Palestine sits upon the Mediterranean Sea between Egypt‚ Syria‚ and Arabia; the land has switched hands many times over the past few thousands of years. Being a holy land for all three Abrahamic religions has led to a brutal conflict between them since their formation. The current conflict in Palestine has been raging for about three quarters of a century‚ but before it can be addressed some history must be known. For four centuries the land had been ruled by the Ottoman Empire‚ and as it began
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context of the crisis in the Middle East‚ without adressing the effect of a set of epiphenomena guaranteeing peace or war. The water issue has taken a clear geopolitical character in relations between Israel and the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Tensions have their origin in the large disparity in consumption between the two communities that share the same sources of water. Water is a crucial dimension in the conflict between Israel and Palestine. In this region the semi desert climate‚
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World History III Middle East Notes Diaspora: 132 C.E. by the Romans—“dispersal” and in the 70 CE the Roman’s destroyed the 2nd temple. Dreyfus Affair: 1894—Captain Alfred Dreyfus (French Jew) is convicted of selling military secrets to the Germans. --Anti-Semitism greur Zionism – Theodore Herzl‚ Is a secular Jew and Journalist. He believed in assimilation until the Dreyfus Affair. 1897—First Zimist Congress Pre-WWI situation in the Middle East: Under the control of the Ottoman
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have strong‚ plausible ties and claims too. 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 and the Gaza Strip. Jewish claims to this land are based predominantly on the biblical promise to Abraham and his descendants‚ as well as the fact that this was the historical site of the Jewish kingdom of Israel (destroyed by the Roman Empire)‚ and on Jews’ need
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is the destruction of the state of Israel.Hamas combines Palestinian nationalism with Islamic fundamentalism. Its founding charter commits the group to the destruction of Israel‚ the replacement of the PA with an Islamist state on the West Bank and Gaza‚ and to raising "the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine." Given such a fanatical desire to unite all of Palestine under the "Banner of Allah"it is only natural that they view Israel as a setback which needs to be removed. And given the fact
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imperial powers after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.) Israel/Palestine (choose 1 research question) Why is the Golan Heights a conflict area‚ who disagrees over the land‚ and who should govern it? Why is the Gaza Strip a conflict area for Israel/Palestine and who should govern the Gaza Strip? Should Israel negotiate with groups like Hamas and Fatah? Women’s Rights How are women’s rights changing over time in _________ ?(Choose a country: Turkey‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Egypt‚ Iran) Iran (choose 1 research question)
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the Palestinians and is part of the wider Arab–Israeli conflict. At present‚ major polls show the vast majority of Israelis and Palestinians agree a two-state solution is the best way to end the conflict. Most Palestinians view the West Bank and Gaza Strip as their future state‚ and most Israelis agree. The negotiating parties have been the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The official negotiations are mediated by an international contingent known as the Quartet
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have been proposed: the one state solution and the two state solution. The two state solution is favored‚ and it involves Israel remaining a state with its pre-1967 borders and Palestine becoming a state once again‚ with land in the West Bank‚ the Gaza Strip‚ and Eastern Jerusalem. This solution‚ however‚ is problematic because Israel has settlements in what would become Palestine that it refuses to remove citizens from and Palestinians continue to bomb Israel as a “solution” to the problem. The one
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Since the United Nations partition of PALESTINE in 1947 and the establishment of the modern state of ISRAEL in 1948‚ there have been four major Arab-Israeli wars (1947-49‚ 1956‚ 1967‚ and 1973) and numerous intermittent battles. Although Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty in 1979‚ hostility between Israel and the rest of its Arab neighbors‚ complicated by the demands of Palestinian Arabs‚ continued into the 1980s.<br><br><b>THE FIRST PALESTINE WAR (1947-49)</b><br>The first war began as a civil
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people who lived in the Gaza strip‚ West Bank and the Golan Heights did not want to move away and start their lives all over again in a different place. Second Israel battles against Syria and the Palestinian terror attacks led to a big cost of life in Israel‚ this made many Israelis to go against the peace with the P.L.O and Syria and were strongly against Rabin directly. According to the magazine article “shot in the heart‚” people who lived in the Golan‚ West Bank‚ and Gaza since the Six Days War
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