Gaza Strip

It was ten years ago that Gaza Strip residents were forced out of their homes. From picturesque Gush Katif, from Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and from four small settlements in the northern West Bank. The ticket? Peace and renewed international support for Israel. The action was emotional and controversial. The residents claimed that they provided an important defense buffer against attacks by Palestinians. “The Jews living in Gaza did not steal Palestinian land. The "settlers" of Gush

In 2005, the Israeli government decided to give up the Gaza Strip, including Gush Katif, in an effort to bring peace to the middle east. They did not take into consideration much of the consequences of their actions. The attempt to create peace by giving Gush Katif to the Palestinians not only did not have that effect, but the exact opposite effect, creating more violence between the Israelis and the Palestinians, as well as a lack of trust between the government and some of the Israeli people.

an uprising that was sparked from decades of political and territorial tension in the West Bank and Gaza. There were triggers immediately prior to the Intifada that sparked the heightened reaction however much focus needs to be placed in the long term causes prior to December 1987 to explain the First Intifada. Following the Six-Day War, Israeli settlement and presence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip formed a constant tension and unrest between Israelis and Palestinians. It is also important to recognise

Consequently, after hours of searches and reading articles published from each side on the middle east conflict and its issues two things became undeniable clear to me, one, the Gaza Strip is an occupied territory and two, there really are terrorists in the Gaza Strip who want to exterminate the Jewish population. Nonetheless, Israel, perhaps rightly so given its long history of being attacked and the continued philippic speeches by

One State, Two States Few, if any, modern conflicts are as complex as the Arab-Israeli conflict. Specifically, the political situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip has led to bloodshed, political high wire acts, and cycles of hope and disappointment for decades. Consensus has generally leaned towards advocated a two-state solution for the conflict, in which the Israel remains a Jewish state, and the Palestinian Arabs establish their own country carved from currently Israeli-occupied territories

In this world today one topic appears in the news almost daily. Israel and the Gaza Strip. The conflict has been ongoing since 1948 when the Arab League failed to support their allies in Gaza attacking Israeli forces. Now the region is wrought with conflict and is the breeding ground for terrorists and recently ISIL forces. HAMAS (The governing arm of the Palestinians in the Gaza strip) and Israel should be forced to come to the negotiation table to eliminate the conflict and bring stability to the

accepted the Roadmap for peace in 2003 for the Arab-Israeli conflict. He controls the West Bank. The many ceasefires between the Palestinians and the Israelis were only temporary or not followed at all. The Gaza-Israel conflict started on July 8, 2014 (expand). On April 9, 2003, in Gaza, some Palestinians were killed. He wants Eastern Jerusalem to be the capital of Palestine. He also believes in the right of return. However, Israel has control of Jerusalem. The Israeli walls, which represent

and killing thousands of people. Golan Heights, the Gaza strip, and the West Bank are all stuck between the Israelis, terrorist groups, and tension set between countries all throughout the Middle East. Operation Protective Edge was founded in 2014 due to the fighting between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group, Hamas. Located on the Gaza Strip, Hamas has taken over, affecting everyone living there. No longer do the people of the Gaza Strip have running water and electricity. With a population

beginning of the first Palestinian uprising during late 1987. This group was founded by Islamic activists, connected with the Muslim Brotherhood, in Gaza with the intention of offering Palestinians an alternative to PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization). Their goal is to have an Islamic-based Palestinian state in areas currently known as the West Bank, Gaza, and Israel. The United States and European union have both named Hamas a terrorist organization due to the fact Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades,

particularly much needed medical services and violations of the health-related rights, which have also increased considerably with time (Stefanini & Ziv, 2004). From that time, multiple roadblocks have been established in the West Bank and in the Gaza, preventing people in these areas from accessing medical care. Physical barriers have been established around villages, medical personnel have been denied free passage, ambulances were torched with fire, hospitals have been surrounded by tanks and