...Jerusalem Case Study The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most common conflicts in Modern Times and is one of the most critical and debated topic still going on today. This conflict is complicated and hard to understand, but it is important to always focus on the central point on a side issue. “What makes this conflict difficult is to say where religion ends and politics begin” (Adelman 114). Focusing on the main point of this conflict is the existence of Israel and its relations with Arab countries and with the Palestinian population in the area. Since the development of Israel, the Palestinians and the Jews have been fighting over the land for numerous years believing that they have a greater right than the other. Both parties share a variety of customs, practices and beliefs that makes them clash. Even the similarities between these two have been the source of battle for several of years. The crucial points that make the study of Jerusalem interesting are because of its ancient and modern history, sociopolitical situation and background, and negotiating for a position. Jerusalem, one of the oldest cities in the world, have so many secrets and important stories because of its ancient history. Located in ancient Judah that is now the capital city of Israel, Jerusalem had “Experienced at least 118 conflicts” (Oehring and Domingo). It is called the city of peace, but has been through everything but peace. In Adelman points of view, Jerusalem is a symbol of “something...
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...Etiquette Twan M. Doan University of Phoenix Business Etiquette About Israel Israel is perhaps the most fascinating, intriguing and complex country in the world. Geographically tiny, the country’s social, historical, economic and geographical matrix represents a singular association of contrasting attributes unique among the world’s nations and cultures. Snow covered mountains and tropical sea resorts, technology hotbeds and Byzantine churches, socialist-style settlements and free market corporations, Ethiopian traditions and Polish cuisines, BMW's and camels all exist together in a bustling, hyper-energetic, egalitarian, extroverted and impassioned caldron a mere 262 miles long and, in some areas, 10 miles wide. The powerful Romans regarded ancient Israel as one of their most strategically important locations. Great roads and aqueducts interconnected bustling cities vital to the empire’s financial strength and political stability. For two thousand years, the Crusaders, Ottomans and other world powers regarded this region as crucial for their economic and strategic vitality. In today’s global environment, modern Israel is once again becoming a vital element in the international strategies of both large and small US businesses. Long considered a critical region, the Near East has transformed into an attractive wellspring of commercial opportunity. As geopolitical change continues to unfold, Israel is rapidly assuming stature as an ideal gateway to vast, largely untapped...
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...Israeli Peace Process: Was it designed to fail? Abstract It is true to say that there are many contributing factors to the uprising Middle Eastern conflicts. Included is poor leadership, mismanagement of available natural resources and unlawful occupations which is becoming one of the predominant causes of the conflict in this region most especially in respect to that between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Usually, conflict in the said region is as a result of the differences in the region or even terrorism. It is however becoming more apparent that the existing tension between the Palestinians and the Israelis is caused by the unfair distribution of natural resources, land being the main one. Never ending peace talks and planned establishment of well drawn out boundaries in particular is becoming a crucial aspect in the tension and the most probable future in the resolution of the conflict. The Israeli’s encroachment into the Palestinian land is not a recent phenomenon and has resulted in scarcity of resources for the Palestinians. This inequality is created and controlled by Israel as a way of achieving security when in real sense it is creating widespread anger to the nation and its policies. The quest for justice for both nations has been a long one which has essentially positioned them in risks for war and further conflict. Abstract1 Table of Contents 1: Introduction2 1.1 Rationale2 2: Was the peace process designed to fail?2 2.1 Methodology2 3: Research review3 3...
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...Thanks to his art, he criticizes the modern society and give strong messages. He started in Street art towards 1992-1994. His age might be around 30 years (he was born in 1974) The context Since Israel creation in 1948, a lot of conflicts took place between Israel and Palestine and some others Middle East countries. In 2002, Israel decided to build a wall to protect the country from the Palestinian attacks. The aim was to separate Israeli and Palestinian population. The wall became the symbol of a closed and militarized frontier. Description This graffti represents two children playing as if they were on a beach, with sceau and pelles. We can see that these two characters have been stenciled on the wall. They seem happy to be playing on the sand. They are represented in black and white in contrast with the sceau which is yellow. The two children are shirtless, but we don’t know if it is to evoke heat or poverty. Above the 2 children, we see like a hole, in which there is a paradisiac and sunny landscape, with palmiers, cocotiers, turquoise water, white sand and a beach. The wall seems broken. Interpretation Through this graffiti, Bansky tries to criticize war stupidity. It is why he decided to paint on this specific wall: because it represents the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The hole in the wall maybe represents the idées reçues broken, and replaced by a better reality. Also thanks to the paradisiac landscape, Banksy maybe wants to show us...
