government for displaced Palestinians. The PLO was made up of people from different areas. Some members lived in Israel‚ Jordan‚ or in controlled Palestinian areas that were controlled by Israel. Fatah was created shortly later because of upset Palestinians in Jordan and Arafat wanted to form a multi-national alliance against Israel. Fatah and the PLO made Israeli army’s to back down and retreat. Israel was in great disarray due to Fatah being outnumbered and outgunned. (White‚ 2012‚ p.290)
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fundamental role in the stability of the region. In the past it had serious problems with Jordan and Lebanon. And also it had problems with Egypt but to a lesser extent. Up to this day remains a conflict with Israel‚ not only for the Palestinian issue‚ but because of the annexation of the Golan Heights by Israel after the 1967 war. Modern Syria gained its independence from France in 1946‚ but has lived through periods of political instability driven by the conflicting interests of these various groups. In
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claimed was known internationally as Palestine. But following the war of 1948-49‚ this land was divided into three parts: the state of Israel‚ the West Bank (of the Jordan River) and the Gaza Strip (1). Jewish claims to this land are based on the biblical promise to Abraham and his descendants‚ on the fact that this was the historical site of the Jewish kingdom of Israel (which was destroyed by the Roman Empire)‚ and on Jews’ need for a haven from European anti-Semitism (2). Palestinian Arabs’ claims
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who remained the president of Egypt until his death on October 6‚ 1981. He was born on December 25‚ 1918. He was awarded Nobel Prize for his initiation of the peace negotiations with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin. Under their leadership‚ Egypt and Israel made peace with each other in 1979. Graduated from the Cairo Military Academy in 1938‚ Sadat was a politician from the very beginning. During World War II he conspired to exude the British from Egypt with the help of the Germans. The British jailed
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western Asia and the eastern Mediterranean‚ after 1000 B.C.E. The Assyrian is located in northern Mesopotamia. It is hillier and has more varieties of temperature and greater rainfall than Babylonia. The history of the Israel is similar to the history of the Middle East. The first Israel people travel from places to places. They later settle down in an area and farm on the land. They fight with their neighbor from time to time. Their settle down to an agricultural way of life and later become a unify
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Joe Sacco’s Palestine is a journalist’s journey throughout the Palestinian lifestyle‚ Israel and other facets of the state. Not only does Sacco voluntarily put himself into a dangerous occupied territory but he also assembles himself as a character in his engaging novel. Sacco is collecting the stories of the Palestinians and the destruction that Israelis have brought to their lives and families. Edward Said’s Orientalism provides a parallel to Sacco’s novel‚ as he conveys a plethora of false assumptions
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conflict was the tension between who owned what land. When Golda Meir got a chance to be part of Israel politically‚ she took it. Her goal was to help resolve problems with the Arabs and gain peace for Israel. She has done many actions that have impacted Israel while they were going through many crisis. Known as a “tough old lady”‚ Golda Meir was an elderly‚ wise woman who was elected Prime Minister of Israel in 1969. Golda Meir had a gift for making complex issues appear more simple. Although she
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grandparents themselves when they were alive. This field provides her with a steady source of income and‚ I believe‚ a hidden sense of pride. In the film‚ she gets new neighbors living right across from her. They live exactly on the green line border between Israel and the West Bank. To her disadvantage‚ her new neighbor is the Israeli Defense Minister and his family. Not to my surprise however‚ the Defense Minister declares Salma’s field of trees as a threat to the Minister’s safety and quickly tries to initiate
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LoveYourNeighbor http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/24/israel-gaza-children-peacemakers The article I have chosen Is "Children are the best peacemakers in the Middle East" and was written by Izzeldin Abuelaish. In this article‚ it focuses on a women having a law suit against Isreal for the killing of her two daughters. In order to get closure‚ The women wanted Israel to understand the pain she and others have faced‚ not deny it or ignore it in arrogance and ignorance. These
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Throughout the history of civilization‚ one story has seemed to stay the same across all continents. A foreign group is introduced to a native group‚ and the differing cultures will either unite together to form a more whole society‚ or become direct enemies‚ typically causing a direct total of state. In the nineteenth century‚ a land known as Palestine‚ which was occupied by a large proportion of Muslim and Christian inhabitants‚ was colonized by a European group of people known as “Zionists”. From
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