WEIMAR REPUBLIC Due Date Student Number WINGATE’S RAIDERS: THE NUCLEUS OF A NATIONAL ARMY Captain Orde Wingate helped to shape the first effective Jewish defense against Arab attacks during the years 1936-1939. When Wingate arrived in Palestine as a British intelligence officer‚ the Jews were meeting these attacks with strictly defensive measures inherited from the Haganah‚ an underground resistance organization. When he left three years later‚ the Jews had learned to defend by preventive
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the British promised Palestine to them in 1915-16‚ in the Hussein-McMahon (British High Commissioner in Cairo) correspondence‚ in exchange for leading an Arab revolt against the Ottoman Turks. The British would grant independence to the Arabs after the war. From the Jewish viewpoint‚ the British promised Palestine to them in the Balfour Declaration of 1917‚ Foreign Arthur Balfour wanted the British Government to publicly state its support for Zionist aspirations in Palestine. Then American Jews would
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the Arab countries also believe they have the right to Israel. The Arab Nations in the Middle Ages had gained major control over North Africa‚ Southern Europe‚ and the Middle East (Butler). The Arab Nations had come to think of the Middle East and Palestine as home. However‚ in the 16th century the Ottoman Empire took control over most of the Arab Nations’ land. The Arab Nations were not happy with the way things were under the Ottoman Empire but they could not find a chance to fight. However‚ the chance
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different religions (Palestinians include Muslims‚ Christians and Druze)‚ religious differences are not the cause of the 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 (of the Jordan River) and the Gaza Strip (1). Jewish claims to this land are based on the biblical promise to Abraham and his descendants
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References: Nwauche C.A.‚ Akani CI. (2006) ‘An assessment of high risk sexual behavior and HIV transmission among migrant oil workers in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria’ Niger J Clint practice; 48-51. [9 February 2014] Rice A.L‚ Sacco L‚ Hyder A‚ Black R.E. (2000) ‘Malnutrition as an underlying cause of childhood deaths associated with infectious diseases in developing countries’. Bull World Health Organization; 78:1207–21. Anochie IC‚ Ikpeme EE. (2001) ‘Prevalence of sexual activity
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Quaker" by his excess of zeal in rounding up suspects of Red Scare; ultimately totaled about six thousand; This drive to root out radicals was redoubled in June 1919‚ when a bomb shattered his home 2) Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti- case regarded by liberals as "judicial lynching". Sacco‚ a shoe-factory worker‚ and Vanzetti‚ a fish peddler‚ were convicted in 1921 of the murder of a Massachusetts paymaster and his guard; 3) Horace Kallen- believed in pluralism (preservation of identity) ;
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“To what extent do you consider foreign intervention the most significant barrier to peace between Arabs and Israelis across the period 1900-2000?” Throughout the 20th Century relations between Arabs and Israelis in Palestine have undergone immense tension‚ change and deterioration‚ with both parties facing many barriers to peace. Foreign intervention is often listed as one such barrier to this peace. While the importance of foreign intervention cannot be omitted‚ other factors can be argued to
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2‚100 km2 (811 sq mi). The southern districts are characterized by the flatlands of Agro Pontino‚ a once swampy and malarial area‚ that was reclaimed over the centuries. The Preapennines of Latium‚ marked by the Tiber valley and the Liri with the Sacco tributary‚ include on the right of the Tiber‚ three groups of mountains of volcanic origin: the Volsini‚ Cimini and Sabatini‚ whose largest former craters are occupied by the Bolsena‚ Vico and Bracciano lakes. To the south of the Tiber‚ other mountain
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investigated. One underlying cause of the Arab-Israeli conflict was the creation of the state of Israel‚ and the united aim of the destruction of Israel. 2 The Arab world never wanted to see a sovereign independent Jewish state established in Palestine‚ nor where they willing to accept it. The first Arab-Israeli war (1948)‚ the Six Day War (1967) and the Yom Kippur War (1973) 3 were all fought by a coalition of Arab nations including Egypt‚ Syria and Jordan against Israel. The coalition’s aim was
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the question of a Jewish homeland post WWII. “His Majesty’s Government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people‚ and will use its best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object‚ it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine‚ or the rights and political status enjoyed by the Jews in any other country” this quote outlines the persuasive
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