Arab-Israeli conflict

The Arab–Israeli conflict (Arabic: الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي‎, Al-Sura'a Al'Arabi A'Israili; Hebrew: הסכסוך הישראלי-ערבי‎, Ha'Sikhsukh Ha'Yisraeli-Aravi) refers to political tensions and open hostilities between the Arab peoples and the Jewish community of the Middle East. The roots of the modern Arab–Israeli conflict lie in the rise of Zionism and Arab Nationalism towards the end of the nineteenth century. The conflict between Palestinian Jews and Arabs emerged in the early 20th century, expanding to all Arab League countries with the creation of the modern State of Israel in 1948. Territory regarded by the Jewish people as their historical homeland is also regarded by the Pan-Arab movement as historically and presently belonging to the...