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...Fall 14 Business Ethics Assignment MIDDLE EAST BOYCOTT FOR COCA-‐COLA’S PRODUCTS SOCIAL ISSUE T h e C o c a -‐ C o l a C o m p a n y Business Ethics Assignment February 10, 2014 Table of Contents 1 2 3 OVERVIEW OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY...................................................................... 3 OVERVIEW OF THE CSR ISSUE................................................................................................ 4 STAKEHOLDERS ANALYSIS ..................................................................................................... 5 3.1 CUSTOMERS ................................................................................................................................ 5 3.2 CONSUMERS ............................................................................................................................... 5 3.3 SUPPLIERS................................................................................................................................... 6 3.4 COMPETITORS ............................................................................................................................. 6 3.5 CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................. 6 SIMILAR CASES AND CONCLUSION ........................................
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...In the context of the period 1895-2000, how far can the birth of Israel be held responsible for the conflict over Palestine? The State of Israel was inaugurated on 14th May 1948 by David Ben-Gurion in what is now Independence Hall in Tel-Aviv. Since then Israel has had a turbulent history, the situation today maintaining this violent trend. This is the reason many hold Israel and thus its birth responsible for this century old conflict, however this reasoning is too simple for a conflict that has lasted for more than a century. An ancient claim, a nationalist movement, two wars, foreign powers, genocide and the UN created Israel, however there is more than one group of people; the other peoples that live in the land of Palestine can share the responsibility for the conflict alongside their Arab neighbours. However it is reasonable to say one can be held more responsible than the other. The Jewish people played an important part in the history of Palestine for many centuries before the birth of Christ. The Jewish version of this period is told in the Bible. It describes how God chose the Jews as his special people and gave them the land of Israel. Under the kings David and Solomon the Jews reached a peak of power in the 10th century before Christ however by the end of the second century AD Jews were no longer a majority in Palestine. The Diaspora had spread the Jewish people far across Europe where they suffered much anti-Semitic discrimination from persecution to the pogroms...
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...The Arab-Israeli Relations Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation The Arab-Israeli Relations Part 1: The Conflict The Arab-Israeli conflict started way back after the end of the Second World War. Since then, it has become one the most violent regions when viewed in a global scope. The conflict has been characterized by some catastrophic inter-state wars within the region, and it has been a matter of concern for most global powers. The conflict is one of the most profound and prolonged conflicts in the recent times and has been the major cause of wars in the Middle East. Though most people view it as an Arab-Israeli conflict, others see it in two dimensions namely; the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. The conflict can be traced back to that time in history when the Zionist movement came up with the idea to build a home for the Israelis in Palestine (Bickerton, 2012). The idea was met with opposition on the part of the Arab population in Palestine. The conflict attracted the neighboring Arab countries who took the Palestinian Arab side. In 1948, the state of Israel was established, and the existing conflict between Arabs in Palestine and the Israeli shifted from the local context to the inter-state level (Bickerton, 2012). Since then, the Israeli relations with the Arab world has taken different directions. The shifting process has been based on new and broken relationships between single Arab states and Israel. It has also...
