On the surface at least, it's very simple: the conflict is over who gets what land and how it is controlled. In execution, though, that gets into a lot of really thorny issues, like: Where are the borders? Can Palestinian refugees return to their former homes in present-day Israel?
9 questions about the Israel-Palestine conflict you were too embarrassed to ask - Vox - 1 views
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Israeli forces have occupied and controlled the West Bank ever since. It withdrew its occupying troops and settlers from Gaza in 2005, but maintains a full blockade of the territory, which has turned Gaza into what human rights organizations sometimes call an "open-air prison" and has pushed the unemployment rate up to 40 percent.
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Settlers are Israelis who move into the West Bank.
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Club Med for Terrorists - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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It says a great deal that Hamas’s former Arab backers, which historically have included Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia, long ago abandoned the terrorist group. Only a few nations still stand by Hamas. Among the most prominent is the tiny Persian Gulf emirate Qatar.
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In recent years, the sheikhs of Doha, Qatar’s capital, have funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Gaza. Every one of Hamas’s tunnels and rockets might as well have had a sign that read “Made possible through a kind donation from the emir of Qatar.”
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Qatar’s proxies of choice have been radical regimes and extremist groups.
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One World, Rival Theories - 2 views
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He sketched out three dominant approaches: realism, liberalism, and an updated form of idealism called "constructivism."
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Realism focuses on the shifting distribution of power among states.
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Liberalism highlights the rising number of democracies and the turbulence of democratic transitions.
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A Brief Introduction to Theories on International Relations and Foreign Policy - 4 views
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System level analysis examines state behavior by looking at the international system.
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State level analysis examines the foreign policy behavior of states in terms of state characteristics.
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Organizational level analysis examines the way in which organizations within a state function to influence foreign policy behavior.
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