Duality As Vitality : Israel 's Democratic And Jewish Identity

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the one of the world’s oldest conflicts, and it is still an ongoing problem in the world. Zionists and Arabs: two groups with conflicting beliefs who both claim Israel as their own. In wake of the Holocaust the U.N decided to gift the Jews a homeland for the lives lost in the genocide. In 1947, the U.N Partition divided the land of Israel (Historic Palestine) into two separate states: Arab and Jewish. Since then, the state of Israel has been the center of conflict between the Arabs and the Zionists. As time passed the Zionists gained more land from winning the Six-Day War, and consequently the Palestinians had to live as refugees in other Arab countries. Additionally, more than 75% of the land belonged to

The Twelfth-century, Israel continue to serve a condition of being safe for a person of Jews political due to their ethnic origin or religious faith, but can’t be democracy at the same time. That would be a figure of speech in which apparently opposed terms appear in conjunction. In democracy the people are held, at least a theory, to be sovereign. Majority determines what constitutes acceptable behavior. Judaism may have some principle in common with democracy which may serve to confuse the public into thinking Judaism is democratic in nature, but a state can’t be both Jewish and democratic since one is at odds with the other. “Democracy and Judaism are two opposite things. One absolutely cannot confuse them. The objective of a democratic state is to allow a person to do exactly as he wishes. The objective of Judaism is to G~d and to make people better. These are two totally opposite conceptions of

In addition, I will examine the current state of political and human rights in Israeli occupied West Bank and analyze how they are approaching a level of apartheid. Finally, I will summarize the effects of these social tensions between Israel and Palestinians in the terms of how potential open conflict could reignite.

The creation of Israel meant that the Israeli’s were able to fulfil their long term aspiration of creating their own state, which had been fuelled by

Though Israel as a state has been around longer than most countries, it has in recent times had a rebirth of sorts. I've chosen the foundation of Israel as my I-Search paper topic, which is a topic I have a moderate amount of base knowledge in. Israel has been in existence for several thousand years ago, but only recently was the modern state of Israel created. This occurred in the aftermath of World War ll, however, the campaign that seceded has begun several decades beforehand. Sovereignty for the country was achieved not through riots or wars, but in the hard work of many lawyers and activists. Despite a peaceful and legal founding, Israel has been in constant defensive warfare fare from other Levantine countries. This nation's view Israel's

An Israeli’” (145). Israel’s existence gives the Jewish people a place to be free of antisemitism and hiding and a place that is their own with great importance to their history and religion. After years and years of feeling out of place and unsafe in Europe until finally the horrors of the Holocaust occurred, Israel is indeed a great victory for Jews and stands as a beacon of hope and progress.

Originating in Europe, Zionism was embedded with Western-leaning principles that aimed at coalescing the Jews of the Diaspora into one unified and modernized Jewish identity within Israel. When it was introduced to the old Yishuv, it reflected the Ashkenazim political and cultural values, including “liberal democracy and national self-determination” and therefore assured their success

Israel is a representation of our people's hope through the thousands of years of suffering, ostracism, and hatred the Jewish people have endured. Israel, being the Jewish people's homeland, is the greatest advocate for having the Jewish people's voices heard on an international level. It acts as a tool of legitimacy to the Jewish people's ideals and beliefs.

The dichotomy of historical events, personalities and concepts are central to devising a sense of both triumph and tragedy, varying in perspective for the individuals and groups directly involved. The creation of the state of Israel accommodates this dichotomy, in which the event can simply be recognised as a success for the Jewish people whose religious land was regained, and a calamity for the Arab-Palestinians who became displaced refugees as a result. Since the inception of the Israeli nation-state in 1948, religious and political difference have played a major role in bringing about the Arab-Israeli conflict. The dominance of the Jewish people, driven by religious and cultural ties to the land following their Diaspora, has seen the formation of Israel as a short-term social triumph. However, the resultant dispossession of Arab refugees in the elicited conflict, consolidated by the increase in Arab rebel terrorist activity and interference of other states has

The nation of Israel was originally a nation of nomadic people who were isolated and oppressed. After the horrific events of the Holocaust some Jewish people made homes in Israel. The people who made their homes came to be known as Israelites. They were given this name because the nation was named after Israel who was originally known as Jacob (Fisher, 2005). The nation of Israel has always been in a state of disorder and confusion, and in 1947 the United Nations gave Israel to the Jewish people who declared it an independent state in 1948. Israel’s Arabic neighbors did not support this decision and war followed. Battles are still being fought today. Tension also exists within the Jewish community in Israel. There have been many Jewish people who have settled in Israel. These settlers have diverse backgrounds. Some are orthodox and some are not which can bring tension. Even

On November 29, 1947, the United Nations voted to divide the Middle Eastern land called Palestine into two independent nations, one Arab and one Jewish. On May 14, 1948, a new nation was born: Israel. The Jews of Israel and the world celebrated with joy and gladness, because for over two thousand years, they had hoped to return to the land of their heritage. (Silverman, 1) However with Jews from all around the world returning to Israel, the Arabs residing in this land were forced into exile. The rebirth of Israel marked the beginning of conflict, violence, and peace treaties between the Arabs and the Jews of the Middle East.

The ancient land of Canaan, located in the Middle East, has been promised to many different people, and in result, has been ruthlessly fought over. After the Holocaust, Great Britain split the land in half, giving one part to the Palestinians who had lived there for many years, and the rest to the Israelis who had been there since the beginning of monotheistic religion. The boundaries have constantly changed, due to constant fighting and wars. The Israelis believe the land is rightfully theirs, because it was the birthplace of their religion. The Proclamation of the State of Israel says, “The land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and national identity was formed (Document 12)”. The Israelis

At the beginning, Liberal Zionism plays as the major mainstream of the Zionist movement from the First Zionist Congress in 1897 to the post World War I. Liberal Zionism celebrates the most traditional traits of the Jewish’s heritage: the readiness for intellectual debates; the opposing spirit of davka and the rejection to concede the authoritarianism. Liberal Zionism confirms that Jewish people deserve a nation of their own to live and develop. Moreover, this nation must run under a liberal democracy, which means equality is prioritized over the self-reliance of religion, ethnicity or

In the years just after World War II, Zionism (the desire to rebuild a Jewish national presence in the Promised Land) became a popular Jewish cause all around the world. Many Jews who were not practicing Judaism at all with religion became involved with the establishment of the State of Israel. Even today, many years after the successful founding of the State of Israel, there are Jews whose only real tie to Judaism is their belief in Zionism and their support for the State of Israel. They are joined by many Jews who are members of synagogues and support a modern Jewish religious movement, but who also find their prime identity as Jews in the Zionist cause.

Religion is a vital part of daily life in every Middle Eastern country, informing the ways in which most ordinary citizens understand politics as well as their own place in the world. Today, the political left in Israel views the Israel state more as a protector of the Jewish community than as a strictly religious state. On the right, Zionism is broadly viewed as an effort to realize God’s intention that the Jewish people establish a Kingdom of God in that specific land. Today, Judaism