RUNNING HEAD: The 50 Years’ War The 50 Years’ War Shain Ellison Thomas ABSTRACT Since its creation in 1948‚ the state of Israel has been on a constant state of war against those who wish to see it destroyed and its people annihilated. The creation of the state of Israel was the culmniation of centuries of struggle and persecution on the part of the Jews to have or to reclaim their homeland in Palestine which they firmly believed with total conviction was promised to them by God‚ “Go forth
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Explain why the ending of the Cold War was not followed by a period of world peace and stability. ____________________________________________________________ ___________ The ending of the cold war did not leave any sign of hope for the world to live in peace and prosperity. Until this second‚ there are hundreds of men‚ women and children being killed‚ injured‚ raped and executed for various reasons‚ some which may be legit while others are war related objectives. The world‚ not sure
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Carlos Latuff began satirically cartooning this issue after his visit to the Gaza strip in the 1990’s. He is of Mexican descent; therefore his background doesn’t affect his views as much as if he was Israeli or Palestinian‚ though his perception of what is true and what is right drive his work. Through the picture “Israeli side vs
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CREATION OF ISRAEL Definitions: zionism: ‘to create for the jewish people a home in palestine secured by the public law’ 1) a homeland state set up for jews‚ by jews 2) movement for the reestablishment and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel. Established as political organisation 1897 by Theodor Herzl anti-semitism - a dislike of Jews (has been around since Christian times) ottoman empire - modern day Turkey holy land - modern day Israel and Palestine mandate - commission
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navy seized 1‚200 of these vessels.[1] Many boats were damaged‚ and over one hundred sank.[2] A Royal Canadian Navy officer questions Japanese-Canadian fishermen while confiscating their boat.In January 1942‚ a "protected" 100-mile (160 km) wide strip up the Pacific coast was created‚ and any men of Japanese descent between the ages of 18 and 45 were removed and taken to road camps in the British Columbian interior‚ to sugar beet projects on the Prairies‚ or to internment in a POW camp in Ontario
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Israel believes and argues that if they are to give up land‚ their people should be able to live long happy lives. Not lives lived in fear of suicide bombers and air raids. The Israeli government believes that the West Bank should be demilitarized. Israelites should be able to live lives without the fear of dying. Israel believes - and I agree‚ that the West Bank should be demilitarized because the towns near it could potentially be annihilated if any of the heavy machinery was to go off. Israel
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The Sykes–Picot Agreement of 1916 was a secret agreement between the governments of the UK and France‚ with the assent of Imperial Russia‚ defining their respective spheres of influence and control in Western Asia after the expected downfall of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. On the night of April 9‚ 1948‚ the Irgun Zvei Leumi surrounded the village of Deir Yasin‚ located on the outskirts of Jerusalem. After giving the sleeping residents a 15 minute warning to evacuated‚ Menachem Begin’s
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conflict. It is essentially a struggle over land. 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 on the biblical promise to Abraham and his descendants‚ on the fact that this was the historical site of the Jewish kingdom of Israel (which was destroyed by the Roman Empire)‚ and on Jews’ need for a haven
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Al-Hassan‚ admitted in an interview that newspapers and journalists can be subjected to‚ "Sometimes a little punishment‚ [laughter] sometimes." (Palestinefacts.org) More recently‚ during the Israeli war in Gaza in the summer of 2014‚ it was discovered that Hamas‚ the ruling organization in Gaza‚ had been intimidating foreign reporters. (Behar
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consequences. For Arabs‚ the biggest outcome of this war was the discrediting of the Arab nationalist idiom and the humiliation that came with it. Syria lost a portion of their land named the Golan Heights. Egypt lost the entire Sinai Peninsula‚ the Gaza Strip‚ and most importantly the Suez Canal—a huge blow to the Egyptians both economically and nationalistically. Israel also ceded the West Bank from Jordan and all of Jerusalem‚ which was extremely significant in religious terms to the Israelis. For
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