The ongoing unrest that exists between the israelis and the palestinians is primarily caused by the fact that the two groups a. have competing political ideologies. b. have different races living together. c. have different standards of living. d. have different religious beliefs.

The correct answer is D. The ongoing unrest that exists between the Israelis and the Palestinians is primarily caused by the fact that the two groups have different religious beliefs.

Explanation:

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the name given to the armed struggle between Israelis and Palestinians, part of a larger context, the Arab-Israeli conflict. The remote roots of the conflict date back to the late 19th century when Jewish settlers began to migrate to the region and join other Jewish remnants of historical invasions. Since the Jews were one of the peoples of the world who did not have a state of their own, and had always suffered various persecutions, they were moved by the project of Zionism - whose aim was to re-found a Jewish state in Palestine. However, Palestine, which had been inhabited for millennia by Jews, was inhabited by an Arab majority in the last few centuries, many from Syria and other neighboring places within the Ottoman Empire.