Homemade guns used in Palestinian attacks on Israelis

The first map portrays how the Palestinian and Israelis are divided and how Israel is surrounded by many Arabs nation. The second map portrays how the Palestinian loss of land has evolved since 1947. Could it be possible that maybe Israel could take over the whole territory and expel the Palestinians? 

Why is this homemade gun issue important in Israel?  What measures are the Israeli security service taking to prevent or cease the production of these homemade guns? How do today conflicts relate to imperial history?

In Israel, the usage of the homemade guns, in particular the “Carl Gustav” or “Carlo” submachine guns, have increased in attack by Palestinians toward the Israelis. These guns are being made at small metal shops These guns are very cheap compared to the expensive modern machine guns. The advantage of these guns is that these guns do not have serial numbers so it makes it difficult to trace.  Since October 2015, there have been 68 shooting with the usage of these homemade guns. The attackers are using these guns to attack Israeli soldiers at checkpoint or for example, the Damascus gate of Jerusalem’s Old City. “Concern over the increasing use of the weapons has prompted a drive in recent weeks by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and Israeli army to break up production of the homemade guns”.  The Israeli security services are raiding to try to seize as many homemade gun as possible. There is a video that portrays the Shin Bet raiding home and finding these homemade guns wrapped around cloths and hidden behind plasters in a ceiling. Additionally, the officers are arresting gunsmiths that are making and selling these types of guns.  The Israel police spokesman has even stated that these guns are getting close to being “military grade” weapon. The Shin Bets have been aware of these weapons since 2012, but they paid little attention to them because they did not think the Palestinian and Arabic-Israelis would use it on the Israeli. Violence is increasing in Israel.

            Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most historical and still present issue in the Middle East. “The roots of this lie in the rise of secularism and nationalism in Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which transformed the ways many Jews conceived of themselves. Traditionally, Jewish identity had been rooted in pre-Christian Rome’s expulsion of thousands of Jews from the province of Palestine (British colonized) I n136 CE, following a revolt against imperial domination” (Anderson, p.352). Israel is a Jewish nation surrounded by a lot of Islamic nations. Why would the Jews want to stay in a place that is surrounded by people that are not like them? Israel is their homeland; their religion history is in Israel. This conflict is another example of how imperial power has left conflict and no solution. I understand both sides of the argument. The Palestinians have already been settled there when the Jews want to come back. However, the Jews were there first and were expelled. These groups want their own nation. The imperial power has controlled them and now they want to have their own place. If only these two groups could get along, so people will not create homemade guns and attack one another; its like they have their own terrorist groups miles away. I just can’t believe how much hatred both ends of both groups have toward each other. This article was on how Palestinians are attacking the Israelis, but so are the Israelis attacking the Palestinians.  My main question on this Israeli-Palestinian conflict is: Will there ever be peace in Israel/Palestine? Could they ever resolve their issues?

Sources for Map:
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http://www.datemplate.com/postpic/2009/11/israel-political-map_423941.png

Anderson, Sheldon. "International Studeis: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Issues". Colorado. 2015. Westview Press. Print.