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The Isreali Conflict

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Israeli Palestinian Conflict The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict



is a dangerous and volatile situation that has attracted



American attention for some decades. The conflict is a



sensitive subject that produce strong emotions in people. This



conflict deals with Jewish nationalism, distribution of



resources, and politics. About a hundred years ago, Jews



underwent a drastic change in their view of themselves. At



first a few, and then more, began to call themselves Zionists.



Zionism is a term that in its broadest and early sense meant



simply the "return" of Jews to their ancestral homeland. That



homeland was called Zion (or Israel) and its heart was



Jerusalem, known as the "City of Zion." Early Zionists were



simply pious, nonpolitical, religious Jews who thought they



could best practice their faith in the Land of Zion. Some went



primarily to pray, to study their religious books, and to



await the arrival of the Messiah. Politics played a



influential role in their thinking. By the beginning of the



20th century, however, Zionism came to have a political



meaning: that Jews were not just a religious or ethnic group



but were a nation of people who should have their own state.



Today Zionism is the term for Jewish nationalism. Not all Jews



agree upon what Zionism is, but to a point there is agreement,



it is upon three things: there should be a Jewish state; it

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