I will discuss the background, origin, and development of the problem first and who and what risks are involved in the conflict. I will then go on and deliberate the choices available to gain peace in that region and how the two-state solution has to be the best option for coexistence to occur. .
The current state of Israel was created on a land that was in control by the Jewish people many thousands of years ago. "Judea, home of the Jews in ancient times, was conquered by the Romans and renamed Palestine. Palestine was later conquered and inhabited by Arabs for over a thousand years. The Zionist movement arose to restore the Jews to Israel, largely ignoring the existing Arab population." (MidEastWeb for Coexistence, 2003). This describes the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict perfectly and after many different events an even more complicated state exists today. The events that took place in order for this conflict to be where it is today started during the First World War when Great Britain took over the Palestine region which was made up of Israel, the West Bank and Jordan. Their plan was to advocate for a Jewish Zionist movement in rebuilding what they once called their home. However, the people that currently lived in that area obviously were not happy with these plans and as tensions grew, Britain decided not to send the Jewish people. However the Holocaust occurred and the British felt international pressure to establish a Jewish state. This led the United Nations to set up a resolution for the creation of two states, one a Jewish state and the other, an Arab state. The Arabs did not approve of this idea and violence ensued and this led to Israel declaring independence after the war in 1948. Beating all odds, the Jewish state was able to defend itself against the Arab nations surrounding it: Egypt, Jordan and Syria, that wanted Israel gone. As Israel won more and more wars in 1956, 1967, 1973, and 1982 they gained more land, including the West bank which was home for many Arabs and this caused there to be hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees.