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Israel and Palestine. Being the only Jewish state in a region of Muslim controlled governments, this was the cause for decades of conflict between Israel and various Muslim states. The outcome of these conflicts was Israel occupying East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights and the West Bank since 1967, making these territories the longest current military occupation of any sovereign land. This military occupation has caused havoc among the region due to many conflicts and wars. (CIA Factbook,

Why and how does children get bullies in school? Is it necessary to have bullies in school? According to the article “Bullying and Peer Victimization”, Faris discusses the cause of bullies and how it affects their mental health. One cause of bullying is the diversity, which makes a consequence of mental problems. The mental health problems that shows are depression, anger, anxiety, low self-esteem, or low empathy. It is proven that “researchers have found that bullies have significantly lower self-esteem

HAMAS, an Arabic acronym meaning “Islamic Resistance Movement”, is the name of the socio-political organization currently in power over the Gaza Strip. For decades Jews & Muslims and Israelis & Palestinians, often one in the same, have fought for control over the region. Each have killed thousands of the other, destroyed infrastructures and used underhanded tactics to gain an advantage. Nations such as Japan, the European Union, the United States and (of course) Israel classify the group as terrorists

Terrorism and war have affected Israel, and the people living there, ever since they became their own nation. Over the long history of Jerusalem it has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times. Jerusalem was established by King David as the capital city of Israel, however there has since been a struggle of which religion should occupy the region. Christians and Muslims have been fighting a long time to control the land of Israel because they

and has been unchanged to this day. The charter calls upon Islamic jihad in order to take back the land of Palestine that was stolen by Israel. The charter also states the goals of establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in the West Bank and The Gaza Strip, the total destruction of Israel, the return of all Palestinian refugees back to Israel and East Jerusalem, and East Jerusalem be recognized as the Palestinian capital. When Hamas published its charter, it created a rift between the Muslim Brotherhood

confused as to why the conflict began in the first. The conflict has been happening for years now with Israel and Palestine fighting over the region of Gaza. The conflict began with a debate over Palestine and Israel disagreeing over which country gets control over what part of the land. The primary approach was to give Palestine the control of the state of Gaza and the West Bank, and leaving the rest of the land to Israel. This plan they came up with was called the “two-state solution” which was supposed

Israel has occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the Palestinian economy has become extremely dependent on the richer economy of Israel. Many thought that the signing of the Oslo accords in 1993 would relieve the constraints on the growth of Palestinians would be removed since peace would give them the opportunity to implement their own economic priorities. However, because of the second Intifada, the retraction of the peace process brought West Bank and Gaza Strip to a worse condition than it already

set out to be followed by an occupying force. Throughout Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories, it has maintained a land, sea and air blockade on Gaza which has imposed a collective punishment on it’s inhabitants, (Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories), by controlling the movement of both people and goods in and out of Gaza. According to Gisha, the legal center for freedom of movement, Israel began to impose restrictions on the transfer of goods in 2007. They only allowed the goods

Shaking-off a Hell of Dependancy and Creating the Leaping Frog This essay assesses nonviolent actions that could leapfrog current issues perpetuating the Israel-Palestine conflict to bring about beneficial inter-dependence. To scope potential outcomes I will configure the fundamental interests of both parties, some barriers to reconciliation, then employing principles of Constructivist theory [1], explore harnessing and coordinating the potential of creativity and technology, as well as the influence

disagreements among international actors that have influenced how the conflict has played out since the boundaries of Israel were drawn up after World War II. This paper will focus on the armed conflict between Palestine, specifically the Hamas-backed Gaza strip and the state of Israel that has led to the loss of many lives on both sides, while at the same time, created tensions between state actors that make the idea of this conflict being eventually resolved almost impossible unless there is some major