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Palestinian Territories
The Palestinian territories consist of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, whose final status has yet to be determined. They were originally part of the British Mandate of Palestine, then captured and occupied by Jordan and by Egypt and later captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War.
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Why did Jews want to immigrate to Palestine?
The territory that was referred to as Palestine was the historical homeland for Jews and there has been an uninterrupted Jewish presence in that land for over 3000 years. European Jews started returning to the land in noticeable numbers in the 1800's. Middle Eastern Jews moved to the land after the establishment of the modern state of Israel in 1948 due to severe persecution in the Islamic countries.
Answer 2
Israel is important to Jews because God promised it to Jacob (Genesis ch.28), the father of the Israelites, and his descendants. Jacob was renamed Israel by God (Genesis ch.35); and the Israelites lived in Israel during the era of the Patriarchs (220 years), during the era from Joshua until the First Destruction (850 years), during the Second Temple era (420 years) and afterwards. They remained a majority in the land for another 300 years after the Second Destruction; and a minority of Jews remained there throughout the ensuing centuries.
Palestine was and has always been in the middle east since the Saudi Arabians and Palestine joined forces in 661 CE.
so that proves that Palestine has been here longer than Israel when Palestine gave a portion of its land to Israel in 1946, and they then took over Palestine but we will get it back. ( just a side note)
Who owned the land of Palestine before the Jews settled it?
The area was originally inhabited by the Canaanites, followed by the Hebrews (later called Jews), then the Romans, then the Christians and Muslims moved in, and finally, the Jews began to return starting in the 19th century,.
Is there a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
There are plenty of abstract ideas for resolutions, but so far nothing has come too close to actually resolving the conflict for an extended period of time. It's a complicated situation that probably requires many resolutions over a long time.
Answer 1
The Bottom Line is that both sides have a number of important and difficult concessions to make in pursuit of peace and the majority on each side are not willing to concede as much as they should. One of the best proposed solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is the Geneva Initiative which provides for a comprehensive resolution of each side's major issues. However, this Initiative requires a number of major concessions from each side, some of which are very painful. See the link below for more information.
Answer 2
If you look at the number of "initiatives", "peace plans", "road maps" and other projects called to solve the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Arabs, you will find that this number exceeds 50. It means that all the politicians, historians, sociologists, think tanks have been for almost 70 years thinking about how to establish peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis - but the current situation demonstrates that their formidable efforts have failed. It means that the approach to the problem based on the concept that the peace between Israelis and Palestinian Arabs is possible in the foreseeable future is based on the wrong premise.
In order to solve a conflict, the analysts should first answer two basic questions:
1. Who are the true main actors in the conflict?
2. What are those main actors´ principal true goals?
The conflict between Palestinian Arabs and Israel is a small part of the much bigger conflict between Arabs and Israel, and of course nobody can find a solution to the small conflict without solving a bigger one of which the smaller is a part. And Arab leaders are not interested in solving the conflict and establishing peace with Israel. This conflict helps them explain to their people why their life is so hard and insecure; it´s because Israel together with America and other "imperialists" rob Arabs of their natural resources. Arabs blame Israel of all their misfortunes, problems and woes, Israel is the personification of the World Evil in the eyes of the common Arab public- and a wonderful scapegoat for Arab leaders. And they will not let Palestinian Arabs, who are not self-sufficient economically and are heavily dependent on the economic and political support of Arab countries make peace with Israel.
The goals Arabs pursue are simple: to destroy Israel and divide its territory between Egypt, Jordan, Syria. Nobody is going to give any "Palestinian State" to Palestinian Arabs; Egypt occupied Gaza almost 20 years, from 1948 to 1967, and Jordan in the same years occupied Judea and Samaria ( what the West calls "West Bank") and Jerusalem. And in all these almost 20 years neither Egypt nor Jordan did not move a finger to create some "Palestinian State". Moreover, Palestinian Arabs did not claim it and were quite content living under Egyptian and Jordanian occupation. So, Arab leaders are using Palestinian Arabs as a cannon fodder in their endless attempts to destroy Israel- but without the risk of the direct military clashes with Jews that were so disastrous for Arabs in their previous wars against Israel.
