Israel and Palestine conflict: 70-year-old map at heart of crisis
14 May, 2021 11:38 PM
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Israel and Hamas tensions flare as rocket attacks are launched on the Gaza Strip. Video / AP
Israel and Hamas tensions flare as rocket attacks are launched on the Gaza Strip. Video / AP
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By: Benedict Brook
The violence and death currently playing out across Palestine and Israel was ignited by a dispute in Jerusalem where Jewish settlers have laid claim to land inhabited by Arabs.
But the spark was lit more than 70 years ago, and in reality even further back than that.
And after all this time, the issue remains essentially the same: Who has the right to live where in the relatively small but densely populated Holy Land where faiths have intersected for millennia?
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