Israel And Future Of Palestinian State Essay

, Research Paper

Kean University

Israel and the Future of a Palestinian State

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Emergence of the Modern World

Chaim H. Respes

Sunday, November 26, 2000

OUTLINE

Israel and the Future of a Palestinian State

Introduction: Video – A Search For Solid Ground

I. The Palestinians claims to the region

A. Brief oral description of Palestinian biblical claims

B. Description on how Palestinians lost their land

C. Outside influence that shaped today for Palestinians

II. The Historical components

A. A look at the land under Arab conquest

B. A look at Arab nationalism and local population

C. The British Mandate and its Effects

III. The Modern past

A. W.W.I and its effects

B. Arab Palestine, the Christian Community, and State of Israel

C. American and Russia.s foreign policy

IV. Peace vs. Identity

A. The role of the PLO

C. How much land can the Palestinians identify as a homeland

V. The Leadership

A. A look at the Arab populations leaders

B. Other Leaders within the Palestinian people

Conclusion: A brief description of how I feel things will shape out in the future

The topic that I discussed today is entitled Israel and the future of a Palestinian State.

What I plan to do is give a little insight on a subject that has been fought over or discussed since

Biblical times. With tools like the video and handouts I wanted to show opposing views, ideas,

hopes, and oppositions. I hope to have given historical background, information about Israeli.s

control and clues about American involvement among other things. By the end of my

presentation and paper I hope to have accomplished two things:

to give a more factual understanding of what is going on.

to have seamlessly pieced together all of the factors into

one cohesive report.

The Palestinian problem has presented itself as a problem globally since W.W.I, roughly

the past 70 years. Since the Independence War of 1948 the conflict between Arabs-Israel has

culminated in a major war almost every decade thereafter. The plight of the Palestinians is a

sympathetic one on international tables, as the United States, the Pacific Rim, and the European

Union vie for economic domination of the emerging world. It is a problem I feel will never be

resolved because of the emotional entanglements and the money making propensity that lie

within the regions borders. It must be pointed out that prior to 1947 Palestine was not a very holy

land. Governed by the British under the League of Nations Mandate, the country was dominated

by violence and terrorism. The Palestinian problem was, is, and probably forever will be a

conflict of rights as well as a complexity of wrongs. For the purpose of this report I will examine

several key factors in this issue

Historical background

American Foreign Policy

Failed attempts at peace

Key leaders/mitigating factors

To say that the Palestinians lost their homeland is a factual point that most Israeli.s will

not argue against. This is a problem that the Palestinians, Jews, Bedouins, Druze all share. You

see this is bigger than just the Jews and the Palestinians. A misconception that is held however is

that the Palestinians controlled the land then lost it because of treachery/bribery between the

British government, Zionist political leaders, & Western influences. The truth is the Palestinians

rejected the original two-state partition plan that the United Nations, Great Britain, & Zionist

political leaders all agreed to. The Palestinians trace their claim Biblically like the Jews in more

recent times they stake a claim in the once Ottoman controlled territory.

Once the Ottoman Empire was defeated Palestine and its people served as the bridge

geographically, economically, and socially between the Mashreq (Arab East) and Maghreb (Arab

West). The Palestinian people are related to the people of Lebanon and Syria to the north, Jordan

and Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the southeast, and Egypt to the West. It should be noted that

in times of peace and war only Lebanon & Jordan have allowed Palestinians other than political

figures across their borders for extended periods of refuge. All Arab led countries in the region

(with the exception of Anwar Sadat after a defeat in battle) had made some denouncing

statement when it came to the Palestinians making peace with Israel.

Prior to 1917 the area of Palestine was controlled by eight different political factions.

From 1917 to 1948 the British governed the area. It is interesting that the British wanted to hand

over their power to anyone but the French after 1933. The British government courted

propositions and ideas from Arabs living in Palestine, outside of Palestine, and European Jewry

repeatedly from 1933 to 1948. The British government upon suggestion from the Peel

Commiss

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