The Israeli–Palestinian conflict (Hebrew: הסכסוך הישראלי-פלסטיני‎‎ Ha'Sikhsukh Ha'Yisraeli-Falestini; Arabic: النزاع الفلسطيني - الإسرائيلي‎‎ al-Niza'a al'Filastini al 'Israili) is the ongoing struggle between Israelis and Palestinians that began in the mid-20th century. The conflict is wide-ranging, and the term is sometimes also used in reference to the earlier sectarian conflict in Mandatory Palestine, between the Jewish yishuv and the Arab population under British rule. It has been referred to as the world's "most intractable conflict", with the ongoing occupation of Palestine reaching 50 years.