Arab Israeli Conflict
The Arab-Israeli conflict is a struggle between the Jewish state of Israel and the Arabs of the Middle East concerning the area known as Palestine. The term Palestine has been associated variously and sometimes controversially with this small region. Both the geographic area designated by and the political status of the name have changed over the course of some three millennia. The region, or a part of it, is also known as the Holy Land and is held sacred among Jews, Christians, and Muslims. In the twentieth century it has been the object of conflicting claims of Jewish and Arab national movements, and the conflict has led to prolonged violence and in several instances open warfare opposing Israel's existence. These wars, which occurred during the years of nineteen forty-eight to nineteen forty-nine, nineteen fifty-six, nineteen sixty-seven, nineteen seventy-three to nineteen seventy-four, and nineteen eighty-two were complicated and heightened by the political, strategic, and economic interests in the area of the great powers. This fight is the continuation of an Arab-Jewish struggle that began in the early 1900's for control of Palestine. The historic and desirable region, which has varied greatly since ancient times, is sit
of creating a criterion of army service in essence serves as a covert the army and therefore do not receive the benefits, the practice The Israeli government's neglectful tactics make life extremely worrisome for Arabs. Without services, their water supply, their housing supplies, and their energy sources are not reliable. Arabs are given services but, in actuality, the services are extremely limited. The Jewish settlers pushed the Arabs out of their homes and forced them to live in refugee camps which, simply by using the word camp, implies that they are living day by day without the luxury of dependable homes. allowances, taxes, and university fees. Newly discharged soldiers "In Israel, the completion of military service is used to determine In the Palestine land, the road to peace seems like a path not taken. Blame is thrown from side to side and negotiations always become derailed by violence or ethical disagreements. The Israeli government perceives the actions of the Intifada as vicious Arab killers without purpose and the Arabs dispute land ownership and the discriminatory government. "We are convinced that Israel is capable of putting a stop to the Intifada," Marwan al-Kassem- head of the Royal Cabinet. Another peace blockage is that "The Likud is deliberately squandering the opportunity raised by the uprising and is using the violence to justify its intransigence." (Ya'ari, 267) The opinion of the Arab community is that since the Israelis invaded the Arab land, they should be the initiators of peace. Israeli people disagree entirely saying that Zionism is their destiny and they have a right to settle. Peace, however, seems unlikely because of the reciprocal violence extended from each side. Arabs that hurl stones are irresponsible protestors, yet, "The Israelis must roll up their sleeves and take matters in hand as well. They must understand that their image is being tarnished because they're occupiers, not because they are beating people in the streets." (Ya'ari, 277) The Arabs are directly blamed for the problems in Palestine just as the Jews were once blamed by Hitler. Furthermore, although there are three religions in Israel, these two along with Christianity, Arabs are the focal point of hate. "The Christians are not the problem. We can come to agreement with them. The central problem is the Arabs, and the Arab nationalism." (Cheshin, 234) After being thrown from their land and set into oppressive lifestyles, the Israeli government declares that nationalism causes the Arabs to discriminate against Jews. However, what would a person expect from a group that was mistreated so harshly? uated on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean in southwestern Asia. The strategic importance of the area is immense. Through it pass the main roads from Egypt to Syria and from the Mediterranean to the hills beyond the Jordan River. Palestine is now largely divided between Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories, parts of which are self-administered by Palestinians. The ongoing feud is and was based around competing land claims and the two opposing viewpoints are that the Palestinians lived in the region long before Jews began moving there in large numbers in the late 1800's and that Jews believed they were justified by Zionism. "Chiefly, today's Palestine question has to do with Jews and Arabs. Over the centuries, both groups have developed deep historical roots in a place both regard as a Holy Land. Both have strong emotional ties to it." (Carrol, 3) This paper will discuss how discrimination against Arab-Palestinians is justified by Zionism and the results of these actions, the origins, purposes, and effects of the Arab "Intifada," and what the future holds for the Arabs and Jews living in a race/religion biased land. Although the intifada was supposed to be relatively peaceful, it turned into violence and bloodshed because the Palestinians were not being heard and injus
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