POSC 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: United Nations Security Council Resolution 242, Jewish Question, Status Quo
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Roots of conflict are political, often misunderstood as a cultural conflict that falls between religious lines. Has a lot to do with colonial powers at the end of wwi. Palestinians refer to christians, muslins, and drews: before establishment of state of israel in 1948 this included jews. Today palestinians live in west bank, gaza strip, in west & other arab countries: estimated about 8 million today. 1 million people who identify as palestinians but hold israeli citizenship. Israeli - more contemporary, refers to people who hold israeli citizenship: term has been used since 1948 when state of israel was established. Majority of israelis population is jewish: 2 main ethnic groups among jews-80% Palestinian and muslim- two separate identities: 20%- christians and muslims who hold israeli citizenship- most often. Rise of 2 conflicting nationalisms: zionism- jewish nationalism (1882) Emerges in europe as a response to anti-semitism(hatred of jews- Main founder-theodor herzl: became convinced that the only way to deal with anti-
