The assassination brought the peace process to a standstill. Since then, attempts to revive the peace process - such as the one imposed in 2000 by the United States on Israel and Yasser Arafat (founder of the Palestinian Resistance Movement) - have proved fruitless. The conflict continues today, mainly around the Gaza Strip.
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THE Israel-Hamas conflict, a long-standing and complex issue, continues to rattle the Middle East. Its roots date back to the mid-20th century, with the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 and the subsequent Palestinian displacement, known as the Nakba. The Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank have been at the heart of the conflict.
The Israeli government’s systematic, unkind, unjust, and brutal discrimination against Palestinians routinely violates Palestinians’ human and legal rights