Israel was founded by David Ben-Gurion on 14 May 1948, creating a haven for Jews all over the world facing persecution. Israel claims to create a haven for themselves, but it has doomed the aspirations of Palestinians to create a safe and secure homeland. Palestinians cry over the creation of Israel, which has dispossessed them of their homes and deprived them of their dreams of a separate state.

The wars led to about 700,000 Palestinians being displaced from their homes. They migrated to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon, along with Gaza, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank. Israel has been a close ally of the United States and claims they were attacked by five Arab states the day after its creation.

Major wars of Israel

Israel launched a major attack on Syria and Egypt in 1967, taking the West Bank and Arab East Jerusalem from Jordan, as well as the Golan Heights from Syria.

In 1973, Egypt and Syria attacked Israeli positions at the Suez Canal and Golan Heights, leading to the beginning of the Yom Kippur War. Israel pushed the armies back in three months.

The Israeli state attacked Lebanon in 1982, resulting in the evacuation of thousands of Palestinian fighters under Yasser Arafat. Israel left Gaza in 2005, which it had taken from Egypt in 1967. Gaza experienced major setbacks in 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, and 2021. During these times, Israel launched attacks on Palestine, and Palestinians responded with rocket fire, which also led to cross-border incursions. The Palestinian intifadas occurred in 1987-1993 and later in 2000-2005. Hamas carried out suicide bomb attacks on Israel.

Peace talks between Israel and Palestine

A peace treaty was signed between Egypt and Israel, which ended their 30 years of aggression. Both Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shook hands on the Oslo Accords. Israel also signed a peace treaty with Jordan in 1994.

The Camp David summit of 2000 led to the failure of a peace deal between President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and Arafat.

In 2002, the Arab Plan suggested normal relations between Arab countries in exchange for the withdrawal of lands taken in the 1967 Middle East war, leading to the creation of a Palestinian state. Since 2014, peace efforts have been postponed.

The efforts for lasting peace between Israel and Palestine have not been fruitful. Palestinians have boycotted dealings with U.S. President Donald Trump, as he reversed decades of U.S. state policy and supported Israel.

What about peace now?

Now, the situation is getting worse day by day. The present condition has led to major unrest and chaos in the Palestinian territories. Hamas attacked on October 7, and Israel retaliated by launching a major attack on Palestinian territories.

Israel has murdered more than 40,000 Palestinians and destroyed the lives of ordinary people. Women and children are killed, and many are still trapped under the remains of buildings bombarded by the Israeli army.

The Israeli army and people post videos as if they are achieving something marvelous by murdering unarmed Palestinians. No one endorses the murder of Israeli citizens in the Hamas attack, but killing innocent civilians is not acceptable.

Israel has bombed schools and hospitals, and scores of civilians are displaced from their homes, living in miserable conditions. Palestinians are deprived of basic life necessities, while Israel offers the best education and healthcare to its citizens.

Why not extend some generosity to your neighbors, who happen to be human too? I urge world leaders to please step up and stop Israel from the mass murder and genocide of Palestinian citizens.

Solution to the main Israeli-Palestinian issues

Peace can only happen through a two-state solution, which is an agreement to create a state for the people of Palestine in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Hamas claims that Israel should move back to the territories before 1967. Many countries also disapprove of the land occupation by Israel in 1967. However, Israel is adamant and cites historical and biblical reasons to claim the occupied territories.

Palestinians also desire East Jerusalem, which is sacred to Christians, Jews, and Muslims. But Israel claims Jerusalem to be its indivisible and eternal capital. The U.S. government supports the Israeli claim and moved the U.S. embassy there in 2018.

Thus, the current situation in the Palestinian territories is hopeless, with Israeli terror and claims to be a superior nation and people of the world. How long will the weak be oppressed and deprived of their legal rights to freedom and dignity? The world knows the blood of Palestine will not go in vain. Someday, the oppressed will find justice, if not here, then in another world.