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Israel and palestine is it justified?
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- Submitted: 15/09/2009
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The Middle East has over the years been one of the biggest fighting stages in the 21st Century world regarding Israel and Palestine. The conflict between these two countries started when Israel fought a war with neighbouring Arab states in 1967, and Israel occupied all those parts west of the State of Jordan west of the river Jordan to protect her borders (these areas are known as the West Bank and are the basis for the new state of Palestine). This contradicted the 1993-1995 Oslo peace agreement thus causing much attention from round the world. Israel was ordered to give up the occupied territories by the UN but has refused to do so until the Palestinians and the neighbouring Arab states recognize Israel's borders.
The dilemma therefore is that Israel is still occupying much of the West Bank (also where Jerusalem is situated, which an important holy city for both Jews and Muslims), and the Gaza strip whereas these territories actually form part of Palestine. Another reason that Israel is occupying these lands is that Israel wants to maintain security for its people, especially preventing Palestinian suicide bombers from exploding themselves in Israel killing innocent people. Overall, as one may
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