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Palestine-Israel Conflict Historical Geopolitical Perspective

2. Introduction. This paper aims to provide a brief historical background and geopolitical perspective on the decades-long conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis, and the role of the US in this conflict. 3. The history of the Palestine-Israel conflict may be discussed in four periods .

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Palestine-Israel Conflict Historical Geopolitical Perspective

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    1. 1 Palestine-Israel Conflict Historical & Geopolitical Perspective Prepared for PHILIPPINE SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE 25 November 2010 by Rey Claro Casambre PHILIPPINE PEACE CENTER and the INTERNATONAL LEAGUE OF PEOPLES� STRUGGLE Study Commission on Peace

    2. 2 Introduction This paper aims to provide a brief historical background and geopolitical perspective on the decades-long conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis, and the role of the US in this conflict

    3. 3 The history of the Palestine-Israel conflict may be discussed in four periods From ancient times to the end of World War I The British Mandate of Palestine � 1917-1948 The establishment of the state of Israel and the Israel-Arab Wars (1948-1982) Peace talks, the 1st and 2nd Intefada, to the present

    4. 4 Ancient Times to the End of World War I 1250 BC - Israelites conquer Canaan; King David, Solomon (965-928)and other Hebrew rulers 586BC - �� Jews driven out by Assyrian conqueror Nebuchadnezzer Succession of Assyrian, Persian (539BC), Greek (333BC), Egyptian, Syrian, Roman Byzantine (63 BC), and Arab rulers from Damascus (661-750), Iraq (750-1258), and Cairo (969-1099, 1187-1516), and the Crusaders (1099-1187) . Palestine incorporated into the Ottoman Empire from 1516-1917 Zionism � the movement to establish a separate Jewish state in Palestine � was born in the end of the 19th century

    5. 5 The Middle East in 1917 Middle East in 1917

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