Imagine living in a warzone‚ where every day could be your last day‚ and your country is in the war with itself. Where words of peace were only spoken‚ not carried out. Israel was one of those countries; it was 1993 when a break to the seemingly endless war began. The Oslo Accords‚ a result of both Israel and Palestine desire to move beyond the reputation of the intifadah‚ gave Palestine independence from Israel and brought the country into a financial golden age (“Israel”). The Declaration of
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Book Reviews Water as a Source of Contention and Cooperation Water Resources in the Middle East: Israel-Palestinian Water issues — From Conflict to Cooperation edited by Hillel Shuval and Hassan Dweik. Berlin: Springer‚ 2007. 454 pp. Olli Ruohomäki Dr. Olli Ruohomäki. former deputy representative of Finland to the Palestinian Authority‚ is currently .senior advisor with the Ministiyfor Foreign Affairs. Finland. The arid landscape ofthe Middle East and the expanding human settlements suggest
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Why was Israel so successful in dealing with threats to its survival in the years 1948-73? Israel’s success in dealing with the treats it came across was due to many factors. These included Israel’s military tactics; which is one of the most important ones. Israeli determination for an independent state‚ the disunity between the Arab people‚ territory and the role of the US all played a part in the triumph of Israeli survival in the years 1948 – 73. Israeli military tactics were a long-term
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Beirut is the capital of the country and it’s also nicknamed “Paris of the East”. Famous people are originally half Lebanese such as the well known Columbian artist “Shakira”. There are five countries which surround Lebanon which are: Turkey‚ Syria‚ Jordan‚ Cyprus & Palestine (Israel). Several problems started to appear in Lebanon. In 1943-1948 after France got out from Lebanon the Christians took the balance of power in the country while Muslims haven’t much of a power back then‚ this caused some
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status as a caliphate‚ it claims religious authority over all Muslims across the world and aspires to bring most of the Muslim-inhabited regions of the world under its political control beginning with territory in the Levant region which includes Jordan‚ Israel‚ Palestine‚ Lebanon‚ Cyprus and part of southern Turkey. The group has been described by the United Nations and Western and Middle Eastern media as a terrorist group and has been designated a foreign terrorist organization by the United States
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In 1980 Iraq invaded Iran‚ I distinctly remember this because we were in the U.S. when we heard the news. My Father decided we had to get back to Baghdad. We found out that the Baghdad airport had been bombed. This meant we had to fly to Amman in Jordan and went for a torturous overnight drive‚ on wooden plank seats in a vehicle that was more like a truck than a bus‚ from Amman to Baghdad. Saddam Hussein started this war‚ but before the war‚ Baghdad was actually prospering‚ yes he ruled with an iron
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Working Paper no. 45 -Regional and Global Axes of Conflict - NOTHING BUT FAILURE? THE ARAB LEAGUE AND THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL AS MEDIATORS IN MIDDLE EASTERN CONFLICTS Marco Pinfari London School of Economics and Political Science March 2009 Crisis States Working Papers Series No.2 ISSN 1749-1797 (print) ISSN 1749-1800 (online) Copyright © M. Pinfari‚ 2009 Crisis States Research Centre Nothing but Failure? The Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council as Mediators in Middle
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Contents Letter of Transmittal 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 7 Introduction to Arab Spring 9 Definition 9 Origin of the term 9 Countries involved 10 General History of Arab 10 Conquests and Expansion of Arabs: 11 Union of Arab Countries – The Arab League: 11 The Arab Common Market: 12 Rising Disputes: 12 Arab Cold War: 13 Various Conflicts: 13 Arab-Israeli conflict: 13 Iran-Iraq war: 13 Lebanese Civil War: 14 Western Sahara War: 14 Yemen Civil War: 15 Somali Civil War
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Sidon‚ present day Lebanon and Syria.|Trade‚ farming | Hebrews |Each tribe set up separate governments connected by their customs.|2000 BCE|King David|Hebrews migrated to a region known as Canaan‚ roughly corresponding to present-day Israel‚ western Jordan‚ southern Syria‚ and southern Lebanon.|Free religion| Babylonians |Highly-developed court system. One of its greatest rulers‚ Hammurabi‚ developed a code of laws that is now known as Hammurabi’s Code. This major collection of laws gives insight into
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countries where Arabic is the dominant language. • Arab countries are religiously and ethnically diverse with Islam being the dominant religion in most countries. • 22 Arab countries/areas: Algeria‚ Bahrain‚ the Comoros Islands‚ Djibouti‚ Egypt‚ Iraq‚ Jordan‚ Kuwait‚ Lebanon‚ Libya‚ Morocco‚ Mauritania‚ Oman‚ Palestine‚ Qatar‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Somalia‚ Sudan‚ Syria‚ Tunisia‚ United Arab Emirates‚ and Yemen. • Iran and Turkey are not Arab countries. ARAB GEOGRAPHY The Arab “homeland” stretches some 5‚000
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