ISREAL AND PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

WHY IS A WAR LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN THIS REGION

I believe war is likely to happen there because of the escalating frequency of violence.

HISTORY

After World War II and the Holocaust, more Jewish people wanted their own country. The Jewish people were given a portion of the country, Palestine. The Jewish population had already considered their traditional homeland, but the Arabs that lived there and in the surrounding countries thought that was unfair and refused to accept the new country.

At first the immigration was no problem, but the movement and rapid immigration of Zionists into Palestine, conflict soon broke between the Palestinians and the Zionists.

In 1947, the UN decided to intervene. Instead of allowing the people to decide the land splits, and create their own state and government, the UN did it for them.

Under Zionist pressure, the UN recommended giving away 55% of the land to the Jewish state. Only 30 % of the population and 7% of land owned in this 55% was Jewish.

1947-1949 WAR

• Zionists had committed 16 massacres of Palestinians
• Five Arab armies entered the conflict
• Zionists claimed their reasoning was for God.
• At the end of the war, Israel had taken 77% of the Palestinian land.

750,000 Palestinians had been made refugees and every river, town, and hill had been changed to a Hebrew name to virtually eradicate all Palestinian culture. Israel's prime minister even denied the existence of Palestine.

HOW WILL THIS CONFLICT BECOME THE NEXT GLOBAL WAR

WHAT COULD CAUSE ANOTHER CONFLICT

• Israel could eventually take over the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
• This could cause an outrage between nations.
• Israel could refuse to give the land back
• Israel could invade other countries, like how it did with Egypt in the Six 
• Day War.

M.A.I.N.

• The next global conflict will take place in Israeland surrounding countries
• The biggest causes of this war would be the taking of thr Gaza Strip and West Bank
• This conflict would be fought by military, social, and political
• The effects of this war would be death, destruction , and the fall of governments.
• The territory will change by isrral being made smaller and giving palestian land back

DRIVING QUESTION

I do believe that nationalism is a factor in global conflicts because its been proven with Germany in WWII, Europe in WWI, and in Palestine before the movements of the radical Zionists.

CITATIONS

• "A Synopsis of TheIsrael/Palestine Conflict." A Synopsis of the Israel/Palestine Conflict. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Jan. 2015.
• http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/