Israel - Palestine Conflict Case Study

Events
>1948-1949 - First Arab-Israeli war. Armistice agreements leave Israel with more territory than the Partition Plan
>1967 June - Israel launches an attack on Egypt, and Jordan and Syria join the war. The war lasts six days and leaves Israel in control of Jerusalem

>1993 - PLO leader to sign Oslo Declaration for Palestinian self-government and end First Intifada
>1994 May-July - Israel withdraws from Gaza and West Bank
>2002 June - Israel begins building barrier around West Bank
>2006 - Hamas wins parliament elections

Impacts - ECONOMIC
The Israeli unemployment rate is 5.6%, Palestinian unemployment rate in the West Bank is 17.7% and 44% in Gaza.
Israel has spent $12 billion dollars between 1989 and 2010
Palestinians stopped from working in Israel small numbers in Gaza and WB

Impacts - SOCIAL
Restrictions on women's freedom by Hamas
Residents of Gaza hurt by white phosphorus used by the Israeli army burning the victims skin
Damaged homes by shelling

Impacts - ENVIROMENTAL
Contamination of drinking water
Shortage of food production
Struggling to remove sewage and other waste material leading the spread of disease
Damage to land due to shelling

West Bank becomes Egyptian land and thus retains its Islamic ties with the Arab Nations
Equal rights in terms of politics, social rights and human rights