Palestine versus Israel

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Palestine versus Israel
After the Holocaust and World War II, where Nazi Germany killed approximately six million Jews, Zionist pressure for creation of a Jewish country in British controlled Palestine grew stronger. The Britons announced their withdrawal, which forced the UN to propose the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states (Zureik, n.p.). The Jews agreed with this proposal but the Palestines never did. In 1948, Jews announced the creation of the Israel state, which the Soviet Union and the United States immediately recognized. Shortly after, Israel was attacked by five Arabic countries, which were defeated in the Israel war for independence (Gal, n.p.). After the war, many Jews resettled in Israel after being expelled from Arabic countries. Since then there has been conflict between these two countries leading to creation of various proposals to try to bring peace between the Arabs and the Jews. The aim of this paper is to compare and contrast proposals from Israel and Palestine on the issue of refugees and land.
In a bid to foster peace between the Arabs and the Jews, three documents were created. One was the Gush Shalom Proposal of 2001 (by Israel), then the Ayalon Nusseibeh Statement of 2002 (by Palestine) and finally the Geneva Initiative. All the documents begin with confirming the opinion of two states for two nations. They declare that Israel is the only state for Jews and Palestine for Palestinians. Additionally, all three documents agree on ending the conflict upon their implementation (Keller, n.p.). All three documents agree about the borders because they base them on borders created in June 1967. They also include the possibility of exchanging territories and they agree on the rates.
All the documents agree on the continuity between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The proposals by the two states agree that a highway be constructed between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and the owner will be Palestine. When it comes to the issue of settlement, these documents agree. The Gush Shalom declares that people in settlements located in area that are to become part of Palestine shall be evacuated before the finalization of Israel Occupation. The document by Palestine claims that after establishment of agreed borders, the Palestine State does not want any settlers (Keller, n.p.). Additionally, the Israeli agree to transfer the settlements while intact as a form of compensation for rehabilitating the Palestinian refugees.
On the issue of Palestinian refugees, there is a clear difference between the Palestinian document and the other two documents. This document uses the words "Right of Return"; however, there is the explanation that Palestinian refugees shall return to the Palestinian State and Jews to the Israeli State (Keller, n.p.). This stat...