Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of those situations which create anguish for anyone with a modicum of compassion . Unfortunately , both participants to the conflict do not make resolution or even taking side an easy proposition . To begin to get the most basic understanding of the conflict , one has to go back into history , history of the Jewish people and history of the Palestinian people

The area that makes up the state of Israel today was called Judea during the times of the Roman occupation . It was obviously a Jewish territory After the

Romans , the area fell into the hands of several occupiers including the Arabs who ruled it for almost five hundred years . This is how the Arabs got there . At the beginning of the 1900s , the United Nations put the territory under British control . By this time , the area was called Palestine . After World War II and the Holocaust became exposed , there was universal sympathy for the Jews and the recognition that the Jewish people needed a homeland of their own . The most obvious location was their ancient homeland which was now called Palestine

The problem of moving the Jews to Palestine was twofold . First , the current occupants of the land , the Arabs who referred to themselves as the Palestinians , did not want the Jews . Secondly , the Jews would not settle for a homeland in which they were left to the mercy of another group of people . Their experience in Europe hardened their determination for self-rule . So , with the...