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...a peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict.’ How accurate is this statement? The Arab-Israeli conflict refers to the political tensions and open hostilities between the Arab peoples and the Jewish community of the Middle East that have lasted for decades. The conflict, which started as a political and nationalist conflict over competing territorial ambitions has become highly protracted and other issues such as the rise in terrorist organizations and its role in the Cold War arena have became stumbling blocks to a peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Nevertheless, the issue of territory is the main reason that hindered the peace progress because of the unwillingness of all parties to make concessions on territories, which stalled all peace talks. The issue of territory is the key stumbling block to a peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict due to competing territorial ambitions between Palestine-Arabs, Israelis and the Arab nations, that made the conflict intractable. Little compromises could be made on territorial issues as it involves the sovereignty of the state. The city of Jerusalem was also a much sought after territory due to its religious significance to both the Jews and Muslims. During the first Arab-Israel war of 1948, Israel managed to expand her territory beyond what was previously stated in the Partition Plan by 21% through the act of driving out the Arabs and seizing the areas promised to Arab Palestine to fulfill the acquisition...
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...Introduction The Arab-Israel conflict has lasted for decades now. The conflict stems from the declaration of the state of Israel that took place in 14th May, 1948.A partition plan which was adopted by the United Nations general assembly in November of 1947 had been opposed by Arab countries and Palestinian Arabs began attacking Jewish communities. The Arab league in itself had clearly shown it would prevent the state of Israel from being established by all means. This led to the invasion by Arab troops and resulted to Israel fighting and winning their war of Independence. This paper will look into the conflict between the Arabs and Israel and analyze the causes of the same in a bid to determine if there can be a solution that will eventually result to peace. Discussion Many of the Palestinian Arabs were expelled and became refuges in Arab countries with Israel revoking their right of return in order to avoid a situation whereby Arabs would be the majority in population. This dispute over the Palestinian right to return is one of the major obstacles in achievement of peace in the region. Many groups arising from the Palestinian side to fight, have indicated that if Palestinians were allowed to return, the state of Israel would cease to exist. In 1967, after the Arab countries had formed alliances against Israel and all negotiations had failed. Israel attacked and conquered the West bank and Gaza strip and other regions. It refused to return these areas after the Arab nations refused...
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...Introduction As being stated by Samuel P. Huntington, the Clash of Civilization is a hypothesis in which the primary sources of conflicts in the post-cold war era are more dominant to the people’s cultural and religious identities. Civilization has three attributes which are the objective elements – language, history religion, customs, and institution; the subjective elements – variable levels of self-identification; and civilization itself is dynamic – they rise and fall, divide and merge. II. The Relation between the “Kin-Country” Theory by Samuel P. Huntington and The U.S. Attitudes Towards the Palestinian-Israeli Issues. Samuel P. Huntington also stated a theory about civilization rallying – or well-known as “Kin-Country Syndrome”. In his “Kin-Country...
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...were the causes of Israel-Palestine war? TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT AANALYSIS THE CAUSES OF ISRAEL/PALESTINE CONFLICT: THE FIRST INTIFADA 1987-93 DIVIDING THE MAP THE 1948 WAR ZIONISM 1967/OCCUPATION THE ARABS, TERRORISM & SECURITY: “NO SOLUTION” THE WALL/FENCE/BARRIER DELEGITIMIZING THE STATEHOOD DECLARATION BY PALESTINE THE IMPACT OF SCARCE WATER RESOURCES ON THE ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT CAMP DAVID FAILURE THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT IS CENTRAL TO THE MILITANTS’ CAUSE Abstract The notion of this research essay is to discuss the causes of the Israel-Palestine war. The first priority of the paper is to address the war in detail by describing the war. Another perspective that the essay will take in answering the causes of the Israel-Palestine war is to address the period of the war and how it emerged. The Israel-Palestine war is also denounced as the primary consequence that has formed the Israel-Arab war. The nature of the war is somehow a contagious form of war as it is fundamental in the creation of the upheaval of the Arab states conflict. The essay will also discuss the causes in the different sequence. This will be done by stating which cause took place before the following cause emerged. The principal ideology of the essay is to come to a founding cause that resulted to the war preceding other causes. Therefore the research paper will discuss the causes of the Israel conflict with the aim of establishing the causes that formed the Israel-Palestine war. ...
