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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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Who is the rightful owner of the land between Israel and Palestine?
Answer 1
That is a very good question - and a very sensitive one, as it is a very controversial subject - as I'm sure you know. Nonetheless, I shall offer my answer, and hope that it does not offend too much.
How does one measure the degree of 'rightfulness' in a claim such as this one?
The Israelis believe that they hold rightful claim to the Land as it was a gift to them from God, who promised it to their ancestors thousands of years ago, and as the only reason why they were no longer in actual possession of it for many centuries prior to 1948 is because it was it was forcibly taken from them and they themselves forcibly removed. It is interesting to note, though, that that is also the very means by which they themselves originally acquired it - by forcibly conquering and driving out those who already lived there, known as Canaanites. Many of the Palestinians of the day were allowed to remain in the land, because they made a pact with the People of Israel to help them to conquer it.
Isn't it funny how history can repeat itself.
Answer 2
This is one of those questions where the Asker appears to be looking for a number of opinions vindicating each side. The problem is that both sides have legitimacy in certain claims and extremists who would rather derail the process of negotiations than not get everything in their wishlists. The Israelis and the Palestinians who truly want to live together in peace respecting each others' Rights to Exist, are in the Right and those who would rather stir up antagonism and hatred on both sides are in the Wrong.
Some arguments on each side are as follows.
Israel:
1) UN Resolution 181: In 1947 the UN Partition Plan, which was passed into law split the British Mandate of Palestine into a Jewish and Arab State. The Jews decided to agree with the Partition even though the Arabs refused. Because the Resolution passed, Israel had the Right to Declare a State, which they did.
2) Wars Won: Israel fought for its right to exist and has fought three existential wars (the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9, the Six-Day War of 1967, and the Arab-Israeli War of 1973). In each conflict, it was only by Israeli perseverance and cunning that the territory was maintained. If Israel had lost any of these wars, regardless of its international legal case, it would have been denied the ability to re-declare a State.
3) Jewish Nationalism: Jews have lived in other nations under other governments for two millennia and were either actively or passively discriminated against. Israel represents to Jews the guarantee that even if the situation in their current Diaspora country turns sour, they have somewhere to go. This guarantee of a homeland has actually been used in various waves such as the Post-Holocaust refugees, the Mizrahi Exodus, Operations Joshua and Solomon in Yemen and Ethiopia, and the Russian Immigration in the 1990s.
4) Population Exchanges: Just as Palestinians left the British Mandate of Palestine, Jews were forced to leave the Arab World in roughly the same numbers. Around 720,000 Palestinian Arabs fled the new state of Israel, whereas 850,000 Jews fled from Arab countries with 500,000 settling in Israel. As a result, just as Israel took in Mizrahi Jews fleeing the Arab World, it would be contingent on Arab countries to take in Palestinian Arabs fleeing the Jewish State.
5) Jewish Holy Sites: Israel is home to numerous holy Jewish sites across the country, harkening back to the Jewish biblical past and imagery. In addition, the holiest site in the world for the Jewish people is the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Palestine:
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 Muslims 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.
It is highly unlikely that Palestine will prevail against Israel through strength of arms. Arab armies far larger and better equipped have not been able to achieve this. Palestine can certainly fight a guerrilla war or an intifada that will have an affect on Israeli resolve, but the best bet for a free and independent Palestine is to choose to accept that Israel is a necessary partner for peace. Israel is not going anywhere.
What is the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians most likely related to?
It is most likely related to the fact that the Muslim nations that surround
Israel cannot come to peace with the concept of a democratic, sovereign
nation, with a vibrant economy, gender equality, and religious freedom,
largely populated and controlled by Jews, in their neighborhood.
Since when have the muslims and the jews been fighting for palestine?
Jews first fought for Palestine in the Biblical Period (around 1000 BCE). Muslims first fought for Palestine in 634 CE.
If the question means to ask when they first fought each other for Palestine, there were pogroms and violent outbursts between Jews of the Yishuv and Settled Arabs of Palestine as early as the later 1920s.
Who governed Palestine before the State of Israel was declared?
Britain.
Answer2.
