Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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Wikipedia: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
BBC News: Country Profile: Israel and Palestinian Territories and Israel and the Palestinians
ProCon.org: What Are the Solutions to the Israeli - Palestinian Conflict?
Blog: Bitterlemons.org
Blog: Norman G. Finkelstein
AlanDershowitz.com: The Case Against Picking on Israel
Haaretz: Israel Defense News

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Recent News

Google News: Israel Palestine Conflict
New York Times: Gazan Mother and 4 Children Killed During Israeli Operation (April 28, 2008)
CNN: Israel, Palestinians agree to resume talks amid Gaza offensive (March 5, 2008)
ABC News: Hopes of Peace Dim in Gaza (March 4, 2008)
Washington Post: After Attacks, Abbas Suspends Peace Talks With Israel (March 2, 2008)
Washington Post: 60 Gazans Killed in Incursion By Israel (March 2, 2008)
CNN: Bush calls for 'painful' Mideast concessions (January 10, 2008)
Guardian Unlimited: Olmert rules out ceasefire as strikes on Hamas continue (December 26, 2007)
BBC News: MPs seek to block Jerusalem deal (November 14, 2007)
NPR: Israel Gives Gaza 'Enemy' Status (September 19, 2007)
AFP: Israel brands Gaza 'hostile entity' as Rice visits (September 19, 2007)
ABC News: First Israeli P.M. To Visit Palestinian Soil Since Intifada (August 6, 2007)

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Background

Country Studies: Israel
Middle East Report Online: A Primer
Maps of Historical Israel, Palestine, and the Region
MidEast Web: Concise Overview of Recent Israeli-Palestinian History

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Commentary and Criticism

Guardian Unlimited: Jimmy Carter: Israel, Palestine, Peace and Apartheid (December 12, 2006)
If Americans Knew: What Every American Needs to Know about Israel/Palestine
Alternative Information Center
Israel/Palestine, an Anarchist Analysis of the Conflict
The Electronic Intifada
NAAMZ.org: National Association for the Advocacy of Modern Zionism

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Photos

Foto8.com: Special Project - Israel/Palestine
Pbase: Separation Wall Photos
Photos of the Occupation
Palestine Diaries: Palestine Photos
Zionism-israel.com: A History of Zionism and Israel in Photos - 1912
Google Images: "Israel Palestine" Search

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Videos

BBC News: 'Jewish settler attack' on film (June 12, 2008)
BBC - Radio 4: The Wall - Separating Israel from Palestine
Google Video: Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land
Google Video: Chomsky and Dershowitz Debate Israel/Palestine
Google Video: Relentless - The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East
Google Video: Israel/Palestine - Surviving the Blockade
YouTube: Israel - Birth of a Nation (Part 1)
IMDb: America Undercover: Persona Non Grata

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Message Boards and Blogs

Israel Palestine Blogs
Israel Palestine Forum - Israel-Palestine Blog Search
The Heathlander: Israeli/Palestinian Archive

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Timeline

1897: World Zionist Organization founded.
1917: Balfour Declaration British government support plans for Jewish 'national home'.
1936–1939: Arab Revolt in Palestine
1948: Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
1948: Deir Yassin Massacre
1948: Arab-Israeli War
1967: Six-Day War
1968-1970: Israel Fights a War of Attrition against Egypt, Russia and the PLO
1972: Munich Massacre
1973: Yom Kippur War
1979: Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty
1982: Sabra and Shatila Massacre
1987-1990: First Intifada
1993: Oslo Accords
2000-Ongoing: al-Aqsa Intifada
2001: Taba Summit
2003: Rachel Corrie killed by Israeli Bulldozer

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict NGOs and Other Organizations

Faces of Hope: Supporting Non-Violent Resistance in Israel and Palestine
Searchforjustice.org: Justice and Equality in Palestine/Israel

Human Rights Groups

Human Rights Watch: Israel, Occupied Territory
B'Tselem.org: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
Al Haq

Pro-Israel Watchdogs and Groups

Pro-Palestine Watchdogs and Groups

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Guide Note

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is a dispute between the state of Israel and the Palestinians. At the heart of the conflict is the presence of two distinct national identities within the same territory.

In its modern sense, the conflict dates back to the 1917 Balfour Declaration, a British foreign policy statement recognizing the Israeli right to statehood, and subsequent administrative policies under the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948. Though unease was evident and showed signs of growing during this period, it was not until Israel officially declared its sovereign statehood at the end of the 1948 Arab Israeli War that the polarization of the issue as we understand it today took place.

Most peace talks have focused on finding a two-state solution, meaning the formation of separate Israeli and Palestinian states. There are six issues in this debate that continue to cause conflict: the Division of Jerusalem , the Palestinian Refugee crisis and Palestinian Right of Return, borders, specifically those of The West Bank and Gaza Strip, security, Israeli Settlements, control of water, most of which come from the Golan Heights.

Negotiations for resolution have slowed since the violence of the Second Intifada and election of Hamas, a Palestinian opposition party considered a terrorist organization by Israel and other nations, in the Gaza Strip.

Fast Facts

Israeli casualties: 86 deaths, 1183 injuries
Palestinian casualties: 1290 deaths, 6297 injuries
The United Nations recognizes over 4.25 million Palestinian Refugees created as a result
Most negotiations focus on a two-state solution
Several scholars have suggested a single-state solution, where the rights of both parties are preserved under a single nation, may have greater chances for success

Key Issues

Division of Jerusalem
The Palestinian Refugee crisis and Palestinian Right of Return
Borders, specifically those of The West Bank and Gaza Strip
Security and an end of violence
Israeli Settlements
Control of water, most of which come from the Golan Heights

Key Events

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