Why did the Arab-Israeli conflict begin? What are the arguments of both sides?

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Answer 1

At the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a dispute over land and borders.
It started in 1948 when Israel was created,by a UN resolution,in Palestine,which at that time was under a British mandate.The Arab countries around didn't accept the decision and the next day they attacked the new created state.Israel won this war.In 1967 Israel attacked Syria,Egypt and Jordan in a pre-emptive war.They occupied and annexed to Israel Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank of the Jordan River (including East Jerusalem), and the Golan Heights.Millions of Palestinians ended up living in UN's refugees camp in Lebanon
There are 3 UN resolution that ask Israel to end the occupation on the Palestinians territories and the other territories that they occupied in 1967 ,but the Israelis refuse to do it...
Since then Palestinians are living under Israeli occupation and they are refused even the elementary rights any human should have... And there are millions of Palestinians living in UN's refugees camps...Israel refuses to let those people come back to their lands...
Israel uses the Bible as their argument :they are God chosen people and God promised them the land...of course let's believe an old book who's fact we don't even know if are real...
The Palestinians have lived there for centuries and 60 years ago they had to live their homes and their land so other people could come to live there because an old book says so...

Answer 2

umm no...Arabs were actually the most tolerant toward Jews (Jew tax...lol) until Britain was going to give Palestine back. Zionist movements within Britain coupled with the holocaust made Britain give a large chunk of Palestine to Jews, and that became Modern Israel. The Palestinians and there Arab counter parts which had been in control of the region more or less from the time Islam came into being (give or take a few years during the crusades) Wanted the land. It is all a territory dispute, the Arabs believed that they owned the land via squatters rights (they had been living there for a few centuries) The European Jewish community was tired of being nomads. If it hadn't been for The US support and the UN Israel as we know it would have never existed. Not taking sides but that more or less is what the conflict is.

Answer 3

Well, let me approach this as theory and as biblical doctrine.

To understand the Arabs we must go to the book of Genesis where the Arabs can trace their beginnings, to a boy named Ishmael. Abraham was given a promise, that he would be the father of many nations. He was also told be an angel that he and his wife Sarah would have a child even though Abraham was 100 by this point and Sarah was around 90. Sarah didn't believe that and got impatient waiting so she offered her servant Hagar to Abraham and he had a child with her and named him Ishmael. However, this was not the child God had promised and a year later Sarah found herself pregnant and Isaac was born. (Pick up on the story in Genesis Chap 15 and forward from there) Hagar was sent away along with Ishmael. God did not have bad plans for Ishmael and actually said that he would be come a great and mighty nation. In Genesis Chap 17 v.18 "Then Abraham said to God, "Please let Ishmael be the son you promised."
But Ishmael was not the promised child. Just a couple verses later God says....Genesis Chap 17 v.20 "As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him and give him many descendants. And I will cause their numbers to grow greatly. He will be the father of twelve great leaders, and I will make him into a great nation."
God didn't forget him and actually blessed him greatly. But God also said this about the decendents of Ishmael....... Genesis 16.12 "Ishmael will be like a wild donkey. He will be against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will attack all his brothers." Please read through Chapters 15 to 25 of Genesis to really get the feel for the story of how this all began,
This is just me talking here, but it almost seems as there is this hate for the "other child" mentality here. Israel is the promised nation that God would bring His salvation through, being Jesus Christ. The Arabs were born out of one man's disbelief in the promise God gave him, that man being Abraham.
What God said about Ishmael and his decendent really holds true to this day. If you're not Islamic, they want to kill you. This belief system is in the Koran and is taught openly whether they care to admit it or not. I'm not an expert on the Koran or I would quote chapter and verse but just ask an Arab Islamic personally and they will tell you the truth.
To try and answer your question, there almost seems to be this mentality of, "we are God's children", "No, we are God's children". The problem that began back in the time of Abraham exists even to this day. (it really goes without saying, if Abraham had just been patient and if Sarah had just trusted in the promise of the Lord, none of this would be upon us today). But, this is how human beings are. I've been impatient more than once in my life. Just be thankful God loves us anyway and is patient with us even though we are not always patient with Him.

Answer 4

the beginning of time.........however in recent times it began with the creation of Israel as a Jewish state in the middle east after WW II in 1948. This land included Palestine which was given to Israel so Jews from all over the world could come to a secure state and not have to endure another holocaust as they did in the WW II genocide. This battle was enflamed in the 60's when the Israilies invaded the Sainai Penninsula (Ejypt) and other areas in Jordan and Lebanon. The battle will continue as the Palestinian groups in the area continue to attack Israiel for being on their tradidional land and the Israilies do not leave. Its a 2 way street.

Answer 5

When did it begin? ill tell you
622 CE When Jews refused to convert to Islam. Since then, Arabs and Muslims in general have harbored an extreme hate towards Jews (ok and Israelis as well) and the other "infidels."

Answer 6

it really is began over 5,000 years in the past with Abraham and his 2 sons, Isaac and Ishmael. Isaac is the founding father of the Jews, Ishmael is the founding father of the Arabs. Deep rooted hatred between the Jews and Arabs.

Answer 7

Jews came after WWII to Israel claiming the land was theirs but they were in exiled by the ROMAN EMPIRE. In Judaism God tells the people to immigrate back in masses to the Promise Land after they are exiled. Zionists use money and violence to achieve their goal. each day they kill children and destroy houses and farms because they are untouchable since they're backed up by the USA. In the Western world people didnt realize how serious the matter is, because we get our info from the media, but guess who controls our media...

Answer 8

Power Power

Answer 9

check out these sites for Israel's side:
http://www.palestinefacts.org
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/index.html
http://peace.heebz.com/
also: anything by Alan Dershowitz or Martin Gilbert

For the Palestinian side, just read any major paper, watch CNN or BBC, or that new book by Jimmy Carter.

Answer 10

it began over 5000 years ago as a land dispute, both say god gave the land to them, if god only had given one of them the title