Do you think Israeli occupation is the reason for wars in the Middle East?

Question

The only clear reason why Israel is in that miss is the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian land . if Israel implement the UN 242 resolution in full there will be an end to the on going wars in the Middle East. Israel up to this day will not tell the world and the Palestinian that it will withdraws from all the land mentioned in UN Resolution. Israel want to keep land that was never part of Israel and this is why Israel will never have a lasting peace with native Palestinian people .
End occupation No one could NOT change his mind unless he has no mind.
Occupying other people by force is losing policy in the past and now and has no future.

Answer 1

Yes it is definately the number one reason why there is so much war and trouble in the region (and world). Yes, Israel has had to put up with a lot of crap, but a lot of that was Israel's own fault. If you want good neighbors, be a good neighbor. The day that Israel abides by UN resolutions and pulls out of the West Bank will be the day that Terrorism and war almost end overnight.

Answer 2

The main reason for the current mideast tensions and wars is the fact that the Arab countries want Israel erased off the map completely.
Israel is the only non-Muslim country in the region, and the Muslim world has been saying since 1948 (the year Israel gained its independence) that it wants the Israelis to be pushed into the sea, and the only solution to conflicts is the complete destruction of the state of Israel.
This is the main reason negotioations do not work, since how can you negotiate with someone who wants you dead??
As for the question of occupation, you need to remember that Palestine is not a real country, but an area carved up by the British Mandate after the first world war. The so called Palestinians belong to the kingdom of Jordan formerly known as transjordan, which was also created by the British at the same time.
Finally, let us remember that the state of Israel was created in the wake of the second world war and the Holocaust. If the Jewish people could not go back to their ancient homeland, where were they exactly supposed to go after being murdered, tortured, and expelled from Europe?
And to put this all in perspective, let me quote Dennis Miller. He once said that the Middle East can be seen as a football field, and proportionately, Israel is a tiny postage stamp in the middle of that football field.
So how come the Arab world, with its vast resources of land, wealth, and oil, is fighting over one miserable little postage stamp which belongs to the Jewish people????

Answer 3

Where to start, where to start!
First there has never been a country called Palestine in over 4500 years of history, Egyptian history.
Secondly Israel has lived in the land for over 3000 years, Greek,Roman, Assyrian, Persian history.
Thirdly when they were given their country back, Israel, the Arab countries told the nomads called Palestianian to settle on the land because none of the Arab countries wanted them in their countries, Trans-Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia to name three.
Fourthly the land was part of Israel before the country called Palestine came into being, which was after 1948.
Lastly with the exception of Egypt all the other countries have tried to wipe Israel off the face of the earth and will continue to try even if the U.S. does nothing to stop them.

Answer 4

The modern state of Israel was founded by illegal jewish immigrants from Europe after WW2.
They formed terrorist gangs to drive out the British administration of Palestine and carried out many atrocities against both the British and the indigenous arab population.
In 1948 the UN passed a resolution to divide Palestine into two sectors; one for the jews and one for the arabs.
The arabs did not accept this because they had not been represented.
Two days before the resolution was due to take effect the jews took matters into their own hands and declared the state of Israel.
They then carried out a programme of ethnic cleansing against the christian and muslim arabs and drove them off the land and into refugee camps in neighboring territories where they have been ever since.
The ones who wouldn't go they massacred , men, women and children.

Answer 5

Israel has been attacked by its arab neighbors since days after it was created, before it had even finished painting the doors to the cabinet building.

All based on a religious conflict and turf battle that goes back thousands of years. Israel could have done absolutely nothing, and they still would have been attacked.

I'm not saying that everything they did was by the book. But if other countries start a war against you, and you win, you get to claim the spoils of that victory. As Israel has done.

That's the way the world has worked for thousands of years. The only thing new here is that Israel keeps winning, even against overwhelming odds, which really annoys their opponents.

Answer 6

NO isreal is one of the reasons
But the Iran-Iraq which 4 millions lives and over 500 was not due to Isreal .The century's longest 1980-88
The gulf war was not due to Isreal.
All the middle east regimes are despots or dictorships.
outside Iraq under US occupation and PLO under Isreal there is nor eal democracy except perhaps Lebanon.
thw whole is in turmoil.
isreal is a factor but not the only reason

Answer 7

No. Check your history. There were plenty of wars in the Mid East prior to the founding of Israel. For a start, try looking up the Moslem conquest of Persia. Not one Israeli involved in that particular operation.

Answer 8

In a word yes and why they think it is OK to take others land is be yon me, after w.w.2 they were given land that was taken from the Palestinian people but, they want ted more so they took it i think that the Arabs have had enough and they will not take it any more.
this peace treaty will never last the Jews want all of Palestine,and they will go right back to trying to steal it.

Answer 9

No, much the same as the current problem with Terrorism, I beleive the problem comes at the hand of Israel as a result of a well funded military operation. A military that is funded by the US, by the way. Take the US $ support for Israel out of the picture, and Israel wouldn't exist.

Answer 10

No, their existence is the reason they are under attack from near and far.

Any inability to understand that Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas have made it PERFECTLY CLEAR that they intend to eject the Jews from Israel is a sign of very unclear thinking.

Not only do they intend to do this but they are not going to stop until they're successful. Think of them as a perpetual motion machine - it just isn't going to stop.

Israel could "give back" everything but Israel proper and NOTHING would change. Nada, zipola. It would be business-as-usual.