By: Dylan Berg.

What is the History of Palestine?  Palestinians have been in Israel for thousands of years and they think they should have a right to stay there.  Some of their land was taken from them in 1948 after the Holocaust. The Jewish people needed a place to live.  About 93% of Palestinians are Muslim. How does Palestine feel about Israel?  Palestine and Israel HATE each other.  Many Palestines, especially the terrorist group called the Hamas, do not like the Israeli’s views on religion. They believe it should be mostly Muslim.  The thing that makes Palestinians so mad is, the Israeli’s think the land is theirs when the Palestinians were there first.  Israelis were given the land by Britain to help them after the Holocaust but they tend to think the whole place is just now theirs when Palestine is still their. Facts about Palestine

Who are the current leaders of Palestine?  Mahmoud Abbas is currently the Leader of Palestine after he took the job from Yasser Arafat after he died in Do Palestinians present a practical argument for political independence?  They have a very good argument.  They can say, we were here first before the Israelis, we were pushed off our lands to make room for these people, and we think we should be able to have political independence. What legal rights to Palestinians have in Israel today?  The law states, "Arab Israelis are citizens of Israel with equal rights“. It also says "The only legal distinction between Arab and Jewish citizens is not one of rights, but rather of civic duty. What Palestinian obstacles are standing in the way of a peace settlement?  They just all need to stop bombing each other and sit down and talk. Even though they hate each other that much, they just need to make a peace settlement so all of this violence stops. Facts about Palestine

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