argues in his article ‘A Declaration of the Responsibilities of Present Generation towards Past Generations’ that both living and deceased have the same right of dignity and the same right to be respected. As a consequence of these equal rights‚ living people‚ have responsibilities toward the dead to ensure their right to dignity and respect. These responsibilities as he suggested are represented in four categories “body and property‚” “personality‚” “general duties‚” and “consequential rights.” Therefore
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What is democracy? Democracy is a system of government where all representatives of a state are elected by the public. When people think of a good leader‚ a leader who runs a democracy is what comes to mind. The first Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion was a leader who was for democracy. 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
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have great power and a reputation in the Arab world. The Palestine Liberation Organization wanted to establish a 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
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September Black September is both the name of Jordan’s war on the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in the early seventies and the name of Palestinian terrorist movement created in revenge of the aftermath of Palestinian losses of the war in Jordan. Black September was a movement created by a break away Palestinian faction of Fatah. Fatah Is a Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the PLO. In Palestinian politics it is a more liberal group on the left wing of the spectrum
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the forced dispersions of Arabs from their lands. The forced removal of Arabs resulted in the destruction of important historical documents from archives‚ libraries‚ and personal property that would have contained important information regarding Palestinian ways of life. Consequently‚ while the relational paradigm is more suitable for accuracy in depicting how Jews and Arabs interacted with one another than the dual society paradigm‚ it does not provide scholars and historians with all the answers
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The radical Israeli groups; the Stern and Irgun gangs‚ massacred the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin‚ killing over 240 people. In retaliation to this horrific event‚ Arab forces killed 77 Israeli medical personnel. Terrible acts like this continued throughout the war. The war for independence ended in February 1949 when a ceasefire was finally
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1982 Lebanon War After the 1948 Arab-Israeli war‚ Lebanon became home to more than 110‚000 Palestinian refugees‚ after their settlements in Palestine and Israel had been depopulated as a result of the war. The large influx of Palestinians from Jordan after "Black September" caused an additional demographic imbalance within Lebanon. By 1975‚ the refugees numbered more than 300‚000 and the PLO in effect created an unofficial state-within-a-state‚ particularly in Southern Lebanon. These rapid demographic
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Why is Jerusalem so important to Israel? For many years‚ the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a complex issue that has drawn attention to the Middle East and the rest of the World. The city of Jerusalem is an important key of this conflict and it is a problem that is not resolved yet‚ especially because both countries claimed it as its eternal capital. Today‚ this situation could change soon. Jerusalem has called attention to the world due to US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize
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revolution. To some it appeared that Arafat’s organization could be measured as an international plot. The PLO was trying to create a government for moved Palestinians‚ because the PLO’s were moved about in parts controlled in Israel and other countries including a good number in Jordan. Yasser Arafat assembled groups of displeased Palestinians in Jordan developing the PLO’s. In 1959‚ Yasser created Fatah which is a guerrilla organization which would wage a campaign against the Israelis. To the Israelis
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violence‚ brutality‚ injustice‚ and torture . There is also the theme of hypocrisy littered throughout the pages of Joe Sacco’s novel. This idea of hypocrisy is mainly centred on what the Israelis do to the Palestinians. In images the hypocrisy is apparent. Often there are pictures of the Palestinians
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