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Battle of the Holy Land: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict The Israel-Palestinian conflict is a longstanding dispute between Israelis and Palestinians over territory and political control of the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. The conflict is rooted in competing claims to land, historical and religious grievances, and a lack of mutual recognition between the two sides. The conflict has its roots in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when Jewish immigrants began to move to Palestine, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire. The Zionist movement sought to establish a Jewish state in Palestine, while Palestinians, who were predominantly Arab Muslims, sought to maintain control over their land and their cultural and religious heritage. In 1947, the United Nations proposed a plan to partition Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. The Jewish community accepted the plan, but the Arab leadership rejected it. After the establishment of the state of Israe...