Article Review: On Human Rights Day, Stop the Blank Check to Israel

“Life, liberty and the pursuit of property (happiness)” is a familiar phrase known from the United States’ Declaration of Independence. It says that we believe these are the three inalienable rights of all human beings and that it is the government’s job to protect these absolute privileges. Extensive advocation of

Eden Lenner Book Review- Winning the War of Words One problem for someone trying to offer a defense of Israel despite the determined intellectual attack on the country in recent years is that, while the assault is simply and easily understood; the defense is harder to explain. To defame the country

To begin with handing out money is always a problem, it becomes even more of an issue when we don't have the money to give! For instance with the Chinese in 2012 we gave $28.3 million to china’s foreign aid. If we seriously are in debt to them about 1.3 Trillion dollars why would we need to give them financial aid? Its ridiculous to be in debt to them such a large amount of money and yet give them financial aid is simply ludicrous. To change this how about we start loaning money to china and stop buying into their loans, this would not only eventually cut our debt exponentially but it would also start to Increase the money we make as a nation.

P.S.122 Eric Chen 8-508 February 22, 2016 Everyday problems are occurring in the middle east. Millions of refugees are being displaced and ISIS is gaining land. Many Americans do not care about these conflicts but we should if we are the cause of them.America grants Israel more foreign aid than any other country mostly in arms and weapons. The foreign aid America gives to Israel is clearly unlawful and inhumane. The United States should stop this program immediately because it goes against many government policies preventing the formation of militaristic countries and giving arms to Israel will help them commit more human rights violations against the Palestinians that the United Nations already

Many people view the United States as a country of opportunity in which you can live happily and be presented the opportunity to achieve any goals that you may have, regardless of your class or financial status. This idea is helped made possible by our government. But our government might not be able to provide as much help to that dream if we keep going deeper into debt. In my opinion we need to fund all of these assistance programs less in America so the rest of us can grow and force other to take responsibility and grow up

In the beginning, the State of Israel’s contributions to world development was considered great; however due to social and political factors that ended in war the current aid is only a fraction of what it used to be.

The U.S. Federal Government is already very irresponsible with the nation’s funds. The United States National Debt Clock is just under $17.5 trillion and counting with each passing second. Cash flow is fluid, not a one-way-valve. Funds must come in at the same rate, or faster, than it goes out in order to obtain cash flow. The Federal Government currently has enough difficulties paying out Social-Security Benefits, which has already been paid by every U.S. Taxpayer. According to Cusumano, free online classes through MIT cost $60 million in 2012 and “(…) Open Courseware [has] an annual budget

Debt.” 21). In other words, at least one-fifth of tax money did not bring US citizens any benefits. Besides, less capital is available for the federal government to invest in the

They want to scale back foreign intervention and use our military for defense only. Since World War II, the United States foreign policy has metastasised to a global level. The United States has taken the position as the global police. We have done countless interventions to “better” the good of the world and its people. Yet, it seems we have forgotten about Americans themselves, who have to deal with the enormous costs of these interventions. When a tyrannous dictator takes control of a country in some far flung part of the world, the United States steps in. We use American soldiers and taxpayers dollars to oust the dictator. Then when a vacuum is created we go back and fight the terrorist group which has taken over. This has happened too many times. It shows the weakness of our foreign policy system. The cost of our military, foreign interventions, and aid has gotten out of control for a country with looming debt problems. As of 2015, military spending has taken up fifty four percent of our discretionary spending, coming out to a total of $598.5 billion dollars (Nationalpriorities.org). Additionally, $195 billion is going outside the United States to fund foreign bases and aid (Politico.com). United

America’s Sinking Ship It has become common to dismiss that there ever will be a United States with a national surplus. Imagine a United States that can fund every government program such as Medicare, Social Security and Welfare. A U.S. with an ample amount of money and capital so that it

Imagine the Native Americans speak up and say they want to own their ancestral homeland back and that the Americans are not welcome to live there. If you were American, would you sit back and let them take it? Of course you would not let them do that because you would want to defend your family and homeland. This is exactly what happened in Palestine. The Israelis invaded Palestine and kicked out the Palestinians living there when Israel declared independence. The US should support Palestine in their fight for freedom because Israel has been invading Palestine and Palestine needs help to stand up to Israel.

Bernie Calderon English M01A Nov. 19, 2012 Prof. Patrick Eagan Argumentative Essay: Jewish Rights to Israel Since the Independence of Israel in 1948, there has been a greater tension between the Israelis and the Palestinian community. It is very important to know that both have been living Israel before it was considered an independent state. Not only Palestinians have been in conflict with the Israelis but also Arabs and Muslims. They might not have the same issues with Israel as the Palestinians do, but they both dislike Israelis for different reasons. Palestinians issue has been over property ownership while the Arabs and Muslims community has been over religious reasons. It is difficult to resist the conclusion that Israel belongs to

Allison Asbury PSY 462: Paper Assignment 1 Halperin et al 2011 I was interested to read this research article because I know very little about Israel and the conflicts that are happening over there. I had no idea that there were so many different groups of people connected to Palestine who feel tension and rejection.

My enrollment in the History course this semester was due to requirements for my bachelor’s degree in nursing. Rather than feeling that the course took valuable time away from the core curriculum, what I learned has made a lasting impact on how I feel about the world around me and

Introduction With the founding of the Bretton Woods agreement at the conclusion of World War II, the United States (US) has participated in development at a substantial level. During the Cold War, it was in the best interest of the US to give aid to countries that could potentially be swayed to join or ally with the Soviet Union. Once the wall came down and the Soviet Union imploded, the US cut back on investments in aid and development. This reduction in aid lasted until the attacks on September 11th, which brought home the realization that unstable countries create an environment in which non-state actors and terrorists thrive. Again, the US employed the use of development as a tool; this time development was aimed at combating radical