Yasser Arafat was the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization‚ who worked against democracy. In fact‚ some would consider him a terrorist. A terrorist is someone who fights against democracy by using violent means against civilians in the pursuit of political aims. On May fourteenth of 1948‚ Israel was officially declared as a country by the United Nations. Before May fourteenth‚ Israel was formally known Mandatory Palestine. Mandatory Palestine a
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as Palestine. But following the war of 1948-49‚ this land was divided into three parts: the state of Israel‚ the West Bank (of the Jordan River) and the Gaza Strip. The Arabs possessed the majority of the mandate. The British decided to withdraw from the area thereafter‚ the United Nations partitioned it creating Arab and Jewish states. This arrangement was rejected by the Arabs causing tension within the region. This Review will attempt to answer the question: How and why did the Palestine and
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the French. Then British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour issued a declaration that in the next coming years will change the lives of all Palestinians. The Balfour Declaration of 1917 is the official document of the British view of a Jewish home in Palestine‚ assuring the crown’s assistance for the Zionist movement. However‚ even though with the assurance towards the Zionist movement‚ they still somehow guaranteed the “non-Jewish” sector of assistance for
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are not the sole cause of the conflict. Fundamentally the conflict arises over the struggle over land. A piece of land that both 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
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Modern History: United Nations Introduction: The United Nations is an intergovernmental organisation founded on October 24‚ 1945‚ Lake Success‚ New York‚ United States‚ during the events of the Second World War by 51 countries that where committed to maintaining international peace and security‚ developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress‚ better living standards and human rights(UN‚2014). The United Nations or UN for short was formally called the League of Nations
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by back-substitution. Palestine: History Introduction Palestine stands alone among the Roman provinces in that here only there existed a national identity strong enough effectively to challenge Roman rule. That identity depended on a body of Hebrew religious writings that constituted a concrete locus for the formation of durable political and religious institutions. This locus and these institutions provided the framework for the two great rebellions that the Romans faced in Palestine in the first and
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minority that is only around 10% of the Palestine population. When studying the historical literature and ongoing of the Israel-Palestine conflict‚ Palestinian Christians have often been overlooked. This paper aims to study the discourse of Palestinian Christians in their involvement in the construction of a Palestinian identity in the last decade. Palestinian Christians have been struggling nonviolently against the Israeli occupation. In the landmark Kairos Palestine Document – which has been signed by
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CW43: The Middle East and Arab-Israeli Conflict‚ c1900–2001 Jewish settlement in Palestine‚ 1900–45 |Conflict |Causes of conflict |Presence and influence of other actors and |Changing Arab-Israeli relationships |Proposed solutions | | | |international events |
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Wars Ian Allan Ltd.‚ Shepperton‚ Surrey‚ England‚ pp 9 - 43 Bible (1976)‚ Old Testament American Bible Society‚ pp 4 - 88 Bromley‚ S. (1994)‚ Rethinking Middle East Politics Edited by Polity Press‚ Cambridge‚ U.K. pp 6 - 16 Cattan‚ H. (1971)‚ The Palestine Problem: The Palestinian viewpoint in the Middle East: a handbook Edited by M. Adams‚ Great Britain‚ Anthony Bland Ltd.‚ pp 146 - 160 Harper‚ P. (1986)‚ The Arab - Israeli Issue. Wayland Publishers‚ West Sussex‚ England‚ pp 8 - 43 Mansfield‚ P. (1992)
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(Mideastweb.org‚n.d.). Judea‚ which was the home of the Jews in ancient times‚ was conquered by the Romans. It was then renamed Palestine. Palestine was later conquered and inhabited by Arabs for over a thousand years. The Zionist movement arose to restore the Jews to Israel‚ largely ignoring the existing Arab population (Mideastweb.org‚n.d.). After the Balfour Declaration in 1917‚ Palestine was granted to Britain as a League of Nations mandate to build a national home for the Jewish people. The Arabs disliked
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