Israel's History and People

            As of 2013, the Israeli population is composed of approximately 75% Israeli Jews whileIsraeli Arabs consist of about 21% of the population, and 4% as “other.”   As the million-dollar question of what to do about Israel and Palestinians comes up in any conversation, it is nearly always assumed that Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs are mortal enemies. Their religious and ideological differences are too strong, and their politics too polarizing, and their historical hostilities towards one another run too deep to work together on issues, nonetheless become friends. All Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs do not hate each other. It would be impossible to state that all group of x category hates everyone from y category, and vice versa. The Israelis: Ordinary People in An Extraordinary Land by: Donna Rosenthal  In cities like Haifa exist an island of sanity from the hatred of politics and moral questions surrounding the peoples of Israel. In The Israelis: Ordinarypeople in

Ismail Haniyeh of the Palestinian Authority speaking with Egypt. The Jerusalem Post published “ Hamas: Wereceived timeline for ceasefire with Israel ” which discussed the potential plan to create a ceasefire between Hamas and the Israeli government within the Gaza Strip. Currently, the Gaza government is headed by Ismail Haniyeh, the Prime Minister of Palestinian Authority, referred to as the Hamas administration. Haniyeh, who has ruled Gaza for a total of ten years (not consecutive) spoke of their demands to reporters and Egypt who relayed the information to Israel. The demands include an exchange of prisoners, the removal of signal jamming devices in Israeli prisons, the removal of sanctions for Palestinian prisoners following a stabbing, the expansion of fishing zones, and the reopening of crossings on the Israel/Gaza border among other things. The United Nations Middle East are also aware of the restrictions prisoners are facing since they discussed the result of the stabbing