Israeli Palestinian Conflict
The present day conflict that exists between the Israelis and thePalestinians can easily be related to the war that took place in Joshua andJudges. In both cases Israeli's had to fight for the land that theybelieve belongs to them. In the book of Joshua the Lord instructs theIsraelites to conquer Jericho. The manner in which Jericho was conqueredis extremely unique in that it involved the blowing of trumpets andmarching around the walls of the city. (Soggin) They marched around thewalls of the city for six days and on the seventh day the wall of the citycame down, The account given in Joshua is rather gruesome because afterthe walls came down the Israelites were told to kill every woman, man,child and animal; with the exception of Rahab the harlot. (Soggin) TheBible explains what happened after the wall came down saying, " 21Then they utterly destroyed all in the city, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and asses, with the edge of the sword. 22And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, 'Go into the harlot's house, and bring out from it the woman, and all who belong to her, as you swore to her.' 23So the young men who had
Although inrecent years the United States has reprimanded Israel for the tactics thatthe nation has employed. Thiscreated much of the hostility that is present today in that region. An article in The Middle East Magazine, explains that the wall is "To be constructed east of Israel's 1967 border inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the 250 mile "security" wall will de facto annex yet more Palestinian land. One of the most dramatic tactics that Israel has employed is thebuilding of a wall. The Arab world certainly believes that theconflict has been created by the Jews. Palestinians and the Arab world contend that the Jewish people usedinhumane tactics to obtain the land and isolate the Palestinians. (Soggin) In this instance the Israelites believed that God had given this landalthough it was already inhabited. This is notunlike the conflict that exists today in Israel, because the Jewish peoplefeel as though they have not totally conquered the land. The Zionists also created laws thatforbid non Jews from working the land. Who Should Have the Land' Like the wars that took place in Joshua and Judges the Israeli'sbelieve that they are fighting for land that was given to them by God. This conflict began in the late nineteenth centurywhen "Jews in Europe attempted to establish a Jewish state in Palestine, a land that during the first millennium B. This attempt has failed utterly and the violence in the regionhas persisted. (Shahin) In many cases the animosity that exists has resulted inviolence. This is the basis for much of the conflict that exists inIsrael today and this is the premise that the Israeli's use to justifytheir actions.
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