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Why are attempts to find a peace settlement proving so difficult? The Palestinians and the Jews have been fighting over the land of Palestine
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Why are attempts to find a peace settlement proving so difficult? The Palestinians and the Jews have been fighting over the land of Palestine. Both believe that they have greater claim than the other. The Jews believe the land is theirs because they had lived there centuries ago, it was the land promised by God to Abraham thousands of years ago. The Palestinian Arabs believe the land is theirs because ever since the Jews left, the Arabs have been living there. In 1993 the Jewish and Palestinian leaders (Rabin and Arafat) signed a peace agreement which promised; Israeli troops would be withdrawn from most of the West Bank and Gaza, elections would be held for a Palestinian leadership for five years, during these five years a final settlement would be discussed. Sadly this peace agreement was not fully implemented, as the Jewish Israeli leader Rabin, was shot by another Jew in...
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