...Israel-Palestine Introduction In the absence of peace, there is conflict. This might lead to war between countries if conflict is not handled carefully. Today it is almost a norm to see countries engaging others in war. Today the greatest problem facing many nations is international relation. Countries have failed to live like decent neighbors. There is disunity among many nations. War between nations is caused by mistrust and tension. Nations purchase arms to stock their armory. Major inventions are made daily in out on nuclear power and how to develop sophiscated weapons. This tries to explain the fact that countries are always in mistrust of each other. It also explains that there is constant tension between countries that one day they may engage in war. War is not acceptable. The consequences are dire and the outcome may last for ages. When nations are at war, there is always mortality and destruction of properties. At times, nation sign peace treaties. This is agreement to maintain a harmonious environment. This appears good on a piece of paper, but healing takes a lot of time. This explains the fact why war between countries may never end. The origin of the conflict Israel and Palestine are neighbors. A mention of the two nations brings a memory. The two have never been at peace. There has been constant fighting between the two sides up to date. The conflict is dated way back when the Middle East was still dominated by the British under the colonial rule. Middle...
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...ARAB STATES DECLARE WAR AGAINST ISRAEL The conflict between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East was over land of historic Israel and Palestine. The conflict has led to several wars, beginning in 1948, among Arab nations, Palestinian refugees, and the state of Israel. Since 1979 several peace accords have been signed, addressing parts of the conflict. The area is the homeland of the Jewish people, who immigrated to the area beginning in the 13th century BC as Hebrew tribes. The tribes confederated as the Israelites who ruled much of the area from the 11th century to the 6th century BC. The Jews formed an identity as the people of the covenant but subsequently came under the rule of others until they succeeded in establishing an independent Jewish state called Judea in 168 BC. The Romans expelled the Jews from Judea in ad 135. In subsequent centuries many Jews maintained the idea of regaining control of the area, which they considered home. In the 1890s Theodor Herzl, a Jewish journalist living in Austria, advocated reestablishing a Jewish state in Palestine. Palestine was already inhabited, however. The countryside was home to Arabs, most of them Muslims, while the larger towns contained both Arabs and Jews. Some of the Jews were long established there, while others were religious pilgrims from Europe who had come to live near the holy sites in Jerusalem and other cities. (Because the vast majority of Palestinians were Muslim Arabs, the term Palestinians now usually refers only...
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...Palestine In 1948, the State of Israel was established on Palestinian land, despite widespread protests by Palestinians and the Arab world. Clashes between Palestinians and Israelis have since been numerous and bloody, and it is still far away from a peaceful, lasting solution to the conflict. Last updated 04/03/2013 Recent UN links Presentation of the humanitarian situation in the area of the UN humanitarian agency OCHA Map of humanitarian conditions of the UN humanitarian agency OCHA UN special agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA UN News summary page for news on the Middle East Early history Both Palestinians and Israelis are people originating in the Middle East. The central question of the Middle East conflict today is who has the most right to the area. The Jews were driven around the year 70 AD, and was then spread throughout Europe and the Middle East. For many years they were denied access to the area, while in their new country were often subjected to persecution and abuse. As a result of including the Inquisition in southern Europe, many Jews chose the 1500 - and 1600's to settle in Palestine again. It is estimated that the total population of Palestine was then at 200 000, while the Jewish population accounted for approximately 15 000 The organized Jewish immigration to Palestine began in 1882. This happened as a result of the rise of Zionism in Europe. Zionism was a political movement working for a Jewish state in the Middle East. Zionist movement got...
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...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. The emergence...
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...of Israel and Palestine. The Geneva Initiative was also a significant document in that it was to a final proposal to reconcile the various conflicts that prevented Israel and Palestine from finalizing their peace talks. The Initiative focused on various issues that have risen past and present such as the relations between parties, implantation and verification group, the ever conflicting issue of territory, security in both Israel and Palestine, the interest of Jerusalem, the situation...
