MyBriefIntroductiontotheIsraeli-Palestinianconflict任彬03100221英语二班PartOne:Outline1.Introduction2.ThehistoricaloriginofIsraeli-Palestinianconflict2.1LegendsintheBible2.2TheDiaspora2.3ModernZionism3.KeyfiguresinIsraeli-Palestinianconflict3.1YasserArafat3.2YizhakRabin3.3ArielSharon4.ThepresentconditionandoutlookofIsraeli-Palestinianconflict4.1Casualtyandeconomicdisruption4.2Mainobstaclesagainstpeace4.3Twostatesolution5.ConclusionPartTwo:IntroductionMiddleEastissuegenerallyreferstotheconflictsbetweenIsraelandPalestine.It’saregionalhotspotissuethathasextendedalongesttimecouldn’tbesolvedsincetheWorldWarTwo.MiddleEasthasanimportantstrategicpositionthatisconnectwithmanycountries’developmentinfuture.I’dliketoanalysistheIsraeli-Palestinianconflictinmyopinionfromfollow3parts:thehistoricaloriginofIsraeli-Palestinianconflict,keyfiguresinIsraeli-PalestinianconflictandthepresentconditionandoutlookofIsraeli-Palestinianconflict.PartThree:TheHistoricalOriginAccordingtotheJewishsacredwritings,whichbecametheHebrewBible,JewsaredescendedfromtheancientpeopleofIsraelwhosettledinthelandofCanaan,locatedbetweentheeasterncoastoftheMediterraneanSeaandtheJordanRiver.TheChildrenofIsraelsharedalineagethroughtheircommonancestors,Abraham,hissonIsaac,andIsaac’ssonJacob.TheChildrenofIsraelconsistedoftwelvetribes,eachdescendedfromoneofJacob'stwelvesons.Jacobandhistwelvesons,orsotheBibleasserts,leftCanaanduringaseverefamineandsettledinGoshenofnorthernEgypt.AtfirsttheywerewelcomedbyEgyptian,butafterafewyearstheydevelopedquicklyandtheirdescendantsincreasegreatly.TheEgyptianfearedthatJewsmaythreatentheirgovernment.ThereforeinEgypttheirdescendantswereenslavedbytheEgyptiangovernmentledbythePharaoh.After400yearsofslavery,YHWH,theGodofIsrael,senttheHebrewprophetMoses,amanfromthetribeofLevi,toreleasetheChildrenofIsraelfromEgyptianbondage.AccordingtotheBible,theHebrewsmiraculouslyemigratedoutofEgypt(aneventknownastheExodus),andreturnedtotheirancestralhomelandinCanaan.ThiseventmarkstheformationofIsraelasapoliticalnationinCanaan,in1400BC.AftertheJewsreturnedtheirhome,theyhavetheirfirstunifiedkingdom,governedbyKingSaul.Howeverhundredsofyearslater,theyweredefeatedbyotherkingdoms,andmanyJewsbegantobeexiledfromthattime.ButwhenthelargescaleofJewswereexpelledfromtheirhomelandduringRomanConquest,calledtheDiaspora.,HerodtheGreatwasappointed"KingoftheJews"bytheRomanSenate,supplantingtheHasmoneandynasty(aJewishdynasty).Someofhisoffspringheldvariouspositionsafterhim,knownastheHerodiandynasty.ButtheempirewasoftencallousandbrutalinitstreatmentofitsJewishsubjects.In66CE,theJewsbegantorevoltagainsttheRomanrulersofJudea.TherevoltwasdefeatedbythefutureRomanemperorsVespasianandTitus.985villagesweredestroyedandmostoftheJewishpopulationofcentralJudaeawasessentiallywipedout,killed,soldintoslavery,orforcedtoflee.BanishedfromJerusalem,theJewishpopulationnowcentredonGalilee.JerusalemwasrenamedAeliaCapitolina.Duringthefollowinghundredsofyears,Jewsexiledtoalotofcountriesandexperiencedalotofdisasters.Buttheynevergiveupthehopetoreturntotheirhomeland.Duringthe1870sand1880s,theJewishpopulationinEuropebegantomoreactivelydiscussimmigrationbacktoIsraelandthere-establishmentoftheJewishNationinitsnationalhomeland,fulfillingthebiblicalpropheciesrelatingtoShivatTzion.In1882thefirstZionistsettlement—RishonLeZion—wasfoundedbyimmigrantswhobe...