The territory of Palestine, i.e. the geographical area that included modern Jordan( it comprises over 70% of Palestine), Gaza, Israel ( including Judea and Samaria), Southern part of Syria and Soutehrn part of Lebanon, was by the decision of the League of Nations passed under the mandate of Great Britain with the condition that Great Britain would make it "The Home for Jewish People".
Great Britain, in pursue of its political goals, breached this condition and passed over 70% of the territory of Palestine to Arab clan of Hashemites, proclaiming Abdallah, the son of the small Arabian war-lord Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi , the Emir of Transjordan and then he proclaimed himself the King.
That was the beginning of the conflict known as the Arab-Israeli conflict that lasts already more than 70 years.
As a matter of fact, Great Britain did not rule in Palestine; it was a Mandate Power whose role was to create the necessary conditions for making the territory under its Mandate ready for becoming independent nations.
How long was the Israeli Palestinian conflict resolve?
Answer 1
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict has its origins in the confrontation between immigrant Zionist Jews in the Mandate of Palestine and their interaction with the indigenous Palestinian Arabs in the 1920s and 1930s. Before that point, the immigration into the land had been a small trickle and Arabs were not terribly concerned. However, the Jewish immigration in the 1920s was quite large and disruptive. By the mid 1930s, both sides had developed militias which they used both to attack British colonial institutions and each other. In 1947, as UN Resolution 181 was being debated, a full-scale war erupted between the Jewish militias and the Arab militias. When Israel declared its independence in 1948, the neighboring Arab States joined in the War which caused it to be internationally recognized and called the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9.
Therefore, if we use the terms Israeli and Palestinian retroactively to those people who would eventually identify or would be identified as Israelis or Palestinians, the conflict started during the 1920s, making it a conflict of over 90 years in length. If we require that these terms be strictly applied, then the conflict started in 1948 when Israel declared its independence, which would make it a conflict of only 64 years in length.
Answer 2
"Palestinians" is a relative new invention, dating from the middle 70's Before that, Arabs defined themselves as either Arabs citizens of Jordan , Syria or Egypt. Jews called themselves Palestinians from 1918 (when the British received a mandate from the league of nations to establish a Jewish state in the historical land of Israel) till 1948, when they became Israelis. The Arab - Israeli conflict has been going on for more than 100 years (with different levels of intensity), where Arabs (and most Muslims) see it as religious offense that Jews live in Israel. Interestingly enough most Islamic scholars do not see any problem with a Jewish state, but as usual , the violent and extreme minority sway the majority.
How many Palestinians did Jews kill?
Palestine was not involved in World War II. The Palestinians who died during World War II were those who went to fight in Europe (such as the Jewish Brigades in Italy and Hannah Senesh). Arab Palestinians emerged almost unscathed by the war.
When did Palestine take over Israel?
Israel did not invade Palestine per se. There were Jewish communities living in the land of Historic Palestine before the creation of the state of Israel. The mistake they did was to create a state exclusively for them and they denied the right of other groups (Muslims and Christians) to live on the land; the same groups who were their neighbors for hundreds of years.
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.
Do the Israelis have the right to occupy Palestine?
Answer 1
As in all similar conflicts, both sides have rights. Unfortunately , generations of diplomats have attempted to sort this one out unsuccessfully.
Answer 2
This is one of those questions where the Asker appears to be looking for a number of opinions vindicating each side. The problem is that both sides have legitimacy in certain claims and extremists who would rather derail the process of negotiations than not get everything in their wishlists. The Israelis and the Palestinians who truly want to live together in peace respecting each others' Rights to Exist, are in the Right and those who would rather stir up antagonism and hatred on both sides are in the Wrong.
Some arguments on each side are as follows.
Israel:
1) UN Resolution 181: In 1947 the UN Partition Plan, which was passed into law split the British Mandate of Palestine into a Jewish and Arab State. The Jews decided to agree with the Partition even though the Arabs refused. Because the Resolution passed, Israel had the Right to Declare a State, which they did.
