How does Israeli-Palestinian conflict affect the world?

Answer 1

There are a vast number of effects of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. The list below is not exhaustive.

Israel

• The existence of the State of Israel is a direct result of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
• The Israeli War Budget and Compulsory Military Service
• The Expansion of Israel from the 1947 UN Resolution Boundaries to the 1949 Armistice boundaries to the the 1967 Six-Day War boundaries to the 1973 Yom Kippur War boundaries.
• The Contraction of Israel in 1982 (giving up Sinai)
• The Israeli Occupation of Southern Lebanon (1981-2000) and the two Israeli engagements in Lebanon.
• The Israeli Alliance with Iran (1948-1979), Turkey (1949-2010?), Egypt (1979-Present), Jordan (1994-Present), and the United States and Western Countries.
• The Lack of major Israeli-Arab trade even though they are neighbors.
• The Annexation of East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, and the city of Ghajar.
• The Military Occupation of the West Bank and Blockade of Gaza
• The Relinquishing of Gaza and portions of the the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority

Palestine

• The lack of existence of the State of Palestine as a fully sovereign and internationally recognized state is a direct result of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (both by Israel and by Jordan and Egypt)
• The Palestinian Exodus from the former British Mandate of Palestine
• The Palestinian Refugee Displacement and Diaspora
• The Arab-Palestinian Conflict (typically refugee camp disputes that became massacres)
• Jordanian and Egyptian Annexation of Palestinian territories (1949-1967) and denial of Palestinian self-rule up to the Israeli conquest of those regions.
• The formation of the PLO and the numerous police actions brought against it by Arab States
• Around 18% of Israelis being ethnically Palestinian.
• The first Intifada and the Israeli Recriminations
• The Relinquishing of Gaza and portions of the the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority
• The second Intifada and the Israeli Recriminations
• The Palestinian Civil War of 2007 that separated Gaza (under the control of democratically-elected Hamas) from the provisional West Bank territories (under the control of Western-supported Fatah)
• Constant belligerence between Gaza and Israel since the Palestinian Civil War and Operation Cast Lead
• The pervasive loss of land due to Israeli Settlements in the West Bank and formerly (they were removed by Israel in 2005) in the Gaza Strip.

Egypt

• The Rise of Arab Socialism and Nasserism were indirectly a result of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Nasser provided a new way to deal with Middle East policy for Egypt)
• The loss and recovery of Sinai from Israel twice (1956-1957, 1967-1982)
• Normalization of ties with Israel (1979) after bitter defeats or stalemates in previous wars
• Military Alliance with Israel in the aftermath of the Peace Treaty and especially after the Palestinian Civil War
• Palestinian Refugee Camps in Egypt
• Assassination of President Anwar Sadat and one of several reasons for popular dissatisfaction with President Hosni Mubarak (the economy was a bigger issue)

Jordan

• Massive influx of Palestinians in the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9
• Gave citizenship to many Palestinian refugees, making 60% of Jordanian citizens ethnic Palestinians
• Lost the West Bank to Israel in 1967
• Suppressed the Black September Palestinian Uprising in 1970
• Made peace with Israel in light of the Oslo Accords of 1993 conditioned on further negotiations with the Palestinians and dropped its claim to the West Bank
• Fruitful trade and peace with Israel (1994-Present)
• Assisted negotiations between Israel and Fatah

Syria

• Massive influx of Palestinians in the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9
• Loss of the Golan Heights in 1967 and the Syrian internal displacement (Syrians fleeing the Golan to the remainder of Syria)
• The establishment of the UNDOF demilitarized zone in 1973
• The tragedy of the Syrian Druze (some are in Israeli-occupied territory and some are in Syria, but they cannot travel)
• Headquarters of Hamas and Hezbollah in Damascus
• No diplomatic relations between Syria and Israel

Lebanon

• Massive influx of Palestinians in the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-9
• Numerous conflicts and massacres between Lebanese and Palestinians in Lebanon
• Israeli, PLO, and Syrian participation in the Lebanese Civil War
• Israeli Jewish and Lebanese Christian Alliances and the assassination of Gemayel
• Israeli and Syrian occupation of Lebanon from 1982 until 2000 and 2007 respectively
• 2006 War between Israel and Hezbollah destroyed South Lebanon
• No diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Israel and no person with an Israeli passport stamp is allowed in Lebanon

