The Arab-Israeli conflict is the main axis around which all the
conflicts in the Middle East turn. It started
in the 19th century when Zionism came into being. Zionism as defined
by Goldschmidt as a nationalist and political movement aiming at forming a
Jewish state in Palestine .
Many Jewish people joined the movement and started immigrating mainly from Eastern
Europe with the help of Lovers of Zion and Beit Ya’cov ichu vnelcha, two
organizations that sent young Jews to Palestine. This first immigration process
from Russia
to Palestine
was called the “first aliya”.
The choice of Palestine
wasn’t made randomly as many people might think, but the land of Palestine
that is today Israel
is believed by Jewish people to be the Promised Land. They believe that they
should form Israel
as a Jewish state in Palestine
and await the Messiah.
Peace in the region is quasi-impossible because it is home to two strong
nationalist movements Arab nationalism and Zionism that both claim their right
to establish and maintain their state in Palestine
or what is now called Israel .
And today both parts are victims of terrorism taking lives of innocent civilians
among Palestinians and Israelis.
The fairest proposed solution for peace is the establishment of a state
where the three Abrahamic religions’ followers can live in peace because this
particular land is of equal importance to Muslims, Christians and Jews. For
that to happen, a Jewish state or Muslim state cannot be officially declared.
There is need for a secular state where politics is free from religious bonds.
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