History

• In 7000 BC Jericho became the first place in Palestine where humans built dwellings for themselves and they also built a ten-meter high wall surround the city. So Jericho is considered to be the oldest continuously inhabited city on earth. “<http://www.webgaza.net/background/History_of_Palestine.htm> Gaza | Palestine | History of Palestine/ WebGaza.net Web. 17 Mar. 2011

• the region has a long and tumultuous history as a crossroads for religion, culture, commerce, and politics. Human history in the region goes back 500,000 years or more, with civilization reaching the region shortly after the first city-states in Mesopotamia

• Since that time the region has been controlled by numerous different peoples, including Ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Ancient Israelites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Ancient Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, the Sunni Arab Caliphate, the Shia Fatimid Caliphate, Crusaders, Ayyubids Mameluks, Ottomans, the British and modern Israelis

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Legal Stuff

Current Leader: Mahmoud Abbas Web. 21 Mar. 2011.

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Legal Rights:

In Israel there isn't a constitution but a basic set of laws and usually they don’t apply to Palestine People

Obstacles

• They believe that the Israelis took their home and that the only way to solve it would be to use violence and destruction of Israel. Many Palestinians nowadays believe that Israel is not really interested in reaching an arrangement, but rather interested in continuing to control the entire territory from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River

"Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Theory." Home | Duke University. Web. 21 Mar. 2011. <http://www.duke.edu/~bph6/4theory.htm