The war between Palestine and the Israel has lasted more than six decades. Since the creation of the state of Israel the war continues and thousands of people died due to the war. The peoples particularly the Palestinians have undergone untold suffering due to the war. Many attempts have been made to create peace between Palestinian and Israel and The United State of America has always been the peace mediator between them. None of the peace treaty created by The United State of America since six decades ago has reached any success. All the peace treaties developed by The United State of America had reached the state of failure. One after the other of the American President has attempted to make peace between Palestine and the Israel but all attempts so far has not bear any fruit. What causes the war between the Palestine and the Israel?

Once we know the causes then we know how to deal with the issue. Wars are due to rivalry between two nations the Palestine and Israel about the lands that the Israel claimed to be their lands since thousands of years. Historically the land belongs to the Israelites. The Israelite used to live in this land for thousands of years before they were driven away and forced to live as fugitives in other parts of the world. After World War Two the Israelites return to occupy the lands that their forefathers used to live and call the land by the name Israel. When the Israelites were driven away from their lands, the lands are occupied by the Arabs who are predominantly Muslims and they call the lands by the name Palestine. The Arabs also have lived in the land for a very long times and has regarded the lands as their original homeland. None of the two nations want to relinquish their right over the lands. Both claimed that the land belong to them. Although the Arabs are willing to recognize the right of the Israelites to occupy some part of the lands but Israel on the other hand is not even willing to give any inch of the lands to the Arabs. The Israel wants the whole lands belong to them and they are not willing to relinquish even the lands that they have occupied from the Palestinians.

The Israel wants the whole lands to them and the Arabs to live only as a citizen of Israel.Israel does not want to recognize Palestine as a sovereign nation. As long as both nations are not willing to come to terms the problems will remains the same. The Israel is not willing to come to any terms proposed and agreed by the Palestinians. The Jews are the main citizen of Israel and they believe that they are the children of God while others are not. As the children of God the Jews believe that they have the most right to remain in the land where the city of Jerusalem lies. Although Jerusalem is also the sacred city of the Muslims yet Jerusalem is the only sacred city of the Jews. The Jews have only Israel as their homeland while the Arabs have almost the whole Arab Peninsula as their lands. The Jews find many reasons to remain steadfast with their claim that Israel is the land of the Jews. The proposed solution of having two sovereign nations Israel and Palestine are not acceptable to Israel. The Jews wants the whole land to become Israel or otherwise the problem would never be solved. Thousands of peoples including children died or injured due to the war. Since the Jews are better equipped militarily, the catastrophe is mainly on the sides of the Muslim Arabs. The war has become massacre of human being and it has been going on for more than six decades and it should be stop immediately. As a Muslim we do not like war. War is a crime unless it is done because of the order of Allah and to please Allah. Allah ordered us to wage war only when the work of propagating the great words has been stops by the rulers of the country. Muslims only engage in war when the rulers of the country refused both the offer to accept Islam as his religion and to pay tax to the Muslims.

When the work of dakwah is stop by the rulers of any country then the choice that is available to the Muslims at that time is to wage war against the ruler the country. When Muslims goes to war only because of the order of Allah and to please Allah, then Allah’s help is with the Muslims and Allah will make the Muslims supreme. Muslims should not go to war for no other reasons other than to obey Allah and to please Allah. Muslims should not go to war for acquiring lands and wealth .Allah gives no values to lands and wealth and Allah has not ordered us to go to war for acquiring lands and wealth. The Muslims should stop the war with Israel as it is against the order of Allah. Allah is not pleased with the war and Allah is not going to help us to wins the war. The longer the war continues the more Muslims will die or get injured unnecessarily. We only go to war because it is an order of Allah and to please Allah. The Muslims should give up their claimed of the lands and make Palestine to become part of Israel. If Muslims are willing to do this then the war that has gone for so many years will stop immediately. The whole world will be happy with the news that both the Jews and the Muslims have come to good term and have become friendly. Muslims should be friendly with the Jews and it is the work of every Muslims to invite the Jews to recite the great words, meaning I bear witness that there is no God except Allah and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah. The Jews are also the family of Allah and should be invited to become Muslims. When the Jews become Muslim then the Jews becomes our brothers and Israel becomes a Muslim country. In case the Jews refused to accept Islam Allah will make the Muslim to be above them.

Prof Dr Nasoha Saabin
January 2010
Integrative Holistic Wellness Centre