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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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When was Palestine Liberation Organization created?
The PLO was created in 1964. This is important, because most Palestinian apologists claim that Palestinian terror is a reaction to the 6 day war that took place in 1967. In fact, the tactic of terror became the weapon of choice for Palestinians and other Arabs after losing battles to Israel in 1948, 1956 and failing to find any other way to effectively injure Israel. The Palestinian terror model affects air travelers to this day. It was Palestinian terror hijacking that led to metal detectors in airports decades ago.
Major disagreement between Palestinians and Israel?
The major disagreements between the "Palestinians" and the state of Israel
narrow down to two brazen aspects of Israel's behavior in rejection of almost
universal world opinion:
-- The obstinate insistence of Israel on its right to exist as a Jewish state in the
Middle East, and on its unapologetic intention to continue doing so.
-- The stubborn refusal of Israel and its people to die in armed conflict, to accept
rocketing of their residential areas with a wink and a smile, and in general to
relinquish their uppity attitudes and just go away.
Why does Israel kill Palestinians?
Israel does not murder Palestinians. However, while protecting its citizens and defending its borders, many Palestinians both armed and unarmed have died. I often wonder what the reaction of the US might be if 60,000 unguided rockets had been lobbed from Tijuana into San Diego over the past 5 years. And how long the US would show 'restraint'. And whether the US would worry a lot about 'proportionate' response. Just musing.
Why was the state of isreael created in palestine in 1948?
Israel's own leaders and citizens did.
The State of Israel came together as the result of Jewish immigration to the British Mandate of Palestine, Zionist leadership, Jewish militias and political and financial support from the West (primarily Jewish philanthropists). The first group are called the Halutzim or the Pioneers and they took it upon themselves to modernize Israel by cultivating the land and using European technology to improve its output and productivity. The Zionist leadership included some like Theodor Herzl, who envisioned the state, to Eliezer ben Yehuda, who developed Modern Hebrew as a functional language, to David Ben Gurion who declared Israel's independence and sovereignty, among many others. There were numerous Jewish militias defending the Halutzim and attacking the British (and eventually the Arabs when conflict started) such as the Palmach, the Haganah, and the Irgun. Finally, without the monetary contributions from families like the Rothschilds, there would have been no way for the nascent pre-governmental and governmental organizations to acquire enough capital to maintain an internal infrastructure.
Where is the location of Islam church?
The adherent to Islam is a Muslim. Their place of worship is called a Masjid/Mosque. Allah says in the Holy Quran that he made the entire earth a Masjid. This means that we can pray anywhere we find ourselves. This is very convenient as Muslims have five mandatory times of day to pray. Around the world you will find thousands of structures dedicated to being a Masjid or Mosque. Some are grand and very old like the Mosque in Mecca (the first mosque ever built) and some are very simple and simply function as a clean place to pray like the ones in airports or shopping centers. Of the holiest Masjids are:
- Al-Masjid Al-Haram that is surrounding the Kaaba; Mecca (Makkah) in Saudi Arabia
- Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi, Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Masjid Al-Qods and Masjid Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem; Palestine Territories
Does Palestine belong to the Arabs or the Jews?
Palestine. At this point in history, there are only two parties that claim the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. Since Hamas is not recognized as an independent government by any country, it retains exclusively de facto control of the area. Meanwhile the Palestinian Authority retains de jurecontrol pursuant to the Oslo Accords of 1993 which transferred the land from Israeli occupation to the sovereignty of the Palestinian Authority.
Almost all Israelis agree that the Gaza Strip does not belong to Israel.
How long does it take to fly to palestine?
i takes 30 hours if you are going on one plane if you are going too planes it takes 15 hours each plane so approximately 2 days
How did the Arab Israeli Palestinian problem come into existence?
it came into existence when hitler started killing the jews so the jews started fleeing into palestine from the mediternean sea from the late 1800's , and in 1948 the jews wanted to make themselves a state in palestine
What kind of crops grows in Palestine?
Israel has a great many variety of crops, so much so that it became a great place for testing new varieties of seed for seed companies.
We grow dates and citrus, avocados and hohova, flowers and dragon fruit, grapes apples and peaches, kiwis cherries and sabra, cotton potatoes and peppers, tomatoes watermelons and cucumbers and many more.
Why do Israel and Palestine fight over the Gaza Strip?
