The Middle-Eastern conflict has been going on for a countless number of years, but is there any chance of peace in the near future? I looked at this website and I found lots of information ranging from how the conflict started to what is being done now to start peace negotiations. It was interesting to find out that the Balfour Declaration in 1917 and David Ben-Gurion, a Zionist who declared Israel a Jewish state in 1948, are two big reasons for the start of the conflict between Israel and Palestine. I remember learning in school a while back that Israel was basically cut from Palestine, the pre-existing country before Israel was formed. When the Jewish state was proclaimed, the Palestinians became angry because Israel contained the one city that they worshipped the most; Jerusalem. At the core of the conflict, Jerusalem is one of the holiest cities in the world. Muslims, Jews, and many other religions travel there to worship because the city is home to many holy places. The Jews and the Palestinians are arguing over it because Jerusalem is in Israel, and they believe that it should be in their country. It seems odd that the two countries cannot come to some sort of common ground with this issue regarding Jerusalem, but I suppose the main reason for this is the radicals, the main causes of violence. They hate the Jews and do not want to see peace happen between the two countries. Though there will always be people who disagree, it seems worthwhile for this issue to be resolved because it would save many innocent lives. This website does a really good job of explaining the core conflict in the Middle-East and what is being done to stop it.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/mideast/stories/overview/
EJ
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EJ wrote about how the Tony Horowitz, being an American and also a Jew was worried about how he would be taken in a portion on the world were both are frowned upon. Also she commented on how the conflict between Israel and Palestine was rapidly growing out of control. The conflict between these two nations has been around since the Jewish people were given a home, which was named Israel. The Palestine’s have always felt that they are the true owners of the land Israel was founded on. This is why in recent years the battle for the Gaza Strip intensified and eventually led to the Israeli’s moving from the Strip and handing it over to the Palestinians. These two nations could not be more opposite on views such as religion and women’s rights and even the basis of their cultures. With the Iraq war going on, and the problems evolving in Iran and many other Middle Eastern cultures the world seems to forget about the war going on in Israel. Not saying that this war is more important to focus on, we are not involved, but if Palestine comes out as the victor in this war the Jewish people of the world will have know true home state. There is nothing that we can do to help these two nations, peace talks have been going on for many years, and each time they have made an agreement the treaty is broken within weeks. So all we can do is wait and hope that one day there will be peace there as well as the rest of the Middle East.
-PC
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