What two groups are in conflict with the middle east?

Answer 1

If I understood the question right, the answer is full of history. I will start with the current situation.

The most major claims of land ownership here are made by the Israelis (and many Jews support that. I'd even say most Jews do (some groups are known to go against this "fashion", if you may)), who have inhabited Israel for fifty-four years (ever since announced), and the Palestinians, who have been the inhabitants of Palestine (Israel before the announcement).

Now, if you get down to the history, you'll see that it is not so easy to say who rightfully owns the land, nor what is the specific land, nor how to end the conflict, nor an infinitesimal number of other related questions.

So, we kick off with The Bible, particularly Abraham. He was promised by G-d the land, along with giving birth to a major nation, or people, depends on your translation. The promise is reminded to Abraham after then, with altered wording: instead of "people", "peoples" in plural.

And so, since Sara is barren, she let Hagar bear Abraham's child, Yishma'el (meaning: either "G-d will hear" or more likely "G-d has heard").

As you might know, the second father in NOT Yishma'el, but Yitzhak, who was born sixteen years later by good old (ninety year old) barren Sara. Then there is some still-debated subject about reason (extreme cases are: 1. Yishma'el harassed someone, maybe Yitzhak, so Sara went beserk 2. Law was of unjustified killing of Yishma'el and Hagar, and Sara did a kind thing), but Sara sent them on their way.

At that point, G-d tells Abraham not to feel bad (it could range from being sorry Yishma'el left to being enraged Yitzhak was harassed, through countless emotions), and that Yishma'el will be the father of a great nation as well, because he was of Abraham. Those people are the Arabs, and the Islamic religion too. To understand better, read it. Hebrew recommended, since every translation is faulty to some degree.

Skipping forward to non-religious history, believed to be saner by many people. Jews are scattered all over the world, and they were like this for at least a millennium and a half. We're in the early 1900s-1910s. Theodor Hertzl, the Jew State foreseer, is dead, and Jews have already started immigrating into Palestine. Jews have been here before, but they were not so many. Not anymore, though. They bought lands and multiplied by four in the last three decades.

Meanwhile, the Jewish Congress works on politically acquiring the land.

Skipping forth to 1948. The British have decided to give two separate parties the land, with a geographical arrangement of ownership as odd as it gets: the land is divided not in half, nor in any continual shape, but a bunch of curvy lines with far more than two lands, a few owned by each, none of the lands connecting to one-another. (It probably is because of the important places to each of the two)

Jews are somewhat let-down, but they do get their land. Palestinians (the people, mostly Arabs, who had owned the land up until now) are unhappy, to say the least. They try conquering, but the result of this war, named by Israelis "the Independence War", is horrific to the attackers. To the joy of the newborn Israel, most lands are part of it through conquest.

Those are the essentials of the struggle.

Please note, one of the places both of the religions above, along with Christianity, consider a great asset and wouldn't mind to occupy, putting it mildly, is Jerusanlem. Because of this ancient city, the wars aren't likely to simply end, especially with no outsider intervention. Hertzl actually foresaw even that. He wished for Jerusalem to be a state of it's own, full of art and science, enlightening the whole world, unowned by a government, state, or country.

I urge anyone wishing to know more, to study this matter throughly.

*All information is genuine, especially the Biblic explanation, which was taught to me in the original language, by a learned Jewish teacher, while reading the original text, and understanding it. (Yes, I speak and read Hebrew at a very high level)

Answer 2

There are actually several different conflicts that are taking place in the Middle East, and certainly more than two groups who are involved. Most conspicuously, there is the conflict between Arabs and Jews. But there is also a very serious conflict between Sunni Muslims and Shiite Muslims. There is a civil war in Syria, between supporters of Bashar al Assad and opponents of Bashar al Assad. In Iran, there is conflict between the conservative theocracy and the more progressive element of Iranian society. There is a serious conflict between the Kurds of Iraq and their neighbors, especially Turkey. Coptic Christians in Egypt are in conflict with Egyptian Muslims. There are other conflicts as well, I am not going to list all of them.