At first, Arabs and Jews came from the same nation-Semites, and the ancestors of Jews were another branch of Semites-Hebrews. Similar to Canaanites, Hebrews belong to nomadic people. At the end of 2000 BC, the Hebrews conquered parts of Canaan and settled there. Since then, the settled Hebrews have been called Israelis.
In the following five centuries, influenced by the ancient Babylonian kingdom, a large number of Israelis moved to Egypt. After that, they couldn't stand the oppression of the Egyptians against the Israelis. According to the description in Exodus, the prophet Moses led the Israelites to flee Egypt through the Red Sea and reach Canaan, the promised land of God. Therefore, the Israelis returned to their hometown of Palestine and came here in 1 1 century BC.
Under the background of the gradual decline of Phoenician kingdom, the Jewish kingdom and the Israeli kingdom gradually controlled most of Palestine. In the following hundreds of years, the two kingdoms were constantly oppressed by neighboring powers and ruled by Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Macedonia, Rome and other countries.
Although Jews have ruled the Palestinian area for a shorter time than Arabs, Jews have actually lived here for nearly five centuries, which is why Jews think they belong to the Palestinian area.
Even though Jews have been scattered around the world for a long time, it is still the dream of many Jews to return to Palestine to establish a Jewish state. 1947165438+1On 29 October, the General Assembly adopted resolution 18 1, stipulating the establishment of an Arab state and a Jewish state in the Palestinian area.
The Arab countries opposed and vetoed the resolution, and declared war on Israel on the second day after the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), that is,1May, and the first Middle East war broke out. By the time of the armistice, Israel occupied most of the territories of Arab countries stipulated in General Assembly resolution 18 1.
The king of Saudi Arabia once said, "We sympathize with the Jews, but when the country was founded, they wanted to cut land on our land? Who persecuted Jews in history? Muslim? Since the Germans killed the Jews, they should set aside a piece of land in Germany for them. Why harm the interests of the Palestinian people, which has nothing to do with the suffering of Jews? "
The League of Arab States issued a statement at that time, pointing out that "the partition resolution violates the principle of national self-determination based on justice and fairness, and Arab countries are determined to fight for the resolution to split Palestine". This is the historical root of this protracted Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
1June 5, 967, the third Middle East war broke out. During the war, Israel occupied all the territories of Arab countries stipulated in General Assembly resolution 18 1 and the territories of other Arab countries such as Sinai Peninsula in Egypt and Syrian Golan Heights.
1988165438+1October15th, the Palestinian national Council adopted the declaration of independence at its19th special meeting, announcing its acceptance of the general assembly resolution 18 1.
65438+1In May 1994, according to the agreement reached between Palestine and Israel, the Palestinians exercised limited autonomy in the Gaza and Jericho. After 1995, according to the agreement signed between Palestine and Israel, the area controlled by Palestine gradually expanded, and now it includes the whole Gaza and part of the land in the West Bank, with a total area of about 2,500 square kilometers.
With the support of the United States, after the founding of New China, Israel pursued a tough expansion policy and participated in launching the second, third, fourth and fifth Middle East wars. Apart from the Suez Canal War, Israel is basically the winner. Palestinian Arabs have not realized their desire to establish a country, but have become wandering refugees, and their situation is getting worse and worse.
Secondly, another inevitable factor of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the conflict of different religious beliefs. Jerusalem is the holy land of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, and it is a strategic crossroads of the clash of civilizations. Both Palestine and Israel do not want the Holy City to fall into each other's hands, and the issue surrounding the ownership of the Holy City of Jerusalem has become one of the key factors in the differences between Palestine and Israel.
Religious differences can best incite the Palestinian and Israeli people and create a large-scale bloody conflict. The religious environment of both sides has brought trauma and disaster to the relations between the two countries.
The movie "The Kingdom of Heaven" took place in Jerusalem in the Middle Ages, which was also a religious conflict.
There is a classic dialogue in the film. After the gate talks, Balian asked Saladin, "What is the value of Jerusalem?" Saladin replied, "Nothing". After a few steps, Saladin turned around, gave a thumbs-up and waved his hand hard on his chest. "Everything!"
This "Holy Land of Three Religions", a thousand-year-old city, bears too many vicissitudes and history. Today, it is still licking the wound. In the repeated struggle and contest between "we want to slaughter" and "one country under the world", whether it is "nothing" or "something" depends on the choice of the world.