principled position on Jammu and Kashmir is based on the UN Security Council Resolutions‚ which provide that the final disposition of Jammu and Kashmir will be made in accordance with the will of the people. Ireland is committed to this position until the three parties to the dispute‚ Pakistan‚ India and the people of Jammu and Kashmir arrive at some mutually acceptable final settlement. Ireland has always emphasized the necessity of a meaningful‚ constructive and result oriented dialogue to resolve the
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Emily Olsen © KCDistance Learning WebQuest: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 50 points Directions: The state of Palestine was divided in 1947 to establish the nation of Israel‚ resulting in two separate homelands for the Arab and Jewish people. This land separation has sharply divided Arabs and Israelis for over 50 years‚ resulting in ongoing violent conflicts. For this WebQuest‚ you will develop a historical understanding of the complex issues behind the decisions made in the Middle East
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practice of the Islamic fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood movement that arose in Egypt in the 1920s. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin founded this Palestinian Islamic group in 1987 during the first intifada‚ as a result of the Israeli taking up most of the West Bank or Gaza strip and later emerged at the forefront of armed resistance to Israel. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was a Palestinian imam and politician who became an activist in local branches of the Muslim Brotherhood. He served as a spiritual leader of the organization
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The Secret Israeli Palestinian negotiations in Oslo Key drivers of Israel’s interest in compromising with the PLO; American relationship after the end of Cold War Since 1967‚ Israel enjoyed full support of the Americans in terms of economy‚ politics and military (11) However‚ by then end of 1980s‚ the gradual reapproachment of the Soviet Union and US eroded the close Israeli-US relationship (12) The public growing tired of the conflict‚ as shown by the election win of the Labor instead of the
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Liberation Organization (PLO)1 -- headed by arch-enemy Yasser Arafat‚ a man long considered a terrorist and responsible for unspeakable horrors against Israeli civilians -- represented official recognition by Israel of the PLO‚ now known as the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Fatah party. Jerusalemites sang the famous “Yerushaliyim Shel Zahav” (Jerusalem of Gold – the victory song of Jerusalem’s reunification‚ written by Naomi Shemer and made famous by singer Ofra Haza2) while lamenting the eventuality
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibOFF4KfdMQ - What led to this terror attacks: Background: The events of 2000-2001: the Second Intifada‚ also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada‚ (September‚ 2000) 1. More commonly cited is September 28‚ 2000‚ when Palestinian rioting erupted following Ariel Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount‚ an area known to Muslims as Al-Haram As-Sharif. 2. 2. Still others believe it started a day later on Friday September 29‚ a day of prayers‚ when an Israeli police and military
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is a part of the long-termIsraeli–Palestinian conflict. It began in the summer of 2006 and is ongoing. Palestinian militant actions escalated in the Gaza Strip following the overwhelming election to government of the Islamic political party Hamas in 2005[5] and 2006.[6] The conflict escalated with the split of the Palestinian Authority to Fatah government in the West Bank and the Hamas Government in Gaza and the following violent ousting of Fatah. Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel[7] and Israel’s blockade
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This lecture‚ about the history of how Australia’s colonisation‚ has affected the Aboriginal people‚ was quite disturbing to listen to. I felt distressed‚ hearing how Aboriginals were systematically oppressed‚ especially children torn away from their families and refused any interaction with their family‚ language and culture. Personally‚ I find it hard to compare this injustice to my life and feel any example would fall short. The only time that comes to mind‚ is when I moved from Australia to Canada
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the citizens rather than determine the status of the territory (in political terms). Israel’s High Court of Justice (HCJ) in the Bassiouni case determined that humanitarian obligations (which exceed the ones owed in armed conflict) exist to the people of Gaza. In addition‚ Israel has professed its right to pursue military objectives in Gaza. The main legal questions therefore are whether the humanitarian obligations derive from Occupation law and whether Israel’s power over Gaza amounts to effective
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The conflict between Palestinian Arabs and Jews (Israeli-Palestinian) has been an ongoing dispute‚ which began around the turn of the 20th century. Although these two groups have different religions‚ religious differences are not the cause of the conflict. It is essentially a struggle over land. Until 1948‚ the area that both groups claimed was known internationally as Palestine. But following the war of 1948-49‚ this land was divided into three parts: the state of Israel‚ the West Bank (of the Jordan
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