Early Stages Of The Israel-Palestinian Conflict

The Israeli Palestinian conflict is one of continued violence and bloodshed. The conflict between the Jewish State of Israel and the Arab people in the territory of Palestine is a struggle that has not only impacted the region, but also the world. The ongoing struggle to find peace between these groups is rooted in the bitter hostilities that have ensued for centuries. Palestine is a small, historic region in the Middle East located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. This land is often referred to as the Holy Land because of its sacredness to Jews, Muslims, and Christians. However, both Jews and Muslims claim that Jerusalem is their holy land and that they should have complete control over the area. While tensions between the

During this time, tensions began to rise when Arabs under the Ottomon Empire and Zionists failed to recognize the other’s right to exist. Also, the early stages of the conflict can be seen through the 1917 Balfour Declaration in which “the British government decided to endorse the establishment of a Jewish home in Palestine.” (Jewish Virtual Library) The British governement believed that Zionists had a rightful cause but they were also motivated on the belief that supporting the Zionist movement would encourage the Jewish people in neutral contries to support the cause of the Allies during World War I. While the influence of the Balfour Declaration was not immediate on the Israelis and Palestinians, it would later become prominent after the end of World War

The rampant persecution of Jews and the spread of anti-semitism across Europe initiated the Jewish population to relocate and re-claim the land in the Middle East that was once there’s. Hitler’s rise to power and his attempt to eradicate the Jewish population resulted in the death of approximately six million Jews. For many years, the Jews suffered and faced unimaginable atrocities. Aa a result, it created an urgency for them to find a new place to live. During the Holocaust, whether Jews were being persecuted or forced to work for the Nazi Germans, they had to abandon their homes and leave their once safe and familiar worlds. Once the Germans were defeated and the war came to an end, the Jewish people all over Europe were homeless and had no where to go. Within two years after the war, the British began admiting hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees into Palestine and the United Nations proposed the parition for the Jewish homeland in 1947. This decision resulted in the division of Palestine into a Jewish State and an Arab State which increasingly led to the Arab hatred of the Jewish