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In 1929 a conflict arose in the city of Hebron which started with Arab violence against Jews. The Arabs accused the Jews of plotting to rid Jerusalem of Arabs and take the al-Aqsa Mosque, and used this to commit mass acts of raiding, destroying, and killing across Hebron.

This attack forced the Jews to flee the Arab-controlled city, raising tensions between two nations trying to occupy the same state under the unhelpful and uncaring British.

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The 1930’s was not a good time for the economies across the world, and it certainly didn’t help the situation in Palestine. With small firefights breaking out between Palestinian and British forces, the immigration of Jews and the Palestinian’s loss of land growing, and the death of a popular leader of Palestinians, Shaykh Izzeddin al-Qassam, in 1935, a full uprising was sure to occur.

The three year-long Great Arab Revolt was a huge conflict in which major atrocities were seen on all three sides, with casualties in the tens of thousands. Arabs banded together and formed terrorist groups, executed assassinations, and overthrew the Palestinian leadership multiple times with no end in sight. Eventually, the British were able to quell the uprising in the summer of 1939 with a new rendition of the infamous White Papers; this time, they made further restrictions on the Jewish immigration by limiting it to 75,000 more, and minimizing the sale and trade of land to prevent more Palestinian losses.

Again, this conflict was caused by Arab terrorism and resulted in the British relinquishing more of the Jew’s rights and privileges to the Palestinian nation, and created even more tension in Palestine which would have to be later resolved.

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The growing tension between the Jews and Palestinians erupted after the U.N.’s announcement declaring the sovereignty of the Jewish state. On the 30th of November, 1947, one day after the partition plan was approved, Mobs of Arabs attacked Jerusalem through the Yaffo gate, destroyed a commercial center despite the Haganah’s resistance, and started Israel’s War of Independence. This war saw invasion from all of Israel’s bordering countries from all directions and conflict lasting about a year, with the center of interest being the Battle for Jerusalem. While attacks and fighting ran rampant across Israel in most of its major cities including Tel Aviv, the Battle for Jerusalem was the Arab’s attempt to capture the center of Israel which was mostly occupied by Jews. Over the course of the war Jerusalem was constanly bombarded with shells, internal Arabs executed multiple terrorist attacks, and supplies dwindeled. It was incredibly difficult for the Isreaili forces to successfully make supply runs into the city due to the tight formation held by the Jordanians around the city, with each attempt resulting in numerous deaths. Despite this, the city would not fall, and with the Israeli resistance pushing the rest of the Palestinian forces - along with their alliances - out of their territory, the attacking forces were forced into relenting and focusing to help their attacks elsewhere.

Even though the war ended in Israel’s favor, the conflict between Jews and Palestinians was only quelled for a short time; it would soon see a surge resulting in even more drastic results later on.

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When Syria began supporting the Fatah - which has been considered a terrorist organization similar to Hamas - Israel responded with shows of resistance by threatening a full on attack against Syria. In response, Syria made a pact with Egypt, and when Israel prepared forces across the Syrian border and war became imminent, Jordan joined the pact as well. With tensions reaching an all-time high, Israel was the one to initiate the war with attacks on all fronts on the morning of June 6th, 1967.

Before anything became clear, Israeli forces launched a surprise attack on Egyptian airstrips rendering Egypt’s Air Force useless. Immediately thereafter the attack switched to the ground, where Israeli tanks took on and defeated Egyptian tanks over and over; after four days, the Israeli Defense Forces successfully pushed Egypt out of the Sinai desert.

But the IDF’s success didn’t stop there. Despite the Prime Minister of Israel’s attempt to avoid any conflict in the West Bank before the Egyptian attack, Egypt was able to convince Jordan that they were winning and that attacking Jerusalem was necessary for victory. Because of this, Jordan began to shell Jerusalem and the Knesset. Israel responded by sending their paratroopers to Jerusalem to stop both the conflict in the Old City and the West Bank. Miraculously, the hundreds of soldiers involved in the West Bank conflict were able to swiftly push back the Jordanian forces till Jordan's borders.

The rest of the paratroopers who were set to take the Old City were instructed to encircle it until orders came through to take it. And, on the morning of June 7th after much deliberation, the Israeli forces were given the orders to do so via. the Lions gate. They were not met with resistance as the Jordanians had already fled, but the rejoicement over taking the Old City was abundant throughout the country.

