Does Palestine belong to Arab countries?

Palestine is located in the west of Asia, at the intersection of Asia, Africa and Europe, and has an important strategic position. It belongs to the subtropical Mediterranean climate, with hot and dry summers and warm and humid winters. Palestine was called Canaan in ancient times, including Israel, Jordan, Gaza and the West Bank. Historically, Jews and Arabs once lived here. Around the 20th century BC, Sumerian Canaanites settled in the coastal and plain areas of Palestine. In BC13rd century, the Philistines established a country along the coast, and Hebrew tribes moved in and settled at the end of the century. From 0/020 BC to 923 BC, Jews established the Hebrew Kingdom here. After the Roman Empire conquered Palestine, it suppressed Jews three times in 64, 1 15 and 132, and1300,000 people were killed. Most of the rest were driven out of Palestine and scattered around the world. In 622 AD, the Arabs defeated the Roman Empire and took over Palestine. Arabs moved in and assimilated with local aborigines, and gradually formed modern Palestinian Arabs. Palestine became a part of the Ottoman Empire from the16th century, and became a British mandated territory after the First World War. Since then, Arabs have become the main residents of this area.

After the British occupation of Palestine, it was divided into two parts: the east of the Jordan River is called the outer Jordan, which is now the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; The west of the Jordan River is called Palestine (now Palestine), including Israel, Gaza and the West Bank of the Jordan River.

Jews have always dreamed of returning to Palestinian statehood. 1897 the first world Zionist movement congress was held in Basel, Switzerland, at which it was announced that its goal was to establish a Jewish homeland in Pakistan. 1917165438+10, British foreign secretary Belfo sent a letter to Rothschild, vice chairman of the British Zionist Union, declaring that "the British government is in favor of establishing a national homeland for Jews in Pakistan and will do its utmost to this end". This letter was later called "Balfour Declaration". 19 18, the United States announced its recognition of the Balfour declaration. Since then, Jews began to immigrate to Palestine in large numbers from all over the world.

1947165438+1On 29 October, the General Assembly adopted resolution 18 1, stipulating the establishment of an Arab state and a Jewish state in Palestine. The Jews agreed to the resolution and declared the establishment of the "State of Israel" in May 1948. The Arab countries opposed and vetoed the resolution, and declared war on Israel on May 5 15, the day after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). As a result, they were defeated and occupied most of the land in the Arab region stipulated in the above resolution. In addition, Jordan occupied 4,800 square kilometers of land in the West Bank; 258 square kilometers of Gaza were occupied by the Egyptians. 1On June 5th, 967, the third Middle East war broke out, and Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza, that is, the whole of Palestine. Palestinians were forced to flee to neighboring Arab countries and other parts of the world and become refugees. The Palestinian people demand to return to their homeland, restore their legitimate national rights and establish their own independent country, which is the core of the Middle East issue-the Palestinian issue.

1964 The first meeting of the Palestinian National Council held in Jerusalem in May decided to establish the Palestine Liberation Organization, with Ahmed Jokari as its chairman and Arafat as its chairman 1969. The special meeting of the Palestinian National Council1988165438+10/9 held in Algiers adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing the acceptance of United Nations resolution 18 1 and the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. 1In May 1994, according to the agreement reached between Palestine and Israel, Palestine exercised limited autonomy in the Gaza and Jericho. Since 1995, according to the agreement signed between Palestine and Israel, the Palestinian autonomous region has gradually expanded. At present, Pakistan controls about 2,500 square kilometers of land, including Gaza and eight cities in the West Bank. Pakistan's plan to establish a state on autonomous land announced in May 1999 was also postponed. 165438+ 10 After Israel and Palestine reached the Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum in September, the two sides officially started the final status negotiations between Israel and Palestine.

Jerusalem: An ancient city in the Middle East with Jewish temples and Islamic mosques. Islam, Judaism and Christianity are regarded as "holy places", so they are called "holy cities". 1947165438+10 In October, General Assembly resolution 18 1 stipulated that Jerusalem should be internationalized and administered by the United Nations. Israel occupied the whole area of Jerusalem through two wars: 1948 and 1967, and declared Jerusalem as its eternal and indivisible capital in July 1980. 1988165438+10 In October, the extraordinary session of the Palestinian National Council19 adopted the Declaration of Independence, declaring Jerusalem the capital of the newly established Palestinian state.