Arab-Israeli Conflict

They have similar attitudes to the problem they face, in the majority, responding with violence instead of peaceful methods. This time period and these techniques have been a basis for terrorism as we know it today- a violent, political act, aimed to inspire fear, and although brutal, it is still a very effective means to an end. It meant that the land that had been theirs for decades was forcibly taken from them and they were driven into exile into the neighbouring countries of Lebanon, Syria, Trans-Jordan and Egypt. The day the British mandate ended, the future Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, proclaimed Israel to be an independent state, a home for Jews. As an example, the Jewish Irgun and the Stern Gang launched an attack on the Arab village of Deir Yassin and murdered 254 people. As a refugee, they were deprived of proper education, cultural liberties, human rights, financial prosperity or a chance to establish a life. As an extract from the Declaration of the State of Israel verbalises, “ The State of Israel will be open for Jewish immigration and for the ingathering of the exiles. The creation of Israel heightened the conflict rather than diminishing it which has led to ongoing calamity in the Middle-East area, both for Arabs and Jews. Arabs also used terrorism to aid them in their struggle against Jewish conquest. Because Israel had formed its own democratic government, they were not limited in the amount of Jews they permitted into the country. Terrorism was significant in accounting for the amount of Arab refugees, who escaped to avoid Jewish terrorism. Neighbouring countries did support them politically, but were more interested in looking out for their national interests than the predicament of the Arabs and their wellbeing. However, many Jews were unsatisfied with Jerusalem being placed in an international zone (policed by the UN), and wanted unrestricted access to it as it was one of their holy places. ” Unrestricted immigration played a major role in the significance of the formation of the State of Israel, because immigration had been limited by the British for so many years.