Jerusalem is regarded as a holy city for both Jews and Muslims. The never ending Israeli Palestinian conflict is all about controlling Jerusalem. West Jerusalem was under Israeli control since the time Israel was founded in 1948. After Israel captured the East Jerusalem from Jordan in the 6 Day’s War, it has been always under conflict between the Palestine and the Israeli Governments. Palestine is actually a proposed state and it lies between Israel and Jordan. The concerns of both the sides are the protection of the respective holy places which fall in Jerusalem belonging to both the parties. There have been several International attempts to resolve the area control issue between the Israeli and the Palestinian governments but to no avail. Several proposals have been made and formed by several international bodies but have failed to acquire agreement of either Israel or Palestine. Gaza is situated on the Mediterranean Sea side of Israel. Gaza falls under Palestinian Authority but Israeli land falls between Gaza and main land Palestine. The Gaza Strip was previously controlled by Egyptian Governance and army. After 1994, Israel took over Gaza and established control over the Gaza strip. Now that Israel has completely moved out of the Gaza Strip, it is controlled by Hamas which is one of the Arabic Palestinian factions. Hamas is regarded more as a terrorist outfit by Israel than a governing body. It is alleged that Hamas has been using suicide attacks to spread unrest in the region. Peace process have been initiated several times but have always halted due to some or the other reason. Peace process went for a toss after the assassination of one of the Israeli Prime Ministers few years back.
To conclude; The Israel and Palestine are both responsible for the lives of citizen who stay in the areas of conflict. These conflicts need to be brought to an end before it develops into a human rights catastrophe.
Linus Orakles
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