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 place of stay and tried to over rule another piece of land.
The Jewish then proclaimed the land again, after an absent of 2000 years. The land was official proclaimed at 4.00pm on May 14th in Tel Aviv. The Jews were happy because they got their own, safe land, but Palestinians were forced out and made refugees. Even though the land was now a new state where Jews could go, many Palestinians still lived there. The next day after the new state of Israel was formed, 5 Arab armies from Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt invaded Israel, but were repulsed. The Palestinians were forced out and made refugees and lost their home land. This has lead to the Jews being hated by other Arab countries after they took the land back after a period of 2000 years. The Jews had now got a stronger army because they had to fight the other countries at the start of the new state Israel.
The 1967 war a massive and important part, as it created mounting tensions between Israel and other Arab countries in the six days in which the war lasted. It started on the 5th June 1967 and ended on the 11th June 1967. Israel invaded the Gaza strip and Sinai and proclaimed the land. They also forced Jordanians out of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Golan Heights. Because Israel took the land off of the Palestinians and made many people refugees, Palestinians didn’t take kindly to this and therefore present conflicts are still there. The Jews had gained land in 148 with the new state of Israel, but now because they have made a home they want more land. Again this has caused more fighting, and has lead to Israel taking land from other Arab countries. Israel did give back Gaza to the Arabs in 2005 , but they still have heavy security there. During this time they didn’t just affect Palestinians, but also Jordan, who was forced out of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Also Golan Heights was taken from Syria. This has made the other Arab countries surrounding Israel still fight with the Israeli’s to the very day.
The first intifada between 1987 and 1992 was much less violent than the present one that started in September 2000 and is on-going. This is because the Israeli army had got bigger and has been a bigger demand for land.
Several attempts to make peace happened in the 1990’s including the famous handshake in 1995. This lead to the sides getting more power hungry over land as they would not accept any blame what so ever. This has carried into the present where both sides still won’t take any responsibility.
Since last year the Israeli’s have pulled out of Gaza in summer 2005. Israel removed all of it settlers. Palestinians should be happy that they have a place they can call home but the border is still heavily controlled by the Israeli’s with blockages and curfews. Israel gave back the Gaza Strip because they have still more control than the Palestinians. Many Israeli’s were upset because they were being kicked out of the Gaza Strip after a period of just over 60 years.