The Israeli-Palestine conflict, although contentious on the news in the past few months,has been an on-and-off debate since the beginning of the century.

A chart from jewishvirtuallibrary.org estimates a total of 24,969 Jewish and Israeli deaths to 91,105 Arab and Palestinian deaths from 1900-2014 due to their on-going conflict.

The issues between the two states began as early as 1948 when both Israeli and Palestine wanted to define territories they both felt they were entitled to.

After World War II, and the Holocaust in which the genocide of six million Jews were performed; Great Britain, who colonized Palestine decided to give the Jewish survivors a homeland in which they now call Israel.

The West Bank is a Palestinian territory, placed inside of Israel. The war is an on-going dispute about where the boundaries start and end.

This war is commonly referred to as a “Holy War” because of the distinct differences in religious practice among Jewish and Arab followers.

What has been going on is more of an ethnic conflict and boundary dispute. The ongoing tragedies are a result of both governments wanting to control the other’s land.

The 1967 Arab-Israeli War, commonly referred to as the six-day war, was a civil war in 1967 in which Israel was strategic in their military tactics and won valuable pieces of land in the Middle East. Of those lands seized, were Palestinian territories The West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Early fall in 1967 the United Nations came up with U.N Resolution 242 which would give sovereignty back to the states before the war.

Israel still occupies the territories it was suppose to release and Middle Eastern states, mainly Egypt, do not formally recognize Israeli sovereignty reported by PBS.

The West Bank is still predominantly settled by Palestinians and in theory led by Palestinian authority, but occupied by the Israelis.

The Palestinian population outnumber Israeli presence and despite the numerous peace talks, the state of terror remains the same. Israel has not granted citizenship, self- determination or expelled the Palestinians reports PBS.

The limbo of disputes has caused the continued civil war between Israel and Palestine.

An article from PBS NewsHour stated The U.S. “has been one of the leading nations to encourage, facilitate, and arbitrate cease-fire accords between Israelis and Palestinians”.

Amnesty International reports the “U.S. government has continued to supply hundreds of thousands of tons of fuel, including fuel for fighter jets and military vehicles.” Amnesty International is calling on the U.S. and all other states to implement an embargo until all parties are held accountable.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Palestinian negotiators Wednesday to discuss the cease-fire reports the U.S.State Department.

The two sides are expected to meet and negotiate a long-term ceasefire and truce. No date has been set for conversations.

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu was reported saying he will not send a delegation to Cario, Aljazeera America reports.