Question:
What is the situation in Israel?
Pascal
2010-02-12 22:52:19 UTC
Hello. i don't know much about Israel or any thing about the Middle East, but for a long time know i've wondering about the situation going on over there. I have made a list of what I would like to know.
1) Who are the palestinians and why do they hate the Israelis so much?
2) What is the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golem Heights? and why are they so important?
3) What is the six day war and why did it happen and what was the outcome?
4)Why is there always so much fighting going on over there can't they just negotiate and try to work things out? War isn't the answer.
5) Are the major religions over there (jews, christians and Muslims) in an conflict?

I'm sorry for so many questions but it has been bothering me for a long time know. I'm sorry if i misspelled anything or if it looks like i don't know what i'm talking about. I just really want some answers to all the conflicts and fighting over there. If i did sound biased i'm sorry because mainly i have no idea what im talking about that's why I posted this question)
Eight answers:
Warren S
2010-02-13 03:53:08 UTC
1) Who are the palestinians and why do they hate the Israelis so much?

An Arab predominately Islamic people who reside in areas of the West Bank and Gaza..

They hate Israel because they refuse to accept the Jewish State of Israel living alongside them as a neighbor.



2) What is the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights? and why are they so important?

West Bank and Gaza are Palestinian territories. The West Bank still has an Israeli military presence because the Palestinians from there would attack Israel as they are doing from Gaza.

The Golan Heights are Syrian territory held by Israel until Syria is ready to recognize Israel and sign a peace treaty with her. It is important from a militarily strategic point of view.



3) What is the six day war and why did it happen and what was the outcome?

The 6 Day War in June 1967 occurred when Egypt blockaded the Israeli port of Ei lat which was an act of war. Jordan and Syria then attacked Israel after fighting broke out between Israel and Egypt.

Israel was completely victorious and occupied the Golan Heights, West Bank, Gaza Strip and Sinai. The Sinai was handed back to Egypt when Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel.



4)Why is there always so much fighting going on over there can't they just negotiate and try to work things out? War isn't the answer.

The fighting will only stop when the Jewish State of Israel is allowed to exist in peace and security alongside a Muslim Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. That is the key to the conflict.



5) Are the major religions over there (jews, christians and Muslims) in an conflict?

Unfortunately yes.
2010-02-13 05:21:09 UTC
1) Palestinians are Arabs who came after the Canaanties to live in Palestine, in 1948 Kikes invaded Palestine and kicked each single "gentile".



2) West Bank and Gaza Strip and Golan heights are occupied places by Israel, but Arabs live in those places.



3) Six day war is a war that happened in 1967, mainly between Israel VS Jordan and Egypt, but also a lot of Arab states volunteered. It was to occupy East Jerusalem from Jordan, for sure, Israel won because of the USA.



4) Because its a holy land for three different religions.



5) Muslim and Christian Arabs are in one side, Israeli Jews are in the other side.
macmaster
2016-09-24 06:23:29 UTC
the complete clash skinny began a long time in the past. The giant combat is approximately whose land it's since in roman tmes the Jews lved there then they rebelled and received kicked out. The arabs moved in and settled. After WW2 the Jews have been despatched again to Palestine because it used to be then because it used to be underneath british mandate (which means that the UK might style of govern it for them). The 2 facets began combating and has performed ever for the reason that. There had been many peace plans and so forth incliding the UN Partition Plan (UNPP)1947(suppose) the Oslo accords and the "Roadmap for peace int he Middle East". None have labored becaus eof three main disorders. a million) Palestinian Refugees who have been kicked off in their land while the UNPP began, and after they fled thier hmes in terro after the Deir Yassin assaults by means of the Israeli military. two) the reputation of Jerusalem. The town is the focal factor for lots of religions adding Jeudais and islam. it isobviosly a hotspot for combating since of this. three) Jewish settlements in Arab land additionally reasons a lot aggavation. Because of the chance to the population the Israelli military defends them and controlls themovement of arabs in Palestine intently although it is not their land to control. I am pondering you're relating to the wall that's being constructed to enclose the West financial institution and can with no trouble reduce off or have an impact on round one hundred twenty five thousand refugees and reduce off water provides and fertile agricultural land. The wall used to be influenced by means of the Berlin wall and if allowed to occur will imply that the west financial institution will with no trouble end up the most important jail on Earth. It undoubtedly breaches worldwide legislation however the UN does not anything since the USA subsidized the Israelis within the Cold battle and offered them with guns. Now as a few have stated they recieve hundreds of thousands of greenbacks valued at of help a 12 months. Another cause "Western superpowers" do not intervene is since the Hamas, a Palestinian terrorist sect, is in vigor within the west financial institution and none of them wish to bee noticeable as to be negotiating(sp) with terroists. Sorry for the essay however i have simply passed in a work of direction paintings in this and recognize really a bit of approximately the concern.
2010-02-13 03:52:43 UTC
1. the palestinians were the people that lived in the israel area before the 6 day war. and the israelis kicked them out because they left israel thinking that israel would lose and come back but israel won and they never let them back in. and no one else will let them join their country.



2. those places are where palestinians are fighting from. sending in rockets or where some of em live



3. the 6 day war began after israel was officially declared a state and when the british left. the surronding muslim countries took the chance to attack israel. -as i said in question one some palistinians left expecting israel to lose.- but the israelis were more stronger and tougher than they expected and israel kicked all their asses. and when they did this. they expanded.



