(Zinn‚ p. 357-359‚ 1995). Many opponents of the first World War were imprisoned for speaking out against the draft. The period also saw the suppression of the Anarchist movement‚ symbolized by the notorious prosecution of two anarchists‚ Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in 1920 (Zinn 367‚ 1995).
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political document of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. The Balfour Declaration is a letter that was written on November 2nd‚ 1917‚ from the British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Walter Rothschild supporting the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Before the Balfour Declaration‚ there were important events that led to its creation. These events include Zionism‚ World War I‚ the McMahon–Hussein Correspondence and the Sykes–Picot Agreement. The Balfour Declaration was created for many reasons
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problem in Palestine because hatred of the British rule had developed amongst the Jews in Palestine‚ when they had heard about the Holocaust and the killings of thousands of Jews they turned aggressive. The Zionist were demanding their own independent state‚ they claimed that the Holocaust survivors needed somewhere they could live. At noon on 22th July 1946 a group of men from the Jewish terrorism group‚ the Irgun‚ planted explosives in the British military headquarters in Palestine. The explosion
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The Arab-Israeli conflict is a struggle between the Jewish state of Israel and the Arabs of the Middle East concerning the area known as Palestine. The term Palestine has been associated variously and sometimes controversially with this small region. Both the geographic area designated by and the political status of the name have changed over the course of some three millennia. The region‚ or a part of it‚ is also known as the Holy Land and is held sacred among Jews‚ Christians‚ and Muslims. In
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Middle East Conflicts Question’s 1. The zionest is a movement founded in the 1890’s to promote the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine 2. The 1917 Balfour Declaration declared that the British favored a Jewish homeland in Palestine 3. Divide palestine into two states one for the palestinians and one for the jews. The jews supported it but the palestinians did not. 4. The Israeli Declaration of Independence was read out on Friday‚ the 14th of May 1948 by David Ben Gurion‚ who
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culture. Nidali defines home as wherever she is‚ especially since she has moved from Kuwait to Egypt and then America. Nidali’s father constantly reminds them of Palestine and makes Nidali draw the flag over and over so she does not forget it. He informs them about their homeland so the news does not brainwash them. Nidali has not been to Palestine but has lived in Egypt and at first hated being there‚ but enjoyed living with her grandfather. When her family moves to American she becomes fascinated‚ she
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Sixty three years of war and no peace in sight Since the creation of Israel and de-legitimization of Palestine in 1948‚ seven wars has engulfed the region‚ the region plunged into radicalism‚ thousands were killed and worst of all there is no sight of peace in the forecast (Malone). The biggest and most sensitive conflict in the world is the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that has created so much hate and bloodshed. The conflict revolves around land that was promised to both the Muslims and Jews
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establish a sovereign state as a country for the Jewish individuals. Balfour Declaration affirmed the British Government’s support for the creation that Palestine to be a national home for the Jewish individuals. Following the end of World War I‚ the League of Nations endowed Great Britain with the Mandate for Palestine. After the Declaration‚ Palestine saw a large number of Jewish settlement and developments of extensive Zionist industrial enterprises. As the population developed‚ Arab opposition to
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In his book Where the Line is Drawn‚ Raja Shehadeh‚ a Palestinian lawyer‚ recounts his experience of living through 50 years of Israeli occupation in the West Bank area of Palestine. Shehadeh details the nature of life in the occupied territory through years of events and interactions with other Palestinians and Israelis. The most important of these interactions‚ though‚ is with a Canadian Jew named Henry who had immigrated to Israel. As covered extensively by Shehadeh‚ his friendship with Henry
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The Semiramis Hotel Bombing was perpetrated by the Haganah in Jerusalem between 1947and 1948 when there was a civil war in Mandatory Palestine. After the Semiramis hotel was suspected to be an Arab‚ headquarter the Haganah placed a bomb and as a consequence‚ twenty-four people lost their lives and several injured. Referring to the Associated Press‚ the hotel was attacked because it was considered important to the Arabs gangs. It was from the Semiramis hotel where rifles were dispersed to the outskirts
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