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What is the origin of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

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What is the origin of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

Analysis of the history of the conflict can be problematic, because I may look at history from a different angle than the Israelis. We brought this issue up during meetings of the group, and it was suggested to try to determine a joint and agreed upon Israeli-Palestinian historical account. We ended up putting off the issue because of the likely prospect for disagreement. Basically, there is this piece of land on earth which we are both fighting over. The conflict is about who controls this piece of land. As Palestinians we have a historic right over the land; our right entitles us to live on this land. There exists another people, the Israeli people. The conflict has been going on for more than a hundred years, and the killing is still taking place. A fair solution would be to divide the land and live together in peace and security. The historical roots and the beginning of the conflict is a long story. The Israelis came to this land and enforced a reality upon the Palestinians and the tale is long and difficult, but land is the fundamental cause for conflict.