Israeli/Palestinian Conflict by Steve White
March 25, 2021
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Date(s) - 25/03/2021
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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The territorial dispute between Palestinians and Israelis has resulted in ongoing conflict since before World War 2. The territory in dispute is situated in what is termed “The Holy Land”, and in particular, around the one City that all three major Monotheistic Faiths (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) hold in high regard as a place for pilgrimage and worship. The claims to birthright to this land go back to Abraham and his first two sons. According to the Bible, Ishmael is the ancestor of the Arabs, and Isaac is the chosen heir to God’s covenant with Abraham.
However, in the very dark days of World War 1 Britain made agreements with both the Arabs and the Jews regarding the land, then known as Palestine, to seek short term assistance to win “The Great War”. As an inevitable consequence, both Arabs and Jews believed they had received a promise that they would possess that land, but the contradictory promises resulted in growing anger and conflict between Arabs and Jews in that land. By 1947 Britain, so weary after World War 2, had had enough of this conflict and, on 29th November 1947, the United Nations agreed to partition Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state. The conflict has been going on ever since.
Stephen White has visited Israel on several occasions and has had an active interest in this topic. He will address the following issues:
- What has happened?
- What were the causes?
- Is anyone right or wrong?
- How should we view it?
- What has God got to do with it?
Steve White
Stephen White has had a career as a physicist and is now retired. He has been a very supportive member of the Reasonable Faith Adelaide committee for a number of years.
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