The Origins of Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

For most of the past century, Middle East has been the center of violence and carnage. The Palestinians and the Israeli’s-two peoples fighting over one land. Most of us has grown up watching and hearing about these two groups and their clashes. We hear about the invasion and the massacre of the Palestinian territory and people by the Israeli soldiers. Or we hear about the suicide bombings carried out by Palestinian men, women, and even children these days. With all the anger and animosity that exists between these two people, one might wonder if this mess will ever be resolved. But before we begin looking for solutions, lets look at how it all started.

The roots of the problem dates back to late 1800’s with the creation of a movement called Zionism. The movement started mainly among European and Russian Jews who called for a national home for Jews in Palestine. The concept of Zionism was brought up by a Viennese journalist named Theordor Herzl in 1896. In his book, Der Judenstaat, he brought to the world’s attention that the Jews should have their own sovereign nation-state. (Schafer) Jewish claims were that the Palestinian lands were promised to them by God and that they have

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