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Resolved; Religion is to blame for the Palestinian /Israeli Conflict:
NO RELIION !ON O"RO! #$C"ORE!:
Negative: Reb%ttal
Negative s&ea'er ( )or *+: ,,,,,,,,-ichelle,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, )&re&are
reb%ttal and Im&rovise .ell+
Negative: !%mmar/
Negative s&ea'er 0 )or *+: ,,,,,,,,,-ichelle,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, )&re&are
s%mmar/+
Reb%ttal and !%mmar/ NE$"I1E s&ea'er * -ichelle:
"2E 3$R4
3e can sa/ that Israel is a 5single5 stat%s4 #o%nded in (678 5o%t of no.here5 to man/ in a
com&letel/ artificial .a/9 and threatened their e:istence from the beginning9 has managed
to settle and s%rvive five $rab;Israeli .ars9 besides contin%o%s s'irmishing and the
Palestinian &roblem )indeed9 is can be considered 5has .on5 these .ars9 b%t can hardl/ be
considered a contin%ing sit%ation victorio%s tension and threat4 this conflict is ver/ clear
that the militar/ o&tion9 ethical iss%es aside9 does not lead to an/ concl%sions+4
In (6(< reat =ritain9 .ith the 5=alfo%r >eclaration95 &romises the creation of a ?e.ish
National 2ome4 Immigration .ill increase es&eciall/ in the late *@s9 .hen E%ro&ean ?e.s
threatened b/ the res%rgence of anti;!emitism9 stated or %ndergro%nd9 has al.a/s been
&resent in E%ro&e4 $t the same time the friction .ith the Palestinian $rabs increase; these
demanding an end to ?e.ish immigration9 and soon give .a/ to &rotest attac's on ?e.ish
settlements4 >%ring 3orld 3ar II the ?e.s fight on the side of the =ritish9 not onl/ to end
NaAism9 .hich led to si: million ?e.s to death9 b%t in the ho&e of getting a state4
-ean.hile9 several $rab co%ntries .ill sho. their s/m&ath/ for the $:is &o.ers4
In the occ%&ied territories of a ne. Palestinian dias&ora to neighboring co%ntries )mainl/ to
?ordan and Lebanon+4 In (686 the Palestinian National Co%ncil ado&ted resol%tion 0709
.hich is the im&licit recognition of the Israeli state and the &roclamation of an inde&endent
state of Palestine )of co%rse .ith a totall/ theoretical+4
>es&ite the terrorist actions of either sign )most notabl/ the assassination of Israeli Prime
-inister BitAha' Rabin9 Labor and one of the &illars of the &eace &rocess+9 and a 5fail%re5
glaring )Israeli intervention in Lebanon in $&ril (66C+9 the &eace &rocess .as develo&ed
a&ace in the earl/ /ears: signing in Cairo aAa;?ericho agreement9 signing of the Oslo II 444
=%t the victor/ of Li'%d )right;.ing and ver/ rel%ctant &eace &rocess+ in -a/ (66C .as a
blo. to the &rocess4 "he need for &arliamentar/ s%&&orts Netan/ah% ma'es it ver/ sensitive
to &ress%re from settlers and the %ltra;Orthodo: gro%&s4 "he s%ccession of crises since then
ca%se &aral/sis of a &eace &rocess that increasingl/ more diffic%lt to revive9 des&ite the
E%ro&eDs and $merican mediation4 In this conte:t .e find the 3/e Plantation agreement4
"2E 3$"ER:
"his is a little 'no.n as&ect of the -iddle East conflict4 3e m%st not forget that .e are in a
semi;arid area character4 3ater scarcit/ is a .ides&read &roblem9 b%t is e:acerbated b/ the
&olitical dimension .hich is the same4 =orders divide most .atersheds9 so that the .or's in
this field ta'es affect neighboring co%ntr/4 If this alone is alread/ com&licated &olitical
sit%ation in the area is not e:actl/ hel& to reach agreements bet.een co%ntries4
=roadl/ s&ea'ing9 the sit%ation is as follo.s:
(+ In Israel the .ater goes a long .a/ from La'e "iberi%s to the so%th
0+ In the 3est =an' Palestinians acc%se the Israeli government of favoring the settlers in
the distrib%tion of .ater )&robabl/ E%ite rightl/+4
*+ "he geological fract%re line "iberi%s;>ead !ea;?ordan collects .ater arrived from
Lebanon9 !/ria9 Israel9 the 3est =an' and ?ordan4
7+ "he E%&hrates is shared b/ !/ria9 IraE and "%r'e/4
F+ "igris 3aters Iran9 IraE and "%r'e/4
"he sol%tionG "his as&ect is even more obvio%s than others )if &ossible+ that the onl/
&ossible sol%tion is global4 3ater scarcit/ is emerging as one of the f%t%re challenges in the
global arena4 3or's to rationall/ e:&loit aE%ifers and rivers in the area sho%ld have the
agreement of all affected co%ntries to be tr%l/ effective4 "his is &robabl/ %nrealistic9 and
.o%ld not be ver/ s%r&rising that the conflict in the -iddle East is lin'ed in the not too
distant f%t%re to the .ater &roblem4 "he .aste of the .orldHs .ater means that toda/ more
than C@@ million &eo&le s%ffer from the lac' of this element4
#IN>$-EN"$LI!- $N> ECONO-IC:
"he rise of f%ndamentalism is called a fact4 $ fact that is also &resent in the t.o fields4
"he &henomenon of the %ltra;Orthodo: in Israel is not toda/4 ?%st 'ee& in mind that d%ring
the 0@@@ /ears of >ias&ora in that ?e.s scattered aro%nd the .orld9 the common
denominator .as religion4
Once created the !tate of Israel cr/stalliAe )e:isted+ &arties of a religio%s nat%re4 In (6C7
the National Religio%s )PRN+ Part/ together .ith other s%ch games are created4 Israeli ?e.s
sho%ld go live in the 5ne. land of Israel liberated5 )a 'ind of m/stical im&erialism after the
Bom Ji&&%r 3ar and the conE%est of ne. territories9 a movement of &olitical;religio%s
character .ith a clear idea is accent%ated ;religio%s E%ite c%mbersome+4 "he iss%e of
territor/9 land9 is of great im&ortance in ?e.ish c%lt%re for 0@@@ /ears dreamed of a ret%rn
to 5their5 land+4 "oo' a s&ecial boom after (6<*9 .hen man/ settlers established in ?%dea
and !amaria
"he c%rrent o%tloo' is not too &romising: the Li'%d )right+ governs .ith the s%&&ort of
vario%s religio%s &arties9 .ith conseE%ent m%st ma'e concessions )and not a fe.+4 "o this
m%st be added the rise of the %ltra;Orthodo: in Israeli societ/ )altho%gh this remains largel/
sec%lar+4
"his &henomenon is more .orr/ing in the field of Islam4
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