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* The conflict began with the rise of '''modern Zionism''' and '''Arab nationalism''', both rooted in nationalism, not theology. Jewish settlers sought a homeland; Palestinians resisted as indigenous inhabitants Arab News<ref>{{cite web|title=Arab News|url=https://freethinker.co.uk/2023/12/is-the-israel-palestine-conflict-fundamentally-a-nationalist-not-a-religious-war/|publisher=Arab News|access-date=2025-12-22}}</ref>.
* Early violence—like clashes over prayer rights at the Western Wall (Kotel)—was tied to religious symbolism, but emerged within a broader ethnic and territorial dispute The Guardian<ref>{{cite web|title=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/20/israel-palestine-conflict-religious-war|publisher=The Guardian|access-date=2025-12-22}}</ref>.

===== - The '''1948 war''', known as the Nakba by Palestinians, displaced hundreds of thousands. While religion factored into attitudes, the conflict was fundamentally about land, statehood, and national identity Reddit<ref>{{cite web|title=Reddit|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/18ob86r|publisher=reddit.com|access-date=2025-12-22}}</ref>Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_suicide_attacks|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-12-22}}</ref>. =====