Did the Israel/Palestine conflict begin after World War II or thousands of years ago?

Answer 1

This is not an "Israel/Palestine conflict" for the simple reason that there is no Palestine today.

Please note that the reason for the conflict between Israel and the Arabs is that the Arabs, plain and simple, refuse to accept a Jewish state in their midst. They invented this whole idea of a "Palestinian people who deserve a state" just to use as a tool to dismember Israel.

Arab violence against Jews has been going on long before there was an "occupation," long before there was a refugee problem--indeed, long before there was a political Zionist movement. Need I present painful examples? Perhaps even further back, where I hope everyone will agree that the Zionist movement did not yet come into being:

In the centuries after Muhammad there have been periods when the Jews were able to live in relative peace under Arabs, but their position was never secure. They were generally viewed with contempt by their Arab neighbors, and their survival was always predicated on their abject subordination and degradation to them. Mass murders of Jewish "protected people" started in Morocco as early as the eighth century, where Idris I wiped out whole communities. A century later Baghdad's Caliph al-Mutawakkil designated a yellow badge for Jews (setting a precedent that would be followed centuries later in Nazi Germany), and synagogues were destroyed throughout Mesopotamia in 854-859. In Tripolitania, Jews were considered the property of their Arab masters, who would bequeath the Jews to their heirs upon death. In the 12th century, after anti-Jewish riots, the contemporaries commented that their population had 'greatly declined.' ( Middle East Digest, September 1999)

The Arabs still think that they can destroy Israel and throw the Jews into the sea. They therefore have no incentive to arrive at a peace agreement. To solve the problem, the only way would be for Israel to defeat the Arabs overwhelmingly, and then dictate the terms for peace. Otherwise, the Arabs will never stop trying to destroy Israel.

Yes, a crushing defeat will being about peace. Weakness will just result in further wars initiated by the Arabs.


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Answer 2

The British controlled the area now know as Israel, the Palestinians lived there also. The Palestinians live there as nomads, they didn't actually sellout the area as many thought. The Hebrews did.

The British were seriously considering letting the Israel taking over the area, much to the charging of the Palestine's.

Jump one ahead: The Imam of Palastine went to see Hitler, he made a pack with the devil himself. if Hitler would arm the palistaines and give then men, he would for an up rising agains the Jews and the British and Germany could walk in, take over and the jews would be all in one place for extermination.

In the meantime, it didn't quite ork out that way. the Germans decided to invade Poland insted, this set bak the palistainians and they were taken aback.
A year later the British ceded Israel to the jews, enraging the palistainians, this all took place in 1947

Answer 3

Commentators began calling it "World War Two," "World War 2," "World War II," and "The Second World War" as far back as the 1920s! As the Versailles Conferences ended after the First World War ("The Great War," or "The War to End All Wars") and the triumphant countries began squabbling over the carrion, it became clear that sooner or later there would be another horrible global war...this time with better weapons and involvlng more nations. The pessimists were right.

Answer 4

There is no "Israel/Palestine conflict."

In 1917 most of Palestine was given to Transjordan.

In 1948, what was left of Palestine was divided into Israel and territory that was later occupied by Jordan and Egypt.

So today, there is no entity called Palestine.

Answer 5

Palestine is currently divided among:
(1) Jordan
(2) Israel
(3) parts of Syria and Lebanon
(4) the disputed territories (Judea, Samaria, Gaza)

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism."

- Zahir Muhsein, 1977

Answer 6

After WWII.

There was no Israel for a while. This conflict is about them supposedly "reclaiming Israel."

Throughout history, when the Israelites would stop doing what God asked of them, he would allow a foreign invader to take over Israel. So...

Answer 7

Both of the above answers are correct.
It began 1000s of years ago and still goes on today.
Both believe they were promised the same land by God.
Abraham was promised by God that the land he was in was the promised land "Canaan" and his descendants would occupy it. The tricky part is that Abraham had two sets of descendants The Hebrews thu his son Isaac/ Israel and the Arabs thu his son Ishmael. Abraham's wife, Sarah, is the mother of Isaac but he is the younger of the two. Hagar was a handmaiden of Sarah and the mother of Ishmael. the older son. Nothing is easy on the Middle East

Answer 8

Depends if you're Jew or not, the western world would normally say the conflict is post-WWII, but the Jews would probably tell you that It's been going on for quite too long now.

Answer 9

I believe the friction between the Jewish and Muslim people began with the Zionist movement in 1897. Jews began to return to their 'homeland', which was upsetting to the Arabs who already lived there.

Over the years things have just gotten worse -- first with the Balfour Declaration, then later with the creation of Israel and the declaration of Jerusalem as an international state. All of which has infuriated the Arabs, who feel as if they are being pushed out of their land. It seems as if no one is right, and that there will likely not be an end to this conflict for centuries (if ever).