Jews took it and placed millions of palistines on land the size of 20 square miles..The responsibility for the murders rests squarely with Hamas. But the Israeli government must accept that its policies and actions over decades and its treatment of the Palestinians has fed the Hamas monster. It is as much a creature of the misguided strategy of
Israel as of Islamic fundamentalism or Arab intransigence.
In the
1967 war, Israel occupied these territories (Gaza Strip and the West Bank) including East Jerusalem, which was subsequently annexed by Israel. The war brought about a second exodus of Palestinians, estimated at half a million.Before 1948, Palestine was home to a diverse population of
Arabs, Jews, and Christians, as all groups had religious ties to the area, especially the city of Jerusalem.