A Brief Story of Yitzhak Rabin

The west had been essential to the nation’s creation, and exerted its power in Israel. Israel’s leaders developed allegiances with western countries which had been essential in the formation of their country. Tension in the area grew, both inside and outside of the state, and violence was used against both sides. However, measures were not taken to undue the problems that had arisen from the unfair nature of the agreement. “Palestinians had been branded as ignorant, hostile, and violent” and non-Jewish groups found it difficult to practice their religion as they had before. Despite the obvious inequities that were growing, the west did little to alleviate the pain that it played a large part in creating. It seemed as if “People in the west seem so taken with material things, It’s as if they have nothing in their spirit, so they need to surround themselves

Chapter three of Eyal Press’ Beautiful Souls follows Avner Wishnitzer, an Israeli combat soldier serving in the occupied territories during the Second Intifada. In the 6-Day War of 1967, Israel captured the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and has since kept the land under an Israeli military occupation. In 1987 to 1991, a Palestinian uprising involving resistance and civil disobedience, known as the First Intifada, occurred in the occupied territories. Consequently, Israel deployed many soldiers into the occupied territories, and an estimated 1,674 people were killed in total. The Second Intifada, a much more violent Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories, transpired from 2000 until 2005. In response, Israel enacted Operation Defensive Shield, a large-scale military operation, in 2002 to stop the terrorist attacks and suicide bombings of the Second Intifada. An approximate 4,426 people were killed in the Second Intifada. Avner Wishnitzer’s public refusal to serve in the occupied territories was worth getting kicked out of Sayeret Matkal and being disgraced by Israeli society because it made people question the occupation and the treatment towards Palestinians. Even if Avner had been my father, I would have condoned his choices because I could create my own reputation in the military. Additionally, the current controversy over the Israeli occupation legitimizes his stance and actions for many Israeli citizens.

Sadat’s controversial appeal to the Israeli’s, addresses the “huge wall between us,” as his perception of the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict incited him on a call to action to bring, in the alliteration “permanent peace” to the Middle East, perceiving that the conflict has gone on long enough culminating in great human costs on both sides. The metaphor of the “huge wall,” evocative of the tumultuous relationship between Arab’s and Israeli’s exemplifies Sadat’s need for the breakage of the “wall”, thus eliciting a level of Blitzer’s exigence so that the warring nations can move forward together, unified. However, despite advocating for a unified future he laments the injustices that have been inflicted on the Palestinian people and thus implores the Israeli’s through his utilisation of Aristotle’s pathos powered by highly modulated words, for the recognition of Palestine and its citizens to have “their legitimate rights…no longer ignored or denied today by anybody,” in order for peace to become an eventual reality. He enforces this sentiment in the hypophora “What is peace for Israel? It means that Israel lives with her Arab neighbours in security,” hence Sadat’s is able to expertly voice his universal plea for stability by challenging Arab and

Now he is faced with a decision to make a different career path. In 1945 Kennedy worked for several months as a reporter for the Hearst newspapers, covering the conference at San Francisco that established the United Nations. Ultimately he decided that he wanted a political career and returned to Boston. He took the place of his brother Joseph, who had seemed destined for politics but had

He attended West Point and graduated from there in 1915. He served in a variety of training duties during World War I. He was promoted to Promoted Major in 1920.(Dupuy, Johnson, Bongard 236) He graduated from the top of his class at the Command and General Staff School. He served under General Douglas McArthur in the office of the chief of staff in the Philippines. He was promoted to Major General in December of 1944. He was the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces during D-Day in 1944. He commanded until the

This essay will focus on how theorists of peace and conflict have analysed the conflict in recent history. Especially, the peace process after the first Palestinian intifada and the 1993 Oslo-agreements will be analysed. In addition, this essay will shed light on the involvement of the United States in the

Through intellectual and rhetoric qualities, intuitive responses are able to provoke social change. In 1977 on the 20th of November Anwar Sadat’s radical ‘Speech to the Israeli Knesset’ emphasised achieving justice on fair terms, ultimately establishing a basis for international peace and “Peace in the Middle East” during the tense Arab-Israeli conflict. Sadat utilises various devices of repetition to reinforce the main thematic concern of “permanent peace and justice”, expounding Logos through the immense detailed when laying out the conditions for peace. Moreover, as both countries were highly religious Sadat utilises the Pathos of religion to unite individuals, “Muslims, Christians and Jews (who all)

When he finally arrived and received basic training in France. It was pretty rough by his accounts. Food was very scarce only black coffee and a chunk of bread with a sausage link was given out in the morning and that was all the rations for the day so you had to make the most of it. His basic training was somewhat special, based on the fact that his unit was in quarantine for 3 weeks due to chicken pox running amongst the training facilities. He was put on a train again and shipped off after the graduation of basic training.

