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Title ** by Ilan
 * Part I--What I already know about my topic **

The Israelies and the Palastinians have been fighting for many years and it has become a very important problem that needs to be fixed. I know that these two ethnicities have been fighting ever since the U.N gave them a country. I also know that the Israelies gave the Palastinians land and still many fights broke out. Another thing that I know is that U.S.A helps Israel, but most of the countries around Israel fight with Israel as well.

There are a few things that I want to learn about that has to do with this topic. For example, why aren't the Palastinians happy that they at least got some land that they wanted? Also, why don't the two ethnic groups form a piece treaty like other nations? Finally, why did the two religions fight before the wars broke out?
 * Part II--What I Want to Find Out **

My journey to finding all of the vital information needed in order to find out why the two groups, the israelies and the palastinians constantly fight. At first I went to my local book store to buy a book on this long war. I found a book called "Israel over the years." This book included many chapters on the conflict that occurs there. I was very inspired by this because I'm part Israeli and my life involves traveling there and sharing memories with my family members. My dad and mom lived as kids in Israel and they experienced many fights there. I interviewed my father because he had to walk down the streets in Israel and he remembers every single day there. It would be very useful to interview him and I did. I was very fortunate to take a trip to Israel this year and experience the conflict first hand. This was a great opportunity where I could get useful information on the subject that I was studying.
 * Part III--The Search **

In this investigation, I found out many things and learned the reasons for why the two groups constantly fight. For example this fight started 62 years ago when the state of Israel became a country. Before, this piece of land was part of England. The people that lived there were some Jews and many Arabs. In 1948 when the Jews declared that land as their country the idea went to the U.N. Later there were more votes in favor of the Jews. The day after all the arabs left the country furious saying that the Jews took "their" land. Since then the reason for the fighting was always the same: "Those Jews took our land!" Over the years there were many wars that took place on that land.
 * Part IV--What I Learned **

Part V
Tessler, Mark. //A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict//. 1st. 1st. New York: 326. Print.

Wikipedia,. "Israel-Palastinian Conflict." //Wikipedia// (2009): 1. Web. 20 April 2010. .

Wiernik, Ilan. Intervew by Dad. 20 April 2010. Print.