How long has there been an Israel-Palestine conflict?
Actually, 4000 years ago, the region that is now known as Jerusalem was a part of both the Ottoman Empire and Babylon. Jews were being persecuted at the period, which caused them to leave this area and begin settling in other european countries. Hitler killed and oppressed Germany's Jewish population between 1941 and 1945, during the Second World War. After the war, the Jews made the difficult decision to return to their homeland because of these atrocities.
Britain occupied the area that is now israel and Palestine. In an attempt to establish israel for the Jews, britain made concessions to Palestine. palestine was home to Arabs back then. After failing to put an end to the strife between Arabs and Jews, britain withdrew its security forces from palestine in 1947 and gave the situation to the newly established United Nations (UN) to resolve. palestine was split into two pieces by the UN. The Hebrew calendar indicates that israel is nearing the completion of seventy years since its declaration of independence.
Millions of Palestinian Arabs were forced to flee once israel was founded. However, within a few years after Israel's founding, about 6.5 lakh Jewish refugees from Arab nations as well as 2.5 lakh World war II survivors made their home in Europe. As a result, there are now more than twice as many Jews in Israel.
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