Socio-economic Impacts of Border Disputes: Special Reference to Gaza Issue in Palestine

Abstract

Considering the world history that witnessed many wars in previous century in one country seek to impose its power on other but in less war. This research studies one of the most complicated ongoing conflicts in the world about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For many centuries in the past objective has been to remove a nation from its territory or homeland and to introduce another different race to occupy its land. This uniqueness try to the Palestine struggle a distracted quality which accepts no similarity to any other war in modem history. The research focuses to identify socio-economic impacts of boarder disputes and special reference to study Gaza issue in Palestine. The study tries to present in depth review of major events which happened during the conflict and grounded on both positive and negative ideas of this matter. The socio and economic impacts are based on many aspects and the conflict and its consequences play a huge role in their strengthening or weakening. This research is entirely based on secondary data since only secondary data will be analyzed using content analyzes the research assume a qualitative approach. Research objectives will be achieved in the several theories, approaches and concepts, especially through the international relations theories using such Realism, Marxism and Constructivism to clarify in depth the reasons for the current struggle. The study is limited to the events and incidents that happened from 1948 to 2018. Different countries, important political figures, international organizations and other powerful entities tried to implement a resolution for the conflict by different means for many years. Unfortunately, peace was not an option. In the study number of key findings which are Adverse economic shocks to the Palestinian labor markets were important triggers to the violence in the second Intifada and The construction of the West Bank wall is the most robust correlate with violence in the post-Intifada period that include different aspects of relations among the two sides of the conflict