Palestinians walk past the ruins of houses in Gaza City March 20, 2024, that were destroyed during Israel’s military offensive amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Photo: OSV News / Dawoud Abu Alkas, Reuters. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict grew from two national movements – Jewish Zionism and Palestinian Arab nationalism – seeking security and self-determination in the same land. Antisemitism and the Holocaust are essential to understanding Jewish support for a state of their own; Palestinian displacement, statelessness and military occupation are equally important to understanding Palestinian attitudes. Both histories…
