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___________________________________________________________________________________ The Israel-Palestinian conflict dates to 1947 when the United Nations adopted the Partition Plan also known as the Resolution of 181 . The Partition Plan divided the British Mandate of Palestine into Arab and Jewish States. The first spark of the Arab-Israeli war began on May 14 th, 1948 when the State of Israel was created, the war ended in 1949 with Israel’s victory. As Israelis celebrated their victory 750,000 Palestinians w ere displaced. On media coverage, Israel emphasizes the consideration it takes for civilian protection but dropped 6,000 bombs in the first six days when the "war" had began. I place quotations around the word war as there has been controversy in what to name this disastrous event taking place currently. For a conflict to be considered a war there are three prominent features it must have: 1. Organized violence by a identifiable political authority 2. Lethal count ...