Most Arab countries hate Israel, why?

Answer 1

It all goes back to Abraham's 1st child. Sarah, Abraham's wife, was having trouble having kids. God promised them a kid. Abraham and Sarah got tired of waiting, so Abraham got a servant girl pregnant. Well, God delivered on his promise, and Sarah got pregnant very late in life. Abraham loved his child from wedlock more, and wanted that to be his heir. The infighting with the servant girl and the 1st son got bad, so Abraham sent them away. The upset son and mother are said to be the founders of the Islamic religion. Ever since being cast out, they have hated the other seed of Abraham, which grew into the country of Israel. Now it is a constant struggle over who really owns land. Israel won a war back in 1948 or so and got some land back and became a nation again. Well, the other countries and races don't like Israel's status and want to take over again. And so on and so forth...

Answer 2

Well they don't deserve to be in the middle east. Just because the holocaust happened and some developed countries felt sorry for them, they got a piece of land in the middle of the Middle East, especially Jerusalem which in Islam is the third most holy city. The muslims feel cheated and should be angry. Look at this, you living one day and the homeless guy loses his family. Then some government agency feels pity for him and comes to your house and tells you to give up your home so the homeless is happy. Thats exactly the story with Israel. They come in and start controlling things and waging war against fellow people of the book. This is why most arab countries have a problem with Israel.

Answer 3

Good gravy, that's a complex question that has already gotten you a lot of impassioned responses. The simplest answer is that two groups want the same land and many among them are unwilling to share it.

In the past, there just would have been a war until one side or the other was defeated; there have been some minor wars in the region now, but with the great powers wanting security in the area, a decisive war is unlikely to ever be fought. Unfortunately, those in the area (Arabs and Jews alike, and others) who want peace have been unwilling or unable to come together and remove from power those who would fight over the issue, so the violence goes on and on, resolving nothing.

Answer 4

they do not hate israel. as a matter of fact they love to live in peace with their next door neigbhor " Israel" , but Israel is an expansionist state. It was established on over 80% of palestine but it should've been 50% and the other 50% palestine according to the United Nations resolution 181 which divided palestine between arabs and jews . In 1956, israel with france and england attacked egypt and it was the united states and the soviet union that pressured the attackers to stop. in 1967, israel started the 1967 war. in took what is left from palestine ( the west bank and gaza strip ) , plus it occupied the sinai desert from egypt and the golan heights from syria. in 1982, Israel attacked lebonon and occuppied half the country. so, do arab countries or any peace loving country in this world has the right to love israel ????

Answer 5

The answer to this question won't fit in the space provided, but... condensed version:

1.) After the Holocaust, the Western Allies decided that the creation of a Jewish state was in order--this seems a reasonable enough decision, considering the rampant anti-Semitism that lead to the Holocaust to begin with. Add that to the fact that Eastern Europe was about to become a de facto expansion of the Soviet Union, which had some... curious policies towards the Jews, and you get a pretty good case for creating Israel.

2.) Problem: Anti-Semitism, it turns out, was a pretty common problem the world over and no Western nation wanted to carve out a chunk of its own territory to create a Jewish state.

3.) Solution: Britain was divesting itself of the bulk of its remaining colonial possessions, which included Palestine, which included Jerusalem. (Although "colonial" is probably the wrong word. The land was under British control because they had taken it from the defeated Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I.) This seemed like a natural place to create a Jewish state. The "natural" part is explained below.

4.) There had been a steady influx of Jews to this area since the 1800s; they mostly came from Europe, spurred to find a new home by European anti-Semitism. They bought their land from the Ottoman Empire and Arab landowners. This migration was supported by something called the Zionist movement. They migrated in waves, with the largest wave spurred on by the rise of Adolf Hitler.

5.) Then, there was fighting. With more and more Jews, the Arab population began to feel threatened. Violence became more and more frequent. The lack of regional control immediately after the fall of the Ottoman Empire made it worse. The Jews began to organize defense forces, and Arab nationalists organized defense forces of their own.

