I am trying to figure out who are they fighting with. I look at a map of the country and is Gaza apart of the country or are they another country. I thought Gaza was just a big city or something
This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies 禄
I drew on a map to explain easier. The war is about Jews verses Arab's. Fighting about the Gaza and Jerusalem territory.
Before 1948, Palestine was home to a diverse population of Arabs, Jews, and Christians, as all groups had religious ties to the area, especially the city of Jerusalem.
馃挋 The Jews (Palestinians) see Israel as a whole as their ancient homeland which is mentioned many times in their bibles. They were promised Gaza (without Israel's permission.) by UK after world War 2. Hamas is their terrorist organization that attacked Israel once again a few days ago.
馃挏 The Arab's (Israelis) had Israel declared a state in 1948. When the Jews arrived the Arabs refused to share the area of Israel and Jerusalem which was the last solution Britain had. Britain left the power to the two opponents in the land.
When the Arabic population was once attacked by Palestinian Hamas last Saturday, they responded by cutting out the water and electricity for Palestinians in Gaza. As a strategy to force Hamas to stop attacking Arabs.
To make it even more complicated, 20% of Israel's population isn't even Jewish. They're Palestinians whose grandparents didn't leave when Israel became a nation, so they're citizens with representation in the Knesset.
