Arab Israel Conflict
Throughout history the Arab and Israeli peoples have fought. ... Both Arab and Israeli people continue to die as hope for a true peace agreement falters and desire to gain the Gaza strip increases. Palestine is the historic region on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, that contains parts of modern Israel, Jordan, and Egypt, which is also known as the ‘Holy Land’. ... this kingdom broke up into two states, Israel and Judah. ... After the League of Nations approved the British mandate of Palestine, Jews immigrated there in large numbers despite Arab opposition. ... In November 1947 the United Nations divided Palestine, then still under British command, into Jewish and Arab states. ... In May of 1948, the state of Israel was proclaimed. The neighboring Arab states of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq rejected both the division of Palestine and the existence of the new nation. In the war that followed, Israel emerged victorious and increased its territory by one half. Arab opposition continued, however, and full-scale fighting broke out again in the Sinai campaign, the Six-Day war, and the Yom Kippur War. Israel emerged from these conflicts with large pieces of its neighbors territories. In 1978, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar al-sadat signed the Camp David accords; a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Under the pact, Israel agreed to return the Sinai to Egypt. ... The conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians is the product of several disputes amidst the groups. ... In 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon in response to a number of Palestinian guerrilla attacks from across the border. ... The Intifada is what the Palestine people call their defense to Israel’s oppression. Relations between Israel and the Palestinians entered a new phase in the late 1980’s with the Intifada, a series of uprisings in the occupied territories that included demonstrations, strikes, and rock throwing attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians. ... During the Persian Gulf War, in which many Palestinians favored Iraq, Scud missiles repeatedly struck Israel, wounding many people and damaging 9000 homes in the Tel Aviv area.