“I was alright with being a prison guard since it felt safer than fighting but a part of me wanted to do more for my country then just guard prisoners”. November 27th 1945, his camp again boarded the Ship to come back to the states, this time to San Francisco, which yet again took 21 days to reach. After reaching San Francisco he had a short time with family and was able to spend his birthday at home. “On the trip back I started to feel homesick. I missed the smell of breakfast in the morning and the sound of mama calling us in for supper after a long day’s work in the fields, so I was thankful to be able to spend my birthday with my family” he said with a smile. From there he went on to Camp Kilmer in New Jersey and boarded either the Queen Mary or the Queen Elizabeth, he couldn’t recall which. They landed 10 days later, about March 1st 1946, in Lahar France. After landing in France they took a train to Stuttgart Germany where he worked as a truck driver, transporting Army Veterans to Bremerhaven Germany so they could go home for discharge. In November 1946, he became sick and was sent home to Brooks General Army Hospital in San Antonio Texas. “I was really sick and they didn’t know why, all they knew was that something was really wrong and I needed to be sent back to the states to get treatment” he said. Sometime in May 1947 they began to processes him for

He was part of the Palmach, a Jewish underground commando unit, during World War II. Rabin was promoted to chief operations officer of the Palmach in 1947 and directed Israeli operations in Jerusalem and fought the Egyptian army in the Negev during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. In 1949 Rabin was a member of the Israeli delegation for the 1949 Armistice agreements which ended the Arab-Israeli war. Rabin was promoted to Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces in 1964, and under his command the Israel

And so Golda Meir takes it upon herself to come out of retirement at the age of seventy one to become prime minister. She would be the only woman to serve as prime minister of Israel to date. As the the fourth Prime Minister of Israel  she led the country during the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War. During her four year term Meir made progress with U.S. and gained aid from them. This aid came in the form of  economic assistance and military assistance. She would come into contact with President Richard Nixon and would gain his assistance in peace talks with the United Arab Republic in 1967. Meir sided with those in her government deemed as radicals. They felt that the captured territories in the 1967 war should be handled by the Israeli people. However she was also able to keep the support of people who were for the idea of gaining peace in exchange for surrendering land

On the evening of November 4, 1995, it was the time to celebrate the joyfully weekend. But for the peace-loving people, particularly for the peace-loving people in Israel and Arab, it was actually a black weekend. It was precisely that evening, one of the creators of Palestinian-Israeli peace, who was known as peaceful warrior, Yitzhak Rabin, Premier of Israeli, was murdered by an assassin. The world had shocked, his imposing and heartrending life, became the focal point of the people immediately. All the peace-lovers were sorrowful for his death. They burst into tears for him, prayed for him, wished his soul to be serene in heaven.

For many centuries, Judaic and Arabian societies have engaged in one of the most complicated and lengthy conflicts known to mankind, the makings of a highly difficult peace process. Unfortunately for all the world’s peacemakers the Arab-Israeli conflict, particularly the war between Israel and the Palestinian Territories, is rooted in far more then ethnic tensions. Instead of drawing attention towards high-ranking officials of the Israeli government and Hamas, focus needs to be diverted towards the more suspect and subtle international relations theory of realism which, has imposed more problems than solutions.

Dagan completed his three year compulsory service in 1966, but in 1967 was activated as a

After more than 50 years of war, terrorism, peace negotiation and human suffering, Israel and Palestine remain as far from a peaceful settlement as ever. The entire Middle Eastern region remains a cauldron waiting to reach the boiling point, a potent mixture of religious extremism, (Jewish, Christian and Islamic), mixed with oil and munitions.