Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

In Mr. Carter's class, we are learning about the Middle East. It is a little coincidental that we are learning about it when there is all of the conflict happening over there right now. There are so many problems in Egypt, Libya, and of course there is always trouble happening in Israel. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been going on ever since 1948 when Israel was officially made a country, and the Jews were given the land. Both groups of people believe that the land rightfully belongs to them, and there are definitely two different sides to the story. The Israelis believe it is theirs because they were promised the land as the promised land. The Palestinians don't believe it is fair that the Israeli people can come and take over their land after they have been living there for centuries. There is always conflict between the two groups over the tiny little country of Israel. There have been many attempts at how to solve the problem, and there have been many different ideas about how to end the fighting. This is my paper that I wrote about the solutions to the conflict.


                
                Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

There have been so many attempts for peace for the tiny piece of land in the Middle East. There has been fighting going on for more than 60 years for the country of Israel, when it became a country in 1948. The Israelis and the Palestinians both believe that the country belongs to them. The Palestinian people have lived there ever since the Diaspora. Then when the United Nations created the country of Israel, they told all of the Jews that they could come live there because it had been promised to them.

        The two groups of people both have reasons to believe that it is rightfully their own land. It seems obvious that if both of these people are fighting over the same piece of land, they should just split it right down the middle and give half to the Israelis and half to the Palestinians. This method of splitting the country in half is called the "two state solution." However, it is not quite that simple because both groups cherish the city of Jerusalem and do not want to give it up. This is one solution that could possibly work for solving the conflict.

        Another way that they could solve the problem is by moving one group completely out of the country. This would be a very difficult solution because it would nearly be impossible to move an entire group out of the country. It is not likely that any of the surrounding countries would be willing to let the Israelis or Palestinians come in and invade their land. All of countries that surround Israel hate the Israeli's guts, and it is not likely that their opinion will change anytime soon.

        There have been many different ideas for ways to solve the conflict over the tiny little country of Israel. It would be very difficult to make both groups of people happy, but maybe there will be a time when the issue will be solved. It would be hard to make it fair for both sides of the conflict.