The Gaza Strip is currently ruled by Hamas which is dead-set on opposing the Israeli Right to Exist. It has constantly bombarded Israeli cities close to it and recently expanded its firing range to the Israeli financial capital of Tel Aviv. The Israelis have surrounded Gaza with a blockade and armed border to prevent the influx of the very missiles used to perpetrate these attacks. This has caused a humanitarian problem in Gaza, resulting in increased fury to attack the Israelis. This vicious cycle self-perpetuates.
What is the effect of NRO in Pakistan?
NRO is a barbarian kind of approach with the poor people of Pakistan and facilitate the criminals, thieves, shamless, religiousless & ????? people in Pakistan only. The poor people of Pakistan will never gorgive all those who created and have taken benefit from this black source.
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Those who are facilitated from NRO are not honest with OUR PAKISTAN, so we want to hang all the criminals till to death, also we want to bring revolution to justify the worst situation in our holly country.
What are the Israelis and Palestinians fighting for?
They're not fighting over religion. Religion has nothing to do with it. They're basically fighting over land. The Jews literally came into Palestine and "threw out" the Palestinians because they needed a place to live. So now Palestinians are trying to fight back because they want their land back. The Jews had no right to take their land away from them.
How long is the flight to Palestine from Sydney Australia?
Departure point: John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York
Destination point: Sydney, Australia
Estimated flight duration: 19 hours, 28 minutes
What is the issue between Jews and Palestinians?
It is unclear what "all this hostility" refers to. Contrary to what many Arab and Muslim commentators may say, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict really only affects the Israelis and Palestinians and had marginal to reasonably important effects on the Arab countries directly bordering Israel or Palestine. However, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict does not cause the majority of problems or conflicts in the Middle East and is actually quite insignificant. (Such conflicts include the Turko-Cypriot War, the current Syrian Civil War, Saudi Repression of Women and Minorities, the Iran-Iraq War, the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991, the Iraq War and the Insurgency, the Anfal Campaign and other Genocides in Iraq prior to Saddam Hussein's overthrow, the Iranian-Israeli Proxy Wars, the Cultural and Political Repression of the Kurds, South Sudanese, Darfurians, Amazigh, Pied Noirs, Jews and Christians, and numerous other conflicts).
As for the issues between Israelis and Palestinians currently, most of them have to do with the current Israeli and Palestinian governments not being interested in pursuing bilateral negotiations because of mutual distrust. Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister, is angered by Hamas' bellicose nature along the Israeli border and does not believe that Mahmoud Abbas is truly interested in a negotiated solution since he went to the UN to acquire statehood without a formal peace agreement. Abbas, the Palestinian Authority Chairman, is bothered by increased Israeli settlement construction and a failure on the Israeli government's part to reward his positive management of the West Bank with increased autonomy and land-area.
As for the general issues, please see the Related Questions below.
What do the colors on the Palestinian flag stand for?
Green is for the land of Palestine,
White is for the peace in which the Palestinian people lived before they were made refugees,
Red is for their blood spilled trying to liberate their land, and
Black is for their life under occupation. Black is for mourning;Red is for the blood lost by Palestinians during their battles;White is for peace;Black is for sadness or mourning
What is the social reason Palestine and Israel are fighting?
Historic jealousy between two waring brothers.
What was transport like in the first century of palestine?
Donkey (ass), camel, horse, cart drawn by horse or donkey, chariot drawn by horse and used by Romans.
How do you say hello in Palestinian?
Well, considering just how many languages are actually spoken in Israel, it depends. But, one way to greet someone, using Hebrew would be Shalom (shah-lome). Other languages spoken would be various forms of Arabic and, of course, English.
Does Israel own the West Bank?
Answer 1
The West Bank is a part of the state of Palestine, although the entire state of Palestine has been under Israeli occupation since 1967.
Commentary on Answer 1
The West Bank was annexed by the Kingdom of Jordan in the 1950s, although the residents of the area were never accorded citizenship in the Kingdom, and the territory itself was by and large not integrated into the country's economy or society. It's a rather awkward reality that more than 50 years after its annexation by the Hashemite Kingdom, large communities of Muslim Arabs still live without Jordanian Passports in areas still described as 'refugee camps'.
