Israeli-Palestinian Conflict -- Brief history of the conflict in the Middle East.

In the 1880s, the Zionist movement was initiated in Europe. This movement held that the Jewish people had a right to a state of their own; most Zionists specifically held that the state should be in a part of their historic homeland, the area then known as Palestine. At that time Palestine was a part of the Ottoman Empire. Under Ottoman rule, Palestine had substantial regional independence, and the area was inhabited predominantly by Palestinian …

…the other community, those who advocate a two-state solution, and those who advocate a bi-national solution of a single secular. Conflict between the two sides may never find a happy medium, and wars will continue to be fought over the land. Works Cited: *<Tab/>http://www.mideastweb.org/briefhistory.htm *<Tab/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2001/israel_and_palestinians/timeline/2002.stm