The middle east and conflict there in.
The Jews, one of the most frequently persecuted and discriminated against groups in the world, have possessed a strong desire to return to their Holy Land and create a homogenous state there since the first century. The movement to return to the Holy Land, Zionism, was described in Hebrew religious texts and praised as a puritanical pilgrimage. However, executing the repatriation proved a much more difficult task than the holy books professed it to be. The Muslim inhabitants of the region, the vast majority of whom were opposed to a Jewish state and certainly against leaving their homeland, adversely regarded Zionism. In the struggle to establish a Zionist state, the Arabs were eventually forced to leave their country, beginning a cycle of conflict that characterized Palestine as a state since the beginning of the Zionist movement. The Palestinian Arabs, who felt their very existence was threatened by the Zionist movement, waged official and unofficial wars against the Zionists as a means of liberation. After fleeing Palestine in the first century, the Jewish people sought a return to the Holy Land for centuries to come due to the strong religious significance of the location. However, until the 19th century, Zionism was
The British response to the Wailing Wall incidents was glaringly pro-Zionist. In 1929, the British sent a commission under Sir Walter Shaw to review the incidents. The commission found that most of the problems within Palestine were related to displaced Arabs and a growing Arab fear of further Jewish immigration resulting in Jewish control of Palestine. The commission then recommended that the Britain clearly define its obligations to the Arab community, that Jewish immigration should be controlled directly by Britain, and that Arab tenants should not be evicted following land transfers. Following the Six Day War and the occupation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank, many Palestinians fled to Jordan, the only Arab nation that would grant them full citizenship rights. However, in 1970 the PFLP and PDFLP felt they could not accept Jordanian sovereignty and openly clashed with the Jordanian military. A conflict, known as "Black September", ensued and, by 1971 the Jordanian military completely overwhelmed the Palestinian organizations, forcing the Palestinians to leave Jordan. The Palestinians fled to Lebanon. The first outbreak of large-scale violence between the Arabs and Zionists in Palestine occurred in 1929. The Wailing Wall of the Temple of Herod, a sacred site for both Muslims and Jews, was the subject of an extended controversy. The wall was declared waqf and, as such, was under Muslim jurisdiction. Jews were allowed to visit the site, but they were prohibited from setting up accessories for prayer there. After one incident where British police were forced to remove Jewish worshippers setting up screens from the site, the Jewish community launched a series of protests. The Supreme Muslim Council responded by launching a campaign about the dangers Zionism posed to sacred Muslim sites. After a yearlong series of claims and counterclaims, violence broke out in two Jewish quarters of Jerusalem and the towns of Hebron and Safad. Eventually the British ended the fighting, but not until 133 Jews and 116 Arabs were killed. In response to the strong Palestinian desire for an organization that would represent the Palestinian people as a whole and work towards repatriation, Ahmed Shukeiri founded the Palestine Liberation Organization in May of 1964. The PLO was met with some initial resistance from other groups, namely Fatah, a radical organization led by Yasser Arafat. However, major Arab government leaders, namely Nasser, supported the PLO. Meanwhile, in 1968, Fatah, representing a fida'i organization committed to a guerilla struggle against Israel for the benefit of the Palestinians, joined the PLO. Fatah received strong aid from many Arab states, as well as Palestinian nationalists and many Muslim activists. With such a firm support base, Fatah was able to gain control of the PLO in 1969 with their leader, Yasser Arafat, becoming chairman of the PLO executive committee. Fatah continued to war against Israel by means of small guerilla operations designed to weaken Israel over time. In December of 1967 Dr. George Habash capitalized on the anti-Israeli fervor by forming the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Merging three existing organizations created the PFLP: the Vengeance Youth, the Heroes of Return, and the Palestine Liberation Front. The PFLP sought to bring about social, as well as political, change in Palestine. The PFLP staunchly advocated Marxist-Leninism and saw the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis as a means to radicalization and an eventual overthrow of the Zio
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