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In 1947, the United
Nations set aside territory from Palestine for Jews. The Jews declared
the state of Israel and repelled a Palestinian and Arab attack. The
Jordanians took the West Bank while the Egyptians took the Gaza strip,
part of the land the U.N. set aside for the Palestinians. Six hundred
thousand Palestinians were displaced.
In 1967, Israel
launched the Six Day War, seizing territory from Egypt, Syria, and
Jordan. The U.N. passed Resolution 242 asking withdrawal. Instead,
Israeli authorities ignored settlers entering the occupied lands in
1968. Following the Yom Kippur War, the U.N. passed Resolution 338,
reaffirming Resolution 242.
Several U.N. resolutions
have called on the return of land as well as the right of return of
Palestinians, however Israel ignores or encourages settlements in
occupied or disputed lands. Among these settlers are violent extremists
who apply vigilante justice and even attack and murder fellow Jews.
April
7 2002 Jerusalem Press Conference
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