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Israeli Palestinian Conflict


The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is a dangerous and volatile situation
that has attracted American attention for some decades. The conflict is a
sensitive subject that produce strong emotions in people. This conflict deals
with Jewish nationalism, distribution of resources, and politics.
About a hundred years ago, Jews underwent a drastic change in their view
of themselves. At first a few, and then more, began to call themselves Zionists.
Zionism is a term that in its broadest and early sense meant simply the "return"
of Jews to their ancestral homeland. That homeland was called Zion (or Israel)
and its heart was Jerusalem, known as the "City of Zion." Early Zionists were
simply pious, nonpolitical, religious Jews who thought they could best practice
their faith in the Land of Zion. Some went primarily to pray, to study their
religious books, and to await the arrival of the Messiah. Politics played a
influential role in their thinking. By the......

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