Historical tensions between Arab-Israeli conflict and African-American Jewish relations

Arab Israeli Conflict

The Arab and Israeli conflict

The Arab and Israeli conflict is in news since long. There is a continued political stress between the Arabs and the Jews since in the mid of 19th century the Zionist government was established in the former Arab land of Palestine. The Palestinian land is claimed as a religious heritage by Muslims, Jews and Christians. The actual tension is however between the Muslims particularly Arabs and the Jews. When in 1948, the Israeli state was formed; the tension took a formal shape as well. The Ottoman Empire collapsed and the Arabs and Jews started fighting over the land. The conflict presently lives in the aspects of politics, economy, religion, society and culture. The conflict often takes the shape of ferocity where by Israel being a technological advanced country, attacks Syria and adopts an aggressive position. However, the state and non-state Syrian forces have also been responding to Israel's political and military attacks (The Arab Israeli Conflict, 2011). There had been political peace between Israel and Egypt and Israel and Jordan. However, with Egypt, the Israeli peace period ended when the Mursi government took charge last year in 2012. There are minorities living in Arab and neighboring Africa that have good relations with Jews that are damaged because of Arab-Israeli conflict.

African-American and Jewish relationship

The African and Israeli relationship is defined by Carson (1988) as a "fighting couple in public." Hence they may argue in public but live with and depend on each other. The Jews supported the African blacks in their Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Black-Jew relationship however suffered during Zionism, Black Power movement and affirmative action. The Jews are also alleged to have played an effective role in slave trade. The link between the two was strongest in World War II. The relationship can be discussed by analyzing the similarities and differences between the two.

Similarities

The Blacks and Jews are both the minorities in Arab peninsula and the United States of America that are both economically strong regions. The Jews have sponsored many movies on the rights of Blacks since they have themselves faced the Nazi suppression that was one of bloodiest ventures in history.

War of Independence in Israel

The Jews fought Arabs politically until Israel was established as declared by David Ben Gurion. The neighboring countries Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Transjordan, and Iraq invaded the land that initiated Jew's War of Independence. Lot of Israeli armed force men and civilians died that increased the hatred between the two. The Blacks were fighting their own wars for public rights by that time thus they could not support the Jew rights at that time. However, the simultaneous suppression of the two resulted into sympathy for each other.

Conclusion

There have been ups and downs in the relationship between Blacks and Jews but the link is still potentially fruitful. The Arab and Israeli conflict had a negative impact on the relationship. Many blacks are Muslims in Middle East but anywhere else in the world, the community supports Jews more than the Arabs given their past coordination.