{"id":7440,"date":"2009-12-31T21:33:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/?p=7440"},"modified":"2025-03-08T22:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T20:35:28","slug":"the-origin-of-the-palestine-israel-conflict-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2009\/12\/the-origin-of-the-palestine-israel-conflict-book\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Origin of the Palestine-Israel Conflict&#8221; paper [Recommended]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Published by Jews for Justice in the Middle East<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Origin-of-the-Palestine-Israel-Conflict.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"386\" height=\"596\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Origin-of-the-Palestine-Israel-Conflict.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7442\" style=\"width:386px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Origin-of-the-Palestine-Israel-Conflict.png 386w, https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Origin-of-the-Palestine-Israel-Conflict-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the periodic bloodshed continues in the Middle East, the search for an equitable solution must come to grips with the root cause of the conflict. The conventional wisdom is that, even if both sides are at fault, the Palestinians are irrational &#8220;terrorists&#8221; who have no point of view worth listening to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our position, however, is that the Palestinians have a real grievance: their homeland for over a thousand years was taken, without their consent and mostly by force, during creation of the state of Israel. And all subsequent crimes\u2014on both sides\u2014inevitably follow from this original injustice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This paper outlines the history of Palestine to show how this process occurred and what a moral solution to the region&#8217;s problems should consist of. If you care about the people of the Middle East, Jewish and Arab, you owe it to yourself to read this account of the other side of the historical record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plain text version: <a href=\"httpss:\/\/www.wrmea.org\/jews-for-justice\/the-origin-of-the-palestine-israel-conflict.html\">https:\/\/www.wrmea.org\/jews-for-justice\/the-origin-of-the-palestine-israel-conflict.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Download a PDF for two-sided printing below:<\/p>\n\n\n        <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-8e321ae33bae700757d647e40fbfd962\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content aligncenter ep-percentage-width ep-content-share-enabled ep-share-position-right ep-content-protection-disabled\" data-embed-type=\"PDF\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Origin-of-the-Palestine-Israel-Conflict.pdf\">\n            <div class=\"embedpress-inner-iframe 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He does business consulting as <a href=\"https:\/\/aim.ps\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Applied Information Management<\/a> (AIM), specializing in business development with a niche focus on the information technology sector and start-ups.\r\n\r\nBahour was instrumental in the establishment of two publicly traded firms: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He is Co-founder &amp; Emeritus Member of <a href=\"http:\/\/a4vpe.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy<\/a> (A4VPE) and until recently served as an independent Director at the Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. and a board member at <a href=\"https:\/\/justvision.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Vision<\/a>.\r\n\r\nHe writes frequently on Palestinian affairs and has been widely published in leading outlets. He is co-editor of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/1994\/10\/homeland-oral-histories-of-palestine-and-palestinians-book-recommended\" rel=\"noopener\">HOMELAND: Oral History of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993), tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamBahour\" rel=\"noopener\">@SamBahour<\/a>, and blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epalestine.ps\/\" rel=\"noopener\">epalestine.ps.<\/a>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7440"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9988,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7440\/revisions\/9988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7440"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=7440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}