And they will go on using Palestinian Arabs in this role in future. If it were not so, 300-million Arab world would have absorbed 750,000 Arab refugees from Palestine as a 8-million Israel has absorbed 800,000 Jews- refugees from Arab countries. If Arab leaders have not done it yet and there are no signs they are going to do it in future, then they need Palestinian Arabs exactly in the quality of refugees, without rights and without perspectives; such people are very easily manipulated and are a good weapon. And they will not let totally dependent on them Palestinian Arabs sign any treaty with Israel if this treaty does not serve Arabs´ political goal of final destruction of Israel.
Israeli leaders understand this Arab game and categorically refuse to be a part of it. So, all talks about "one-state solution" are just a vibration in the air because Israel will not agree to commit a national suicide and accept the "solution" which will in ten years make Jews a minority in their own country. So, a one state solution is unacceptable for Israel.
And the "two - state "solution is unacceptable to both Israel and Arabs, because for Israel it means the deterioration of its military capacity to fight off an Arab attack in case of a war and the division of Israeli capital Jerusalem, which was for Jews a cultural, political and religious centre during the last 2,500 years- and for Arabs it means the necessity to officially recognize Israel and its right to exist. In order to evaluate the chances Arabs will agree, let´s look at Egypt. This country signed a Peace Treaty with Israel in 1979-and was immediately branded as a traitor by all the Arab world. But after the military defeat Egypt suffered in the Yom Kippur war of 1973 Egypt did not have any other options to get back Sinai. So, the Peace Treaty was signed, Egypt got Sinai, Israel and Egypt established the diplomatic relations, Israeli tourists started to visit Sharm el- Sheikh and Kurgada… This idyll continued 30 years. But 30 years later the iron fist of president Mubarak opened up and the Egyptians got the chance to say what they really thought. And they said it! Almost 80% of Egyptians say the Peace Treaty with Israel must be cancelled.
Let´s not forget we are talking about the country that is considered "moderate" and even "pro-Western". The hatred to Jews and Israel in other Arab countries is by no means less than in Egypt. So, the chances that Arabs will without any force major situation agree to recognize Israel and stop planning its destruction are very slim.
So, these two last starry-eyed inventions of the Western Liberals,"one-state solution" and "two state solution", will follow the sadly famous "road map", "Beilin initiative", "French peace plan", "Russian initiative" and about three dozens of their unsuccessful brothers, sisters and cousins from different countries of the world. And both Israelis and Arabs know this but they will politely arrive to the White House, they will listen, seriously nodding, the full of high - flying words about peace and living side by side in harmony speech of President Obama or whoever will be at that moment the President of the USA, they will pose for a traditional shake hands - and then they will return back home and in less than a month will inform USA that the sad fate, insurmountable obstacles and the crafty designs of the enemies of peace have made all their efforts to implement the wise decisions of the President of the USA futile.
We have seen this comic cartoon at least 20 times in the last 20 years.
In this situation, there are only two realistic perspectives for solving the conflict.
- In the course of the war between some Arab states, for example, Syria or Egypt and the Jewish State, Israel uses the chance and pushes Palestinian Arabs from all the territory of Judea, Samaria and maybe Gaza, making them flee to Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon or wherever they can. Of course, there will be a public outcry and a lot of accusations of "ethnic cleansing", but there is no doubt that if Israel gets in a situation of the war for survival, it will do it like it did it in 1948. However, Arab countries understand this and try to avoid the direct military conflicts with Israel.
It leaves us with just one realistic option, i.e.
- The International Community initiates the plan of moving Arabs - non citizens of Israel - from all the territories of Israel including Judea , Samaria and Jerusalem. By force? No, of course not. By paying them for leaving.
Why Arabs, and not Jews? Well, first because there are only 1.2 mln Arabs in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem and about1.1 mln in Gaza, i.e. approximately 2.3 mln Arabs to move - against 8 mln Jews. Moving 2.3 mln people is much easier than moving 8 mln. And not only much easier, but also much cheaper. Second, Jews will simply refuse to leave . They've created quite a successful State, with the diversified economy and the GDP per capita(PPP) higher than in Italy and just $5,000 lower than in the United Kingdom. Why should they leave? And what would it cost to make the idea of leaving interesting to them?
