The Arab- Israeli Conflict Essay

Since the UN partition of Israel and Palestine in 1947, Israel has been placed in many instances of conflict between the Jewish migrants to the region and the Palestinian natives. Several conflicts resulted in open, declared war, such as the First Arab-Israeli War of 1948-1949, and the Yom Kippur War of 1973. In addition, Israel has been involved in the occupation of the West Bank and the blockade of the Gaza Strip. After the last open war, Israel’s occupation of the West Bank has been marked by the military governorate, taking political and institutional control of the region that is ethnically and religiously different than the population that resides in the Jewish state of Israel.

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Throughout history, the Jewish people have been continuously at the center of numerous persecution and hatred. In countries all over Europe the Jewish people countless acts of hate have occurred for centuries. During the time of the Holocaust, over twelve million people were exterminated and it is believed anywhere from five and a half million to six and a half million of these people were Jewish. The Jewish people were repeadelty targeted for a number of various reasons.

Jews were hated and only treated as scapegoat from Adolf Hitler. If Jews weren’t protected under law or either have their citizens right, they were only call “Christ Killer” which in meaning of that the Jews were the fault of the death of Christ. In Europe Jews did not have the right to own lands so they mostly became peddlers to make a living out of it. The anti-semitism was the wrong doing of the hate towards the Jews but it also came with the myth from people who are christian to the reason to why Christ died was because of the Jews was part of the myth but mostly the main part of it and mostly Hitler’s hate towards things he didn’t like.

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For centuries there was no such conflict. In the 19th century the land of Palestine was inhabited by a multicultural population, approximately 86% Muslim, 10% Christian, and 4% Jewish living in peace. However, in the late 1800s a group in Europe

The country that I choose for my project is Israel .The capital of Israel is Jerusalem. Israel’s Population is around 7,105,000 people. Three major cities in the country is Tel-Aviv, Haifa, and Ashdod. The prime minister of Israel is Benjamin Netanyahu, and the President of Israel is Reuven Rivilin. Israel Government is parliamentary democracy. The main religion practiced in the state of Israel is Jewish, Muslim, and Christianity.

The idea of peace in the Middle East has been fought over, discussed, caused physical battles, and political name-calling. The conflict caused by misunderstanding the will of God and the pride of man has been history's leitmotif since the beginning of recorded time. In certain parts of the world, that recurrent theme is more of a constant heartbeat. Since the outbreak of the second intifada, people around the world have witnessed many bloody scenes where people sacrifice their lives for their own justification of peace. Many people had a hard time believing their own eyes when viewing a photo shot of a father trying to protect his son from pouring bullets and another shot of a frightened 12-year-old boy killed as his father tried to

Both the Jews and the Arabs have claims to the land because of the claim of the ancient territorial rights over areas in the Middle East. The area knows as Palestine has seen many waves of invasions from the Romans and the Egyptians. After WW1 Britain and France re-drew the borders to suit their needs. The British and French have made the situation between the Arabs and the Jews worse by making too many promises without a full understanding of both of the viewpoints.

The Arab argument is that the Jews purposefully expelled the native Palestinians from Palestine to make room for a Jewish state. They claim that the Palestinian Arab population was violently removed from their homes in Palestine by the Israeli army and forced to flee to neighboring Arab countries. However, historical fact points in the other direction. The start of the Palestinian refugee crisis was rooted in the divisions within the Arab population and its leadership. In Palestine, there were several dozen elite families, the ‘Ayan, who controlled areas of Palestine. These families ruled on a strictly local scale and did not communicate with each other, creating what Benny Morris described as “a highly regional, oligarchic structure.” The

While it may seem like an indigenous creation, the perception of the Middle East as a source of terrorism and violence in the United States is an archetype imported from historic Europe. The conceptualization of the Middle Eastern ‘terrorist’ is rooted in the time of Sassanid and Byzantine Empire competition. In this era the two empires identified themselves and their people in opposition to one another, beginning a pattern of “othering” and dehumanization that would continue for centuries and remain significant in the formation of Europe and the Middle East region. Later, the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 and the 1983 Beirut barrack bombing solidified the imported concepts and provided an American context for the Middle Eastern terrorist. These attacks and the subsequent loss of Americans lives finalized the concept of Middle Eastern based terrorism, which was amplified by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In contemporary post 9/11 history the Middle Eastern ‘other’ has become more polarized, violent, and barbaric in comparison to the United States ‘citizen’. State terror and torture have been attributed almost exclusively to the Middle East in popular Western media and society. Yet, state sponsored torture and terrorism is not a tool only utilized by the Middle East, or even most frequently by the Middle East. This paper will explore how the United States government employed torture as a tool of degradation and demoralization in the Baghdadi prison Abu Ghraib during the period

Jerusalem is considered the Holy Land for Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. The Jews’ claims to the land are based upon Biblical promise to Abraham and his descendants, historical fact that it was a site of the Jewish Kingdom of Israel, and Jewish need for a haven from the European anti-Semitism. The Arabs’ claim to the land are based upon Continuous residence in the country for hundreds of years, represented the demographic majority, and finally God’s promise of the land to children of Abraham and includes Arabs as well. Israelis believe they are closer to God here because they have the Wailing Wall where they pray and be connected to God. Now for the Palestinians they also have places that they feel

Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, The Arab-Israeli conflict began in earnest. As the years went on and the conflict escalated it gradually shifted from a large scale Arab–Israeli issue to the more personal Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The issue that divided both parties is primarily a territorial concern based on secular belief. Zionists belief that God had made a covenant with the Jewish people to return them to the Land of Canaan or the Biblical Promise land (Christian Zionists share sympathize with the Jews, based on common backgrounds). Yet in the Quran, as espoused by the Prophet Muhammad, the lands of Jerusalem are said to be the holiest of all Arabic lands. Three movements would develop in response to these deep

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been in existence since the end of 19th century. The conflict became an international concern when Israel got its independence in 1948. This conflict has resulted in a lot of minor conflicts and 5major wars.

 This conflict is among Jews and Arabs. Palestine for the Arabs is a land whose Oil has been cultivated by them for generations. Israel, as later called by the Jews, is a land of inspiration that is destined for them, since many Jews had been living in Israel and emigrating previously (Fraser,1). This shows the Socio-Political and religious roots of the conflict. The Arabic population is currently located in Jerusalem, but the Jewish Population in Israel has a strong desire of relocating to Jerusalem someday, and have been fighting for this to happen