Israel - Palestine

The Israeli - Palestinian conflict is the conflict that began in the mid 20th Century. Lets start in 1947 when Britain still had about a fifth of the world colonised, the UN decided that Britain colonisation of Palestine should end and that two independent states should be created: Israel - a sovereign homeland for the Jewish people and an Independent Palestine. The disputed holy city of Jerusalem which would be surrounded by Palestine would be run by the UN. Many people still agree that this is the only solution.

an independent Palestine, an independent Israel and a shared Jerusalem.

Sixty years and several wars later Israel has dramatically expanded its borders as a defense against further attacks and Palestine, which is still not an independent country, has been split up into two disconnected areas.

The West Bank and the Gaza Strip

In 2006 the Palestinians had their first fairly free elections and the Fatah Party, which had been the most powerful political party in Palestine for Decades loses to an internationally recognized terrorist organisation, Hamas, The Palestinian arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, they are very radical and have inspired such organisations such as Al Qaeda and The Taliban. One of the reasons Egypt Hates Hamas is because the Muslim Brotherhood is banned is Egypt, Hamas is responsible for many rocket attacks and suicide bombing in Israel that target civilians, however they are also responsible for the infrastructure built in the Gaza Strip over the last 20 years, they built schools and hospitals and orphanages Analysts think about 90% of Hamas' budget goes into social welfare programs and the other 10% into weapons. Attacks from both sides had culminated in Israel invading the Gaza Strip and occupying it. The Issue has still not been solved.