Geography and Early History of Israel and Palestine.docVIP

Israeli–Palestinian conflict 舒亚锋 5078043013 Introduce: in this report we will mainly talk about the origin of Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the main cause of the conflict and a solution plane. Geography and Early History of Israel and Palestine The land variously called Israel and Palestine is a small, (10,000 square miles at present) land at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. During its long history, its area, population and ownership varied greatly. The present state of Israel occupies all the land from the Jordan river to the Mediterranean ocean, bounded by Egypt in the south, Lebanon in the north, and Jordan in the East. The recognized borders of Israel constitute about 78% of the land. The remainder is divided between land occupied by Israel since the 1967 6-day war and the autonomous regions under the control of the Palestinian autonomy. The Gaza strip occupies an additional?141 square miles south of Israel, and?is under the control of the Palestinian authority. Palestine has been settled continuously for tens of thousands of years. Fossil remains have been found of Homo Erectus Neanderthal and transitional types between Neanderthal and modern man. Archeologists have found hybrid Emmer wheat at Jericho dating from before 8,000 B.C., making it one of the oldest sites of agricultural activity in the world. Amorites, Canaanites, and other Semitic peoples related to the Phoenicians of Tyre entered the area about 2000 B.C. The area became known as the Land of Canaan. So we could see this land has a close relationship with many ethnic groups and are regarded as holy place by many religions. Now we must figure out a crucial question how Israel became a state in the land where the Arabs have lived for hundreds of years. Then we maybe find out how Israel become a state is just how the conflict begins how Israel became a state THE LAND PURCHASES Lets go bac