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intensions‚ along with C. Weizmann and the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland‚ were to establish a homeland for Jewish people (Zionism‚ 2011). The land given to the Jews was not just sacred land to the Jews‚ but for other religions as well (Palestine‚ 2011). For these reasons‚ the leaders of the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland with the additional help of Chaim Weizmann‚ they were able to receive a declaration stating specific land to the Jews. This might have been a jubilant day
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place in Palestine to this day is long battle fought for years all over the world. The most violent and well-known area for this conflict is in Palestine with the fighting between Israel‚ and Gaza. Due to the Balfour Declaration formed in 1917 by the British government‚ in cooperation with Egypt‚ the area known as Palestine has become a war zone between the Jewish and Arab people.[1] The purpose of this paper is to closely examine the Balfour declarations role in the conflict in Palestine‚ and the
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The Arab and Israeli conflict began when the Israelis colonized in Palestine. The Jews colonized in Palestine because they claimed that the land was a promise from Abraham and his descendants. So they colonized there in a religious promise. They also claimed that the land was a historical site of the ancient Jewish Kingdoms of Israel and Judea. So the Israelis colonized in Palestine based on a promise from Abraham and claimed that is was an ancient kingdom of the Jews. The Palestinians‚ the owners
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holocaust. The Holocaust caused the death of around 6 million Jews while many others fled from Europe and a big number of them found refuge in Palestine. But why Palestine and what effect would this have on the Arab world? Jews felt that they needed a homeland or in other words their own state. This state was commonly referred to as being the land of Palestine as it is the land of Jews as described in the bible. A portion of Jews the Zionists looked forward to returning to their rightful land where
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A major conflict came from the idea of Palestine being “where the holy places were and the reminders of the last Jewish Kingdom”‚ everyone wanted a piece of Palestine (MacMillan 412). Not all jews supported a jewish state in in Palestine because‚ “The country was not yet capable of supporting a large population”(MacMillan 419). There was also the issue of the people whom already resided in Palestine‚ “What is to become of the people of the country?” (MacMillan 416). Taking
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Middle East been so intractable? The conflict in the Middle East focuses on the tension between Israel and Palestine which stems from the early 20th century‚ specifically after the Second World War‚ to this day the conflict still hasn’t been resolved. Neither Palestine nor Israel are satisfied with the current situation. Israel is internationally recognised as a sovereign state whereas Palestine is not‚ it’s built up of the occupied territories of Gaza and the West Bank. The term intractable basically
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quickly became a polarizing issue between European who reject the refugees and humanitarians who seek to help the refugees. In 1947‚ similar concerns of illegal immigration were happening in British-controlled Palestine. European Jewish refugees were illegally leaving Europe to settle in Palestine‚ despite concerns from the British government of the rise in tension with the native Arab population. Clearly‚ the British Empire regarded this as part of their interest despite the consequences that it could
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matters. The Poet’s feelings and emotions towards the situation in Palestine and how he relates to it‚ the actual situation in Palestine and his one and only desire. The poet’s purpose is to take us on an emotional journey of his melancholy using simple terms intertwined together to form metaphors and imagery that best portrait the morbid and sad image of Palestine. He is addressing anyone who has affinity towards the subject of Palestine or otherwise. First‚ he talks about a major sadness in his
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Yasser Arafat was the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization‚ who worked against democracy. In fact‚ some would consider him a terrorist. A terrorist is someone who fights against democracy by using violent means against civilians in the pursuit of political aims. On May fourteenth of 1948‚ Israel was officially declared as a country by the United Nations. Before May fourteenth‚ Israel was formally known Mandatory Palestine. Mandatory Palestine a
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