Middle East Conflict Questions

1. Israel got involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East because of Israel and Arab generally fight over territory. The Arab-Israeli conflict has been taking place for roughly one century of political tensions and open hostilities. The main 1948 Arab-Israeli war is known as the "Israeli War of Independence". The conflict has shifted over the years from a large scale Arab-Israeli conflict to a more regional Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Arabs and Israelis still generally remain at odds with each over territory. The Arab-Israeli conflict has resulted in at least four major wars and many minor conflicts.

2. The history of Israel's involvement in the Arab-Israeli conflict started with the Immigration of European Jews which increased the Jewish communities in Palestine. Their was four major wars between the Arabs and Israel.
The first major war was the 1948 War of Independence which was when Israel declared their independence but did not end the conflicts in the Middle East.
The second major war was the 1956 Sinai War in which Egypt violated the terms of the Egyptian-Israeli armistice agreement and blocked Israeli ships from passing through the Suez Canal. This meant that Israel trade with Asia was more costly and caused huge conflicts between Israel And Egypt.
The third major war was the Six Day War which was a war between the Israel and neighboring states such as Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. The end of the war resulted with Israel gaining control of the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, the Gaza strip, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. The results of this war still affects the geopolitics of this region to this day.
The Fourth major war was the 1973 Yom Kippur War, in which Syria and Egypt launched a surprised attack on Israel on the day of Yom Kippur. The Camp David Accords was created after this which led to normalized relations between Egypt and Israel.
After all the wars Israel defended itself each time and won.

3. The enemies of Israel include Yemen, Saudi Arabi, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt. Although these are only the ones Israel has had wars with there are some other neighboring countries that are considered enemies. Most Arab Nations including Palestine group are considered enemies with Israel. Egypt sways between enemy and ally, but as of the Camp David Accords Egypt would be more of an ally to Israel.

4. Israel has very little friends in the middle east. Although Egypt and many surrounding countries have been involved in wars with Israel according to peace treatys they have been reunited such as Egypt has.

5. What Israel wants out of the Arab-Israeli conflict is to have peace, religious freedom, and their own country. Israel is defending their country against Arab Nations and Palestine refugees that are trying to take it over.

6. Israel is not fighting to get land. After each time it successfully defended itself it withdrew from the areas it captured. Israel is willing to reach peace even at the risk of fighting for its very existence each time.

7. Israeli people will not give up Israel their country because that is what they are fighting for. Everything else they are willing to give up to get freedom and their country.