For instance, they both cite Jerusalem as their capital. Both groups blame each other for terror attacks that kill civilians. Several countries have pushed for more peace agreements in recent years.
Many have suggested a two-state solution but acknowledge that Israelis and Palestinians are unlikely to settle on borders. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has supported the two-state solution but has felt pressure to change his stance. Netanyahu has also been accused of encouraging Jewish settlements in Palestinian areas while still backing a two-state solution. In a visit to Israel in May , U. President Donald Trump urged Netanyahu to embrace peace agreements with Palestinians.
And in May , the U. Palestinians responded with protests at the Gaza-Israel border, which were met with Israeli force resulting in the deaths of dozens of protesters. While Israel has been plagued by unpredictable war and violence in the past, many national leaders and citizens are hoping for a secure, stable nation in the future.
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Palestine is a small region of land that has played a prominent role in the ancient and modern history of the Middle East. The history of Palestine has been marked by frequent political conflict and violent land seizures because of its importance to several major world Following years of diplomatic friction and skirmishes between Israel and its neighbors, Israel Defense Forces launched preemptive air strikes that Zionism is a religious and political effort that brought thousands of Jews from around the world back to their ancient homeland in the Middle East and reestablished Israel as the central location for Jewish identity.
While some critics call Zionism an aggressive and On October 6, , hoping to win back territory lost to Israel during the third Arab-Israeli war, in , Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Taking the Israeli Defense Forces by The Oslo Accords were a landmark moment in the pursuit of peace in the Middle East.
At dawn that day, British High Commissioner Alan Cunningham had for the last time reviewed the guard of honour in Jerusalem. At 4pm, in front of a solemnly silent gathering, Ben-Gurion pulled out a roll of parchment: the declaration of independence. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped Just people were in the room, a portrait of Herzl and a painting by Russian-French Jewish artist Marc Chagall hanging on the wall. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra was crowded into the balcony.
Radio technicians had hastily installed a studio to broadcast the ceremony. After the declaration, the entire room rose and joined the orchestra in a rendition of "Hatikvah" "Hope" , later to become the national anthem. Each member of the leading Jewish People's Council present signed the document, with Ben-Gurion the first and insisting everyone used their Hebrew name. Despite efforts to keep the event low-key, crowds massed outside and followed developments via loudspeakers.
But the streets emptied quickly afterwards, partly because it was the Sabbath but also for fear of an attack after Arab countries had warned their troops would enter Palestine at the end of the British mandate. The British transported the Jews back to France. At Port-de-Bouc, the Jews refused to get off the two British ships, and the French refused to force them.
The Exodus scandal shook the British government. Although still allied with the Arabs, the British had to admit that things were out of control. There was tremendous pressure from both the British Parliament and the United States to end the mandate. Finally, the British invited the United Nations to make recommendations to solve the Palestinian problem. They still hoped that the United Nations would recommend that the British retain control of the area.
The Jews would get most of the coastal plain, with Jaffa being an Arab island. They would also get the Yizrael and Hulah Valleys [fertile valleys located in the north] and much of the Negev [a southern, arid region bordering Transjordan and Egypt and containing access to the Red Sea via the Gulf of Eilat]. The rest of the [land] would be Arab.
Jerusalem would be an international city. An interesting note: There is a story, verified by Mrs. Nelson Glueck, that Dr. Nelson Glueck, the late president of Hebrew Union College, played a central role in convincing the Yishuv to insist on getting the Negev.
It looked like a very unappealing place. The Jews had succeeded in founding some small settlements in the northern desert, but the barrenness of the region was depressing.
Glueck was responsible for finding the Nabatean ruins in the Negev, convincing him that, given enough water, the Negev could be made fertile.
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