As of the beginning of 2013, the West Bank is governed and policed by the Palestinian Authority (president Mahmoud Abbas etc.), and travel between the territory and Israel is tightly controlled by Israel at their mutual border, for obvious security reasons. There is little if any cooperation between the Palestinian communities of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, understandable since Hamas took over Gaza in an armed campaign and overthrew the Palestinian Authority in 2007 (after the withdrawal of all Israeli settlers and military personnel.)
The West Bank will undoubtedly comprise a major portion of a Palestinian state when one is established, but that hasn't yet taken place.
Answer 2
As concerns ownership of the West Bank, Jordan attacked Israel first and Israel retaliated. Since Jordan attacked first, Israel conquered the territories in self-defense. Since actions in self-defense are considered legally justifiable, Israel would have the rights to those territories. However, Israel was willing to concede some of those rights pursuant to a final, lasting peace with its Jordan. Therefore, Israel ceded the possible claim to the West Bank to Jordan in UN Resolution 242 and Jordan then agreed to cede its rights to claim the land in full to the Palestinian Authority in 1988 and 1994. Because of this, the Palestinian Authority has the right to claim the lands of the West Bank. There are certainly Israelis who disagree with the extent of these rights, their viability vis à vis their religion, or use the doctrine of terra nullius to disavow the Palestinian Authority of these rights, but this is the minority of Israelis. Most Israelis want the majority of the West Bank to revert to the Palestinian Authority with a guarantee of peaceful coexistence. Since the initial Israeli cession to Jordan in UN Resolution 242 required a final peace treaty for the transfer of territory, that final peace is requisite for the proper transfer of the land.
What is the name of the currency used in Palestine?
Arabs who live in Gaza and the West Bank currently use the Israeli Sheqel as their currency for a variety of reasons. Firstly, the Palestinian economy is not strong enough to build a mint, let alone properly regulate a currency. Also Israel does a lot of tax collection for Palestine and having the same currency reduces problems associated with that collection. There is also occasional use of other Arab currencies to a far lesser degree.
There was a time in the late 1920's when the Western powers created a "Palestinian" currency in line with the Balfour Declaration, but this, along with many other institutions, was scrapped by the local Arabs with no better alternative to replace it. Even to this day they continue to use the currency of their sworn enemy Israel.
What is the West Bank of Israel?
Between Israel and Jordan.
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Here is a little fact about West Bank : Area : 5 860 square KM.
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Where is jerusalem located in africa?
No. Jerusalem is in Israel/Palestine, which is situated on the southwest end of Asia. The universally accepted border between Africa and Asia is the Suez Canal, which is 175 miles west of Jerusalem.
Is the conflict in Palestine between Jews and Muslims?
The dominant conflict in Palestine is between Israelis (who are predominantly Jewish) and Palestinians (who are predominantly Muslim), but the conflict is a political one, not a religious one.
How does Israeli-Palestinian conflict affect the world?
There are a vast number of effects of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. The list below is not exhaustive.
Israel
- The existence of the State of Israel is a direct result of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- The Israeli War Budget and Compulsory Military Service
- The Expansion of Israel from the 1947 UN Resolution Boundaries to the 1949 Armistice boundaries to the the 1967 Six-Day War boundaries to the 1973 Yom Kippur War boundaries.
- The Contraction of Israel in 1982 (giving up Sinai)
- The Israeli Occupation of Southern Lebanon (1981-2000) and the two Israeli engagements in Lebanon.
- The Israeli Alliance with Iran (1948-1979), Turkey (1949-2010?), Egypt (1979-Present), Jordan (1994-Present), and the United States and Western Countries.
- The Lack of major Israeli-Arab trade even though they are neighbors.
- The Annexation of East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, and the city of Ghajar.
- The Military Occupation of the West Bank and Blockade of Gaza
- The Relinquishing of Gaza and portions of the the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority
Palestine
- The lack of existence of the State of Palestine as a fully sovereign and internationally recognized state is a direct result of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (both by Israel and by Jordan and Egypt)
- The Palestinian Exodus from the former British Mandate of Palestine
- The Palestinian Refugee Displacement and Diaspora
- The Arab-Palestinian Conflict (typically refugee camp disputes that became massacres)
- Jordanian and Egyptian Annexation of Palestinian territories (1949-1967) and denial of Palestinian self-rule up to the Israeli conquest of those regions.
- The formation of the PLO and the numerous police actions brought against it by Arab States
- Around 18% of Israelis being ethnically Palestinian.
