Why do Arabic nations / peoples generally hate Israel / Jews so much?

Question

They have been fighting for what seems like eternity - I'm not sure they even remember why. Does anyone really know?

Answer 1

Historically speaking, Islam, Judaism and Christianity all share the same god, the difference is in the apostles that delivered the message. Islam and Judaism are very similar, but despite these similarities conflict still exists. The conflict stems from the fact that the land that has now been divided into Israel and Palestine, was originally a disputed zone of religious prestige that had formerly housed Israelites and Muslims. However, after many years Britain had control of the land and essentially they split the land into two parts - Israel for the Jews and Palestine for the Muslims. The problem is that the British played a classic game of 'divide and conquer', and the Muslims felt that much of their holy land was being given away to the Jews, while the Jewish citizens felt that this land was theirs.

Basically they both had feelings of entitlement to the land based on the holiness of incidents and events that had taken place there. When the land was split, Palestinians felt that this was an attack on them by the British colonists (who themselves were Christian - again they played on both religions to cause strife, it's what Britain did when they were forced to abandon colonies, a 'we don't get it, no one will' strategy). The Palestinians refused to accept Israel, Egypt backed them up, Israel went to war with Palestine. But because Israel was being funded by America, who of course wanted a say in foreign matters, and because the Israeli troops were better prepared - the Palestinians lost.

After the war their was much retaliation, but people of both religions did get along. However, in the later 90s the Israeli Government began reclaiming land from what was once Palestine and began pushing Israelis and Palestinians residing in Palestine territory further back. The West Bank is one of the last regions of Palestine, yet to be taken by Israeli Government. Palestinian homes and ancient lands were bulldozed and many civillians have been harassed and killed so that the Israeli Gov't could further its power. Sadly the Palestinians, with little help from foreign nations or the UN, began deadly and horrific terror attacks on Israel. Israel further retaliated with campaigns and ritual bombings of borderline Palestinian residences. Palestinians hate Jews because of the constant war-like state that they are thrusted into, and Israelis hate Jews because of the terrorist attacks.

Who's right?
There is no concrete winner or side that is more moral, both sides are equally at fault and both sides have a claim to the land.

Answer 2

From a religious standpoint, they actually do not hate each other that much, but Israel is viewed as sort of a strange and annoying upstart in the middle east. The Arabs are forgetting that the Jews got pushed out of Judea first by the Greeks, then by the Romans. And the Holocaust triggered their insistence on a homeland and return.

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Answer 3

The Arabs are descended from Ishmael, the son of Abraham by the Egyptian servant, Hagar. He and his mother were sent away by Abraham after the birth of Isaac. The Jews are descended from Abraham through his wife, Sarah. According to the Bible, God promised Hagar that her son would be the father of a nation. (Gen. 16: 11 & 12) It was also decreed that Ishmael would be live in hostility toward all his brothers.

Answer 4

They don't. They just like to kill people and the jews happen to live nearby. When they can't have contact with the jews, they kill each other instead. Notice this phenomenon in action in palestine. The jews seal out the muslims and the muslims respond by going on a killing spree, killing other muslims.

Answer 5

Yes, I do. It goes back to when the area now known as Israel was divided up by the British into two sections (this was after WWII, I believe). But to sum it up, Palestinians were offered a certain section, but they weren't happy with the terms of the agreement and the property lines, so they held out for more. Israel took what was offered. Then Israel dominated in the Six Day War, which made many Middle Eastern nations unhappy, because they lost troops and ground. BUT I think that the Six Day War was started because Israel wanted some of Egypt's land, and invaded. Now, this is from memory, and MANY details have been left out. I suggest visiting www.wikipedia.com and looking up the Six Day War. I apologize that this is extremely generalized, but Good Heavens - this is a VERY complicated scenario involving many decades and nations.

UPDATE: I copied this from wikipedia:
In 1947, following increasing levels of violence together with unsuccessful efforts to reconcile the Jewish and Arab populations, the British government decided to withdraw from the Palestine Mandate. The UN General Assembly approved the 1947 UN Partition Plan dividing the territory into two states, with the Jewish area consisting of roughly 55% of the land (60% of which is considered part of the inhospitable Negev Desert, and all of which is absent of any religiously significant sites), and the Arab area roughly 45%. Jerusalem was planned to be an international region administered by the UN to avoid conflict over its status.

Immediately following the adoption of the Partition Plan by the UN General Assembly on November 29, 1947, David Ben-Gurion tentatively accepted the partition, while the Arab League rejected it. Several Arab attacks on Jewish civilians soon turned into widespread fighting between Arabs and Jews, this civil war being the first "phase" of the 1948 War of Independence.

On May 14, 1948, before the expiry of the British Mandate of Palestine at midnight on May 15, 1948, the State of Israel was proclaimed.

Following the State of Israel's establishment, the armies of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq joined the fighting and began the second phase of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. From the north, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, were all but stopped relatively close to the borders. Jordanian forces, invading from the east, captured East Jerusalem and laid siege on the city's west. However, forces of the Haganah successfully stopped most invading forces, and Irgun forces halted Egyptian encroachment from the south. At the beginning of June, the UN declared a one-month cease fire during which the Israel Defense Forces were officially formed. After numerous months of war, a cease fire was declared in 1949 and temporary borders, known as the Green Line, were instituted. Israel had gained an additional 26% of the Mandate territory west of the Jordan River. Jordan, for her part, held the large mountainous areas of Judea and Samaria, which became known as the West Bank. Egypt took control of a small strip of land along the coast, which became known as the Gaza Strip.

During and after the war, then Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion set about establishing order by dismantling the Palmach and underground organizations like the Irgun and Lehi. Those two groups were even classified as terror organizations after the murder of a Swedish diplomat.

Large numbers of the Arab population fled or were driven out of the newly-created Jewish State. (Estimates of the final refugee count range from 600,000 to 900,000 with the official United Nations count at 711,000. The continuing conflict between Israel and the Arab world resulted in a lasting displacement that persists to this day.

Immigration of Holocaust survivors and Jewish refugees from Arab lands doubled Israel's population within a year of independence. Over the following decade approximately 600,000 Mizrahi Jews, who fled or were expelled from surrounding Arab countries and Iran, migrated to Israel.

The Six-Day War, also known as the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Six Days' War, or June War, was fought between Israel and the nearby Arab states of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Syria. It began when Israel launched a preemptive attack against Egypt following the latter's blockade of Israeli shipping in the Straits of Tiran, removal of UNEF peacekeeping forces from the Sinai, and the deployment of a large military force in the Sinai on the Israeli border. Jordan in turn attacked the Israeli cities of Jerusalem and Netanya. At the war's end, Israel had gained control of the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights. The results of the war affect the geopolitics of the region to this day.

Answer 6

seems like no one likes jews, Hitler , arabs, blacks and most others have or had problems in one form or another. funny can that many people be wrong????????