The Israel-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s largest running and most controversial conflicts. The Ottoman Empire was defeated in the first world war and the British took control over Palestine and the land was inhabited by a Jewish minority and Arab majority. Furthermore, tensions between the two peoples grew when the international community gave Britain the task of establishing a “national home” in Palestine for the Jewish people. However, British rulers failed to establish peace between the Muslims and Jews and thus declared the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. As a consequence, Palestine refused to occupy a state for Israel and war started in which hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have suffered eviction and the war led to over 70,0000 Palestinians became refugees. Before this, two wars had been fought in 1948 and 1967 and the consequences were only demolition and eviction of Palestinians. Sadly, during the month of Ramadan Israel attempted illegal assault on Muslims and there is no denying the fact that Al Aqsa has great importance for Muslims as it is the third holiest site in Islam. It is disheartening to mention that Israel demolished the Al Aqsa Mosque and that Muslims were … Continue reading Genocide in Palestine