The Israel-Palestine conflict explained in two minutes
The Israel-Palestine conflict traces back its origin to the days of World War 1 when Palestine was a part of the Ottoman Empire mixed with the Arab and Jewish population until Britain took over it. Britain was assigned the task of establishing rule in Palestine by the Allied powers. This decision created a rift between Arabs and Jews. After the Holocaust, Jews fled from European countries seeking Asylum in their homeland. The controversial conflict reached the doorsteps of the United Nations which proposed an establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine as per the Balfour Declaration in 1917. The proposed resolution was shunned by the Arabs. Again in 1947, the United Nations proposed separate states for Jews and Arabs which was accepted by the Jewish leaders but denounced by the Arabs. The subsequent timeline between Israel and Palestine was marked by many catastrophic wars that persisted to impact the dynamics between the two countries.
1. Arabs declared war on Israel following Israel's declaration of statehood on May 14 1948 which resulted in Israel's victory and signing of armistice agreement in 1949 with territorial. Armistice agreements established provisional borders between Israel and neighboring Arab states. The West Bank was governed by Jordan, and Egypt administered the Gaza Strip.
2. In 1956, Israel got into loggerheads with Egypt over the nationalization of the Suez Canal, launching a military campaign against Arab countries with Britain and France alongside. Israel seized the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip which was withdrawn in 1957 due to international pressure.
3. In 1967, Israel gained East Jerusalem, West Bank, Global Heights, Gaza Strip, and the Sinai Peninsula as a result of popularly known as the June War or the 6 Days War fought between Israel and the Egypt-Jordan-Syria alliance.
4. In 1973, Syria launched a war on Israel in the month of Yom Kippur. This confrontation resulted in armed clashes, territorial changes, and peaceful negotiations. During the 1978 Camp David Accords, Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt which marked the establishment of Egypt-Israel peace treaty.
The Establishment of Palestine Liberation Organisation
The Palestine Liberation Organisation was founded in 1964 on the occasion of the first National Palestinian Congress. The organization commenced with the aspiration of raising concerns and issues of Palestine and appealing for the recognition and creation of an independent Palestine. The early efforts emphasized international diplomacy, recognition of an independent state, and embodying the aspirations and voices of Palestine which swiftly turned into armed struggles, airplane hijackings, and suicide bombings.
However in 1993 according to the Oslo1 Accord, the PLO recognized Israeli sovereignty. The organization seeks Arab statehood in the Palestinian territories (the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) that have been militarily occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Successive consensus, like the Oslo II Accords in 1995 elucidated administrative zones in the West Bank but also aggravated tensions.
Core issues like border conflict, sporadic violence, and Jerusalem remain unresolved The relationship between Israel and Palestine is scarred by violence, savagery, and skepticism.
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