Israel-Palestine Conflict

The Israel-Palestine conflict is currently a major current issue. However, this has been ongoing since 1947, and is not just a current issue.

The Israel-Palestine conflict traces back to the United Nation’s 1947 Partition Plan, which recommended the creation of separate Jewish and Arab states in Palestine, along with international administration for Jerusalem. While the Jewish leadership accepted the plan and established the State of Israel in 1948, Arab leaders rejected it. This disagreement led to regional conflicts, including the establishment of the State of Israel.

Ever since this, Israel and Palestine have been going back and forth fighting over land and who they believe deserves to have that land. The 1967 war is particularly important for today’s conflict, as it left Israel in control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, two territories home to large Palestinian populations.

This resulted in mass conflict since then with both sides having high casualties. Currently, both sides are facing heavy losses, many of which are innocent citizens too along with soldiers. Palestine is launching attacks on Israel and Israel is retaliating. These back and forth attacks just results in death on both sides of the war.

With these conflicts randomly spiking at many times, you’d think that it would be easy to tell who started what. However, the exact opposite is true. Since this conflict has been stretching for many years, it is hard to determine which state started the conflict. This makes it harder for countries to support one side or another as it is unclear of who is most responsible.

Overall, the conflict in Israel and Palestine is a tragedy as many innocent lives, people with no connection to the war, are being taken. Although it is hard for countries to make decisions for who they support, many are and these countries that have made decisions (such as US and UK) need to actively respond to mitigate casualties.