• The main reason for the conflict between Israel and Palestine was on the issue of land.
• Before the 1940s, most lands in Palestine were occupied by Palestinian Arabs with the Jews only owning less than 2 percent of the total land.
• However, the UN in 1947 partitioned the land into two in which a significant percentage was given to the Jews leading to the formation of the Israel state.
• Because of the backing of the UN and the British government, Israel received massive external support and was recognized globally as a state.
• The Arabs were, however, offended by the actions of the UN to allow the creation of Israel state and even allow the Jews to take the majority of the land.
• Because of such differences, the Palestinian Arabs, with the support of other Arabic nations like Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq, attacked Israel.
• However, Israel because of the support of the western nations, managed to defeat the Arabs and took this as an advantage to extend their national borders.
• Israel also went ahead and took over Jerusalem, which initially was left for the UN to control
• The loss further fueled hatred between the two groups and their allies.

Palestinians have turned into refugees in their homeland having lost most of their land in Israel-Arab conflicts. Estimation has it that 700,000 people were driven out of their home by the end of the first war. The controversies continue up to date and ongoing conflicts in the two states. In 1946 Palestine map had a more significant percentage covered by Palestinians while the Jewish were highly scattered in the region. However, after witnessing how millions of Jewish people suffered during the Second World War because of Adolf Hitler’s hatred for the Jewish, the UN saw the need to establish a new state for the Jewish people. The UN settled on the Palestinian land which was then divided into two, the Jewish Israel and Arabic Palestine. Due to the influx of the Jewish people in the newly created state, the country borders expanded to accommodate the Jewish who were migrating from Europe (Gelvin, 2005). Also, the immigrants brought with them capital and technical experience from Europe, improving their agricultural sector enhancing the rise of Israel states due to its vast growing wealth and usage of advanced technology built their capacities in the region compared to weaker and dependent Arab states relying on foreign aid. (Hurewitz, 1969). However, many Arabs not only in Palestine, but also in other Arabic countries like Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Libya, were against such move by the UN and the Israeli government. It is, therefore, the loss of land by the Arabic Palestinians to the Jewish Israelis that triggered the war between Israel, Palestine, and other Arabic countries.

From the map above, it is evident that before the establishment of Israel state by the UN, most of the lands in Palestine were owned by the Arabs while the Jews owned an insignificant percentage of the total land. However, in 1947, when Israel was established as a state, the Palestinians lost a significant portion of their land to the Jewish who were now highly populated.  Israel continued to dominate, thus increasing their territories between the period of 1949 and 1957. Because of the influx of Jewish immigrants from Europe, Israel size increased beyond the earlier establish ed borders by the UN and further triggered the hatred the Palestinians had towards the Israelis.

• After most Arabic nations refused to recognize the newly established state of Israel, the UN saw it wise to create a ceasefire.
• Despite the ceasefire playing a vital role in ending the war, these Arabic Palestinians refused to sign it.
• Because of the continued tension between Israel and Palestine, more than 750,000 Arabs migrated to other nations as refugees.
• This angered the Arabic states who saw Israel’s actions as disrespectful not only to the Arabs in Palestine but to all other Arabs across the world.
• Hence, in 1967, three nations-Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, declared war against Israel, commonly referred to as the Six-Day War.
• The war began when Israel attacked Egypt had seized control of the Suez Canal.
• Jordan and Syria retaliated by attacking Israel.
• Israel, however, emerged the winner and also tripled its size by capturing some of the lands that were previously controlled by its rival.
• For instance, it took over Golan Heights from Syria, West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, and both Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt.
• The UN again intervened to bring the war to an end by adopting various sanctions and measures.

After most Arabic nations refused to recognize the newly established state of Israel, the UN saw it wise to create a ceasefire where it brought the two warring sides and adopt measures that it hoped were necessary to end the stalemate between these two parties. Despite the ceasefire playing a vital role in ending the war, these Arabic Palestinians refused to sign it, claiming that both the West and the UN were favoring the Israelis. Hence, Palestinians vowed to fight and regain back their lost territories. Because of the continued tension between Israel and Palestine, more than 750,000 Arabs migrated to other nations as refugees.

The increase of Palestinian refuges further angered the Arabic states who saw Israel’s actions as disrespectful not only to the Arabs in Palestine but to all other Arabs across the world. Hence, in 1967, three nations-Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, declared war against Israel, commonly referred to as the Six-Day War. The war began when Israel attacked Egypt had seized control of the Suez Canal. Jordan and Syria retaliated by attacking Israel. Israel, however, emerged the winner and also tripled its size by capturing some of the lands that were previously controlled by its rival. For instance, it took over Golan Heights from Syria, West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, and both Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, thus further expanding its borders. The UN again intervened to bring the war to an end by adopting various sanctions and measures, which were later rendered ineffective because of hard stances taken by both parties to the conflict.

The Arabs suffered a humiliating defeat but were still committed to ensuring that Israel was destructed.

Israel governed over a million Palestinian nationals who occupied the lands it had now acquired.

The UN passed the Resolution 242 which called on Israel to withdraw itself from the new territories it acquired, a call which Israel ignored.

Many Palestinians became radicalized leading to the formation of various groups like the PLO, which was later headed by Yasser Arafat.

Arafat then led the Arabs to fight Israel and liberate Palestinians from Israel.

Despite several attempts by various international bodies and western countries to bring a lasting solution to the crisis in the Middle East, this has never been achieved.

Israel has also been responding to these attacks by also attacking these nations or financing political assassination of prominent Arab leaders like President Anwar Sadat of Egypt.

However, it was the attack of Lebanon by Israel and the occupation of Southern Lebanon by Israel military for 20 years that further fueled the crisis.

Later, some Arabic countries like Jordan and Egypt recognized Israel as a state, thus weakening the political fight staged by the Palestinians.

The Arabs suffered a humiliating defeat against Israel by losing the war to the latter, but they were still committed to ensuring that Israel was completely destructed; thus, they carried out various attacks on Israel and its nationals. Israel by expanding their territories after winning the war, managed to govern over a million Palestinians who were residing on the various territories that the Israeli soldiers had taken.  After witnessing the disastrous impacts of the war, the UN passed Resolution 242 which required Israel to withdraw itself from the new territories it acquired, a call which Israel ignored. Many Palestinians became radicalized leading to the formation of various groups like the Palestine Liberal Organization, which was later headed by Yasser Arafat.  Yasser Arafat played an essential role in the political fight of the Palestinian people.  Despite several attempts by various international bodies and western countries to bring a lasting solution to the crisis in the Middle East, this has never been achieved. Even with the signing of several peace treaties such as the Oslo peace treaty, there was still some aspect of tension between the two nations up to date. However, the hope of Palestinians winning the conflict were shuttered in 1979 when Egypt recognized Israel as a sovereign state. This was further fostered in 1994 when Jordan also decided to sign a peace treaty with Israel, and even recognizing the latter, as a sovereign nation. The conflict also triggered the rise of extreme militia groups, such as the Hamas, who were also committed to fighting for the Palestinians.