prise about 78% of the land that is at the heart of the dispute between the Arabs and Jews (Isseroff 1). Various military conflicts have reshaped borders between the sides and added to the ongoing challenge for peace.
In 1967, the Israeli Palestinian conflict heated up during what is also known as the Six Day War (Isseroff 1). During this conflict, Israel occupied the West bank and Gaza Strip, an area of approximately 2,200 square miles that is a major source of conflict between Arabs and Jews to this day (Isseroff 1). Various peace efforts since then have focuses on the West bank and Gaza Strip, but Israel has continued to expand its settlements there since the Six Day War. However, even though Israel offered to turn over 97% of all the land in the West bank, Gaza Strip, and Arab sections of Jerusalem in negotiations at Camp David in the 1990s, the Palestinians re
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