The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Conflicts between Israeli and Palestinians consist of the occupation and status of Jerusalem, water rights being violated, refugees, borders, security wall and settlements. In an attempt to solve these problems in 1947 the United Nations intervened and set up a partition plan. Under this plan the United Nations gave away 55% of Palestine to a Jewish state despite the fact that the Jewish population only represented 30% of Palestine and owned fewer than 7% of the land. Israel must slowly come out of the West Bank and allow Palestinians the freedom and independence they deserve; a water passage agreement must be reached, Israeli settlements must decide whether or not to obey to Palestinian authority that will obligate itself into preserving equality for all citizens. Palestinian refugees without a criminal record will be permitted into Israel again, the defense wall that separates Israel and the west bank can remain in order to provide the division needed between the two states and increase individualism.
State sovereignty is the concept that states are in complete and exclusive control of all the people and property within their territory. State sovereignty includes the idea that all states are equal as states. Since all states are equal in this sense, one state does not have the right to interfere with the internal affairs of another state. Under the concept of state sovereignty, no state has the authority to tell another state how to control its internal affairs. Sovereignty both grants and limits power: it gives states complete control over their own territory while restricting the influence that states have on one another. In this example, sovereignty gives the power to Israel to ultimately decide what to do with its land, walls and settlements and limits the power of Palestinians to impact this decision (Globalization 101).
Israel 's small population means the country has never had the security of a large
Conflicts between Israeli and Palestinians consist of the occupation and status of Jerusalem, water rights being violated, refugees, borders, security wall and settlements. In an attempt to solve these problems in 1947 the United Nations intervened and set up a partition plan. Under this plan the United Nations gave away 55% of Palestine to a Jewish state despite the fact that the Jewish population only represented 30% of Palestine and owned fewer than 7% of the land. Israel must slowly come out of the West Bank and allow Palestinians the freedom and independence they deserve; a water passage agreement must be reached, Israeli settlements must decide whether or not to obey to Palestinian authority that will obligate itself into preserving equality for all citizens. Palestinian refugees without a criminal record will be permitted into Israel again, the defense wall that separates Israel and the west bank can remain in order to provide the division needed between the two states and increase individualism.
State sovereignty is the concept that states are in complete and exclusive control of all the people and property within their territory. State sovereignty includes the idea that all states are equal as states. Since all states are equal in this sense, one state does not have the right to interfere with the internal affairs of another state. Under the concept of state sovereignty, no state has the authority to tell another state how to control its internal affairs. Sovereignty both grants and limits power: it gives states complete control over their own territory while restricting the influence that states have on one another. In this example, sovereignty gives the power to Israel to ultimately decide what to do with its land, walls and settlements and limits the power of Palestinians to impact this decision (Globalization 101).
Israel 's small population means the country has never had the security of a large
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