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| The conflict between Israel and various Palestinian groups has existed in one form or another since the first half of the 20th century, and has left much bitterness and death on both sides. This article summarises some aspects of the violence. | |||
| ==Overview and Background== | |||
| The conflict has undergone 5 or 6 distinct phases since it began. (Timings are approximate): | |||
| ====Prior to 1940-45==== | |||
| Jews settled in what was then the british territory of Palestine, which included modern day Israel, Jordan and other territories. They bought land for farming, and became resented and distrusted both for the scale of immigration and stated intent of making a ] there. Violence was sporadic and minimal, and for the most part limited to displays of displeasure. | |||
| ====WW2 and prior to formation of State of Israel==== | |||
| With the rise of the ] party in ], and again after ], Jews sought to relocate to this area in large numbers. Intense conflict arose as the Jewish and Arab sides jockeyed for position and the land, under British rule. The first jewish defence forces such as ] were set up, which sought to obtain security for the Jewish community but also was preparing itself for the day when open conflict would break out. At this point the conflict was characterised by sporadic violence, and small scale incidents. | |||
| ====1947 to 1970 (approx)==== | |||
| The conflict at this point was characterised by being inter-state. Israel was invaded several times, noteably the ], ], ] and ], and in fighting back won territory such as the ] and ], the ] and ], areas which included a very hostile Arab population, later known as the ]s. This, together with Arab anger over what they saw as Western countries interfering non-neutrally in their affairs, became a breeding ground for mass anger. The Middle East was turbulent and Islamic Fundamentalism came to the forefront during this time, but the mass terrorism we know today had not yet fully emerged. | |||
| ====1970 onward==== | |||
| Popular Palestinian terrorist movements came to the fore in this time. Aircraft hijackings and bombings took place, the Israeli olympic team was assassinated, later on suicide bombings became a preferred tool of destruction. These actions were operated by a large number of groups and individuals, which made detection and prevention difficult, and were targetted not only at Israelis, but also at the nationals of other countries felt to be aiding them, principally America. Many of these actions were supported at State level, with countries such as ], ] and others openly sponsoring terrorism of this kind. | |||
| In response, there were several actions by the Israeli's, including armed incursion (]), ] (cutting off the West Bank and Gaza Strip from mainland Israel), an increased level of aggression (including retaliation against houses and villages), and economic deprival. | |||
| However it should also be noted that various peace initiatives such as ], ] and ] were brokered, and that those countries which did agree to peace, such as ] and ], were given back by Israel the land which had been occupied, upon conclusion of the peace process. | |||
| ====1987 onwards: The Intifadas==== | |||
| The popular uprising known as the ] in 1987, and the ] in 2000, brought voilence to the everyday street in a greater way than previously, and the response by the Israeli's was equally escalated. | |||
| ====Current==== | |||
| Whilst the above trends still are the broad status quo, the political map has developed. Terrorism now includes large scale terrorism, such as the ], and another change is the controversial (and somewhat provocative) building of new ] in the West Bank. | |||
| ==Some Features of the Violence== | |||
| ====Arab, Palestinian and Islamic violence towards Israelis==== | |||
| Features to include: | |||
| *Religious Indoctrination of children | |||
| *Aircraft hijacking and destruction | |||
| *Suicide bombings | |||
| *Violence towards American military institutions - not a key point of this article but worth a brief note | |||
| ====Israeli violence towards Palestinians and other Arab groups==== | |||
| ''(to flesh out)'' | |||
| Features to include: | |||
| *Retaliatory attacks - general | |||
| *Retaliatory attacks - against houses and villages | |||
| *Effects of segregation (economic, starvation, illness, etc) | |||
| *Military and police violence to Palestinians | |||
| *Assassination (at times with innocent bystanders) | |||
| ====Use of Children==== | |||
| At times, women and children have been targetted for mass killings or unwittingly used as living weapons, for example at the cafeteria at Hebrew University , a junior high school , and an 11 year old child used as a living 8 kg bomb at a border checkpoint (the attempt to remotely detonate the bomb in his school bag failed). | |||
| There are no records of comparable use by Israelis of children as living weapons or willfully chosen targets in this manner. | |||
| ==Timeline of '''violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict'''== | |||
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| ==Distortion of Victim Numbers== | |||
| One study by a Counter Terrorism Institute analysed the circumstances of Israeli-Palestinian killings during the current Intifada (2000-to date), and concluded: | |||
| :''"Since the violence began ... around 1,450 Palestinians have been killed, compared to about 525 Israelis. Though on the surface the figures appear to indicate rampant Israeli violence against helpless Palestinian civilians, the figures actually "lump combatants in with noncombatants, suicide bombers with innocent civilians, and report Palestinian 'collaborators' murdered by their own compatriots as if they had been killed by Israel."'' | |||
| :''"More meaningful figures show that Israel is responsible for around 568 Palestinian noncombatant deaths, while Palestinians have killed more than 420 Israeli noncombatants," said the study. "Over 50 percent of the Palestinians killed were actively involved in fighting - and this does not include stone-throwers or 'unknowns.'"'' | |||
| :''Furthermore, researchers found that "Palestinians are directly responsible for the deaths of at least 185 of their own number - one out of every eight Palestinians killed" in the conflict thus far.'' | |||
| :''Don Radlauer, an associate researcher with ICT, said he and his colleagues did an in-depth statistical study of fatalities on both sides of the conflict to reach their conclusions. Researchers broke down fatalities in terms of age, sex and whether or not they were combatants.'' | |||
| Source: Worldnetdaily.com , a staunchly conservative website. | |||
| ==Spread of violence to Palestinian and Israeli Allies== | |||
| Violence against Israel has also spread to attacks on its allies, (principally) America, but also other countries in Europe. Since 2002, there have also been a spate of many terrorist bomb attacks in countries such as Spain, Bali etc. | |||
| Violence against Palestinians has also spread to its allies in Lebanon, Syria, iraq and other Middle East countries. Many of these were involved in the training or support of terrorists for the Palestinians, and had their own conflicts with Israel at the same time also. | |||
| ==List of organisations on both sides which are or have been responsible for violence== | |||
| ====Palestinian, Arab, Islamic==== | |||
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| ::''(NPOV note: the presence of the last 2 links are for those seeking further information on international law in general. It is not an opinion on this specific conflict)'' | |||
| ==External Links== | |||
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