sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; * a state that uses cluster bombs‚ white phosphorus‚ and other internationally banned weapons of warfare‚ not only against the innocent people of Lebanon‚ but also against the defenseless people of Palestine; * a state that proclaims itself above the law as it executes individuals without arrest‚ without charges brought‚ without counsel‚ without habeas corpus‚ and without trial by jury; * a state that imprisons over 10‚000 Palestinians
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the Middle East. These were Egypt‚ Ottoman Empire and Iran. After the peace treaties and establishing mandates a new state system emerged. And this let division of Ottoman Empire to 6 different states. These are Republic of Turkey‚ Syria‚ Lebanon‚ Palestine‚ Iraq and Jordan. There were also another states like Saudi Arabia and Yemen. In the interwar era only Turkey‚ Iran Saudi Arabia and Yemen could use thier independencies. Only Turkey was able to pursuit its own domestic and foreign policies from
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In 1948‚ the British invaded what was then Palestine. The territory had been recognized as Palestine since the end of World War I. The invasion of the land led to the 1948 Palestine War. As a result of the war‚ the United Nations proposed a plan to divide the land between the Arabs‚ the Jewish population‚ and a shared territory in what is today Jerusalem. While the Jewish Agency for Palestine‚ an organization interested in Jewish settlement in Palestine‚ accepted the proposal‚ Palestinian Arabs refused
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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 the beginning of their acquaintance‚ the groups strongly opposed each other’s religious ideology
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from groups such as Hamas‚ Palestine Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. According to the Jewish Virtual Library‚ Hamas started out as a social welfare organization although it has developed into a group with its goals set high at destroying Israel and promoting Palestine ("Potential Threats" 1). According to the BBC News‚ Hamas recently formed the Palestinian government in March of 2006 (Patience 1). The Library also defined the Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) as a group
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Muslims. On the one hand‚ Jews said that they are entitled to the land known as Israel because it was where their Temple stood and it is the home of their one God. On the other hand‚ the Arab-Muslims said that they are entitled to the land they call Palestine because it was the destination of the Prophet Mohammed on his Night Journey‚ from where he ascended to heaven to speak with God. Another main reason of this conflict is that Israel has a political movement called Zionism. According to Beauchamp (2017)
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The end of World War I had a powerful impact on the world. This was because the War not only changed how war was fought with the use of technology such as poisonous gases‚ tanks and machine guns. The War also changed the power structure of Europe due to the collapse of the British Empire because of debt‚ The Bolsheviks overthrowing Czar Nicholas of Russia thus ending the Russian Empire‚ the end of the Ottoman Empire and the Sykes-Picot Treaty which redrew the borders of the Middle East and has resulted
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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 loved her family‚ she had forced her husband to move to Palestine with her after becoming an active Zionist‚ then joined a Jewish communal settlement called a kibbutz. As time flew by‚ she slowly became an active participant
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Shah Pahlavi‚ and in 1935‚ changed the name of the nation from Persia to Iran. Following World War II‚ Jewish survivors of the Holocaust looked to Palestine as a place of refuge‚ a place where they could establish the homeland promised to them by the British in the Balfour Declaration of 1917. In 1947‚ the United Nations decided to divide Palestine into two separate zones‚ one Jewish and one Arab‚ and to make Jerusalem an international zone open to everyone. The Palestinians did not favor this plan
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Encountering the New Testament: A Historical and Theological Survey. Grand Rapids‚ MI: Baker Academic‚ 2013. Print. Murray‚ Williamson. "Rome ’s Big Ideas." Military History 27.4 (2010): 62-68. Military & Government Collection. Web. 19 May 2013. "Palestine." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.‚ 2013. Web. 19 May. 2013. "Roman Roads." Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia‚ 6Th Edition (2013): 1. Literary Reference Center. Web. 19 May 2013
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