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Can you give me background information about the current feud in Gaza?

I'm writing a paper for my Religion class. I thought I had a good understanding of what was going on, but now I'm losing it. I know that this has been a long time coming (1948). Now I'm not sure of any of the conflicting information. Any information would be greatly appreciated though, try to keep it as neutral as possible.

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    Israel has not acted righteously in her dominion over the Palestinians.

    "Arab Revolutions" Predicted Back In 2003 - Don't Be Fooled By Plans For A "Greater Israel"

    (Also titled: Sheikh Imran Hosein - Part 3/8 - Beyond September 11th: What the future holds for the Muslims)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nR7-Cmszpo

    Imran Hosein Islam and End of History 2/8

    (Christian views are covered)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hln-qxNf4a4

    Israel coined the term "Nakba" and is still implementing it

    In the July lull between the two truces of the 1948 war that involved Israel and troops sent from neighboring Arab states to try and salvage Palestine, another stage in the ethnic cleansing operation of the country was completed.

    While in April 1948 the urban space of Palestine was almost completely destroyed by the Zionist forces, pockets of the rural areas and three towns, al-Lid, Ramleh and Nazareth were still safe, but not for long.

    Within the ten days of the lull (known in Israeli historiography as the “ten days war”), more Palestinian land was occupied and more people uprooted. The newly-born Jewish state promised the UN mediator at the time to cease fighting and explained that the July operations were just minor cleansing of pockets of resistance.

    The leaflets demanded in the main the “peaceful” eviction of the village and its surrounding areas. If not, the leaflets warned, the village would be severely punished. We do not have all the leaflets but here is the one rained on the huge and beautiful village of al-Tira near Haifa in the middle of July 1948:

    “The sword will cut your throats without pity or compensation. If you insist and continue with your wrong doing … you should know that our airplanes, tanks and artillery will grind your village to dust, shell your houses, break you back, uproot you from your land … and your village will become a desert. Oh the people of al-Tira, if you wish to avoid a Nakba [sic] … surrender. The victorious Israeli army has already demolished the criminal hotbeds of Jaffa, Acre, Tiberias and Safad. It has occupied tens of villages in the south and the north, and this triumphant army will destroy you in several hours.”

    http://electronicintifada.net/content/israel-coine...

    The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (, an-Nakbah, lit. "disaster", "catastrophe", or "cataclysm"), occurred when approximately 711,000 to 725,000 Palestinian Arabs left, fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and the Civil War that preceded it.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Palestinian_exod...

    War in Israel: Israeli Minister Vows a Palestinian "Holocaust"

    "The more qassam fire intensifies and the rockets reach a longer range, they will bring upon themselves a bigger shoah because we will use all our might to defend ourselves," said Vilnai.

    "Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai used the Hebrew phrase that included the term 'shoah' in the sense of a disaster or a catastrophe, and not in the sense of a holocaust," said Arye Mekel, Israel's foreign ministry spokesman.

    But that did little to assauge Palestinians, who responded negatively to the use of the term. In response, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said, "We are facing new Nazis who want to kill and burn the Palestinian people."

    http://www.policymic.com/articles/19347/war-in-isr...

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