Research Starter: Arab-Israeli ConflictOverview of the Arab-Israeli conflict from the Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2019. Abstract: "The Arab-Israeli conflict is one of the world’s most pressing, intractable, and violent issues, consisting of social, political, historical, ethnic, and religious elements. This conflict, which is also commonly referred to as the "Israeli-Palestinian conflict," dates back thousands of years, although it is often considered to have officially begun in 1948 (the year of the creation of Israel). In the nearly seventy-year period since the establishment of Israel as an independent nation, the Arab-Israeli conflict has sparked various incidents of warfare and terrorism, as well as intense international diplomatic efforts—led primarily by the United States and Great Britain—to reach a long-lasting peace agreement between the opposing factions. Every US president since Harry S. Truman has devoted attention to addressing and resolving this conflict, and although certain steps toward progress have been made at various points throughout history, such progress has ultimately been undermined by acts of violence committed by one group against the other, political assassinations of key diplomatic figures, and Israeli territorial expansion."
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