Turkey

• Allied with Israel as early as 1949 against the Arab States
• Placed Turkey in an interesting position as one of the few Muslim-majority countries allied with Israel
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict causes much turmoil and controversy in Turkey
• The Mavi Marmara Incident which cooled Israeli-Turkish relations

Iran

• Strategic anti-Arab Israeli-Iranian Alliance (1948-1979) which resulted in large petroleum commerce between Iran and Israel
• The resentment of the Iranian population towards Israel on account of the war and the above-mentioned alliance being connected to the Shah
• Since 1979, an attempt by Iran to use the Arab-Israeli Conflict to create alliances with other Arab states and spawn several militant organizations.
• Iranian-Syrian Shi'a Alliance (1979-Present)
• Iranian support and backing of Hezbollah (1980s to Present)
• Iranian desire for nuclear weapons to counter Israel's arsenal and all of the sanctions and international ostracism that comes from that desire

United States

• Alliance with Israel (1949-1967), Top-Level Alliance with Israel (1967-Present)
• The United States was able to use the Arab-Israeli Conflict to reposition itself as the strongest power in the Middle East after 1956 (removing the United Kingdom from that position)
• Military, diplomatic, technological, economic, and other trade increasing between Israel and the United States
• United States Aid to Egypt in the wake of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Peace treaty
• Aid to a number of Arab countries due to their poverty.

Soviet Union/Russia

• Initial Alliance with Israel (1948-1953) which was rescinded when it became clear that Israel would not be a Communist country
• Arms supplier to the Arab States and the dumping ground of many ex-Russian military devices such as machineguns, missiles, tanks, and fighter planes.
• Soviet/Russian attempts to prevent Western intervention in the Middle East

Answer 2

Palestinians can move fearlessly throughout Israel and the surrounding region. Israelis, however, dare not enter many Palestinian areas, for fear of car-theft and lynching. Israelis need to fence in their schools and post guards for fear of additional terrorist attacks. The entire populace is in a constant state of alert. Everyone's bags are checked not only at airports, but also at schools, hospitals, train stations, tourist-venues, shopping malls, sports events, theaters, museums, etc., since there have been hundreds of terrorist attacks at such places. There are successful and unsuccessful terrorist incidents every day of the year. Even synagogues have been sprayed with gunfire.

Israel finds itself in the untenable situation of having its civilians constantly under threat and under attack, while at the same time remaining under unequaled and unbalanced scrutiny by the media and by foreign governments. Israel contorts itself in its efforts to avoid killing Arab civilians, but is viciously denounced internationally when there are collateral deaths.

Answer 3

Palestinians can move fearlessly throughout Israel and the surrounding region. Israelis, however, dare not enter many Palestinian areas, for fear of car-theft and lynching.

Israelis need to fence in their schools and post guards for fear of additional terrorist attacks. The entire populace is in a constant state of alert. Everyone's bags are checked not only at airports, but also at schools, hospitals, train stations, tourist-venues, shopping malls, sports events, theaters, museums, etc., since there have been hundreds of terrorist attacks at such places. There are successful and unsuccessful terrorist incidents every day of the year. Even synagogues have been sprayed with gunfire.

Israel finds itself in the untenable situation of having its civilians constantly under threat and under attack, while at the same time remaining under unequaled and unbalanced scrutiny by the media and by foreign governments. Israel contorts itself in its efforts to avoid killing Arab civilians, but is viciously denounced internationally when there are collateral deaths.

In 2006, thousands of Hezbollah rockets rained down on Israel; and the same happened in 2014, courtesy of Hamas.

Hamas's founding charter calls for the complete destruction of Israel.

Israel continues to suffer economically because of the Arab boycott.

The following countries have no diplomatic ties with Israel. Their hatred ranges from low or ambivalent, to very high. Iran is by far the worst.
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brunei, Chad, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, and Yemen.Many European countries, despite their ties with Israel, are heavily biased against it.

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