Explain why there has been continuous conflict in the Middle East between Jews and Arabs for over 2000 years.?

Question

Have there been any attempts at peace?

Answer 1

The period from 1200-1750 was overall pretty peaceful between non-jewish arabs and jews. (Some of the jews are arab.)
Mainly this peace was because israel had been defeated by the Romans and most of the jews dispersed across the rest of the land.
Jews remained in places like Haifa in palestine but stayed in their own areas. These jews didn't have full rights and at times were subjected to horrible persecution, but compared to the ancient wars between israel and surrounding peoples like Assyrians, Babylonians, Hittites and such, things were much calmer.
No one I know can say with any sort of authority who was more at fault for ancient wars, but there were peace treaties from time to time.
In the 1800s, jews flocked to Israel to escape persecution in Russia and Europe that was considered worse than what the Arabs inflicted. Unfortunately, as more jews arrived in Palestine, some palestinians became nervous and relationships weakened in some instances. Still, in other cases jews and palestinians got along great as late as the 1940s. Often the jews taught the palestinians useful things like better irrigation methods.
It is ironic because much of what the jews taught the palestinians was well known to Muslims who were scientifically advanced as long ago as the twelfth century. But the elite who had this knowledge hadn't done the palestinians any favors... they had a worse quality of life than those in that same area in the first century.
So it was a mixed bag of hate (lack of understanding) and appreciation as more and more jews came in, especially after WWII, right up until Israel declared independance as a jewish state in 1949. Since then, the rest of the Arabs have demanded that land back, and atrocities have been committed by both sides.
To learn about the short-lived attempts at peace since 1949 look up Anwar Sadat and Yitzhak Rabin. The first was Egyptian, the second Israeli. Both were assasinated by one of their own people who favored war.

Answer 2

Of course there have been countless attempts at peace, one big attempt was in the late eighties I believe but this conflict will not end. Remember how much history is connected to psychology-the human element in history.
Here's a little bit of historical insight on the issue:
In 70 AD the Romans kicked the Jews out of their homeland, Israel and years later the Arabs took over the land and named it Palestine. Now the problem here is that the great Hebrew migration or the Diaspora. The Jews were scattered across Europe. Now when WWI began, the movement known as Zionism emerged as the call to reclaim the Jewish homeland. These Jews who were scattered across Europe had no haven to turn to or call their own and in light of the events taking place it was impossible to survive in Europe as this was the time of Hitler and the Nazis.
More and more Jews began to migrate back to Palestine or the old state of Israel.
Naturally the Arabs would feel threatened. They had been living there for thousands of years. To whom does this land belong? To the Jews who were the original inhabitants or the Arabs who had been living there for thousands of years. However many wars ensued in which the Israelites gained the upper hand and pushed many Palestinians out. Soon the state of Israel was reestablished. So now Palestine no longer exists. But what keeps these people bound to the land emotionally is Jerusalem. Jerusalem is key. The holy land of Jesus which has its place in Islam and Judaism.

It is exceptionally sad that these religions which are so related and can trace back common roots can fight with each other this way. If you go to the region today little children can be heard saying that they will not rest till the other is dead. There is so much hate. And you must understand that it is naught but emotions. This land is holy and it is the homeland. Compromises work for limited amounts of time as the past of this region has repeatedly shown. What is to come of it only the future which looks quite grim right now will show.

Answer 3

First of all disregard the morons who wrote the first two answers.
Jews and Arabs have NOT had continuous conflict for 2000 years. Actually for hundreds of years they got along reasonably well , certainly better than Jews and Christians. The present conflict is less than 100 years old, and today Israel has peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, a stable ceasefire with Syria and hopefully the peace process with the Palestinians will also be revived .

Answer 4

THERE HASN'T!
The Holy land coming under Arab rule in 637 AD was a blessing for the Jews, who had been persecuted as Christ-killers by the Christians. The Crusaders were no different - again they gave the Jews a much harder time than the Saracens did. Nothing really changed in the relationship between Jew and Arab until the influx of Jews from Europe in the early 20th Century.

Answer 5

it is a good question that you'll receive a lot of different answers for it but hey get an answer from An Arab man: the conflict in the ME is not between Jews and Arabs as there are some Jews living every where and even among our countries mine is Yemen who never approve or agree on what is done by their brothers in Israel. because what is done there is against humanity killing people destroying their houses and farms can never be justified. unfortunately Jews who have strong lobbies in leading countries like USA and others are picturing Israel as the ally in the ME and the rest as enemies those guys are putting the whole world from one war to another and never encourage dialog between cultures. unfortunately those guys are present all along the history. believe me when there is a will for justice there Will be peace but when no will it drums of war will still be knocked upon!

Answer 6

Actually Jews were tolerated througout the middle east and given far more rights than they had in Europe. Most Jews were expelled from Europe in the 15th and 16th Centuries.

The Arab-Jewish conflict really only started with the rise of Jewish nationalism,facism and religious fanaticalism.

Answer 7

The kings of Jews don't respect the Arabs or the rest of the world.

Answer 8

The problems only started when someone deceided the Jews deserved somone elses land. If anyone should have had their land taken it was the Germans. They have no right to the land.

Answer 9

They are actually different races, though they speak similar languages. The Arabs never evolved. Theirs is the Religion of Cain. When history is written objectively, the truth will come out that this conflict is no more solvable than the one between cats and rats.

Answer 10

they dont like each other. HELLO!