palestinians and israelis

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Claire Thomas

Question 2A

Explain the events that have led to the present relationships between the Israelis and Palestinians.

Despite all the efforts for the Israeli’s and Palestinians to get on the past has stopped all resolutions to conflict.

     In biblical times Israel owned the land which they own now, but were driven out by the Babylonians.  Israel believes that because they owned the land once upon a time, they are entitled to it back. This shows the land has always been thought over even that long ago.

     In 1897, the land was mainly Arab, but a Jewish writer living in Vienna wanted Jews to have there own state. Many Jews moved into the Arab states mainly from Eastern Europe.  The lived with the Arabs, about half a million of them, but this changed when between 1904 and 1914 another 40,000 immigrants flocked into the region.  They thought if they could get enough people to go to a certain place they could over rule it. This has lead to Jews having the majority on the land

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     Once World War one was over Israel demanded the land back. As a result the British promised the land to both sides.  Since the Holocaust, where Jews were tortured, they have wanted their land which they could own as a place where they feel safe. It is hard to image what Jews would have been treated like in Nazi Germany.  I agree that they needed a place to feel safe, but they went the wrong way about doing it. If the Nazis didn’t treat the Jews in such a horrible way, then maybe they wouldn’t have fled their ...

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