Palestinian Israeli Conflict
...90% of the population of Palestine was Arab. At that time, there were no more than 56,000 Jews in Palestine. Also, at that time, Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Palestinians lived peacefully together. The problem with the Palestinians and Israelis is that the Israelis allegedly invaded the land that the Palestinians have lived on for many years. Eventually, the Jewish had taken over most of Palestine, without any notice. There are a few solutions to this problem and if more force was put forth to solve this case, less innocent people would die, and there would be peace in the country of Palestine.
To know fully about the Palestinian Israeli conflict, one must first define certain aspects of the conflict. The political status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip is one of the most violently disputed issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Various conferences and negotiations have been conducted to determine the status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. These are parts of Palestine that have no recognized sovereignty
(Albright, 256-280). The Israel-Palestinian Liberation Organization Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements the DOP, better known as the Oslo accords, was signed in Washington on September 13, 1993. This agreement provided a transitional period not exceeding five years of Palestinian interim self-government in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Under the DOP, Israel agreed to transfer certain powers and responsibilities to the Palestinian Authority. The DOP provides that Israel will retain responsibility during the transitional period for external security internal security as well as the public order of Israeli settlements and its citizens. Direct negotiations to determine the permanent status of Gaza and West Bank had begun in September 1999, after a three-year hiatus, but have been derailed by the al-Aqsa Intifada that broke...
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