Once a centerpiece of international diplomacy, there have been no serious peace talks since the Obama administration. The unrest has shifted the Palestinian conflict to world attention after several years in which attempts to resolve it had faded from both global and domestic agenda. Israel has a right to defend itself, when you have thousands of rockets flying into your territory.” The United States has thrown its weight behind Israel, with President Joe Biden condemning the rocket attacks and pledging his 'unwavering support for Israel's security and Israel's legitimate right to defend itself, while protecting civilians. Saudi Arabia, which has not normalized relations with Israel, condemned “in the strongest terms the blatant attacks carried out by the Israeli occupation forces against the sanctity of the Al Aqsa Mosque.” Officials in several Arab countries, including some that had normalized relations with Israel, criticized its actions. The United Nations envoy for Middle East Peace, Tor Wennesland, has warned that the two sides are heading 'towards a full-scale war'. Whereas, Israel wants complete sovereignty over Jerusalem. Palestine wants Israel to withdraw to pre-1967 borders and establish independent Palestine state in West Bank and Gaza with East Jerusalem as the capital of Independent Palestine. Jerusalem is a city that straddles the border between Israel and the West Bank. Due to which Palestine had to be satisfied with a ‘non-member observer’ status in UN. On the other side, United States has been vocal about its intention to veto any Palestinian bid for statehood. The USA has more Jews than Israel, and they have significant control over US media and economy. The United States has been criticized by the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) and other Arab organizations for vetoing most Security Council decisions critical of Israel. However, its credibility as a mediator had long been questioned by Palestinians. The US has been playing a significant role as a mediator in the Israel-Palestine issue. Mahatma Gandhi opposed the UN move to recognize Israel as a country in 1948. The 1967 war is particularly important for today’s conflict, as it left Israel in control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, two territories that are home to a large number of Palestinians.

In 1967, Israel launched a pre-emptive strike against Egypt, Syria, and Jordan and captured Golan Heights from Syria West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan and Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip from Egypt. In 1948, the Arab states of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Syria declared war on Israel, but were defeated badly. Later through Balfour declaration, a Jewish homeland was formed. Palestine came under the British control after the Sykes-Picot Agreement (a secret agreement between Great Britain and France) in 1916. Jews have been persecuted throughout the history due to their religious beliefs and were forced into captivity or scattered across the world. Although, Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system intercepted most of the rockets, at least 20 struck home, killing several people, wounding more and damaging buildings, cars and other infrastructure.

Israel retaliated with hundreds of air strikes on Gaza after Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups fired over 1,000 rockets targeting civilian centres including Tel Aviv and Beer Sheva. The tension has been flaring in this area, for quite some time. The Israel-Palestine conflict, which began with sporadic clashes at the most sensitive place in Jerusalem, the revered plateau site of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the iconic golden Dome of the Rock, seems to be heading towards a war-like situation.

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