... . Essentially the struggle is over land. The area of land is actually small (approximately 10,000 square smiles) and lies between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Until 1948, the area that both groups claim was known internationally as Palestine. Following the War of 1948 this land was divided into three parts: the state of Israel ... , the West Bank (of the Jordan River) and the Gaza Strip. Currently the Gaza Strip and the West Bank are disputed territories occupied by Israel. However, some parts are governed by Palestinian authority. The status of ... f...

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... . On may 14, 1948, Israel was declared a independent state (beck-522). The day after Israel declared itself an independent nation, it was attacked and invaded by 6 Arab states. Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria were the invaders. When they began the invasion, the 6 countries were intending on destroying Israel. The new Jewish state survived. Israel depended on American help ... were going to confront Israel. While the Arab forces were going to block the Gulf of Aqaba, Israel's way to the red sea, the Israelis attacked airfields in Egypt, Iran, Jordan, and Syria. Some ...

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... peace. And as populations increase, the water is only getting scarcer. Water resources in Gaza are predicted to halve in 30 years, while the population grows at a rate of 4 percent. Jordan and Yemen are overdrawing from there aquifers. Al J. Venter asserts that President Mubarak of Egypt is deliberately seeking to have Israel's Palestinian community depend on water from Egypt's Nile so ... ...

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The Six Day War took place on June 5, 1967 when Israel launched an attack on Egypt, Syria and Jordan. Israel had little choice and their attack was inevitable. Things started off when Egyptian President Gamal Nasser forced the United Nations, which was used as an international safety gate for ... ...

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... as all of the later wars. The jews then took more of the land from the arabs. After that Egypt took over the Gaza Strip and the west bank of Jordan. The Palestinians then became refugees. The cold war lasted from 1950 to 1990. In this time there was the 1956 war, Egypt took over the Suez canal and the Israelis ... ...

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