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But its conclusions deepened long-standing Egyptian fears that Israel wants to make Gaza into Egypt’s problem and revived for Palestinians memories of their greatest trauma: "The uprooting of hundreds of thousands of people who fled or were forced from their homes during the fighting surrounding Israel’s creation". [2] Egypt rejects ...
After decades of conflict, the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority was created in 1994 following the agreements of the Oslo Accords between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel. Under the agreements, the PA was allowed to exercise partial civil control over the West Bank's Palestinian enclaves and over the Gaza Strip.
Between 700,000 and 750,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from the area that became Israel and became what is known today as the Palestinian refugees. [57] The Palestinian refugees were not allowed to return to Israel and most of the neighboring Arab states, with the exception of Transjordan, denied granting them—or their ...
Refugees - Today about 5.6 million Palestinian refugees - mainly descendants of those who fled in 1948 - live in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza.
It then follows both of them as their friendship develops despite being on opposites sides of the conflict, and provides historical context and analysis of world events. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] When Dalia's parents die, she turns the house into a center for Arab-Jewish dialogue, as well as a day care center for Arab children at Bashir's request.
But the protests continued, reaching fever pitch in 1933, as more Jewish immigrants arrived to make a home for themselves, the influx accelerating from 4,000 in 1931 to 62,000 in 1935.
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine. [25] [26] [27] Key aspects of the conflict include the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements, borders, security, water rights, [28] the permit regime, Palestinian ...
The move came in response to Israel's decision to ban the operation of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA in the country from late January and other obstacles faced by other U.N. agencies ...