The dimensions of the Palestinian Conflict
The Palestinian Israel conflict is in the news again. It can be said to be the single crisis that initiated the clash of civilizations and was the seed for all the dissatisfaction and unrest in the Muslim world. Yet, few people tend to understand that the conflict has multiple dimensions which is what has made a resolution so elusive. The first dimension is territorial. Due to the Balfour Declaration of 1917, an Israeli state was created for the Jews in the heart of the Muslim world. The proponents of this argued that this is where an ancient Jewish civilization used to live but then none of the modern states geography has been carved keeping mind where ancient ancestors lived. Judaism came before Christianity and Islam so its current followers cant have the right to choose territory base don their initial place of inhabitance simply because their religion preceded others. With that logic followers of all ancient religions should be given their original place of dwelling as...