Middle East Conflict: Arabs, Israelis and War on Terrorism
Middle East Conflict: Arabs, Israelis and War on Terrorism
History Of Arab Israeli Conflict
Are the Jews entitled to the nation of Israel, or should the land be given back to the Arabs to redevelop Palestine? This question is what I believe the War on Terrorism, is based on. The Jews and the Arabs are fighting over land that they believe is their own based on many factors, some even biblical ones. Much has been done to solve the tension between the two groups but neither groups finds the resolutions to be fair. This essay serves to discuss some of the factors that have helped to develop what is known as the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Political Zionism is believed to be the bases of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Zionism is the belief that Jews make up a nation, and they are entitled to return to their ancestral land of Israel, which is known as Palestine. The conflict has been traced back to World War I, and Zionism was supported by the British government of that time. There was a document that was made up known as the Balfour Declaration that stated the British government would control Palestine after the war and would strive to build up a Jewish State there. Therefore the Jews supported Britain and other countries that would help to end the Ottoman Empire, which dominated Palestine. After the War, Britain’s military took over in Jerusalem, causing conflict between the Arabs who were already citizens and the new Jewish settlers. Causing the Palestinian Arabs to rebel in 1920, and kill the Jewish settlers and damage property. This caused the beginning of the, Arab nationalist revolution in Palestine.
In 1922, The League of Nations awarded the Palestine mandate in 1922, which was too carryout the Balfour Declaration. The mandate encouraged Jews to migrate to Palestine and attempt to create their Jewish "national home". The Arabs were against the mandate because they were against the creation of a Jewish state, and with the held of Winston Churchill, who issued a document that denied the British government from giving the Jews “special treatment.” This document restricted any further immigration of the Jews into Palestine. This caused for the Emirate Of Tran Jordan to be created, temporarily, causing for Jews to only be able to inhabit create their nation east...