The history of the conflict all relates to the way that the Israeli state was created. The Zionists didn't want to emigrate to the Holy land, they wanted their own separate homeland. After WWII, the British were pressured by Zionist interests to create a separate state within Palestine. In an odd twi

However having said all that, I don't believe that they can give away the occupied territories. Giving them back will not solve their problems with HAMAS, or Islamic Jihad, both of these groups want nothing less than the destruction of the nation of Israel. Thus what do they do when they give back these territories and the attacks continue. Israel is also far to right wing right now, to even consider the return of the occupied territories. The return of the occupied territories will not solve the problem of Palestinian return to Israel, and Israel will never consent to the return of all these refugees. They could not take a chance of being outnumbered in their own country.

In analysis of the formation of the Jewish state, it is necessary to categorize the regime within Israel. While Israel holds elections, and maintains a Parliamentary form of Democracy, when talking about the Palestinians it cannot be truly considered democratic. The Palestinians have no vote within the Israel legislature, and as the recent actions of the Israeli government have shown, they have no guaranteed rights. As the recent actions have shown, Israel should be considered more of a totalitarian regime when you look at their record with the Palestinians.

While US assistance through the cold war, helped to prevent Soviet expansion in the Middle East, there has been little on the part of the US to provide sustained peace. It's role in the conflict has been to protect Israel from UN scrutiny, not to promote peace. When Kofi Anan the UN secretary general wished to investigate the Jenin camp for human rights violations, the US refused to put support behind the issue, and the investigating team fell apart. For right now at least, it appears that the US is unwilling to enter into the fray. It is also painfully obvious from its recent bungling with Colin Powell, that the current administration has no long term plan to on how to handle the situation.

The effect of the formation of Israel on the Palestinian people, has been catastrophic. It has resulted in the massive displacement of over 3 million people, into refugee camps across the Middle east. These camps have placed a huge burden on nations such as Jordan and Syria, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled to. In the nation of Jordan alone, over 1 million refugees live in relief camps. These camps are often without adequate food or medical supplies, and depend solely on outside aid to survive. With Israels staunch refusal to allow the return of these refugees, their prospects remain bleak. This is also a key reason behind the strong opposition to Israel by Arab nations. These nations don't want to be stuck with these huge refugee camps forever, when they have enough problems with their own people.

After the Yom Kippur war, Israel now controlled the Sinai peninsula as well as a larger portion of the Golan Heights. At the same time it found itself in charge of thousands of more Arabs that it wanted no part of. Israel found itself in control of more land than it could really control, so in 1978 Israeli Prime Minister Begin, and Egyptian president Sadat took part in U.S. led peace talks at Camp David. The resulting agreements are known as the Camp David accords, and provided for the return of the Sinai peninsula to Egypt. It also provided for the diplomatic recognition of Israel by Egypt, which was significant because for the first time an Arab nation recognized Israel's right to exists.

The formation of the PLO in 1964 marked the beginning of the true Palestinian uprising. Their charter which called for the destruction of Israel, shows the determination of the group to do anything within their power to gain their goals. The leadership of the PLO was taken

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