From July 1915 to January 1916, the British wrote the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence which was a set of letters between the British High Commissioner in Egypt (Sir Henry McMahon) and the Sharif of Mecca (Hussein ibn Ali). In these letters, the British promised the Arabs a unitary Arab State in the Middle East that would cover most of the Middle East. However, some areas were excepted, mostly along the Syrian coast. It is unclear whether or not Mandatory Palestine was also excepted because the terms are ambiguous. Arabs argue that since Palestine is not mentioned explicitly as an exception (whereas specific Syrian cities are mentioned), Palestine was included. The British and the Jews aregue that the reservation was for areas west of Damascus and all of Palestine is west of Damascus.
Why did tensions between Arabs and Jews in Palestine escalate during the 1930s?
Jewish Immigration to Palestine increased significantly, causing Arabs to worry about losing their land.
Why have Arabs and Jews been in conflict over Palestine for thousands years?
Both believe that Palestine is their holy land and that it belongs to them.
How did the Arabs feel when the UK divided Palestine into two states?
The UK did divide Mandatory Palestine in 1922 between what is now Israel/Palestine and Jordan. The Arabs had no real reaction because Jordan was put under the control of the Hashemite Dynasty and the fate of the remainder of Palestine (now Israel/Palestine) was undetermined. The division you are likely asking about is the UN division of Mandatory Palestine between Jewish and Arab States in 1947. Arabs were livid that such a division took place, because they believed that the land should belong entirely to the Palestinian Arabs. In their view, these were the lands that had physically belonged to the Palestinian Arabs for as long as they could remember and should have been theirs for inheritance. In their minds, it did not make sense that a group of German, Polish, French, English, and Russian speaking people should claim land that their ancestors had not even visited for centuries. Even by the time of Israel's Declaration of Statehood, less than half of the land within the UN proscribed borders of Resolution 181 was owned by Jews. Therefore, the idea of Jewish State taking that land was anger-inducing.
When did the Arabs take over the land along the Mediterranean Sea known as Palestine?
Arabs first arrived in Palestine during Caliph Omar's invasion of the Levant in the 640s CE. Arabs were the dominant power in the region from then until the fall of the Abbassid Caliphate in the Levant in the 1100s.
ancient land on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea claimed as a homeland by both Arabs and Jews?
palestine
Political group formed to regain Israeli land for Palestinian Arabs?
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Why did the Arabs think Palestine belonged to them?
Palestinians believe that the land of palestine belongs to them because their ancestors lived in the area, building cities and cultivating the land for hundreds and hundreds of years. They believe that they own this land just as anyone else who buys something or builds something owns the fruit of their labor. Because most Arabs are not Jewish, they do not accept the promise from God to his 'chosen people' as a legitimate reason for their property to be taken away.
Why did the Arabs think palestine belongs to?
Palestinians believe that the land of palestine belongs to them because their ancestors lived in the area, building cities and cultivating the land for hundreds and hundreds of years. They believe that they own this land just as anyone else who buys something or builds something owns the fruit of their labor. Because most Arabs are not Jewish, they do not accept the promise from God to his 'chosen people' as a legitimate reason for their property to be taken away.
What nations or peoples have controlled the holy land since ancient times?
Canaan, Phoenicia, Palestine, arabs, and, of course, the Jews.
Both Arabs and Jews claim historical rights to this land?
They both claimed Mandatory Palestine, which is currently controlled by the States of Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and what Egyptian Generals call "Hamas-stan".
How did the Arabs feel when the UN divided Palestine into two states?
Arabs were livid that such a 1947 Partition Plan was passed, because they believed that the land should belong entirely to the Palestinian Arabs. In their view, these were the lands that had physically belonged to the Palestinian Arabs for as long as they could remember and should have been theirs for inheritance. In their minds, it did not make sense that a group of German, Polish, French, English, and Russian speaking people should claim land that their ancestors had not even visited for centuries. Even by the time of Israel's Declaration of Statehood, less than half of the land within the UN proscribed borders of Resolution 181 was owned by Jews. Therefore, the idea of Jewish State taking that land was anger-inducing.
What did Jewish leaders do in 1948?
they split Arabs and Jews land, Palestine in half.
