Israel Family Conflict

The ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has killed and murdered many people and have presented a security issue in Israel. Over the last several years, Palestinian militant groups living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank have continued to bring mass destruction and hatred to the Israeli people. They have terrorized Israeli citizens and have been hostile to the Western influence of democracy. B'Tselem research indicates that, from June 2004 to 17 November 2012, 23 “Israeli civilians (four of them minors) and one foreign national were killed in Israel by Palestinian rocket and mortar fire. In addition, three soldiers were killed, one in Israel and two in the Gaza Strip” (“Attacks”). On the other hand, the Israeli army has never

While surrounded by hostile countries, Israel is faced with constant danger. This is the reason Israel demands at least two years of required participation in the military when its citizens reach 18 years of age. In Jewish society, “the shadow of war makes the family a particularly important factor” (Herzog). Israeli parents are expected to be supportive of their children when they serve their time in the military. This creates a loving an nurturing relationship among the family members in a family. While the kids are off serving the country, the women’s traditional roles become strenghthened. They tend to show concern for their love ones in the military by “washing an ironing [their] uniform, by baking cakes for the soldier to take with him/her on his/her return to the army, and by driving (all over the country) to visit [their] children at the military base” (Herzog). In comparison with the Jewish families, Palestinan families have strengthened in a more negative aspect. They have further strengthened and reinforced their cultural heritage in the sense that they have sustained and augmented their discrimanation against women. The conflict has profoundly changed the status of women. As a result of insecurity and political upheaval in Palestinian territories, “control of women became the measure by which Palestinian society was able to preserve itself and maintain its special characteristics”