Ethnicity is categorized by many different divisors such as: Nationality, Tribe, Race, Religion, and Caste systems. While ethnic differences can result in violence, interethnic relations can also cause violence within ones own group. If particular norms within a group are not followed, sanctions are used to repatriate individual(s) back into the group for minor infraction, but hasher punishment like death is resulted in extreme cases.

Some of the causes of interethnic violence are as follows:

When the view of other ethnic groups are repressed for the majority within the government, and all peaceful recourse to arbitrate has been rebuffed, then the situation is prone for violence and civil disturbances. The aforementioned is the cause for many civil wars in most third world countries.

A shift from one ethnic group running the government to another can cause civil disorder and brutal acts of disturbances. Developed countries that are economical sound and are in good standing with the western nation

The intervention of United States military in Haiti and the restoration of the elected president back to power. For a long very long time Haiti has been embroiled in bitter battles between interethnic groups and violent coup of elected governments. President Clinton intervened militarily after the atrocities gain the attention of the news media and human right activist. The restoration of Aristide to the presidency of Haiti was mostly peaceful. Today Haiti is still struggling to maintain a stable democracy, but the violence has stopped for now.

The United Nations through their charter has rules and procedures for countries to govern their people, and they do intervene as warranted to restore control to elected government; they have even pressured repressive to changes their ways. The United Nation uses trade embargoes, financial sanctions, and as a last resort military force to implement changes to rouge governments. The United Nations is very successful when these tactics are applied to developing countries. Develop countries with a large military usually complies with the United Nations rules when it suits them.

The conflict has on going for decades but recently it has reach intolerable highs and all diplomatic solutions have been rejected because one side is not satisfied. Basically, the Palestinians want Israel to give back the land that was confiscated during the war of 1967. Israel has built settlements and hundreds of thousands of Israelis has settled in the once Palestinian land. Most of the settlers are returning Jews

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