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ISRAEL PALESTINE CONFLICT Best Paragraph Writing

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November 10, 2023

Paragraph Writing : Israel Palestine Conflict

Israel’s counter offensive after Hamas’ surprise attack has raised fears of a long war in the Middle East. The Israel-Palestine conflict, though, has gone on for decades. A look at the genesis and history of this century-old conflict. The Israel-Palestine issue is a century-long one beginning in 1920 when Britain took control of Palestine after the Ottoman Empire was defeated in WWI. The tensions grew between 1920 and 1940 when Palestinian Arabs opposed the relocation of Jews in the area. In 1948, British rulers left the area unable to control the conflicts and created a catastrophe in Israel forcing Palestinians to flee. More than 400 Palestinian villagers were raised by Israeli forces. They fled to Gaza, the West Bank and neighboring Arab countries and the Palestine Liberation Organization was created in 1964. In 1967, Israel defeated Egypt, Jordan, and Syria in a six-day war and claimed Jerusalem as its capital From 1978 to 1982, Egypt and Syria attacked Israel but lost because of the US’s support to Israel. A peace treaty was being discussed afterwards but Israel invaded Lebanon killing hundreds of Palestinians. Till 1993, key issues like Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the status of Jerusalem were left unresolved. The PLO established self-rule for the first time in Gaza in 1994. The second intifada began after Ariel Sharon’s visit to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and the shockwaves of the violence lasted till 2005. The conflict between the countries reduced in the years 2008 to 2012 significantly reducing casualties. Another bout of violence arose in 2018 in a seven-week span leading to the death of more than 2000 militants in Gaza. Later, Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel which began a series of demonstrations in the Gaza Strip. Over the past few years, there have been constant conflicts between the protestors and the militants at Al Aqsa mosque leading to a series of deadly Palestinian attacks. In May 2023, Israel launched a surprise attack on the Gaza Strip targeting leaders of Islamic Jihad . As a result, An armed conflict between Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups and Israel military forces began on 7 October 2023, 50 years after the start of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Hamas’s coordinated surprise offensive, codenamed “Al-Aqsa Flood”, began in the morning with a barrage of at least 5,000 rockets launched from the Gaza Strip against Israel, while some 2,500 Palestinian militants breached the Gaza –Israel barrier, massacred and set fire to civilian communities, and attacked Israel Defense Forces (IDF) military bases near the Gaza Strip. Hamas stated that its attack was in response to the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the blockade of the Gaza Strip, continued Israeli settlements, and Israeli settler violence. Over 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians, were killed, including 260 people at a music festival in Re’im. Over 200 people, unarmed civilian hostages and captured Israeli soldiers, were taken to the Gaza Strip. Israeli military forces began conducting retaliatory strikes before the Israeli government formally declared war on Hamas a day later.

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Md. Aktar Uzzaman
B.sc, M.sc in Mathematics