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...Assignment : Arab – Israel Conflict and Peace Process Subject : Conflict and Peace Studies Lecturer Date to be submitted : : Mrs. Nirmali 25th April 2014 Student Student no : : AGMPK Wijenayake PGDCPS 037 Class Institute : : Semester 1 UOC 1 Table of Contents 1. Background 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Geographical history of two states Who is Israelis Who is platinise Reason for the conflict 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 2. Conflict identification using conflict tree 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 What conflict tree Identification of conflict tree Root causes of the conflict Core problem of the conflict Result of the conflict 3. Time line of the WAR 3.1 List of battle 4. Time line of peace process 4.1 4.2 4.3 List of peace attempt Identification of failure of peace process Conflict through Galtung conflict Triangle 2 5. Possible answer for the conflict 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Common third party policy Identification by the United Nation One State Two State Three State 11 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 6. 7. . Recommendation Conclusion Bibliography 3 1. Background 1.1 Geographical history of two states Understanding Israel and the broader Middle East requires understanding the difference between a state and a nation, two words often used interchangeably. A state in the traditional sense is the political apparatus that governs a territory; a nation is a people who share a heritage, a culture, or perhaps a system of beliefs Israel, officially the State of Israel is a country...
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...Shimon Peres Shimon Peres has impacted the Arab- Israeli conflict, a period of time when there was political tension between Israel and other Arab countries. Peres has been constantly figuring out solutions to create peace in Palestine. He believes if they don’t begin peace negotiations soon, they will lose the opportunity and receive disappointment. Shimon sworn into serve as the ninth president of Israel in 2007 and became the first prime minister elected as President of Israel. Over the years, he has been supporting peace in the Middle East, so later on, he became the founder of the Peres Center for Peace, an organization that promotes peace in the Middle East. In addition, he wrote many many books on history, literature,...
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...rule by promoting social reform and often by claiming to be defenders of the Muslim faith Jewish Problem: * Jewish settlers living among Arab-speaking peoples in Palestine achieved the Zionist dream of a Jewish nation-state shortly after ww2 * the inflexible opposition of Arab states to the very existence of Israel led to four separate wars between Israel and its Arab neighbors * Pan- Arab Nationalism To unite Arab peoples under one nation * Zionism- Jewish movement * Later, Palestinians entered into the struggle against the Jewish state in an effort to forge their own nation-state nationalism was at the heart of the Middle East turmoil in the last half of the century Oil Conflict/issue * Oil fields concentrated in the area around the Persian Golf contained greater petroleum reserves of higher quality than anywhere else in the world * The dependence of industrial countries on this vital resoourse brought the preasures of the cold war to bear on the oil-rich countries * SOVIETS AND U.S KEPT CLOSE WATCH ON THE UNSTABLE GOVERNMENTS THERE * Governments of land with large oil reserves nationalized their petroleum industry to get direct access to a share of the profits created an international cartel to set levels of production and prices for this increasingly valuable commodity Israel and the Middle East * Jeruselum was the most holy place in the world and the birthplace of Judaism, Christianity, and Muslim religion *...
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...UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN ANSWERING SIMILAR QUESTIONS IN THEIR OWN STUDIES. The confrontation between the Jewish state and its Arab neighbours is one of the most enduring and iconic conflicts that still persist today. Many scholars have argued that ‘for the best part of a century the Arab-Israeli conflict has been a complex problem with important ramifications for the international community’[1] – and this is in many ways the truth. Created out of the ashes of the Second World War under the awful spectre of the Nazi Holocaust, Israel as a nation has survived and prospered both politically and economically, in no small part due to Western – primarily French and American – assistance. The Arab states have correspondingly been opposed to America and the West based on this implied support for Israel and has therefore turned to different stratagems in an attempt to combat this alliance – such as balancing with the USSR during the Cold War and increasingly using its market power (derived from the various oil reserves in the region) to further its political aims in the two decades since the Iron Curtain fell. Into this context there were two major (albeit rather short) wars – the Six Day War of 5-10 June 1967 and the Yom Kippur War of October 1973. Decisive, cataclysmic and dramatic, these two conflagrations have in many ways defined the conflict as it is today. But what were the main strategic and political consequences of these two wars? This essay will attempt to answer...
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