What caused the first Arab-Israeli War? All throughout the early decades of the 20th century there had been tension between rival Jews and Arabs as they both believed the land of Palestine belonged to them. But on 14th May 1948 Ben Gurion announced the newly formed state of Israel and that is the main reason to what was the cause of the ‘War on Independence’. After the First World War Britain was given mandatory powers over Palestine as the countries of the Western World believed the
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Describe the Effects of the Yom Kippur War on Arab Israeli relations. (12 marks) The Yom Kippur War happened in October 1973‚ which involved the Arabs and the Israelis‚ as well as two superpowers‚ the USA and the USSR. At the end of the war‚ the Israelis had won. However‚ the Israeli government and people were shocked by how the Arabs did. The Yom Kippur War has led to a number of effects on the Arab-Israeli relations‚ which can be classified as two aspects‚ short term and long term
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Burhan Ghney Obama Victory Speech On November 4th‚ 2008‚ Senator Barack Obama had won the presidential election over Senator John McCain. Shortly after the victory‚ president Obama was giving his victory speech at Grant Park in Chicago‚ Illinois. In his speech he explains how America is a land of opportunity. He also preaches about hope and unity as a nation. He also reaches out to the entire American population‚ saying that change needs to come to America. His objective is to make everyone realize
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Wiesel opened his speech in a most humble clear tone‚ loud enough to be audibly heard‚ yet soft enough to portray the deep pain he obviously still felt as he told the story of how his father called out to him just before he died in the bunk bed above him and of how he was too afraid to go to his father’s deathbed for fear of the German guards. His opening reference to his father’s heavenly grave was an attention grabber. (Beebe‚ pp. 189‚ 14) He paused for effect and used short simple sentences in
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such as myself are rarely in the position to be forced to fight against the power. While it is difficult to put myself in the mindset of someone who would deem it necessary‚ I am aware of some injustices that I would rebel for: democracy‚ freedom of speech‚ and freedom of religion. The first thing that would make me want to fight back against any government is if my right to vote was inhibited. Just because I’m a minor and can’t legally vote doesn’t
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Adolf Hitler entered Kroll Opera House on the first of September‚ 1939‚ as his troops prepared to invade Poland. Propaganda was a major facet of Nazi Germany’s success and this speech reiterates the plight of Germany‚ Hitler’s beliefs on who was to blame for their failing economy‚ and what must be done about the crisis. Like many of Hitler’s speeches‚ outside of those in physical attendance‚ nations all over the world had tuned in via radio where these speeches were translated in real time. This
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Hamlet’s famous “to be or not to be” speech is supposedly the greatest‚ most significant‚ and intriguing creation in all of English writing. Shakespeare investigates the subject of life and also the subject of death and even inquiries what happens after death‚ all while Hamlet is debating on whether or not he needs to end his life or keep on battling through his unhappiness. The beginning of the speech establishes some sort of stability. There is a direct struggle of want to being dead or alive
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The speech from Cyber Smile foundation‚ creates awareness to teenagers between the age of 11- 16 that words can be used as weapons against others if not chosen carefully. The speech was proposed at St John the Baptist school during a morning assembly for their weekly topic of "treat thy neighbour ad you would like to be treated’. The speech had the intentions of changing the attitudes of the teenagers to prevent cases of bullying in wh`ich many of those around their age group are victim of. The
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States of America in 19th century. It’s the President Abraham Lincoln famous Gettysburg address. One of the main points for Lincoln when he giving this speech is to persuade both union and confederate (two different sides during the civil war) citizens to come join together to create the new equal and justice United States. This persuasion speech made me known why many people saw him as the great man. He did not antagonize‚ nor did he show disrespect to the dead‚ even those who fought for the Confederacy
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Bono’s speech at the Harvard University Bono‚ the lead singer of the famous rock band U2‚ gave a speech at the Harvard University on June 6th‚ 2001. Bono focused on the world’s primary problems. Bono tries to convince the students at Harvard University‚ that the world has some issues that someone should take care of. In the beginning of Bono’s speech‚ Ethos is used to get reliance from the audience. He begins describing himself; “I am a singer and a songwriter but I am also a father‚ four times
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