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Bitter words and bloody clashes are again threatening the temporary Middle East peace process. Since Israeli opposition leader, Ariel Sharon's disputed September 28 visit to the Temple Mount, a place cherished by Muslims and Jews in Jerusalem, more than 465 people have been killed in violent clashes between Palestinians and Israelis. Sharon denied Palestinian charges that his visit was a deliberate provocation, but Palestinians erupted into violence in east Jerusalem and the West Bank town of Ramallah after his departure. More than 30 people were injured that day, most Israeli soldiers, who used tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets to restrain the crowd. The following day, Palestinians again clashed with Israeli soldiers as they left Friday prayers in east Jerusalem, and at least four Palestinians were killed and hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians injured. (Eidelberg, 1)Both sides blame the other for the violence, and each holds the other responsible for ending it. Internal Israeli politics are further complicating the peace process. Sharon is now the Israeli prime minister-elect after winning a landslide victory over inaugurated Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Barak resigned in December and called th
Barak's union (which included Arab Israelis, religious Jews, and Russian immigrants) demolished last year after the disposal of mutual peace talks at Camp David and the start of the fresh wave of violence in September. At the same time, Arab nationalism was beginning to arise in conflict to Ottoman rule, and many Arab leaders wanted to end Jewish immigration and land acquisitions. com, 2)By the 1930s, stress in the remainder of the Palestine mandate continued to nag British resolve, and in 1937 they declared martial law. (Sixty-two percent in a nation that regularly brings out 80 percent of its registered voters. The Arabs thought Palestine would be among the newly independent Arab states. The Arabs, argued that they might be forcibly removed from the proposed Jewish State, and then rejected it. The region, bounded on the east by the Jordan River, on the west by the Mediterranean, on the north by Lebanon, and on the south by the Sinai Peninsula, has been the stage of bitter struggles for years. Now called Jordan, the region gained full independence from Britain in 1946. The British did lay the groundwork of a separate Arab state in 1921. (Rogers, mind) ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**CitesDiscovery. The British said that was not what they meant, but neither did they intend Palestine to be completely a Jewish state. )As the Middle East continues to try to find peace, Palestinian leader Sharon is not only dealing with the current political climate but also with a lengthy history of conflict between Jews and Arabs.
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