According to the United Nations over 250‚000 people have been killed in the Syrian Civil War. This war has been growing and more deaths occur each day. Citizens of Syria in March of 2011 started to protest against the government by writing political graffiti. Since then it has escalated to bombings‚ airstrikes‚ and use of chemical weapons by the government. Syrians have been leaving the country and the amount of refugees is at about 4.1 million. The United States hasn’t done much at all to help Syrians
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Today is my first day writing in a journal. I live in Egypt in a small cave made in the year of 1473 right know I am a slave for the Pharaoh. I am a mother of two kids a boy a girl her name is Ariella and the boy’s name is Abram. My husband died a year ago from a very serious disease. Nowadays I feel like the days keep on getting longer without him. Me and my very poor family don’t have much to eat for every meal we get one slice of bread. Somedays I have to go without eating a crumb so that my
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Ericka Booze Professor Hughes English 360 18 March 2010 Understanding Palestinian Suicide Bombers To most of us understanding the idea that one would want to give and take a life so effortlessly does not come easy; people who had any hope for the future would not blow themselves up. “Why do Palestinians kill themselves and Israelis in such a horrific way at the bus stops or in a crowded market?” asks Dr. Eyad Sarraj (). Could it be that its part of their religious upbringing and they have
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Jewish terrorism was a massive problem in Palestine because hatred of the British rule had developed amongst the Jews in Palestine‚ when they had heard about the Holocaust and the killings of thousands of Jews they turned aggressive. The Zionist were demanding their own independent state‚ they claimed that the Holocaust survivors needed somewhere they could live. At noon on 22th July 1946 a group of men from the Jewish terrorism group‚ the Irgun‚ planted explosives in the British military headquarters
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Group 3: BALFOUR Declaration Various leaders of this document‚ “Debating the Balfour Declaration: The British Government Supports a Jewish Homeland in Palestine”‚ envision the impact of creating a Jewish state on Jews living in other countries would be a great change to the world. For instance‚ Jules Cambon sent a letter to Nahum Sokolow stating that creating a Jewish state would be a deed of justice. Because the French Government entered a war‚ creating a Jewish state would give a home for the
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Over the past few weeks‚ Israel has suffered an alarming number of terrorist attacks. In the month of October alone‚ there have been 43 stabbings‚ four shootings‚ and five car-rammings. Lives have been shattered in an entirely irreparable‚ heinous manner. While these attacks are undoubtedly anti-Semitic in nature‚ various media outlets mislead readers with vague headlines and biased outlooks. Less than two weeks ago‚ The Wall Street Journal covered yet another violent outbreak in our Homeland
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The middle east has been in turmoil for years‚ civil war and religion disputes have led to radicalized groups taking control of most of the region. Right now there are approximately 13.5 million Syrians that are in need of humanitarian assistance and 4.6 million Syrians that are refugees. Half of that 4.6 million are children. Countries like Germany‚ Sweden‚ Turkey‚ and Egypt have already begun to accept Syrian refugees. Allowing people who are fleeing their country is what the United States was
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Melissa Mahinda Megaffin Social Studies: H block 9th February 2016 Land to the Jews There are several unresolved issues in the Arab Israel conflict‚ but the one that stood out was the fight over having Jerusalem as their capital‚ and whether or not the land of Palestine should go to the Jews (Israelis) or the Arabs (Palestinians)‚ in my opinion the land and capital should rightly go to the Israelis. According to Max Singer in “What the Fight in Israel is All About” (2002)‚ he explains the fight
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Joseph Waweru Why do Middle Eastern and North African countries lack democratic governments? Is it the Arabic language or the Muslim faith? Columbia University scholars‚ Alfred Stephan and Graeme B. Robertson‚ seem to have the answers. In regards to Arabism and Islam‚ the duo classifies nations associated with the former as democratic “underachievers” and the latter as “overachievers”. A state’s classification as an overachiever/underachiever is based upon their Gross Domestic Product Per
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TO: Osman Güneş‚ Deputy Minister of the Interior‚ Government of Turkey FROM: Tolgahan Pınarsayha‚ Political Advisor to the Government of Turkey DATE: 10/3/2012 SUBJECT: Addressing the Syrian Refugee Crisis Summary The Turkish Government has spent over $300 million providing for refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria [1]. As a neighboring country with important links to Syria through culture and religion alongside being a democratic country that recognizes international laws regarding
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