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...Policy Memo Date: May 27, 2012 RE: Israel/Palestine-A Two State Solution . Foreign policy has always been an important plank in American policy. The way in which we deal with foreign policy not only affects the American economy, but also American security. One ongoing foreign policy topic of significant importance is “promoting peace and security in Israel and the Middle East.” A problem exists with security and peace in Israel and the Middle East and the area has had a high degree of violence since the creation of the Israeli state in 1948. The initial United Nations partition plan in 1947 aimed at the creation of two separate states; this however never occurred with Israel gaining more territory from the surrounding areas in the decades following. American involvement in the area has changed over time from that of ardent supporter of Israel to that of broker of peaceful negotiations among Israel and neighboring countries, and Israel and the Palestinian community. For the United States and the global community at large, stability and peace in the Middle East is an important issue. The only viable solution is the creation of two separate states, allowing the Palestinian Authority to have autonomy over a Palestinian state in the occupied areas of the Gaza Strip and West Bank. These two areas were seized by Israel after the Six Day War of 1967, along with the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem, and the Sinai Peninsula. Immediately following, Jewish settlements began...
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...Ali Tohami Dr. Marteinsdottir English 01PA 30 October 2013 The Ongoing Struggle It just past 5:00 pm on a dreary Wednesday when I was going to HUB 269, on my way to the very first general meeting of the group called SJP. SJP stands for Students for Justice in Palestine, have met here every Wednesday since their founding in 2006. HUB 269 is on the third floor of the HUB, and is a very common dwelling spot for various clubs and organizations across UCR. I was accompanied by a friend of mine, and as we entered the room we immediately noticed that almost every seat was filled. The place was moderately big and in the front there was a projector, large podium, and a table with about 4 chairs, presumably for the board members. The people sitting were as diverse as UC Riverside, and it was quite obvious that not everybody there was Middle Eastern. Nonetheless, the amount of individuals gathered to show support was staggering to say the least. My friend and I sat in the back of the room patiently waiting for the meeting to start. I wasn’t quite sure what I was in for, especially since all I knew about the club was what the acronym of the group stood for. After about 10 minutes in my seat, the room was silent. The president of the club stood up on the podium, ready to give her presentation. She was wearing a bright blue hijab, a headscarf worn by Muslim women all over the globe. She was a relatively fair height, petite, and had dressed modestly and professionally. She had a serious...
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...Issues that continue to block peace between Palestinians and Israelis The issue of Palestine and Israel is one that has been hotly contested for over a thousand years. The last fifty years have been especially important in the history of the Jewish people and Palestinians. Since the death of Yasser Arafat on the 11th of November 2004, and the election of Mahmoud Abbas as his successor as leader of the Palestinian Authority, significant steps have been taken towards a lasting peace. This will hopefully lead to a conclusion of the second Palestinian intifada, which began in late September 2000, and to an end of the oppression of the Palestinian people by the Israeli Defense Forces. Both Jews and Arabs have suffered heavily from the conflict, thousands of innocent civilians have died on both sides, and peace is in the interests of all. History of the Conflict The disputed territory that has been alternately referred to as Palestine and Israel is relatively small, the total area is only roughly 22 000 square kilometers. It is bordered by Jordan on the East, Lebanon on the North, Egypt and the Mediterranean Ocean on the West, and shares 76 kilometers of border with Syria in the North East. The two disputed territories that are occupied by the Israeli Army but under the autonomous control of the Palestinian Authority are the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. These two territories amount to roughly 6400 square kilometers, the West Bank makes up the majority of this area – it amounts...
