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Why is it difficult to keep peace talks going in the Middle East?
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Why is it difficult to keep peace talks going in the Middle East? The inability to resolve the land dispute, which began in the late nineteenth century and intensified after the setting up of the Jewish state of Israel in 1948, lies at the heart of the Arab conflict. Reaching a peaceful solution is essentially difficult because the dispute is fraught with many disagreements and lack of trust between and within the Palestinian Arabs and Israeli fractions that remain locked in battle. The Arab basis of the claim is that they conquered the land in 600AD and have lived there ever since. However the Jewish viewpoint is Jews lived there first and that this is their biblical land. This was taken from Jews as a result of a war with the Romans causing Diaspora and they have simply reclaimed the land that was taken from them. Arabs feel if Israel continues...
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