Is conflict unavoidable between Israelis and Palestinians? Why or why not? •Is conflict unavoidable among Israel and its Arab ne
ighbors? Why or why not? •Could stronger economic ties between Israel and its Arab neighbors help reduce conflict? Why or why not? •What evidence supports your positions?
Though both Jews and Arab Muslims date their claims to the land back a couple thousand years, the current political conflict began in the early 20th century. Jews fleeing persecution in Europe wanted to establish a national homeland in what was then an Arab- and Muslim-majority territory in the Ottoman and later British Empire. The Arabs resisted, seeing the land as rightfully theirs. An early United Nations plan to give each group part of the land failed, and Israel and the surrounding Arab nations fought several wars over the territory. Today's lines largely reflect the outcomes of two of these wars, one waged in 1948 and another in 1967.
The 1967 war is particularly important for today's conflict, as it left Israel in control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, two territories home to large Palestinian populations
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