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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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Does Palestine have the right to be independent?
It depends. The State of Palestine is currently not a sovereign nation and is not a member of the UN, although was recently granted non-membership observation status. The State of Palestine will not join the United Nations, as the United States, among other possible countries, will veto any attempt. This is because these Western nations are Allies of Israel, the State of Palestine's main enemy. The State of Palestine has been conflicting with Israel over sovereignty and land since the formation of Israel in 1948. Even if the US did not veto Palestine's admission to the UN, which is definitely not likely, Palestine wouldn't be able to join because its borders are not even close to being clearly defined. Israel has occupied the State of Palestine for almost 60 years.
Who is the bad guy Israel or Palestine?
ISRAEL
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Another contributor conjectured:
Maybe a big part of the problem over there is the attitude that there has to be a good guy and a
bad guy, a winner and a loser, two totally opposite "sides", a completely right side and a completely
wrong side, those who can stay and those who have to get out.
It may or may not be true that people on both "sides" share a lot of the same goals and ambitions.
Like a peaceful place to live and raise their children, economic opportunity, safety and security,
social, cultural, political, and religious freedom, etc. Things like that.
It's just too bad that there are some who feel like an effective way to express their ambitions and
desires is to blow themselves up and take as many as possible from the other "side" along with them
when they go, or to playfully lob rockets into the residential neighborhoods of the other "side".
Just a thought.
The question itself is biased and incorrect. The Palestinians never had their own
homeland. Before the formation of Israel, they were under the Ottomans and
then the British.
Regardless of the problems with the question, the name of the region you are
looking for is Palestine.
The irony here is the fact that this website is a "Question and Answer" meeting
place, yet if some innocent and well-meaning contributor were to come along
and answer "Kurdistan," the person with the so-called "question" would jump
up and protest "No! That's not the correct answer." His question really isn't a
question at all; or rather it's a question in the Socratic method, in which the
purpose in asking is not to get an informative answer. He asks it in order to
make a point, highlight his agenda, grind his axe, spread his views, employ his
metaphor, and proclaim his gospel.
For the contributor trawling the site looking for questions to answer with facts
and a rudimentary knowledge of history, coming across this question and
electing to play it straight, perhaps the best answer would be a simple:
"There is no such region in the Middle East."
Mount Arafat reaches about 70 m in height (approximately 230 feet).
How many people have been killed in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from 1948 to 2010?
Roughly 14,500 individuals have died as a result of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Over 80% of the casualties have been Palestinian.
Who did the West Bank and East Jerusalem belong to before the 1967 war?
If this question is asking who was in control of the West Bank and East Jerusalem before 1967, they were controlled by Jordan, specifically from 1949 until 1967.
The Hyksos. (13th century BCE)
The Seljuks (13th century CE)
Who did israel capture the Gaza strip from and when?
Since 1948 to 1967 Gaza strip was occupied by Egypt and Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem ( what some people out of ignorance call "West bank") were occupied by Jordan. In 20 years neither Egypt nor Jordan moved a finger to create any "palestinian State", and what is curious: it did not even occur to Arabs who lived in Gaza , Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem to demand it.
In 1967 Arabs attacked Israel again. In six days Israel totally defeated the armies of Egypt, Syria and Jordan( that is why this war is often referred to as the Six-Day war) - and liberated the historical Jewish land of Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem. As Egypt refused to accept the responsibility for Gaza, Israel had to figure as the Occupying Power, although Israel from the start offered Gaza to Egypt. This situation continued until 2005, when Israel in a unilateral move withdrew from Gaza.
Since then, there is not a single Israeli citizen there, neither military nor civilian.
Gaza is ruled by the Islamic terrorist group called Hamas that since 2006 to 2009 were continuously launching rockets and mortar shells on the cities situated in the South of Israel. The total number of rockets launched by Hamas terrorists from Gaza on Israeli civilians since 2006 to 2009 exceeded 6,000, which made Israel first establish the naval blockade of Gaza and then launch the anti-terrorist operation "Cast lead". In the course of the anti-terrorist operation, Hamas suffered a heavy blow an until 2011 was relatively quiet. However, in 2011, with Iran´s support, Hamas re-armed and prepared for the second round. The attacks on Israeli cities from Gaza resumed and intensified and in 2012 Israel launched another anti-terrorist operation against Hamas called "Pillar of Cloud". After getting another heavy blow, Hamas asked for the Armistice, and now both sides keep it.
There are no "issues of the Holocaust". The Holocaust was an event that took six years in Europe (1939-1945) where the Nazi German government and its collaborators primarily targetted the Jewish population in the territories they occuppied for extermination, but also murdered nearly as many Non-Jews, for a total of 11 million dead (6 million Jews and 5 million Non-Jews).
