The Balfour Declaration of 1917 is the underlying root of the Palestinian- Israeli conflict. Since 1948 both the Palestinians and Israelis have been in conflict over land and religion. The Palestinians fight for what was theirs and the Israelis fight for what they believe was theirs since the beginning of time. Today a 700 kilometer board wall separates the two parties, however that doesn't stop them from trying to get what they want. Because Palestinians and Israelis are passionate about what they want they both cannot simultaneously be ideally satisfied, thats why there still isn't a resolution . Conflicts between religion and state come to head over land area which has profound roots for those on both sides of this contention. Palestine …show more content…
During this war period, most Israelis lived in settlements on the shorelines of the Mediterranean Sea in the capital of Jerusalem. As more and more Jews migrated into Palestine, the Palestinians nationalist weren't comfortable with the amount of Jews coming into their land; they requested the restriction of Jews into their territory. The situation was handed over to the United Nations in which the pushed for the Partition Plan of 1947, where Palestine would be divided into a Jewish and Arab state. Neither the Jews or Arabs supported the Partition Plan, they wanted the land for themselves. The disagreement led to the Arab- Israeli war, that eventually led to the establishment of the Israeli state, the Israelis obtained more land than was offered in the Partition Plan. The Arab-Israeli war brought about the relocation of more that 700,00 Palestinian exiles that were removed by Jewish civilians and who fled their homes in fear of death. The Israelis obtained over 80 percent of the Palestinian land all because of the support they had from strong alliances and their powerful military