Definitions of Palestine and Palestinian

Although Palestine declared independence as an Arab state, it still face obstacles in achieving its sovereignty. Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat planned to officially announce the statehood of Palestine in 1996 (Quigley). This action received a strong response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu said recognition of Palestinian statehood would nullify the Israeli-Palestinian agreement. From this notion, Netanyahu threatened to invade Palestinian territories like the West

We Need a Precise Definition of Terrorism In early 1974, the Secretary General of the United Nations, U Thant, invited the Palestinian Liberation Organization to attend the General Assembly gathering on November 13, 1974, and in doing so gave legitimacy to the Palestinian Liberation Organization as a governing body. In Yasser Arafat’s speech to the General Assembly, he thanked the United Nations for recognizing his organization and its legitimacy. When Arafat addressed the General Assembly,

is occurring between Palestine and Israel—or the fact that their tax money is feeding Israeli war crimes. What many fail to understand is what’s occurring is not a war, it’s mass murder. Innocent Palestinians are being killed, beaten, kidnapped, and tortured on a daily basis. Israel has been occupying Palestinian and pushing the Palestinians out of their homeland, where they have lived for centuries. The Jews, who are Khazar blood (in present day Israel), migrated to Palestine in order to “reclaim”

Army of Shadows (2008), Hillel Cohen reexamines the typical historical narratives about Palestinian perspectives prior to the Nakba. Much of the discussion pertains to the changes that took place within the mindsets of numerous groups of Palestinians during the British Mandate. It could be beneficial to compare the approach and methodologies of Hillel Cohen's book to Ilan Pappe's The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2006) and his reassessment of Israel's historical memory. Pappe focuses on the planning

event was one of the programs of the Witness Palestine Film Festival sponsored by Christian Witnessing for Palestine. After the screening, the audience had a chance to ask questions of the director, Udi Aloni, through Skype. Junction 48 is a 2016 film directed by Aloni, an Israeli and American filmmaker. This film describes young Israeli Arab musicians’ struggle against oppression from Israeli authority and nationalists and problems within Palestinian communities such as drug deals and honor crimes

Male Masculinity in Palestine A word such as “strong” is arguably the most used word that is associated with masculinity. Men are often being described as “manly” or “macho” ideas that appear to define individual men and masculinity itself. This concept and definition are followed throughout the world especially in the Arab world, which includes Palestine and Israel. Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda is a book written by Ahmed Masoud that tells a story about the main protagonist

kill innocent Palestinians with no right. Consequently, they do not deserve to be called Jews but Zionists. To deport somebody means to force him to leave a country, usually because he breaks the law or because he has no legal right to be there . As a result, the translator chooses to translate the word "لاجئين" in Arabic into “deportees” in English when the Israeli investigator is talking about Palestinians to stress the Zionists’ idea that Palestinians have no right to be in Palestine and that this

I chose to give my presentation on was Palestine. Palestine is located in the Middle East in the country of Asia and their territory is considered to be only the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The capital of Palestine is Jerusalem, and the type of people who predominately reside in occupied Palestinian land are those of the Arab descent. According to research, there are approximately 11,000,000 people all over the world, who consider themselves to be Palestinian, which is constituted as 49% of all the

On Friday night, the University of Washington played host to three of today’s greatest historians concerning the Israel/Palestine issue. Professor Anita Shapira, known for her contextual history of Israel ignited the room with her powerful comments about the circumstances for Arab removal from Israeli lands. Professor James Gelvin tiptoed on several touchy subjects, reiterating his concentration with causality history, nevertheless his historical background gave insight to nationalistic movements

this war has occurred, both of us have come up with our own viable theories. We believe that this war is in relations to Benny Morris 's theory of a Jihadist war, Efraim Karsh’s theory of the Palestinian Refugee Problem and Elitist control, and our negotiated theory based on British involvement in Palestine. Benny Morris insists that the War of 1948 was a Jihad: a Holy war. He states that this is one of the reasons for why this war happened, and why they have still not reached peace, or some sort