Arab-Israeli Conflict

Until this unit, I had no idea of the conflict of what is presently Israel. Due to strong religious/ethnological beliefs a war has commenced over land that each side believes is theirs. The Israelis want it because they believe it is their homeland and basically were there first, while the Palestinians believe that it is their rightful land because once the Israelis left they took over and it is home to a few religious sites. So who is right? We have been discussing this dilemma in class and even we as a class could not come up with even a reasonable conclusion. No matter what someone could think up, someone else would find a flaw. If our APEH class couldn't even come up with anything simple, imagine what the leaders of the world, who are dealing with this issue, are arguing about. Not only is is a matter of ethnicity, but it is a matter of religion as well. As we have seen many times previously in this course, ethnicity and religion have sparked quite a few conflicts. Due to differences, yet again, people begin to argue and it snowballs into something just like this Arab-Israeli Conflict. Sadly, it is not so simple that one of these side can just move off to another chunk of land. We are at the point where nearly every inch of the world has been conquered and those without their own land cannot just go claim their own. This adds to the intensity of this conflict, on top of both sides having religious affairs withing this land their fighting over. What makes me slightly disappointed in the human race is that it appears that neither side seems like they want to sacrifice anything besides human lives at this point. With this I leave you with one last question, if no one is willing to compromise, how is this ever supposed to get solved then? The world may never know...