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ELI5: Israel - Palestine Conflict (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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So I think I have a basic grip on this conflict, the modern times at least, it's basically a back and fro attacks of Israel and Palestine military, about who the territory of Gaza Strip and West Bank.

But who the most legitimate claim to those lands? The region is called Palestine, and Israeli only settled there after the second world war after the land was "assigned" to them. So am I right to presume that Palestinians are the native people of this land, and the State of Israel is just trying to get rid of them?

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[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Simply determining which group is the single "native" people to that area is difficult. So many groups have inhabited, controlled, and fought over the region for millennia.

I agree with Horsey. The more I read about the conflict, and the farther back I go in history, the messier it all gets. I will be amazed if someone can write up a good ELI5 on this particular topic.

[-] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

True! But I think everyone in here managed to shed a little light on the complexity of this particular conflict and the hopelessness of it.

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