Does The Monotheistic Religion Really Cause The Arab-Israeli Conflict?

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For the monotheistic religion inquiry project I chose to focus on the on going Arab-Israeli conflict. During class we briefly touched upon the topic but it intrigued me but I did not fully understand the topic. As a class we focused on how the conflict today but not on what caused it to happen. That's what I wanted to focus on, what caused the Arab-Israeli Conflict. The conflict between them All started with what religion would rule Palestine but quickly changed to a battle against who got what land. This caused Palestine to split into different sections were Israel had the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
This conflict between the two groups has been going on for thousands of years dating back to 1030 BE, a time of discrimination and changing

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