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back thousands of years, which makes it almost impossible to sort out because both sides have lived there on and off during that time. when Israel declared themselves an independent state, there was a war with neighboring Arab states during which thousands of Palestinians either voluntarily or involuntarily left their homes and land in what is now the state of Israel. One of the biggest sticking point preventing a two-state solution is the Palestinian demand that they should be allowed to return to the land and homes they fled or were expelled from in 1948. Obviously, religion plays an important role in the conflict, but the Right of Return hat has nothing whatsoever to do with religion.