Analysis of the Arab - Israeli Conflict
Analysis of the Arab - Israeli Conflict
Hate. Anger. Confusion. Power. War. All of these are words can be used to describe the Arab-Israeli conflict, but no words have can describe an effective way to solve it. Since the creation of Israel, a never-ending struggle between the Arabs and Israelis has taken place. This has more than often resulted in violent measures causing countless deaths. Numerous peace talks have been had, but almost all agreements have crumbled.
Since the Jews persecution by the Nazis, the Jewish refugees were forced to search for a land to call their home. What better land to chose but land that God had graced upon them from their creation? The land formerly known as Palestine was their choice. The Arabs were angered at the Jews invasion of their land. The Arabs felt that they had no reason to give up land because of mistreatment of Jews in Europe. This had led to fueled battles for control of towns and cities of Palestine. Britain, who had controlled Palestine at the time, could not control the flaring tempers of the Jews and Arabs. Still feeling the aftermath of WWII, Britain pulled its forces out of Palestine and put it into the hands of the UN. The UN in turn had tried to separate the land into Jewish and Arab states.
Arabs believe that placing the Jews in Palestine is an exertion of power by the western nations. I do not believe it was an exertion of power as much as he UN was just trying to find the Jews a home. It was a stupid move to place them in Palestine, and the UN knew that Arabs would be outraged, but they persisted to place the Jews on Arab territory. The UN may have been trying to do good, but they needed to think things through before they make decisions like this. I assume that the UN knew that these two groups could not live together in peace, desperately needed a home for the Jews. With good intentions, they placed two groups together that would wage war from then on until now. Even now, it cannot be seen when the fighting will conclude.
No matter the plan, the Arabs refused to give up any land to...