Review article
https://doi.org/10.47960/2303-7431.19.32.2024.104
THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT: TO WHOM THE HOLY LAND BELONGS?
Tomislav A. Lunić
orcid.org/0009-0007-0476-5085
; University of Belgrade, Facutly of Security Studies
*
Slobodan M. Penezić
orcid.org/0000-0001-8746-5473
; University “Union – Nikola Tesla” Belgrade; Institute of Social Sciences Belgrade
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
The question of ownership of the Holy Land is one of the most complex and comprehensive issues of the present day, and it serves as the subject of this paper. Numerous important moments in the history of humanity, as well as human tragedies, have marked that small and densely populated part of the planet. Together with the current moment and events, they serve as the motivation for this paper. In the first part, we point to the spiritual perspective of the absolute values of the chosen people of God and the world of Islam, Dar al-Islam. Furthermore, we rely on the history of Israeli-Palestinian relation, which is based on centuries-old struggle and bloody confrontations, as both sides are unwilling to relinquish even a fraction of the territory they believe belongs to them. The focus of the second part of the paper is on the current reality, prompted by October 7, 2023, when a radical group Hamas launched a rocket attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. Israel’s response was fierce, leading to a new complex chapter in relations in this region, as well as broader international activities that share the common denominator of a new fear of conflict of global proportions. In the paper, we used methods of content analysis, chronology and comparison of research results. In the end, we sought to provide an objective assessment of the conflict and the complex causes that influence the broader contexts in which they occur and continue to be interpreted, affecting the activities of other important actors in the global socio-political arena.
Keywords
Holy Land, Eretz Israel, Palestine, Arab-Israeli conflict, Palestinian- Israeli conflict
Hrčak ID:
328853
URI
Publication date:
20.2.2025.
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