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The conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis erupted afterthe partition made by Great Britain on November 29, 1947. Immediatelyafter the decision to make Israel a separate, independent state, therewere massive attacks on both sides. Upon reading the offset serve ofarticles, I felt that the Palestines unnecessarily attacked the Jewsand that they deserved the land being given to them. But the first setof articles I read were incredibly biased toward the Jewish perspectiveand, I think that because of this, I presented a distorted view of thesituation. Now that I have read the second packet, I understand that many an(prenominal) of the Arabs must have felt helpless about the situation, and evenstartled by the numerous attacks and massacres by the Israelis.I now believe that the reason that the scrap started was becauseboth sides felt that they had an obligation to uphold their religiousbeliefs and, also, justification to do what they did. Both the Arabsand the Jews felt tha t it was their sacred duty to keep or regain theirland. The Arabs mentation of the partition as an automatic declaration ofwar against them. Therefore, they thought that they had tocounter-attack the Jews in order to keep their land.One of the biggest massacres that the Jews waged on the Arabs wasthe attack on Deir Yassin on April 9, 1948, when 250 men, women, andchildren where killed. The first set of articles that we read did notmention anything about the ruthlessness of t...