But Arabs say they will never leave their motherland ( how can a motherland of Arabs be in Palestine, and what is Arabia then - are the questions Arabs prefer not to hear), that they will better die than emigrate… Yes, of course they say it, together with the terrible stories about how they love death more than they love life and about how they are "the native population of Palestine" - but in English, at the public forums and conferences. But in Arabic, average Arabs say something very different.
A survey conducted among the Palestinians in Nov. 2004 indicated that only about 15% of the Palestinian population resident in Israeli administered areas (Judea and Samaria) would reject outright an offer to emigrate.
By contrast, almost 40% would be ready to emigrate even without any form of the compensation, if only some country agrees to accept them. And over 70% would be happy to leave on the condition of receiving some form of material compensation as an inducement to emigrate permanently from the areas currently under Israeli administration (see the Related Links below) .
Another poll carried out by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion showed that only about half of the Arab population says they wish to remain in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. In reply to the question: "If the possibility of immigration to the West were open to you, would you immigrate or stay in the country?"
55.3 % said "I would stay"
38.3 % said "I would immigrate"
6.3 % said" I don't know"
(See Related Links for more)
Poll No. 168 Nov 03, 2009
So, some 50%-70% of Arabs living in Judea, Samaria and Gaza would be ready to immigrate if only some country/ies opens the door to them and if they get some financial compensation. 2.3 million Arabs who live in Judea, Samaria and Gaza make some 450,000 families. Supposing the amount of the compensation being at $20,000 per family, we shall have the price of ending the conflict: $9 bln. It´s a lot of money? Well, yes, it is. But the West pays annually billions of dollars in direct financial and indirect humanitarian aid to Arabs in Gaza, Judea and Samaria, and this amount is also quite comparable to the costs of the project of saving the endangered species, where one single program of saving green and loggerhead sea turtles costs $153.8 million. I am very positive about both green and loggerhead sea turtles, they are nice, cool and very sociable and I wish them luck and prosperity. But still, I think that the life and prosperity of 2.3 million people should cost at least the same as the life and well-being of sea turtles.
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== == Jerusalem is a city in the State of Israel. East and West Jerusalem were unified under Israeli control in the Six Day War in June 1967.
Jerusalem is not a country, but rather a city in Israel.
What jobs did they have in Palestine in Jesus' time?
Jobs and Occupations:
In Palestine in the time of Jesus, there were suprisingly quite alot of jobs that we have in now-a-days. But they didnt have any technology that we have now such as moile phones, computers, ipods, ipads, nintendos, ect. But the main jobs back in Jesus' days were merchants, market traders, farmers, cleaners, builders, sailors, bank men, priests and so many more if yhu think about it (including been parents and royalalness: Been King or Queen)
want more answers about what more jobs there were ?(:
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What was the capital of Palestine at the time of Luke's Gospel?
Although David established Jerusalem as the capital of a united Israel long before Jesus came, the country later split into two kindgoms - the kingdom of the north retaining the name of Israel and that of the south being called Judah, as it occupied much of the territory that was held as the area of the tribe of Judah way back in the time of Jacob abd his twelve sons . The Kingdom of Israel (or Northern Kingdom) existed as an independent state until around 720 BC when it was conquered by the Assyrian Empire; while the Kingdom of Judah (or Southern Kingdom) existed as an independent state until 586BC when it was conquered by the Babylonicn Empire. Until these times the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel was Samaria, and the southern kingdom of Judah still held Jerusalem as its capital. In the time of Jesus, the Roman Empire had conquered both Israel and Judah (which became known by its Latin name of Judea) and the two capitals retained as administrative centres, but as they were part of the Roman Empire, the official capital city was, of course, Rome.
What was Palestine like in the time of Jesus?
Not at all similar to today - not a very pleasant place to live the politics were very different. The Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea were larger - global warming and silting up of the Dead Sea has shrunk these bodies of water over recent years. The Sea of Galilee was prone to storms as it is today, but more so as it was larger. Climate was as it is today - hot during the daytime, and extreme cold - especially in the desert areas, at night. Rainfall was infrequent - but when it came, it was torrential.
Politically although the Jews had their own 'king' (Herod), he was no more than a 'puppet' ruler, under the thumb of the Roman Empire. The governor of that area in Jesus's time - especially at the time of the crucifixion, was Pontius Pilate. Pilate would not have been particularly well respected by the Roman Emperor, as Palestine, more specifically the area of Judea, was thought of as a trouble spot because of religious insurgence and prone to riots. It was a little like Afghanistan with respect to the USA, or Northern Ireland in the heights of the 'troubles' with respect to the UK. Thus anyone having to take over as governor of Judea as did Pilate, would have been seen as in some way being punished for something.
The Jews resented the Romans occupying and governing ther country, and many groups of insurgents sprung up to resist them. The resentment was partly due to the fact that the Romans worshipped many 'gods' and also worshipped the Emperor as 'divine', much to the disgust of the Jews who worshipped the one, true God. One such group of insurgents was the Zealots, one of whom, Simon the Zealot, became a disciple of Jesus.
It was in this climate that Jesus lived and undertook his mission. When he arrived in Jerusalem on a donkey, he was hailed as the 'King of the Jews', as a prophesy in the Old Testament foretold the promised Messiah riding into Jerusalem on a donkey rather than a warrior's horse. However, because Jesus' sights were set heavenward, his 'kingdom' was not of this world - and he was not the 'knight in shining armour' who would deliver the Jews from the Romans by military force as many expected the Messiah to be. He was someone far more important that that - a deliverer from our own sin for the whole world, and not just for the Jews. No wonder that the Jewish authorities easily persuaded the gullible people to turn against him and to demand his execution just a few days later.
Did Jews live in Palestine before being enslaved by the Egiptians?
Abraham was supposed to have brought the first Hebrews to Canaan around 1900 BC. The Israelites escaped from Egypt around 1200 BC. David was the first real king of the Israelites around 1000 BC.
YES. Israel is part of the continent of ASIA, specifically in the region called "the Middle East." "Southwest Asia" is also being slowly adopted as a more politically-correct alternative for the term "Middle East." Israel is very close both to North Africa and south-eastern Europe, but is not part of Africa or Europe. This is because the internationally accepted demarcation of the border between Asia and Africa is the Suez Canal; and the demarcation between Asia and Europe runs through the Urals and the Dardanelles, making Israel an Asian country.
It is important to note that for UN Security Council rotations, Israel is considered part of the "Western Europe and Others Group" as the Arab Nations blocked its entry into the Middle East Group. It also shares a lot of legal and cultural traditions with Europe.
It is also worth noting that like several other Middle Eastern and Caucasus countries, Israel is allowed to participate in the (primarily European) Eurovision song contest. Additionally, Israel plays in the European Football Cup.
How long have Jews and Arabs lived in Israel?
According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, the Arab population in 2010 was estimated at 1,573,000 which is about 20.4% of Israel's population. Most Israeli Arabs were born within the borders of the State of Israel.
Jewish people they have always held this land and they have there kings buried thee i think that claims it as there land and God cave them the land so it belongs to them and noone else and everyone one else who is on the land will be destoyed by God in the end
Why is there war in Palestine?
There is a war because the land was originaly Palestine, but was split up after world war 2 to add Israel so that the Jews could have some of the holy land. The Isrealis attacked the Palestinian half of Jerusalem and other Palestinian states because they said the holy city could never be split.This resulted in Palestinians getting kicked out of their homes, but some fought back, and there is still dispute there now.
Ask the US why it supports Israel against civilian Palestinians
Because the Palestinians are being ruled and abused by the Israeli's and being denied there rightful homeland. The lands they do still have are being taken away from them and Israeli settlements are being built on them.
Is Palestine a terrorist state?
A terrorist state is a nation that utilizes it´s rosources to prosecute and kill people not seem as desirable. In the case of Israel, a clear example would be the killing of innocent civilians in Gaza.
Did Israel commit war crimes in Gaza in 2008?
No. Arabs committed war crimes by launching rockets from schools and mosques, and by using marked ambulances to stage terrorist attacks.
