The Arab-Israeli Conflict

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The current conflict in the Middle East between the Israeli Jews and the Palestinian Arabs has many historical roots. Several events in the history of this conflict have been very important and also have a strong connection with the current situation between the two sides. One of these important events was the Nazi Holocaust. During the Second World War the Jews were persecuted by the Nazis and sent to concentration camps. By the end of the war in 1945 6 million Jews were killed and 250,000 were freed from the concentration camps. As news about the holocaust emerged there was widespread sympathy for the Jews especially in the U.S.A. which had a large Jewish population. As a result of this, President Truman said that 100,000 Jewish refugees should be allowed to enter Palestine immediately but the British government knew that this would anger the Arabs and said that that it should be limited to 1,500 Jews a month. This resulted in hatred of the British rule especially among extremist Jewish terrorist groups like the Irgun when in July 1946 they entered the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, which were the British military headquarters in Palestine, and set off an explosion killing 88 people. Despite this act of terrorism against the British and many others similar there was still worldwide sympathy for the Jewish immigrants. This pro-Jewish sympathy is still present today and is constantly being reinforced by events such as Holocaust Day, recent films such as "Schindler's List" and the teaching of the Holocaust in the school curriculum. This leaves the Jews at a slightly unfair advantage with regard to support from western countries and ... ... middle of paper ... ...ognise the Jewish state. This agreement however didn't necessarily lead to peace. Although many people (both Israeli and Palestinian moderates) agreed with the peace agreement, looking forward to a more peaceful future, some extremist groups didn't and violence erupted. In 1995 Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a fellow Israeli, a Jewish extremist, who was in opposition to any form of agreement with the Palestinians and any loss of "bible land". As time progressed, the peace didn't. Both sides were unwilling to compromise after the struggling and hardship they had endured to both get their own land, in particular to have Jerusalem as their capital. Even now these views remain and this is why the violence and bloodshed continues. Each side refuses to relinquish land to aid peace believing it to be rightfully theirs.

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