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THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS

The Arab/Israeli conflict has been continually going on since Israel was created in 1948. This has taken the form of conflict between neighbouring countries that are fighting for the land, which they consider to be theirs.


The first conflict occurred between 1948 – 1949 with the War of Independence. In May 1948 Arab armies from surrounding countries crossed into Palestine in an attempt to extinguish the new nation. Their badly led and poorly organised troops were no match for the Israelis who, by contrast, were well organised at fighting for their survival. By February 1949 the Israelis had beaten off their opponents. Israel had now taken over the land, which the United Nations had reserved for the Arabs. Jews now ran 80 per-cent of Palestine. The remaining land was taken over by Jordan, who annexed the West Bank in 1950 and Egypt who took control of the Gaza Strip. There was no land left for an independent Palestinian state. Palestinians were now either living under Jewish cont...

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