Conflict: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The conflict between Israel and Palestinian is one of the most long-standing conflicts in the Middle East, considering that the conflict has been in existence since late nineteenth century. It is unfortunate that the conflicting parties are yet to reach an amicable solution despite their ancient differences. The conflict between Israel and Palestine is deeply rooted in the scramble for the scarce resources, particularly land, and struggle for sovereignty. The scramble for the Palestinian land, which has currently narrowed down to three major cities of East Jerusalem, West Bank, and Gaza, began at the beginning of the twentieth century when a large number of Israelites began trooping in Arab Palestinian land under the Zionist movement. Gelvin (2007) asserts that Zionist movement was a nationalist movement under Jews, whose main objective was to find a permanent home for the Jewish nation in Africa or Middle East. The Arab Palestinians were never happy with the Zionists who bought ...