European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Arabs and israelis the roots of the conflict Battleground from the Jorda tothe sea by Marc d. Charnel naw York times the we St Bank Gata and Jerusalem the conflict Between israeli and palestinian is being shaped by a agony competing Een Luries old claims to Trie same precious strip of land Between the Jordan River and inc Mediterranean and the right Loe is there As a nation Tho Liv atry is As old As inc contest Between moslem and jew la the legacy of their common lather Abraham which people should own inc land where the Templi stood w Mohammed ascended o heaven or to that Mailer where Abraham himself a burled Bui inc rivalry a also distinctly modern for the pre Eisa lines the modern map of the Middle East the lines Hal Divide Trie West Bank and Gaza from Israel and define Israel ils Oll were drawn Only Iho 20th Century. They relied he breakup of the qty Oman Empire and the Rise of Arab nationalism inward Rush of jews 1o flee pogroms and Iho holocaust he displacement of hundreds of thousands of arabs and Iho seemingly intractable conflict that continues part the map was drawn la suit Trig interest of Powers outside the Region but it was also logged round alter found of local warfare 3 resort to arms when ambiguous promises and agreements failed to tame haired and suspicion the question of land jews who Assort that Israel should keep control of ail the land Between the Jordan and Tho Mediterranean Ollyn Cile god s Promise a Abraham invoking a vision of a land Lioy confronted Sterrn iien1ly actor of the destruction of Tho second Temple a a 70. H ii Lis also Cito a Modem claim to secure Border 5, saying could mean suicide lag be up this land without f it obtaining peace and a Boimal recon lion by ils neighbors of Israel s Light o Eist As a jewish slate for fio arabs this is a land i hair people have lived Lor eel Union. And w Iho Iho Sands of refugees Iho Isiac i occupation of the Vest Bank inc unc enl Jowish lands no Judea and Samaria and Gaza is new made Marc belief by tribal memory passed Over gone Lions ii Lor centuries jews longed to a churn to Jerusalem today Ito Sands of palestinians cherish a vision of Rocky villages and Citrus Groves hat they Toft when Coll cd broke Oul with the jews 1946. What the jews Call Ere Israel Tiey Call Palestine for Many of these it is no a question of a Wesl Dank Szalc for palestinians but the dissolution 0 the israeli state a Pool m the pal Osline liberation organization Charier thai the ply has never bounced Tho current protests have brought Forward some palestinians willing to say they would recognise Israel s tit jul to exist it thai would bang Independent state but they have been unwilling to renounce Iho leadership of the Plo with which Israel will not negotiate anything the attitude of the current Young leaders of the pro Cut App held Iraa sow or palestinian conversation after id Chat Csc. Shifting borderlines 1 a i i 1f$p-,.n a i a -".". f u. Oar Titian Lebanon s m. Israel after Page 14 the stars and stripes Friday
