WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -National movements. The roots of the modern Arab–Israeli conflict lie in the rise of Zionism and the reactionary Arab nationalism that arose in response to Zionism towards the end of the 19th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 2000, sparked in part by Palestinian grievances over Israel’s control over the West Bank, a stagnating peace process, and former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s visit to the al-Aqsa mosque-the third holiest site in Islam-in September 2000, Palestinians launched the second intifada, which would last until 2005.

Detailed explanation-3: -Arab-Israeli wars, series of military conflicts between Israeli forces and various Arab forces, most notably in 1948–49, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982, and 2006.

Detailed explanation-4: -The conflict involves threats and hostility by Iran’s leaders against Israel, and their declared objective to dissolve the Jewish state on the basis of, or not on the basis of anti-semitic rhetoric and reasoning.