Correction: Why does Israel WANT THE GAZA STRIP BACK.
For the same reason YEMEN was and is the most strategic port in this new world (Red Sea, India).
Access to the Mediterranean.
Hmmm, Richard Medhust has a few good points, surrounded by political hoo haa.
(1) Did the Gaza Strip belong to Egypt?
Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Egypt administered the newly formed Gaza Strip. It was captured by Israel in the Six-Day War in 1967. Between 1994 and 1999, Israel transferred security and civilian responsibility for much of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority.
(2) How did Israel get the strip
On 5 June 1967, weeks after Egypt blockaded the Straits of Tiran and cut off Israeli shipping, Israel attacked Egypt, initiating the Six-Day War.** It quickly defeated the surrounding Arab states and occupied the Gaza Strip, along with the West Bank and other territory, ending Egypt's occupation**.
(3) What race are Philistines? (You do know they were the original invaders)
Scholarly consensus. Most scholars agree that the Philistines were of Greek origin, and that they came from Crete and the rest of the Aegean Islands or, more generally, from the area of modern-day Greece.
(4)Was Goliath a Palestinian?
Goliath was not a Palestine but a Philistine warrior from Greece who lived in the City of Gath, which coincidentally is now part of Gaza. There was no Palestine in the time of Goliath as Palestine was created/named by the Romans when they conquered the area. Rome did that to humiliate the Jews.
Correction: Why does Israel WANT THE GAZA STRIP BACK.
For the same reason YEMEN was and is the most strategic port in this new world (Red Sea, India).
Access to the Mediterranean.
Hmmm, Richard Medhust has a few good points, surrounded by political hoo haa.
(1) Did the Gaza Strip belong to Egypt? Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Egypt administered the newly formed Gaza Strip. It was captured by Israel in the Six-Day War in 1967. Between 1994 and 1999, Israel transferred security and civilian responsibility for much of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority.
(2) How did Israel get the strip On 5 June 1967, weeks after Egypt blockaded the Straits of Tiran and cut off Israeli shipping, Israel attacked Egypt, initiating the Six-Day War.** It quickly defeated the surrounding Arab states and occupied the Gaza Strip, along with the West Bank and other territory, ending Egypt's occupation**.
(3) What race are Philistines? (You do know they were the original invaders) Scholarly consensus. Most scholars agree that the Philistines were of Greek origin, and that they came from Crete and the rest of the Aegean Islands or, more generally, from the area of modern-day Greece.
(4)Was Goliath a Palestinian? Goliath was not a Palestine but a Philistine warrior from Greece who lived in the City of Gath, which coincidentally is now part of Gaza. There was no Palestine in the time of Goliath as Palestine was created/named by the Romans when they conquered the area. Rome did that to humiliate the Jews.