• The relations between Jews and Arabs in Israel inevitably reflect the ongoing confrontations

between Israel and the Palestinians and between Israel and neighboring Arab countries. The

outbreak of the Second Intifada in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in September 2000, the

Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006, and Israel's recent military operation in Gaza

Strip ("Cast Lead", December 2008), heightened the tension between the two sectors.

• The October 2000 events in the Galilee (Northern Israel) and the Triangle region (Central

Israel) have had a long-lasting impact on the fabric of Jewish-Arab relations. As each side

perceived its very existence threatened, mutual fears escalated.

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