Original sentence: As a result, the nation of Israel (those who identify themselves as part of the broad Israeli identity, culture and heritage) and the state of Israel are not identical, with the state covering a larger area than that which is universally populated by people who identify themselves as Israeli.Interpretation of the complex Israeli-Palestinian conflict depends on how one interprets these events.Israel is also currently experiencing an on-going dispute with Palestinian territorial claims.Main Article Politics of Israel.Opponents and critics of Israel claim the mass changes of population were due to ethnic cleansing, with Arab lands allegedly seized by Jewish emigrants moving to Israel.Starting in 1947 600,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries were absorbed by Israel.Supporters of Israel argue that the Arabs chose to move.The State of Israel is a state in the Middle East with a predominantly Jewish population, bordering the Mediterranean Sea.The divergence between both in Israel is a key cause of the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, as with the Oslo Peace Agreement and others aimed at finding a way to reconcile the conflicting national identities with the territory of the Israeli state.Though a divergence between state and nation is not unusual it is more usually the case that the state is smaller, not bigger, than the nation
Edited sentence: Israel is currently experiencing an on-going dispute with Palestinian territorial claims.Israeli-Palestinian conflict.It is the land directly between Asia and Africa.Many more Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union, and a smaller amount of Ethiopian Jewish refugees, were absorbed by Israel in the 1980s and 1990s.See the article on the Politics of Israel for a more detailed discussion.Starting in 1947 some 600,000 to 800,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries were absorbed by Israel.The State of Israel is a state in Asia, more specifically in the Middle East, with a predominantly Jewish population, bordering the Mediterranean Sea