text: why is there a fight between israel & palestine?   because their value systems are completely different.  no arab countries have yet adopted a modern position that includes the rule of law, equal rights, and the rights of the individual over the rights of the state.  israel embodies those principles unquestionably.  thus the conflict.  unfortunately for the arabs, the rest of the world is moving away from the middle age mentality in which tens or hundreds of millions of arabs live.  therefore you will not see an end to the conflict in your lifetime.