Prior to the cold war‚ the main colonial influencers were Britain‚ France‚ Russia and the US. The Ottoman Empire was breaking up‚ and the British and French wanted to divide up the empires former land for their own respective economic gains. Russia was to be involved too‚ but they were later excluded. This was the Sykes Picot agreement. It was done in secret between the three countries of Britain‚ France and Russia. As previously stated the British and French wanted control in the region for economic
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Ghassan Kanafani in: “ The Land of the Sad Orange” Ghassan Kanafani was born in Akka Palestine in 1936 and died‚ as a result of an Israeli bomb planted to his car on 8th July 1972. His Danish wife Annie‚ described the event saying: “…We used to go shopping together every Saturday morning‚ on that day he accompanied his niece Lamees. A few minutes after they left‚ I heard the sound of a huge explosion. I ran but only saw remanence of our exploded small car. Lamees was a few meters away from the spot
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1949‚ and by July‚ Israel and the neighbouring Arab states had signed separate armistices agreements. Yet‚ these left many issues unresolved: Israel refused to return to the borders laid out in the UN partition resolution‚ occupying 20% more of Palestine than the UN had agreed on. Israel would not permit Palestinian refugees (of which there were 725‚ 000) to return to their homes The Arab states and Palestinians refused diplomatic recognition to Israel and would not acknowledge the Jewish state’s
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First World War‚ the defeated Ottoman Empire was divided amongst Britain‚ France‚ and Italy. The British mandate included Transjordan and Palestine‚ though this was the first time the name Palestine had ever been used. Britain’s main role was to implement the Balfour Declaration‚ which stated the “Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people‚ and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object” (Hurewitz‚ 1979
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There has not been a moment of peace in former Palestine since the United Nations proclaimed the land as the State of the Jewish people in 1948‚ which changed the name of the land to Israel. In the Gaza strip‚ just above Egypt‚ there are constant fire attacks from both Hamas into Israel‚ and in defense‚ from the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) into Gaza. Since Hamas took over Gaza in June of 2007‚ Israel began a blockade preventing food‚ gas and medical supplies from entering the Gaza strip with the
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The Tanzimat The Ottoman Empire in the early 19th Century was in a very weak state. Internal and external affairs threatened the very existence of the empire‚ from the military movements of Mohammad Ali in Egypt‚ to the slow European invasion of the Ottoman territories. So it was only obvious that there were many changes that needed to be done in order to fix these obstacles. In 1839‚ Sultan Abdulmajid rose to the throne‚ succeeding his father‚ Mahmud II. Abdulmajid saw the condition
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state of war against those who wish to see it destroyed and its people annihilated. The creation of the state of Israel was the culmniation of centuries of struggle and persecution on the part of the Jews to have or to reclaim their homeland in Palestine which they firmly believed with total conviction was promised to them by God‚ “Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you...to your descendants I will give this land” (Gen. 12:1 & 7‚ New
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the Levant surrounded by Turkey to the North‚ Egypt to the south‚ Mediterranean Sea to the west‚ Iraq and northern Saudi Arabia to the east. The Levant consists of the countries of Cyprus‚ Israel‚ Jordan‚ the northeastern tip of Egypt‚ Lebanon‚ Palestine‚ and Syria. Geographically‚ this area became divided between the coastal plans of the west and the hill country of the East. As a result of rainfall‚ which decreases from the north to the south‚ the northern regions quickly became more economically
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Menachem Begin was born in Europe and lived through the Holocaust. After moving to Israel‚ then Palestine‚ Menachem led the Irgun in the fight for declarations of a Jewish state in Palestine through perseverance and hard work. Menachem became the sixth prime minister of the state of Israel. Menachem Begin is not only a hero because of his devotion to the Jewish state but to also because of his devotion to his religion -- Judaism In the early years of his life Menachem Begin lived in Brest -Litvosk
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time of Jesus‚ we were accustomed to walk from city to city because the area was so small‚ stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the eastern border. We farmers took care of the land and made it blossom into the beautiful land it is today. Palestine holds amazing beauty that astonishes everyone who sees it. Our hills stretch across the plains with gracious lush sides. In comparison‚ our lakes‚ deserts‚ and forests are also astonishing. As beautiful as our land is‚ our climate can be frightening
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