Americans depict prisons as buildings that are surrounded by security fences which confine convicted criminals for a determined sentence. In these "prisons" criminals have the comforts of home with all the amenities from a bed and cooked meals to a gym for recreation. Meanwhile, Tanya Reinhart describes the Palestinian territories surrounded by Israeli territory as a prison; in her book, Israel/Palestine: How to End the War of 1948. Both of which, is supported and funded by you and I, the tax paying citizen. If they both can be considered prisons then are both justified as humane and legal? Of course the American prison is justified and acceptable, but is the Israeli's ideals of confinement are appropriate? Reinhart takes a non-bias position while documenting the events that have led to this ongoing war between Israel and Palestine, so the reader can determine which is permissible. .
The conflict first began with the concept of right of return. The Palestinian Authority insisted that Israel returns the land to the Palestinian refugees that fled in 1948. Meanwhile, Israel believes they had the right of return because their culture originates from this area of conflict. In a constant battle to negotiate with Israel, Palestine contracted the Oslo Accords of 1993 to make an agreement for the distribution of land. After its failure various peace conferences where held at Camp David and Geneva where the Palestinians and their advisors were led to believe that 90 percent of the West Banks would be restore to Palestinian sovereignty; which it never occurred except for the acquisition of 42 percent of the 90. .
Finally, the Palestinians began to rebel against the Israeli government and the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) conjuring up the current Holy War. The Palestinians began doing suicide bombings and raids in Israeli neighborhoods, so the IDF counterattacked with "by all means necessary" tactics using all arsenals from tanks to tear gas and began to block supply routes.