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.
Who are the allies and enemies of Palestine?
Israel has several allies, the main ones include USA, UK, Germany, Turkey and India. Amongst others are Canada, China and Czech Republic. While, USA is the biggest ally, India is fast emerging as the second biggest strategic partner.
Are the Israelis and Palestinians fighting the Muslims?
No. Neither of them are fighting "the Muslims" as a group. Most Palestinians are Muslims anyway. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is between two national groups: Israelis who are primarily Jewish against Palestinians who are primarily Muslim. However, neither Israeli nor Palestinian forces have declared that they are fighting Islam. There are numerous mosques in both countries where Muslim worshipers freely pray to God.
How did the struggle between Arabs and Jews over Palestine lead to the creation?
The Zionist kept increasing pressure on the British to support the Zionist plan to create their own separate homeland. In the midst of WWI the British issued the Balfour Declaration thus gaining Britain's support for a creation of a new Jewish in Palestine without violating the rights of the Arabs living there.
Why are Israel and Palestine controversial?
Israel is not present in all Palestinian Conflicts. The Arab-Palestinian Conflict was fought between Arab States and the Palestinian people and Palestinian militant groups. The Palestinian Civil War involved the two Palestinian paramilitary organizations Hamas and Fatah without Israel at all.
As for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel is involved because Israel and Palestine cannot currently agree on a long-term solution of how to effectively divide the territory of the former British Mandate of Palestine.
Why did Palestine become a center of conflict after World War 2?
The conflict is basically started when the Jews were forced out of their country in ww2 by the Nazis. when they were gone the Arabs moved into their homes and took over their country. When the Jews returned, they were angry and wanted their land back. But the Palestinians didn't want to give it back as they claimed it was theres because the Jews had left. The united nations got together and decided the fair way to deal with this was by partitioning it. The separated part of it and called it Israel.
Why did fighting between the Jews and Arabs increase in Palestine after 1945?
Arab Opinion
Because in 1948 something called Nakba from Palestinian History, in this year most of Palestinians were forced their houses lives and lands to live now in refugees in Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and other Arabic countries with almost very bad situations specially the once living in Lebanon.
The number of refugees lives outside Palestine estimated with 4 to 6 millions, they are not allowed even to visit Palestine.
Israel didn't stop at that point it keeps taking lands to build Israeli settlements, they are increased day by day due to the large increase of Jewish immigration, and the most important problem is that Israel keeps digging under Al-Aqsa mosque which increase the chance for it's collapse, and because it's one of the most important places for Muslims unequal fights always happens.
Also Jewish only allow people above 50 years to pray at Al-Aqsa. Younger people are not allowed, and so and so on, without stopping.
May god help Palestine, and set it Free soon, to live in peace for once.
Israeli Opinion
The Zionists and others who supported the Creation of the Jewish Nation were finally able to get the International Community to see the entrenched nature of Anti-Semitism in Europe after the Holocaust. This international perspective finally allowed Jews to successfully campaign for a State. When the United Nations was formed and indicated this would be a goal of theirs (the Partitioning of the Mandate of Palestine), a large number of Jews from refugee camps across Europe began to immigrate both legally and illegally to the territory. Arabs, who were repulsed by the idea of a Jewish State, used militias formed to oppose the British occupation and turned them against the Jews. The Jews responded with similarly formed militias and targeted the Arabs.
When the Partition plan was announced, the Jews were not happy with the small piece of land that they were awarded, but figured that some land would be better than none. The Arabs on the other hand refused to tolerate the idea that they would have to compromise at all. Jewish militias returned to defend the Partition borders, but were forced to engage with the Arab militias throughout the Mandate. As the Jewish-Arab Engagement of 1947-1949 became compounded by Israel's declaration of Statehood and the intervening of seven Arab countries, the War got bloodier. As the Arab opinion above notes, not all of the Jewish soldiers behaved honorably and there were numerous massacres of Arab civilians during the Jewish-Arab Engagement, but there were also attacks on Jewish civilians during the same period and prior to (as mentioned above).
What European country controlled Palestine before it became Israel?
Ottoman Empire till 1918 and Britain after that.
