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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict History

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a protracted and deeply entrenched struggle, encompasses a complex web of historical, political, and social dynamics. Rooted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this dispute revolves around issues of territory, sovereignty, and identity, with keywords including Zionism, Balfour Declaration, British Mandate, UN Partition Plan, Nakba, Suez Crisis, Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, Oslo Accords, Second Intifada, Gaza Disengagement, and Hamas rule. 19th Century Origins and the Zionist Movement : The origins of the conflict can be traced to the emergence of the Zionist movement, championed by European Jews. The movement sought to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine, a region under Ottoman rule at the time. This pursuit of a Jewish national home laid the foundation for the conflict, and it became intertwined with the Arab inhabitants' aspirations for self-determination. Balfour Declaration (1917) : A pivotal moment in the conflict's history oc...