The creation of the State of Israel, which displaced the Palestinian majority
Explanation:
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 war in 1967 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.
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine established America as the self-appointed policeman in the Western Hemisphere, as it related to disputes between European nations and Latin American nations.