- The first Intifada and the Israeli Recriminations
- The Relinquishing of Gaza and portions of the the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority
- The second Intifada and the Israeli Recriminations
- The Palestinian Civil War of 2007 that separated Gaza (under the control of democratically-elected Hamas) from the provisional West Bank territories (under the control of Western-supported Fatah)
- Constant belligerence between Gaza and Israel since the Palestinian Civil War and Operation Cast Lead
- The pervasive loss of land due to Israeli Settlements in the West Bank and formerly (they were removed by Israel in 2005) in the Gaza Strip.
Egypt
- The Rise of Arab Socialism and Nasserism were indirectly a result of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Nasser provided a new way to deal with Middle East policy for Egypt)
- The loss and recovery of Sinai from Israel twice (1956-1957, 1967-1982)
- Normalization of ties with Israel (1979) after bitter defeats or stalemates in previous wars
- Military Alliance with Israel in the aftermath of the Peace Treaty and especially after the Palestinian Civil War
- Palestinian Refugee Camps in Egypt
- Assassination of President Anwar Sadat and one of several reasons for popular dissatisfaction with President Hosni Mubarak (the economy was a bigger issue)
Jordan
- Massive influx of Palestinians in the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9
- Gave citizenship to many Palestinian refugees, making 60% of Jordanian citizens ethnic Palestinians
- Lost the West Bank to Israel in 1967
- Suppressed the Black September Palestinian Uprising in 1970
- Made peace with Israel in light of the Oslo Accords of 1993 conditioned on further negotiations with the Palestinians and dropped its claim to the West Bank
- Fruitful trade and peace with Israel (1994-Present)
- Assisted negotiations between Israel and Fatah
Syria
- Massive influx of Palestinians in the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9
- Loss of the Golan Heights in 1967 and the Syrian internal displacement (Syrians fleeing the Golan to the remainder of Syria)
- The establishment of the UNDOF demilitarized zone in 1973
- The tragedy of the Syrian Druze (some are in Israeli-occupied territory and some are in Syria, but they cannot travel)
- Headquarters of Hamas and Hezbollah in Damascus
- No diplomatic relations between Syria and Israel
Lebanon
- Massive influx of Palestinians in the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9
- Numerous conflicts and massacres between Lebanese and Palestinians in Lebanon
- Israeli, PLO, and Syrian participation in the Lebanese Civil War
- Israeli Jewish and Lebanese Christian Alliances and the assassination of Gemayel
- Israeli and Syrian occupation of Lebanon from 1982 until 2000 and 2007 respectively
- 2006 War between Israel and Hezbollah destroyed South Lebanon
- No diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Israel and no person with an Israeli passport stamp is allowed in Lebanon
Turkey
- Allied with Israel as early as 1949 against the Arab States
- Placed Turkey in an interesting position as one of the few Muslim-majority countries allied with Israel
- The Arab-Israeli Conflict causes much turmoil and controversy in Turkey
- The Mavi Marmara Incident which cooled Israeli-Turkish relations
Iran
- Strategic anti-Arab Israeli-Iranian Alliance (1948-1979) which resulted in large petroleum commerce between Iran and Israel
- The resentment of the Iranian population towards Israel on account of the war and the above-mentioned alliance being connected to the Shah
- Since 1979, an attempt by Iran to use the Arab-Israeli Conflict to create alliances with other Arab states and spawn several militant organizations.
- Iranian-Syrian Shi'a Alliance (1979-Present)
- Iranian support and backing of Hezbollah (1980s to Present)
- Iranian desire for nuclear weapons to counter Israel's arsenal and all of the sanctions and international ostracism that comes from that desire
United States
- Alliance with Israel (1949-1967), Top-Level Alliance with Israel (1967-Present)
- The United States was able to use the Arab-Israeli Conflict to reposition itself as the strongest power in the Middle East after 1956 (removing the United Kingdom from that position)
- Military, diplomatic, technological, economic, and other trade increasing between Israel and the United States
- United States Aid to Egypt in the wake of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Peace treaty
- Aid to a number of Arab countries due to their poverty.
Soviet Union/Russia
- Initial Alliance with Israel (1948-1953) which was rescinded when it became clear that Israel would not be a Communist country
- Arms supplier to the Arab States and the dumping ground of many ex-Russian military devices such as machineguns, missiles, tanks, and fighter planes.
- Soviet/Russian attempts to prevent Western intervention in the Middle East
