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Israeli forces intervene in Palestinians protesting Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip with tear gas during a demonstration held as part of the 73rd anniversary of Nakba, on May 17, 2021 in Nablus, West Bank. (Photo by Nedal Eshtayah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Israel-Palestine conflict: The past laid the violent foundations

Israel’s iron grip over Palestinians had its beginnings in the demise of the Ottoman Empire and Britain and France’s arbitrary mapping out of the Middle East

  • Jesse Prinsloo
7 min read