Irresolvable conflict?!

The Israeli-Palestinian
Impasse
Ioniță Bogdan-Ștefan
 The land we now call Israel and Palestine changed hands many times
as different groups of people battled for control of the area.
Over time, the establishment of the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions made the land a uniquely holy place.

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The idea of statehood

At the beginning of the 20th century the idea of statehood had reappeared.
Many Jews wanted a country of their own.

But the British wanted to create a

After World War 1 the British, French, and
government in Palestina where power
Russians gain control of the Middle East.
could be shared peacefully by the different
They divided it up, and the British were
groups living there.
given a mandate over Palestine.
The Arabs didn’t trust the British or the
Jews, so carried out bombing attacks
against Jewish.

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The born of a nation

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After WWII hundreds of The UN came up with the plan to In May, 1948 the Jewish The Arab countries invaded
thousands of Jews came to divide up Palestine into leadership declared the Palestine
Palestine independent Arab and Jewish establishment of the State of
states. Israel

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 Six-Day War
1967

Atacks of
Israeli
both
invasion
sides

Won control in Took West Bank 1000 Israeli troops

Gaza srip and and East killed
Sinai Peninsula Jerusalem Over 20000 Arab
solders

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 The Deal

In 1993, Israel struck a deal with the leader of the Palestinian Liberation
Organization and agreed to allow the Palestinians to set up a government

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 The other side

Not all Palestinians - especially people in the Gaza Strip - liked Arafat’s approach and so a split took place, leading to the rise of the extremist
Islamic party, Hamas.

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The two Palestine

So today, there are two fairly different Palestines: One is the West Bank,
led by Abbas, and the Gaza Strip, which is essentially poor and mostly
cut off from the rest of the world

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How to end the conflict?
The main ideas

The first, is a two state solution, where Israel and Palestine would be
two sovereign countries
The second idea is a one-state solution with equal rights for all of its
citizens

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Thank You
For The Attention