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For past two months Israeli forces have been pounding the
areas in Gaza strip controlled by Hamas militants, killing
hundreds of innocent Palestinians in retaliation to the
sporadic rocket attacks by the Hamas militants. This is not
the first time that armed conflict has erupted between Israel
and Palestine. The conflict between Arabs led by
Palestinians and Israel has its roots in the late 19th and
early 20th century.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: After the First World War,
the Britain took the control of the
then Palestine,
comprising of present day area of Gaza, West bank, Jordan
and the Israel. In 1930s, Britain captured Syria also leading
to protests by Arabs.
This conflict continues till date.
Later, during the Second World War when German Nazi
forces committed genocide of Jews to punish them for
support to Britishers, demand for a separate homeland for
Jews grew strong.
BIRTH OF ISRAEL: On November 29, 1947, the U N
General Assembly adopted a resolution recommending the
partition of the then Palestine into an Arab state called
Palestine and a Jewish state called Israel and UN controlled
Jerusalem. The state of Palestine had two geographically
separate parts - West Bank and Gaza strip.
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