6.) In 1948, Israel was officially created out of the territory around Jerusalem. Many Palestinians ended up emigrating to neighboring Arab nations.

7.) More violence! Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon mounted a joint military campaign against the new state. They weren't thrilled with the influx of Palestinian refugees and felt that their security was threatened by the creation of Israel. Considering past violence, this wasn't necessarily a bad assumption. During the course of this first Arab-Israeli war, the Israeli Defense Forces were created. The IDF was successful in repelling the attack and managed to expand Israel by pushing back invading armies beyond their own borders and taking control of the land in between. Temporary borders were established.

8.) So, ever heard of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank? This is where they came from. At the end of the war, the Gaza Strip was held by Jordan. The West Bank was held by Egypt. They're still fighting over these two areas.

That's where Israel came from. So, why is there still fighting? Well...

Egypt and Syria invaded again, eventually. Ultimately, Egypt became the first (and only) Arab nation declare peace with Israel. Hurrah. For the most part, Israel's other neighbors refuse to acknowledge her existence as a legitimate state.

The Palestinians who remain in Gaza and the West Bank are currently under the rule of the Israeli government. They want to form a state of their own. Many Israelis feel that this would be dangerous to their own security--Gaza and the West Bank are good "buffer territories" against future invasion. They just want the Palestinians gone and feel that the Arab nations should have just taken the refugees in and taken care of them.

For their part, many Palestinians want to eradicate Israel and take back "their homeland."

And so, and endless battle is waged. Extremist Palestinian groups send rockets and suicide bombers into Israel. Israel sends soldiers and missiles into the West Bank and Gaza. They kill and kill and kill, and fight over the support of the rest of the world.

That's the short version.

Correcting things from above:

1.) It has nothing to do with the Book of Genesis. That's racialist, if not racist, nonsense.

2.) Israel isn't a Christian nation. It's also not an Arab nation. The HECK are you talking about?

3.) It's not even all about Islam and Judaism. Religious extremism has emerged as a tool of cultural unification in this conflict. It is ABSOLUTELY NOT the cause of this conflict.

4.) Don't even give me the whole "they hate freedom" thing.

5.) Israel isn't the only democracy in the middle east. The United States is currently having trouble with the democratically-elected (and frighteningly extremist) president of Iran. And Iraq is... something of a democracy, I suppose.

Figure out the rest for yourself. There's a world of literature on the subject out there. Go find some.

Answer 6

Well, to begin with, Israel is Jewish, not Muslim. But the real reason is that the Palestinians set up house in what was once land that belonged to Israel. I believe some time later this land was ruled by the British, even though it once belonged to Israel. Anyhow, after WW 2, the Jews returned to that land and claimed it as their own. Supposedly they pushed the Palestinians out of their land. I think at this point, England cut their losses and split, leaving the Palestinians and the Jews to battle it out. So now it's all about borders and who has the rights to this land, that land. etc.....

Answer 7

Because the modern day israel is a zionist state and not the true israel the bible says the land of israel can only be reborn through love and at the time of the messiah modern isreal was brought fourth through violence kicking out the inhabitants and colonizing of the holy land buy zionist that would rebuild the temple thats it in a nut shell

Answer 8

After WW2, the British allowed the Jewish people to kick the Palestinians off their land and start the country of Israel. The other Arab countries felt bad for their Palestinian neighbors who became homeless.

Answer 9

Because most are Islamic and hateful. The irony is that most Islamic countries have the money and wherewithal to help their brothers and sisters in Palestine yet won't. It is more convenient to continue to hoodwink the gullible and using Palestine as a pawn in their foolish quest to convert us "infidels" to their satanic inspired religion. That's the quick answer. Israel stands in their way - the only democracy in the M.E.

Answer 10

Because they are the only christian faith based Arab country in the middle east. All the rest of the middle east is muslims. Does this help? Hope so I could go into more detail if you would like.