The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Territorial Disputes, Jerusalem’s Sacred Significance, and the Struggle for Peace
Israel vs Palestine Conflict: History, Power, Religion, War, and the current crisis in Gaza. The Israel Palestine conflict is not merely a territorial issue of the region but a problem of high emotions, political sensitivity and worldwide debate in the contemporary world. It has been the geopolitical conflict of decades that has defined Middle Eastern politics, guided global super powers, and resulted in one of the worst humanitarian disasters ever witnessed. In order to see what is actually happening in Gaza and Israel, we have to look back at history, religion, politics, security issues, alliances in the world and the human price of this centuries-old conflict. A Land Divided by History: The Philosophy of the War. The roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict run deeper in the early 20 th century when the Ottoman Empire disintegrated and the region came under the British rule under the British Mandate. The Balfour Declaration of 1917 stated that Britain supported the creation of a n...