What happened this Saturday is such a complex and coordinated attack which involved the stockpiling and launching of thousands of rockets, right in front of Israeli forces.
Balance of victims of the new Hamas outpost in Gaza
Since this new conflict broke out, the number of Israeli deaths has reached 600 and more than 2,000 have been injured, according to Haaretz. And on the Palestinian side, there are more than 370 dead and 2,200 injured, as reported by Al Jazeera.
Historical origin of the conflict
The anti-Semitism suffered by the Jewish people in different countries of Europe, at the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century, was the breeding ground for the creation of the strength of the Zionist movement, which defended the need to establish a “State Jew”.
Jewish migration, driven in part by the Zionist movement, began to reveal the first resistance among the local population of the region of Palestine. At that time, this region located between the tributary of the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea, was part of the Ottoman Empire and was inhabited, for the most part, by Arab populations and, to a lesser extent, by Muslim communities.
After the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, as a result of the First World War, the United Kingdom was commissioned by the League of Nations to administer this territory.
Birth of the state of Israel
One day before the British mandate in the Palestinian region expired, May 14, 1948, Israel proclaimed its independence. Less than 24 hours later, the armies of neighboring countries such as Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq invaded Israel. This was the first conflict that the Israeli State faced and showed the main weaknesses and challenges that it had to face in military and strategic matters, in a region that refused to recognize it.
From the Palestinian point of view, The birth of Israel as a State, represents the “Nakba”, also called “destruction” or “catastrophe”. After the declaration of independence, clashes between Arabs and Jews continued. For example, in 1956, a crisis generated by the nationalization of the Suez Canal in Egypt, unleashed a military response from Israel with French and British support. And other subsequent conflicts redefined the geopolitics of the region and internationalized the conflict.
The Gaza Strip, Hamas and Palestine
Israel obtained possession of the territories of the Gaza Strip in 1967, in the Six Day Warbetween June 5 and 10 of that year, Israel obtained the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt, the West Bank (with East Jerusalem) to Jordan and the Golan Heights to Syria. This caused nearly 500,000 Palestinians to flee these areas.
In 2012, the UN recognized Palestine as a “non-member observer state.”. This change, in practice, does not imply that Palestine It has a seat and full recognition by this multilateral organization, but provides greater visibility and participation in the discussions. In addition, it opens the door for Palestine to receive support from agencies of the UN.
However, the veto power of The United States, Israel’s greatest historical ally, in the Security Council blocks progress towards full recognition of Palestine in the United Nations. Also, in 2012, this North American country became the first in the world to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
At the level of international law, the recognition of Palestine by countries of the ‘global south’, a campaign promoted by the Arab League known as “Palestine 194”which intended to promote the vote in favor in the UN General Assembly.
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Hamas: what it is and why it carried out the advance on Gaza
Hamas It is a Palestinian organization that declares itself as jihadist, nationalist and Islamist. Does not recognize Israel as a State. Hamas’ goal “is to create an Islamic fundamentalist Palestinian state.”
This group, called terrorist by Israel, the European Union, the United States and some Arab countrieswas founded in December 1987, in the Palestinian territories, taking as inspiration the Muslim Brotherhood, another radical armed group, from its neighbor Egypt.
On January 25, 2006, the Islamist group Hamas won the parliamentary elections. In 2007, he took control of the Gaza Strip, after intense clashes against the Palestinian movement Al Fatah. Since that moment, this territory is seen as an enemy from Tel-Aviv and Israel imposed a blockade by land, sea and air, which has isolated 1.9 million inhabitants.
Gaza is located on the coastal edge of Eastern Mediterranean, between Israel and Egyptthe Gaza Strip It is an autonomous Palestinian territory administered by Hamas since 2007. With an area of 360 square kilometers, this narrow coastal strip is surrounded by a high-security fence that delimits one of the most hermetic and militarized borders on the planet. It is one of the most densely populated places in the world, which lives closed in on itself by the Israeli blockade. Of the two million people who live in the strip, 1.5 do so in refugee camps.
The radical organization distances itself from the opposition Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)preceded by Yasir Arafatbecause unlike the PLOdenies recognition of the Israeli State.
Hamas It is made up of several military groups, including the Qassam Brigades, which have carried out several suicide attacks against Israel in recent years. In addition, the organization has a political party and humanitarian aid organizations.
Source: Ambito
