The fighting in the Gaza Strip is due to issues going back thousands of years. Currently, the West Bank is occupied, but not being actively fought over. It is a disputed territory and both the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority are jockeying to control some or that entire region in the future.
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In the 1880s the Jews scattered throughout Europe and America made known their desire to return to the Promised Land. Since they were expelled by the Romans, they had no land to call their own. The desire to reestablish them in Palestine was called the Zionist Movement.
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After World War I, Britain announced it welcomed the idea of Jews settling in Palestine. However the Arabs residing in the area did not like it. They felt the land belonged to them. During and after World War I, many Jews migrated to Palestine. However the tension between them and the Arabs grew. So even before fighting in the Gaza Strip began, the tension was already there.
According to official news sources, Hamas rocket attacks. According to World Link T.V., politics; the Israeli army lost face in Lebanon, so to reclaim its reputation as the most powerful military force in the Middle East, it was basically ordered by the Knesset to wreck Gaza. By wreck I mean, just destroy everything.
Yes, Gaza City is the largest city in the Gaza Strip.
It's "volatile" and "Gaza Strip."
It was a small strip of land wherein the city of Gaza was the largest city. Thus Gaza Strip was born.
Nobody did that, and the Gaza Strip is not part of Israel.
Gaza Strip - film - was created in 2002.
See Related Links for map of Gaza Strip.
No. The Gaza Strip is a Palestinian Territory. Egypt is a distinct country that borders the Gaza Strip.
Gaza Strip is one of two parts of the Palestinian State territories which includes the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The Palestinians are mostly confined to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
No. There is no religion that venerates the area occupied by the Gaza Strip.
Gaza City is the capital of the Gaza Strip.
Gaza City.