The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Israel Is to Blame for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Alphonse De Valk is editor of the magazine Catholic Insight.
The present-day hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians can be traced to the Six-Day War of 1967. Following Israel’s success in this war against the Arab states, the Israeli government decided to occupy the territories of and establish colonies in the Golan Heights, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. Palestinians in these territories were stripped of their rights and privileges, and Israel has been unwilling to allow the formation of an independent Palestinian state that might satisfy Palestinian...
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