2) Wars Won: Israel fought for its right to exist and has fought three existential wars (the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9, the Six-Day War of 1967, and the Arab-Israeli War of 1973). In each conflict, it was only by Israeli perseverance and cunning that the territory was maintained. If Israel had lost any of these wars, regardless of its international legal case, it would have been denied the ability to re-declare a State.
3) Jewish Nationalism: Jews have lived in other nations under other governments for two millennia and were either actively or passively discriminated against. Israel represents to Jews the guarantee that even if the situation in their current Diaspora country turns sour, they have somewhere to go. This guarantee of a homeland has actually been used in various waves such as the Post-Holocaust refugees, the Mizrahi Exodus, Operations Joshua and Solomon in Yemen and Ethiopia, and the Russian Immigration in the 1990s.
4) Population Exchanges: Just as Palestinians left the British Mandate of Palestine, Jews were forced to leave the Arab World in roughly the same numbers. Around 720,000 Palestinian Arabs fled the new state of Israel, whereas 850,000 Jews fled from Arab countries with 500,000 settling in Israel. As a result, just as Israel took in Mizrahi Jews fleeing the Arab World, it would be contingent on Arab countries to take in Palestinian Arabs fleeing the Jewish State.
5) Jewish Holy Sites: Israel is home to numerous holy Jewish sites across the country, harkening back to the Jewish biblical past and imagery. In addition, the holiest site in the world for the Jewish people is the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Palestine:
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 Muslims 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.
What will be the end result of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
As this is forecasting, there are different opinions.
Answer 1
Historically, Israel has won all the wars or other military engagements in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the conflict has not yet been resolved. Additionally, the Qur'an shows that the Jews will be victorious in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Verses 5:20-21 indicate that as long as the people shepherded by Moses (i.e. the Children of Israel) defend the land, they will be victorious, else they will be losers. It is likely that Israel will remain the dominant power in this relationship.
Answer 2
Israel will prevail.
Why did Arabs go to Palestine?
Answer
The Arab Rashidun Caliphate conquered the Levant in 634-638 C.E. The Arabs who led this conquest did so because they could (see "Right to Conquest" below) and they perceived that doing this was their duty as pious Muslims.
However, not many Arabs actually moved to Palestine during the Caliphate period. Egypt and Mesopotamia were far more attractive for those Arabs who wished to leave Arabia, and those who wished to leave Arabia (and abandon what their families had known for generations) were rare anyway. Those who did go usually went in order to perform bureaucratic or government functions. During the period of Arab Caliphates, non-Arab peoples in Palestine, such as Phoenicians, Canaanites, Samaritans, etc. began to convert to Islam and consider themselves Levantine Arabs. In this way, the Arabs did not move to Palestine en masse, but the masses in Palestine chose to become Arabs.
More recently, during the late 1800s in Ottoman Palestine up through the British Mandate period, the increasing immigration of Zionist Jews led to increasing number of nascent business, improved hygiene, and increased carrying capacity of Palestine. This drew in Levantine Arabs from surrounding areas as well as permitting the indigenous population to multiply.
Discussion on "Right to Conquest"
Historically, there was the "Right to Conquest" which was a pervasive idea in political thought. The idea was that it was natural for any country or state to grow and control more territory as it grew stronger. This allowed weaker states to dissolve in place of ones that were better run, a bureaucratic version of "survival of the fittest". The "Right to Conquest" prevailed as the dominant theory of nation-building until the mid-1800s when people started bringing up the concept of self-sovereignty and ethnic nationalism, which held the idea that people should govern themselves even if they are not the most powerful in the world. This view of state sovereignty has become dominant today and the Right to Conquest is seen as incorrect.
Since the Caliphates existed well within the Right to Conquest Period, the Caliphs did not have to assert a reason to conquer neighboring territories in Southwest Asia. It was their natural prerogative
Why do the Israelis and the Palestinians both want the Gaza Strip?
The Israelis believe it is rightfully theirs according to the Biblical land of Israel, but the UN-recognized border goes outside it, so the Palestinians want to have it as their own nation.