4. basically the muslim religeon is stuck in the middle ages persay. -Christianity went through the same thing during middle ages. killing each other over religeon cause one may be catholic and one may be anglican- muslim countries havent learned to accept each other yet and it will take a long time for them to. took europe a couple hundred years. and right now israel has control of holy land and some muslim countries hate that -remember not all muslim countries are like that. quite alot of muslim countries are tolerent of the situation and will not fight israel.- so they fight each other.



5. its really just jewish and muslim. but in muslim the sh'ia and sunnai are at war with each other as well. so as soon as everyone becomes tolerent peace will come to the middle east
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2010-02-13 00:50:35 UTC
1) Palestinians: are Arabs who used to live in Palestine for at least the last 1500 year, and they hate Israelians so much because Israelians came in 1948 and kicked them out of their country.



2) Gaza Strip, West Bank: Are areas that according to a 1967 peace agreement should be to Palestinians but they are no more, Israel keeps attacking them, and it also occuping most of these ares.

- Golan Heights: Are part of the Syrian State, occupied by Israel since 1967



3) Six day war, it happened in 1967 between Arab states and Israel, it happened to kick Israelian out of West bank, but it didnt happen Israel won the war by the American Help



4) Because Palestinans used to live in this land for the last 1500 year, and Israelians call it their holy land... they negoriated and tried to make things better, but most of time Isreal doesnt give a sh!t of the UN decesions, War is the only answer since only one of these group should exist in that place.



5) Israelians: Jews.... Palestinans: Christians and Muslims



More Information: Israelian people are not really one people it's just a collection of jews who came from many places like Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Yeman, Ethipia, US, etc... United Kingdom before 1948 was occupying the country and supervising the Jews immigration to Palestine, after 1948 UK left all the cards open and gave Israel the land without taking into considration that there are people living their,... then the madness started from both side untill now....
2010-02-12 23:52:04 UTC
The CORE issues of the Palestinian-Israeli are the collective dispossession and ethnic cleansing (compulsory population transfer to achieve political objectives) of the Palestinian people for the past six decades. In our opinion, the conflict would have been at the same level of intensity even if both parties had been Jewish, Muslims, or Christians.
2010-02-12 23:14:41 UTC
I'm not aiming for best answer, but to answer all the questions without detail, Isreal is doing better then it looks, and basically it left every other country in the middle east behind due to rapid growth of economy and structure. Now Saudi Arabia is richer then the US, but how come the Arabs don't start war with them? Because basically its because Isreal is a Jewish country, and Palistan is a muslim country, so theres always going to be war in the middle east, its been going on for 2010 years. I once heard a comedian say that all the problems in the middle east would go away if they took all the jewish people out of Isreal, and traded them for all the black people in America. Racist, yes, but that would actually work.
2010-02-13 00:22:17 UTC
"Palestinians" is an ambiguous term that has changed its meaning over the last century.

It used to describe the residents of the British mandate of Palestine before the creation of Israel, but nowadays it commonly referred to Arabs who has/had some ancestry in Israel before it's creation. Some people use it also to describe Arab citizens of Israel, while some don't.

The West Bank (a.k.a Judea and Samaria) is a region that was conquered and annexed by Jordan in 1948, then conquered and occupied by Israel in 1967.

Since 1967 Israel began to create settlements in the west bank, but most of the population in the area remained Arab.

In 1995 Israel signed the Oslo agreement, which gives the Palestinians autonomy in the West bank and Gaza, including civilian and security control in some areas.

Gaza strip is relatively small area conquered by Egypt in 1948, then conquered by Israel in 1967.

Like the west bank, Israel created some settlements there and gave it autonomy in 1995.

In 2005 following an increase in terrorist attacks from Gaza, Israel decided to withdraw from Gaza completely, uprooting all army bases and settlements, in hope to achieve progress in the peace negotiations, and at the same time, increase its legitimacy to respond to aggression from Gaza.

(Unfortunately, Israel's withdrawal was perceived as weakness in the eyes of the Palestinians, which, among other factors, resulted the rise of terrorist organization Hamas, which brutally conquered Gaza, and increased it's attacks on Israel until Israel responded in 2009 by what is known as operation "Cast Lead".)

The Golan heights are originally a Syrian territory, which was used by Syria to bombard Israeli northern towns with rockets and mortars. Israel conquered this area in 1967, and annexed it (its residents were given Israeli citizenship).

The 6 days war (also known as the 1967 war) happened after Israel learned that the Arab countries (Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq) are coordinating an attack against it. Israel responded with a preemptive strike, and in 6 days was able to destroy the Egyptian and Syrian air-forces, conquer Gaza and the Sinai peninsula, the west bank and the Golan heights. (Sinai was later returned to Egypt in a peace agreement in 1982).

As to "why is there so much fighting" - it's a complicated question. At the basic level, most Arabs don't want so many Jews near them, especially as a sovereign country. To some extent - the "Palestinians" (in it's modern term) were created by the Arab countries when they refused to let the Arab refugees from the 1948 war to integrate into them, and kept them separated to use as leverage to pressure Israel. (These refugees became refugees after the Arab countries urged them in 1948 to leave their homes so they won't get in the way of their invading armies, set to destroy the newly declared Israel).

Israel is declared as the homeland of the Jewish people. It's a secular democracy, of which about 80% is Jewish and about 20% are Arabs (of which most are Muslim).


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