What's the difference between Israel and Palestine, is it sort of like 2 states fighting for country status?

Question

What I mean is are they technically the same type of entity (country) or is Israel the country and Palestine the state (eg. New York). Also, what are they fighting over. I thought Israel was the country and Palestine the state.

Answer 1

Israel and Palestine were created in 1947 by British mandate. Basically, Palestine was supposed to be Gaza and West Bank while Israel was supposed to be the rest of the land west of the River Jordan. The problem is Egypt took over Gaza immediately and Jordan took over the West Bank immediately so the Palestinian state/nation never got to exist.

Once Israel conquered Egypt and Jordan and took over Gaza/West Bank, the Arab nations began to call for a Palestinian state again. As if that were not enough, the charter of Hamas (the representative of Palestinian interests today) calls for the destruction of Israel so the Palestinians can control everything (and not just Gaza/West Bank).

There's the rub. Back in 2000, when Pals were led by Arafat, there was nearly peace because the Pals didn't claim Israel had no right to exist so Israel was ready to grant them independence in Gaza/West Bank.

Now that Pals view Gaza/West Bank as only a first step to destroying all of Israel, we are far from peace.

Answer 2

Israel was legally created out of the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I. The area was desolate – desert and swamp – with some small towns and a few inhabitants, many of them nomads.
The inhabitants, if they thought about it at all, considered themselves Syrians. The legitimacy of Israel arises from the Balfour Declaration issued by the British, who were given the mandate over the area by the League of Nations. Jews have lived in the country since Biblical times. The Arabs from the surrounding areas were lured to “Palestine” by the industry and prosperity that the Jews brought to the region. Envy, hatred, and religious fanaticism turned the Arabs against the Jews. In bloody outrages, horrible massacres, killings and rapes, the Arabs tried to dislodge the Jews, but were unable to do so.

In 1947, the British, having tired of the trouble and the bloodshed, resigned their mandate. That same year, the United Nations mandated partitioning of the territory. The Jews, though disappointed, accepted the partition. The Arabs rejected it out of hand and launched war against Israel. The armies of five Arab countries invaded the nascent state. Following the exhortations of the invaders, the Arab residents got out of the way hoping to return after victory was attained. They could then reclaim their property and that of the Jews, all of whom would have been killed or would have fled. That and that alone is the source of the Arab “refugee problem.”

Had the Arabs accepted the UN partition plan, there would now have been a state of “Palestine” for the last 58 years. They might have attained a similar level of prosperity, advancement, and development as Israel, which, small though it is, is today in almost every regard one of the world’s most advanced countries.

They might even had deserved the right to be called "palestinian".

Answer 3

Palestine originally referred to the entire region under British control, including the lands that are now called Jordan, Israel and Palestine.

During the first half of the 20th century, the region was split into three parts. One became Jordan (originally Trans-Jordan, named after the river). That was about 2/3 of the total area.

Of the remaining 1/3, half was given to the Jews to form a new country, and that became Israel. The remainder was given to refugees from all over the Middle East, and that kept the name of Palestine.

Answer 4

No. The conflict strarted after World war II when the western states backed up the Jewish people into taking Palestine, because they religously claimed it for the Jews. Although the palestinians were there first, they were forced to give up land. They began fighting and Palestine is no longer a state or a country since Isael was backed by the Western countries. The only fair way to settle this dispute is to return some land to Palestine, since that entire area is theirs by claim and infact by some religous followings.

Answer 5

Israel is a country, Palestine is not. Palestine is a semi-autonomous region that is a part of Israel, which has it's own government. In U.S. terms, palestine is not what you would consider a "state" (the term state has a different context outside of the U.S.) because it does not have any significant representation in the Israeli government. The best U.S. allegory is probably that of a Native American Indian reservation, in that it is within the boundaries of the country, but does not have representation within the government, nor does the national government provide the government services. In both of these cases, however, the larger governments have the ability to influence life within these regions, thereby making them only semi-autonomous, as opposed to completely self-governing.

Answer 6

Palestine refers back to the territories which the British categorised. France and Britain divided up the defeated Ottoman Empire land holdings interior the middle East. The Ottomans governed the territories interior the middle East for over 4 hundred years. The Ottomans did no longer seek advice from any territory interior the middle East by using the ecu term "Palestine". The call of imperialist empires dates back to the Greek accompanied by using Roman invasions of the middle East. The Ottomans stated their land holdings interior the middle East by using the call "extra beneficial Syria". extra beneficial Syria blanketed the territories of here modern-day countries: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Israel. Arabs can no longer even pronounce the "P" in this foreign places alien ecu word.

Answer 7

the land that called israel or palestine is in the middle east between jordan river and Mediterranean sea this land was occupited by turks for almost 500 years till 1918 and before that it was under muslims control except for may be 200 years during the Crusades almost between 1000 and 1200 next time i can write u the exact dates,so when turks lost the ww1 this land became under UK Assignment and we know that jews were living there when jesus borned but the control was to roman Empire so now both muslims and jews are saying that this land is belong to them but in 1948 when english armies left this land jews announced their country that called israel and till now araps fighting to announced their country too that called palestine on part of that land in west bank and gazza that the UN consider occupited lands by israel but the problem is about jerusalem the both sides consider jerusalem the capital of the nation

Answer 8

There is no difference. They are brothers and sisters of the same father. They are fighting over the land that was promised to one brother but stolen by the other brother on the death bed of the father over 2000 effing years ago. Okay maybe those two guys are close relations. Perhaps it was the God of Abraham, the Jewish God, that said the land should be kosher.

But in all fairness, if someone takes up residence on my property without permission and then asks me to leave, I might feel a bit inclined to go postal!

Read the label (The Bible), set a better table!

Answer 9

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ALLAH!