The previous opinion is incorrect. Israelis do not actually want the Gaza Strip, specifically because it is NOT part of the Biblical Land of Israel (Gaza is recognized to be part of the Philistine State in Biblical Times). The reason that there is conflict in Gaza is that Israel believes that the regime in Gaza is hard-set on the destruction of Israel. Palestinians do want the Gaza Strip, as explained by the previous opinion, so that they can have their own country.
Why is the Arab-Israeli Conflict difficult to solve?
Answer 1
The problem is that both sides have legitimacy in certain claims and extremists who would rather derail the process of negotiations than not get everything in their wishlists. The Israelis and the Palestinians who truly want to live together in peace respecting each others' Rights to Exist have had to consistently those who would rather stir up antagonism and hatred on both sides.
Arab Answer
Simply, because of the Arab lands occupied by the Israelis. The Arabs, through the Arab League made the initiative that Israelis withdraw from the Arab lands occupied in war 1967 and all the Arab States start political, economic and diplomatic relations with Israel. However, the Israelis ignored the initiative completely.
Israeli Answer
The above answer is disingenuous about what the Arab League Initiative represents and while it does say that all Arab nations will have peaceful and diplomatic relations with the State of Israel at its conclusion, the Initiative does not provide for major Israeli concerns. The foremost of these concerns is that not every Palestinian can live in the Jewish State of Israel. Doing this would remove its Jewish Character and make Israel a de facto Arab State. This is a non-starter. The Arabs are to be commended for making a great compromise, but they refused to negotiate any terms in the Saudi Peace Initiative and made it a "take it or leave it" deal. This inability of the Arabs to seriously mind Israeli concerns and be open to a full negotiation is the reason why the Initiative failed, not an unwillingness of the Israelis to accept peace.
However, the Arabs are not the only ones furthering the conflict. The Israeli government currently is belligerent and encourages settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, hampering the peace process. On the flip side, Gaza is run by the Militant Terrorist Organization Hamas which constantly attacks Israel and is not interested in fruitful negotiations. Both sides are at fault for the current rounds of fighting, but the bottom line is that at the end of the day, most Israelis and Palestinians in the former British Mandate of Palestine realize that a Two-State Solution is the only one that is viable. It is Jews and Arabs outside of this area who still demand total victory for their side.
Answer 3
Religion. Jews and Muslims don't like each other.
Answer 4
Many years ago the region of Palestine had Jews, Christians, and Muslims with relatively minimal violence.
Lots of Jews in other countries were being pushed out because people were jealous of their wealth or just wanted their farms, so certain politicians and rulers who believed that the bible was true decided to allow some of the Jews to live in Palestine.
Those who arrived in Palestine decided that, as this was their home, more Jews should live there.
In 1948 the politicians in other countries agreed to split Palestine into separate areas for Jews and Palestinians, this started a war between the Palestinians and the Jews which the Jews won.
Ever since that time the Jews, (Israelis), have been pushing out the Palestinians, (mostly Muslims), from their land and the other Muslim states have been helping the Palestinians.
Additional Information
There are many additional reasons. Please see the Related Question to read about the Causes of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, many of which have not yet been resolved.
Is Palestine a country or city?
The Palestinian Authority, which de jure governs parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (de facto it does not govern the Gaza Strip) has non-member status in the UN, has difficulty collecting taxes, and cannot raise a sanctioned defense force. On the flip side, it maintains police and fire departments, sets taxes, builds and maintains schools and roads, engages in international diplomacy, and exports its people's products abroad.
Thus the PA is a quasi-nation.
Who did the Palestinian terrorists take hostage during the Munich Massacre in 1972?
11 Israeli athletes
What impact did the formation of Israel have upon the Arab people of that land?
On the one hand, many Arab people were displaced, whether deliberately by the Jewish fighters and settlers, or by the Arabs' own decision. Many felt disenfranchised.
On the other hand, the living standard of Arabs in Israel is significntly higher than in Arab and Muslim countries. Israel has brought employment and modern conveniences to the entire population. Those who have chosen to be Israeli citizens have many towns and villages, and own very many businesses throughout the country. Here in the Galilee region, Arabs and Jews live in close proximity and generally get along well.
They were established by Israel as a counterbalance to the PLO.
Meanwhile, back on Earth . . .
