The conundrum of Al-Aqsa Mosque
By Husam Dughman
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has shown the world once again that it is an endless nightmare. Never-ending violence, carnage, and barbarism. Israel is a legitimate state recognized by international law. It is, in its modern form, the child of the UN. It came into existence in 1948 as a result of the 1947 Partition Plan instigated by the UN where there was to be a Jewish state and a Palestinian one. The Jews accepted it. The Arabs rejected it, although a small minority of them, such as King Abdullah of Jordan who was the grandfather of King Hussein, accepted it. He was later assassinated for his wise stance. Neighbouring Arabic-speaking states subsequently launched a war on Israel and lost. This started a long series of conflicts in which those states mostly fuelled the fires of war and confrontation.
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