Unfortunately, most Palestinians (like most other Arabs) are either (1) ignorant of the Holocaust, (2) believe incorrectly that the number of dead in the Holocaust is orders of magnitude smaller (100,000 or so), or (3) believe that the State of Israel was awarded to the Jews as recompense for the Holocaust - forcing the Arabs to "pick up the tab" for Europe's mistake. With regards to (1), the Arab media and the leaders of the Arab World intentionally ignore or mute discussion of the Holocaust and can be directly faulted for the mass ignorance of their people. With regards to (2), willful denial is a serious issue that plagues the Arab World and should be combatted with education (which requires (1) to be ameliorated.
With regards to (3), this is a much thornier issue, because many of the nations at the United Nations who approved UNGA Resolution 181 (II) did so in response to the Holocaust. It jolted them to the reality of the violence in Anti-Semitism. However, those votes did not create Israel; the Jewish Community of Palestine (the Yishuv) was already well-established before the Holocaust in 1939 and the Zionist movement existed all the way to the 1890s. The momentum to create a Jewish State was already beginning in the 1920s with the San Remo Conference of 1920 and the Declaration of the British Mandate for Palestine in 1922. The Holocaust was a tragedy in Jewish history but its occurrence played no role in the Jews' wishing to live in the State of Israel nor their creation of the state.
Where did Ancient Palestinians farm?
Ancient Palestinians are the philistines mentioned in the book of Genesis. They were invaders from the Greek Islands around 2000 BCE, were mainly merchant sailors and as related in the book of Genesis lived and farmed on the southern coastal plain of the land of Israel. There is no connection between Arabs who invented a link and called themselves Palestinians about 1964, and the ancient philistines.
What were the results of the Israel-PLO Conflict?
Thousands dead and the Oslo Accords of 1993, granting the PLO the authority to form the Palestinian Authority and negotiate with Israel over the future of the Palestinian people.
Are there Buddhists in Palestine?
Not very many. The territories where Palestinians live tend to be almost entirely Muslim. But there absolutely are Buddhists in the neighboring state of Israel, and you should be able to find a Buddhist house of worship there.
Roughly what percent of Jordan's population is formed by Palestinian Arabs?
According to UNRWA report of 2008: there are 1,951,603 refugees in Jordan (86.2% of them have granted the Jordanian nationality and 15.8% (330000) are still in refugee camps). The total population of Jordan is 6.4 million according to CIA factbook which makes the Palestinians percentage in Jordan about 30.4%.
The number of native Palestinians, both Muslims and Christians, who were subjected to ethnic expulsion after the creation of Israel in 1948 is not known exactly but it is in hundreds of thousands. Many towns and villages were abandoned and people fled to neighboring countries. At the same time, roughly the same number of Jews, natives of the neighboring countries, were subjected to ethnic expulsion, abandoned their homes, and fled to Israel.
Now, over 60 years later, the Israeli government includes a number of democratically elected Arab representatives, the refugees were integrated into society, and there are no refugee camps. The neighboring countries include few democratically elected representative government bodies, and the refugees are still in refugee camps.
The Arab League has passed resolutions banning Arab countries from naturalizing Palestinian refugees in their own countries because that will make it near impossible for them to return to their occupied lands in Gaza and West Bank. In a bizarre twist of illogic, much of worldwide public opinion holds Israel responsible for the failure of Arab countries to integrate Arab refugees into their normative societies and economies.
Numerical estimates of the amount of Palestinians who fled in 1947-1949 range from 500,000 to 800,000 with most historians choosing a number in the low 700,000s like 720,000. They primarily fled to Jordan, but a large number also fled to Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria. With the partial exception of Jordan, none of these countries has provided citizenship or acceptance for Palestinian refugees.
Numerical estimates of Jews who fled Arab countries from 1947-1952 are between 600,000 and 1,000,000 with most historians choosing a number in the mid 800,000s like 850,000. Of these emigrants, 500,000 settled in Israel and the remaining ones went to France, the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom. All of these former refugees have become citizens in either Israel or the other countries to which they fled.
Who is in charge of palestine?
The British Mandate of Palestine covered all of current day Israel (including the occupied territories) and Jordan, as well as parts of Syria.
Currently however, the term Palestine refers to the Occupied Territories where Israel has put the Palestinians previously occupying what is now Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces controls Palestine with an iron fist, though recently there has been efforts to bring the Palestinian Authority to power. This has not been successful as of yet because of many things, among them Israel's want for an Israeli Jerusalem without Palestinians and Israel's wants for better safety for their citizens (leading to much worse safety for Palestinians).
Why did the British rule Palestine in the Arab-Israeli War of 1948?
The British did not rule Palestine during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9, leaving just before the war began. It was actually the British withdrawal from Mandatory Palestine that allowed Israel to declare independence. This declaration, in turn, was what precipitated the Arab invasion of the former British Mandate of Palestine and of Israel specifically.
As for why the British were ruling Mandatory Palestine from 1919-1948, this was as a result of the Treaty of Versailles which gave numerous former Ottoman Territories to Great Britain and France to supervise as they organized properly for their future independence.
In the Year 70, The Romans renamed it Palestine, after an enemy of the Jews (the Phillistines).
