What is a conflict? Dictionary.com defines it as ."..a state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war; a state of disharmony between incompatible or antithetical persons, ideas, or interests...." (Dictionary.com Online) In the small strip of alnd located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, is the site of one of the world's most high-profile conflicts. Two great religions--Judaism and Christianity--originated in Palestine. It is the Holy Land, the site of many events described in the Bible. Muslims, the followers of the Islamic religion, also consider Palestine a sacred

(Wordbook Encyclopedia ) and place. The battle between the Arabs who want to claim Palestine as their own and the Jews who believe that Israel was promised to them by God has origins from different political ideas, religious beliefs, and personal ambitions.

Throughout recorded History, the land is now comprised of the Palestinian people and...