... They had an objective that Israel could be a wholly Jewish state or as much as was possible. Land bought by the Jewish National Fund was held in the name of the Jewish people and could never be sold or even leased back to Arabs. The Arab community, became aware of the ... power, demanded revisions of what had previously been agreed to, and then refused to abide by the new agreements. Meanwhile successive governments were demolishing Palestinian homes, taking over Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem for Jewish housing, and seizing Palestinian land for new settlements. A massive new highw...

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... Israeli soldier - but it does this mainly as part of a systematic program to provide space for Jewish settlers. Families are removed from their homes almost daily, and often given as little time as fifteen minutes to gather all their belongings. No measures are taken to ensure the evacuees have ... a place to go. Jews feel they have the right to dispossess people of their homes based on a biblical claim that promises the land to Abraham and his descendants. The Arabs, however, claim the land based on continuous residence ... the fact that they represented the demographic majority. They r...

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... "Palestinian Refugees"). These problems have resulted in extreme violence as Palestine is currently using suicide bombers on Israel to prove its point. In return, Israel is firing rockets at inhabited homes, strafing streets and important Palestinian buildings (Wilson-Smith 1). The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has roots that date back more than 8,000 years ago. During this time people in this land discovered ... and their biblical inheritance. When the Romans and Greeks invaded the Middle East, they displaced the Israelites from their homeland. The Palestinians, therefore, had no right ...

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... be redirected onto a more realistic target". ( p.198). The army re-arrested without cause members of the Palestinian parliament and prisoners who had previously been freed, and also demolished the homes of suspects before any evidence for charges against them had been provided to the court or to the public. During these 2 weeks while collective punishment was administrated to all Palestinians ... one, and knew where their bodies were. However, "they forbade the press from releasing this information to the public" (Tarachansky, 2014) . I and many political analysts believe the Government...

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... Jewish public exists completely unaware of the day-to-day occurrences in the West Bank, Gaza, and in Arab communities within Israel itself; People who have been stripped of their homes and farm lands by the Jews immigrating to Israel. This isolation from the Arabs under Israeli rule, combined with the fear and hatred created by decades of war and violence ... fashion. Arab anti-Semitism is aimed primarily at Israeli or Zionist Jews, or the actual people responsible for their current situation. Jewish-American Tourists would not typically experience this hatred held by Arabs towards Isra...

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... ; Israeli military courts and thousands of military orders have governed the civilian population in the Occupied Palestinian Territories since 1967. Between 1967 and 1998, approximately 600,000 Palestinians have been held in Israeli jails for periods ranging from one week to life. The transfer of Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territory to facilities inside Israel is a war crime under international humanitarian ... , and to provide protection and promote a durable solution for Palestinian refugees. For the most part it has failed, due to Israelis refusal to allow Palestinian r...

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