On top of the Israeli successes in the West Bank, Sinai Desert, and Old city, the IDF was also successful in capturing the Golan Heights from the Syrians and the Gaza Strip from the Jordanians. While these two campaigns resulted in many families fleeing their homes, Israel welcomed those people back after the war.

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In the afternoon of October 6th, 1973 during Yom Kippur - the holiest day in the Jewish calendar - Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack against Israel to recapture the Sinai Desert and Golan heights which they had lost in the Six Day War. The IDF was unprepared and outnumbered; the Syrians brought 1,600 tanks to meet the IDF’s 180, and the Egyptians brought 600,000 soldiers to meet the IDF’s 500. Furthermore, Arab countries quadrupled the price of gas for those in support of Israel, using their natural resources as a weapon.

Despite all of this, the IDF was able to subdue its enemies and defend its territory. It stopped the Syrian assault and was able to push it back to Syrian borders, forcing a retreat. Israel then diverted all of its forces to the Sinai Desert - which served as a buffer while they were busy fighting the Syrians - and drove them back to their borders as well.

Later, Israel would go on to sign peace treaties with Egypt and Syria, ending most of the conflicts between them, if not all.

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While Israel made an attempt to facilitate Jews and Palestinians living together in many parts of the state such as Gaza, Jerusalem, and the West Bank, it soon became apparent that peace would not be so easy to attain. Conflicts began when rumors of Israeli instigation and plotting spread, eventually leading to Palestinians stabbing Israelis weapons being thrown. And, when a 17 year-old Palestinian was shot by an Israeli soilder during a riot on the 9th of December, 1987 for throwing a Molotov cocktail, the First Intifada bagan.

Mobs of Arabs began assaulting Israelis - citizens and soldiers alike - in the shared territories. Thousands of attacks including throwing rocks, explosives, and the use of assault rifles were recorded, resulting in thousands of Israeli casualties. Behind the acts violence stood the Palestinian Liberation Organization which handed out leaflets fictating when the conflict should grow and where. But Jews weren’t the only victims; Arabs were attacked with various forms of violence for various reasons, some less legitimate than others.

After four years of terror the general Palestinian concern grew, causing the PLO to order a stopping to all their members in 1992. But rouge members and rivals still fought, proving that there was no real way of controlling the situation and making peace.

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Another Intifada was started when the leader of Likud, Ariel Sharon, visited the Temple Mount on the 28th of September, 2000. During his visit he was bombarded with the insults and yells of thousands of people, and had stones thrown at him just for being there. Outrageous Palestinian rumors spread that he was the orchestrator of the violence, he ordered the massacering of many, and that the Palestinians simply reacted in self defense. These rumors raised tensions, and on the 28th of September the Palestinian Authority called all Palestinians to defend the al-Aqsa Mosque in the form of organized riots.

On the 30th, just prior to the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah in which thousands of Jews were praying at the Western Wall, the Palestinains began to pelt them with rocks from above, leading to riots and mobs appearing in Gaza and the West bank as well. These atrocities bore terrible fruit, including mass shootings iusing automatic weapons and the lynching of Israeli soilders, all of which initiated by the Palestinians.

When Sharon requested a ceasefire in May of 2001, the violence worsened; at one point a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv left 20 Israeilis dead and 90 injured, causing the President of Palestine, Arafat, to declare ceasefire. But, this again did not end the conflict; only when the September 11th terrorist attacks occured did Arafat finally take serious measures in stopping the terrorism.

The Second Intifada proved that no matter what has happened, and no matter what evidence there was, the general Palestinian public was easily swayed into commiting massive amounts of terror against the Israeli state.

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2010-2022: Recognition of Jerusalem as Capital

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2010-2022: Recognition of Jerusalem as Capital

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In lieu of the terroism constantly occurring in Israel, President Donald Trump decided to move the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on December 6th, 2017, marking the United State’s full support towards Israel.

While this move did not actually make any physical changes to the conflict in Israel, it did signify which side the U.S. supports, and proved that there are people willing to go that extra step and make their point, no matter what political boundaries exist in the way.