Based on the principles of Islamic fundamentalism gaining momentum throughout
the Arab world in the 1980s, Hamas was founded in 1987 (during the First Intifada)
as an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Co-founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin
stated in 1987 and the Hamas Charter affirmed in 1988 that Hamas was founded to
liberate Palestine from Israeli occupation and to establish an Islamic state in the area
that is now Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip.
Why was palestine divided into two countries?
In 1947 the united nations voted to divide Palestine into a Jewish and a Arab state. while arab counries rejected this plan, the Jews accepted it, and a year later created the state of Israel.
Who is right Israel or Palestine?
Israel is Israel and Palestine is Palestine. Confusion occurs because both things refer to an extant piece of land with people living on it, a nationality, an ethnicity, and a prior piece of land which no longer exists.
Israel is a Jewish State that contains territory from the former British Mandate of Palestine. The remainder of the British Mandate of Palestine belongs to the modern Palestinian State. Israel is a majority Jewish population who returned from their Exile in Europe and the Middle East. Palestinians are a majority Arab population whose families lived in the region for centuries. Palestinians did not simply become Israelis (except for those who did not flee during the Israeli-Arab War of 1948-9) or vice versa.
If the question is asking why Israel exists where Palestine formerly existed, the premise is faulty. Palestine was the name that the British assigned to that piece of land regardless of its history. Prior to the British, the Ottomans administered Palestine as three distinct regions: Vilayet of Beirut (which included Lebanon and northern Israel), the Vilayet of Damascus (which included Syria, Jordan, and southern Israel), and the Mutasaffirat of Jerusalem (which included central Israel and the Palestinian Territories). The name had nothing to do with the previous administration or the indigenous peoples.
As a result, when the Palestinian Jews declared independence, they chose to call their country according to how they see themselves. This is no different than how the British colony of Rhodesia in Africa became independent as Zambia in the north and Zimbabwe in the south. Since the British name was unconnected to the people on that land, the people reasserted their own identity. Since the Palestinian Arabs did not have a unique identity prior to Israeli independence, they continued to use the term Palestinian to describe their experience.
Where are the West Bank and the Gaza Strip located?
The West Bank is a kidney-bean shaped piece of land on the West Bank of the Jordan River, bordered on its east both by the river and by the Kingdom of Jordan. It is bordered on the north, south, and west by State of Israel. The West Bank also controls a quarter of the Dead Sea.
The Gaza Strip is a thin coastal piece of land, bordered on the northwest by the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered on the northeast and southeast by the State of Israel. It is bordered in the southwest by the Republic of Egypt.
When did Palestine become the nation of Israel officially?
Israel declared their independence from the British in 1948. Then was attacked by six other countries within an hour who refused to accept it as a nation. There was never peace because they claimed Israel was not a nation so a ceasefire was called instead. Please people stop editing things just for fun this is a resource not an online game. most people dont appreciate it!
What is the time period of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
The conflicts that involved both the State of Israel and an Arab belligerent force occurred during the following years, 1948-49, 1956, 1967-70, 1973, 1981-82, 1987-1993, 1995-2000, 2006, and 2008-09. These correspond to the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9, the Suez Crisis, the Six-Day War and the War of Attrition, the Arab-Israeli War of 1973, the Israeli involvement in the Lebanese Civil War, the First Intifada, the Second Intifada, the War with Hezbollah, and Operation Cast Lead.
Religious Festivals of First Century Palestine?
The religion in the first century was the Jewish religion
What religions are in conflict in Palestine?
It depends what you mean by "Palestine".
If you are referring exclusively to the Palestinian Territories, there are abuses by Muslim Palestinians of Christian Palestinians and the defacing of their holy sites and monuments. Additionally, there is a conflict between Jewish Israeli Settlers and Israeli Soldiers and Palestinians (both Muslim and Christian).
If you are using "Palestine" as a shorthand for "Israel and Palestine", then the religions in the conflict are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. However, those religions are not at conflict. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is a ethnic/nationalist conflict where religions are used as ethnic identifiers (similar to the 1990s in Yugoslavia). It is not a theological conflict.