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...5/8/2014 Israeli–Palestinian conflict - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Israeli–Palestinian conflict From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Israeli–Palestinian conflict (Arabic: اﻟﻨﺰاع اﻟﻔﻠﺴﻄﯿﻨﻲ - اﻹﺳﺮاﺋﯿﻠﻲ al-Niza'a al'Filastini al 'Israili; Hebrew: הסכסוך הישראלי-פלסטיני Ha'Sikhsukh Ha'YisraeliFalestini) is the ongoing struggle between Israelis and Palestinians that began in the mid-20th century.[1] The conflict is wide-ranging, and the term is sometimes also used in reference to the earlier sectarian conflict in Mandatory Palestine, between the Zionist yishuv and the Arab population under British rule. The Israeli–Palestinian conflict has formed the core part of the wider Arab–Israeli conflict. It has widely been referred to as the world's "most intractable conflict".[3][4][5] Despite a long-term peace process and the general reconciliation of Israel with Egypt and Jordan, Israelis and Palestinians have failed to reach a final peace agreement. The remaining key issues are: mutual recognition, borders, security, water rights, control of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements,[6] Palestinian freedom of movement,[7] and resolving Palestinian claims of a right of return for their refugees. The violence of the conflict, in a region rich in sites of historic, cultural and religious interest worldwide, has been the object of numerous international conferences dealing with historic rights, security issues and human rights, and has been a factor hampering tourism in and...
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...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 that after the frontier, the other side isn’t the enfer, that it...
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...conflicts between the two nations involve the Arabs who are the Palestinians and Jewish who are the Israelites. The war has resulted in death of many people and has further, led to discrepancies between the Israelites and many Arab nations. The differences between the Zionists and various Arab nations that are not involved in the actual conflict are as a result of their involvement in the war to assist the Palestinians. According to Bulton (2013), most of the Palestinian films are based on the background of the colonialism of Israel. Further, if focuses on the misconception of the visual manifestation of the existence of the Palestinians movies in the media internationally. This essay evaluates and discusses the conflict between Israeli and Palestine from the standpoint of the Arabs and also Palestinian filmmakers. Besides, a comparison and a distinction of how the conflict...
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...conflicts between the two nations involve the Arabs who are the Palestinians and Jewish who are the Israelites. The war has resulted in death of many people and has further, led to discrepancies between the Israelites and many Arab nations. The differences between the Zionists and various Arab nations that are not involved in the actual conflict are as a result of their involvement in the war to assist the Palestinians. According to Bulton (2013), most of the Palestinian films are based on the background of the colonialism of Israel. Further, if focuses on the misconception of the visual manifestation of the existence of the Palestinians movies in the media internationally. This essay evaluates and discusses the conflict between Israeli and Palestine from the standpoint of the Arabs and also Palestinian filmmakers. Besides, a comparison and a distinction of how the...
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...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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...the outside of the building. I was introduced to Tamara, who worked at the front desk of the Middle Eastern Student Center at the University of California, Riverside. Tamara was a second-year undergraduate student at the University. She initially joined an organization called Students for Justice in Palestine, which brought her to the Middle Eastern Student Center. “I saw the opportunity to be involved in something- especially an important cause that I care deeply about, and I’m glad that I took it. It made me more aware of the obstacles my community faces,” Tamara said. Tamara and her family were originally from Palestine....
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...The Arab – Israeli Conflict: Peace Building Learning Institution Student Name Introduction The Arab-Israeli conflict is not a single conflict especially when analyzing and evaluating movements towards new forms of behavior in a given conflict system (Bar-Siman-Tov, 2013: 1). The United States played in a key role in the encouragement of a creation of a conflict management framework that could be applied. It was realized that there would be a need for a further and deeper learning process to enable conflict resolution (Bar-Siman-Tov, 2013: 1). As an intrastate conflict, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict should be seen above all as a major human problem involving approximately 3 million people who have been systematically deprived of their individual freedoms and right of self-determination through nearly three decades of military occupation (Kaufman, 2012: par 5). The decision to form a truth and reconciliation commission can drastically affect the future of a society recovering from a traumatic past (Coleman, 2013: par 7). He specific conditions of the nation, culture and peoples involved must be considered carefully before deciding to form a truth and reconciliation commission (Coleman, 2013: par 3). Societies emerging from violent conflict or oppressive regime often find it difficult t recover, build a future, and prevent themselves from falling into the conflict trap (Committee, 2011: par 4).The core pillars of transitional justice are truth seeking...
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