Since its creation in 1948, the state of Israel has existed in a state of near-constant conflict, either with conventional threats from neighboring states, or with insurgent activity from occupied territory. The Israeli military has repeatedly proved their ability to combat enemies of a martial nature. Military foes, however, are far from the most pressing concern to the state of Israel. The Jewish majority of Israel, and by extension the Israeli government, is far more focused on the growing non-Jewish population within the borders of Israel. Politically, the rapid demographic growth of this minority is worrisome to the government of Israel, which is facing an ever more difficult attempt to keep Israel as a primarily Jewish state. Various measures have already been enacted that stray disturbingly close to violating the rights of the non-Jewish minority. In addition to the problems within the borders of Israel, the military-occupied territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have become the focus of a bloody conflict between Palestinian and Israeli civilians, both sides attempting to exert their influence and claim as much land as they can. In a misguided attempt to become the ideal of the Jewish state, the Israeli government has come dangerously close to abandoning its responsibility to its populace and its occupied territories, regardless of their demographic or political affiliation.