declaring independence on May 14‚ 1948. For decades after the civil-war‚ Arab nations refused to recognize Israel’s legitimacy as a nation‚ and in 1964 formed the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). In the Six-Day War of 1967‚ Israel captured the Gaza strip and Jerusalem from Egypt‚ and West Bank from Jordan. In response‚ several Arab nations banded together and launched the Yom Kippur War against Israel. No definitive gains were made by either side‚ however it did lead to the Camp David Accords
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Layla Werner Per 4. Middle East 5-28-13 The Palestinian Peoples Party The Palestinian People’s Party (PPP)‚ which is the communist part of Palestine‚ has worked with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) to establish a Palestinian state for their people. Palestine’s government is mainly self-run. There are many other organizations‚ such as the PLO‚ and the Palestinian Authority (PA)‚ which later renamed their group to the Palestinian National Authority
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fragmented and subject to Israeli restrictions. Much of the population is dependent on food aid. Israel‚ many Arab countries and the West avoid Hamas‚ which controls Gaza. These circumstances eventually established a Palestinian National Authority (PNA - also referred to as the Palestinian Authority‚ or PA) as a temporary body to run parts of Gaza and the West Bank (but not East Jerusalem). The PNA functions as an agency of the PLO‚ which represents Palestinians at international bodies. A directly elected
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built on the basis of dialogue and of negotiation between sides.” The alternative sieges‚ blockades‚ rocket fires and capture of hostages among many other attacks that imperil the Gaza Strip have made it a region of open prolonged fighting.The French government expresses deep concern over the escalating violence in Gaza since the beginning. France appreciates the efforts of the Security Council which has adopted numerous resolutions from the years 1967 to 2010 regarding this dire issue but we need
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there are numerous benefits of recognizing the Jewish state‚ while others fiercely opposing the move. The Pakistani government ’s stance is that the decision to "engage" with Israel was taken in appreciation of Israel ’s recent withdrawal from the Gaza Strip‚ and that Pakistan ’s contacts with Israel will enable it to exert pressure on Israel to resolve the Palestinian issue in a just manner. This paper looks at whether the recent contacts and ultimately diplomatic ties with Israel are justified or
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How Israel eliminated the terror attacks from the west bank in the years 2001-2009 Order of presentation: - A movie about the Terror attacks: 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
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Question: For many decades‚ the United States has tried to solve the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians through a “two state solution”. This means that Israel would continue to be a country‚ but Palestine would also be a country with its own government next to Israel. But the “two state solution” hasn’t worked. Why has the two state solution failed to create peace between the Israelis and Palestinians? Answer: TWO STATE SOLUTION 1) INTRODUCTION: Two states for people in two groups
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The poem “Lament”‚ written by Gillian Clarke‚ is an elegy‚ an expression of grief that appeals to the reader for them to react to human mistakes which are damaging our planet. The poem is lay out in seven stanzas of 3-line each (triplets)‚ each of them very well defined and concentrated in a different complaint. The rhyme is quick due to the constant repetition of the word ‘for’ in the beginning of each stanza. The sentences in the poem lack of subject‚ so we can consider that these are written
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ISRAEL VS PALESTINE TIMETABLE http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/90087 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Mandate_for_Palestine_(legal_instrument) http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/six_day_war_1967.htm http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/nov-29-1947-united-nations-partitions-palestine-allowing-for-creation-ofisrael/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab–Israeli_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabra_and_Shatila_massacre
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problems between these two sides is the West Bank and Gaza Strip occupation. Israel has taken this territory as theirs since the 6-day war. From that time on Israel has build and grow its population about 220‚000 (In a Nutshell: Israeli Palestinian Conflict P. 2). This has been mostly in the West Bank. As a result Palestinians insist withdrawal from the territory. In the Camp David Accord Israel agreed on giving full Palestinian control over the Gaza Strip and most of the West Bank. These would certain
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