A History Of The Arab-Israeli Conflict

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eace, the 2000 Camp David Accords were unsuccessful at bringing a lasting peace.
Following the failed Camp David accord, then Israeli opposition leader, Ariel Sharon, made an ill-advised September 28th visit to the Temple Mount or Haram al-Sharif, a holy shrine for both Muslims and Jews. The Palestinians were so outraged they called for the Second Intifida, or uprising, the first taking place in 1987. Since the visit hostilities have ignited and both sides have taken an increasingly hard-line approach when dealing with the other. With the 2001 election of Arial Sharon, an Israeli hardliner known as "The Butcher" to Palestinians, Israel has assumed the most extreme approach of hard-line tactics when dealing with the Palestinians. The Palestinians have in turn stepped up terrorist actions and promised increased bloodshed when dealing with Israel. Since the beginning of the conflict, hundreds of people have been killed. The question that needs to be asked is: There is an increase in the presence of hardliners on both sides combined with the failed attempt at peace, perhaps the worst relations between The Palestinians and the Israelis are yet to come.
In 1979, then President, Jimmy Carter, brokered a peace settlement ending long-standing hostilities between Israel and Egypt. Israeli Prime Minister, Menachem Begin and Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat signed the historic agreement.
However, many argue that the Egyptian President merely signed the accord to gain U.S. Dollars and loans for the faltering Egyptian economy. The Arab world was outraged by this perceived sellout of Egypt, and on October 6, 1981, Sadat died at the hands of Arab assassins.
1987 was the year of the first Intifida, or uprising, of the Palestinians in Israel. Convinced that Israeli rule was intolerable, the young Palestinians became radicalized. The terror of Intifida lasted for months and the violence and suffering was widespread and devastating.
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