CAUSES OF CURRENT SITUATION OF PALESTINE
(MISTAKES
ON BEHALF OF PALESTINIANS)
Historical
Background:
The Israel Palestine issue
didn’t start in 1948 after the independence of Israel and Palestine. It started
with the migration of Jews from Europe to sacred land of Palestine. But as we
are analyzing the mistakes on the behalf of Palestinians which caused the
situation to worsen to the current state. In 1917, during WW1 Ottomans ruled
the Palestine and British ruled the Egypt. It was such a situation that Ottoman
Empire was towards its decline, British Empire was at its peak and expanding
territories on route to become the largest empire the mankind has ever seen,
Arabs under the leadership of Sherif of Mekkah were planning to revolt against
the Ottoman empire and build a large country solely comprising of all Arab
territories comprising of present day Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar,
Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Palestine, Syria and Iraq.
Arab
Revolt:
The Ottomans thwarted the
British on their first offensive in 1917. Then they compelled the Arabs to
revolt under the command of Sherif of Mekkah by luring them of a free Arab
state comprising of all the Arab territories. Arabs including Palestinians
revolted against the Ottomans Empire. They blew the track of train that carried
the military equipment from Damascus to Jerusalem during the days of war. Due
to lack of armaments and Arabs fighting with British army against them,
Ottomans lost the second offensive of British and in fact lost the control of
whole of Palestine. In modern history, this was the first mistake of
Palestinians.
UN
Partition Plan:
In 1947, UN presented a plan
for the partition of land of Palestine. According to this plan 42% of total
land was given to Palestine and 56% was handed over to Israel while 2% was
declared as International zone consisting of Jerusalem, Bethlehem and
surrounding territories. Israel started to work on its militarization and
making herself strong as soon as they got independence because they were the
sole guarantor of independence of Jews. While on the other hand Palestinians
were busy in their gatherings enjoying music and wine. They sold their lands to
Jews for bids more than the real price of land.
First
Arab Israel war 1948:
As Israel had made herself
very strong while Palestine was like a new born baby. Arabs faced heavy blows
during wars. The damage faced by Arabs was many times of what Israel faced.
After the war, Israel faced 78% of the total land. West Bank went under control
of Jordan that’s why Residents of West Bank still have Jordanian passport and
Egypt took control of the Gaza strip left after war. This all happened due to
the leniency given to Israel by Palestine and doing nothing for their defense
with absolute no militarization.
Second
Arab Israel war 1967:
In 2nd Arab Israel
war, there was no role of Palestine as Palestine didn’t has anything to her
name and was partially controlled by Egypt and partially controlled by Jordan
and partially occupied by Israel. So, after this war Israel held control of
whole West bank, Gaza, Golan heights of Syria, Sinai dessert of Egypt.
3RD
Arab Israel War:
In Yom Kippur War, there was
again no role of Palestine.
Oslo
Accords:
In 1993 and 1997, Israel and
PLO signed a pair of accords mediated by Oslo. According to these accords, West
Bank will be divided into 3 types of areas.
Area A: 18% of West Bank, Will
be controlled by Palestinian Authorities
Area B: 21% of West Bank, Will
be administered by joint control of both Israel and PLO
Area C: 61% of West Bank, Will
be controlled by Israel
Most of Palestinian population
and military groups opposed it but it was signed to get PLO accepted as the
sole ruler of Palestinian territories in West Bank and Gaza Strip. President
Yasser Arafat got Noble Prize after signing these Accords. So, it is clear that
PLO and Yasser Arafat destroyed the future of next generation of Palestinians
just to get Noble Prize and so called power. This was the greatest mistake of
Palestinian Authorities by handing over your territories to your enemies yourself.
This was the greatest blunder committed by Palestinian Authorities.
2007
Gaza Civil War:
In 2007, there was a civil war
in Gaza between Hamas and Fatah after withdrawal of Israel and post
presidential election leaving hundreds dead and thousands injured. After
Israeli withdrawal, they should have worked unitedly for Palestinian independence
but they chose civil war. This was also a
blunder.
So, these are some mistakes on
Palestinian behalf for their current situation but I hope they won’t do such
big blunders in future and achieve their freedom with Unity. May Allah help
them in the process.
Conclusion:
In every conflict, the
oppressed side is not blame free. In the historical context, they have many
mistakes to their name and same is the case with Palestinians. History had
given them chances repeatedly but instead of learning from past mistakes and
making wise decisions, they chose to repeat those mistakes again and again.
Despite all this, the oppression against them by apartheid state is not
justified in any case. The aim of this article was just to get the insight of
the issue and not to justify the Israeli aggression against them.
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