The Ethnic Conflict Between Israel and Palestine
Ethnic conflict between Israeli and Palestine
Many countries during the time have fought one another. Some of the fights resulted in global wars, some maintained only a local significance, but still there are a lot of issues that are dealt with by using military force. These issues have varied over the time from the distribution of power to religion, race, and ethnicity and so on. The purpose of this essay is to look into the ethnic conflict of Israel and Palestine and to reveal the basis of the issue as well as to see how the countries are dealing with it. To begin with, it is necessary to look into the history of both Israel and Palestine. At first a look will be taken into the history of the State of Palestine. In the 19th century Palestine was a province of Ottoman Empire. In 1850 its population was around 4% Jewish, 8% Christian and the rest were Muslim. There was no conflict between the communities and everyone lived peacefully. The State of Palestine was proclaimed on 15th November 1988 by the Palestine Liberalization Organization’s (PLO’s) National Council in exile in Algiers which unilaterally adopted the Palestinian Doctrine of Independence. It claims the Palestinian territories and has designated Jerusalem as its capital. Even though Palestine was a state that existed earlier, because of historic events of the Arabs and the fact that Britain stood on the side of Jews, the land was divided and the areas constituting the State of Palestine have been occupied by Israel since 1967. The people of Israel trace their origin to Abraham, who established the belief that there is only one God, who is the creator of the universe. Abraham, his son Yitzhak (Isaac), and grandson Jacob (Israel), are referred to as the patriarchs of the Israelites. All three patriarchs lived in the Land of Canaan, that later came to be known as the Land of Israel. The State of Israel was founded on 14th May 1948 in Palestine which then was the Arab land. Its capital is
Many countries during the time have fought one another. Some of the fights resulted in global wars, some maintained only a local significance, but still there are a lot of issues that are dealt with by using military force. These issues have varied over the time from the distribution of power to religion, race, and ethnicity and so on. The purpose of this essay is to look into the ethnic conflict of Israel and Palestine and to reveal the basis of the issue as well as to see how the countries are dealing with it. To begin with, it is necessary to look into the history of both Israel and Palestine. At first a look will be taken into the history of the State of Palestine. In the 19th century Palestine was a province of Ottoman Empire. In 1850 its population was around 4% Jewish, 8% Christian and the rest were Muslim. There was no conflict between the communities and everyone lived peacefully. The State of Palestine was proclaimed on 15th November 1988 by the Palestine Liberalization Organization’s (PLO’s) National Council in exile in Algiers which unilaterally adopted the Palestinian Doctrine of Independence. It claims the Palestinian territories and has designated Jerusalem as its capital. Even though Palestine was a state that existed earlier, because of historic events of the Arabs and the fact that Britain stood on the side of Jews, the land was divided and the areas constituting the State of Palestine have been occupied by Israel since 1967. The people of Israel trace their origin to Abraham, who established the belief that there is only one God, who is the creator of the universe. Abraham, his son Yitzhak (Isaac), and grandson Jacob (Israel), are referred to as the patriarchs of the Israelites. All three patriarchs lived in the Land of Canaan, that later came to be known as the Land of Israel. The State of Israel was founded on 14th May 1948 in Palestine which then was the Arab land. Its capital is