This was the first of among many terms whose meaning was effectively nullified by the “constructive ambiguity” of the Oslo Accords. Abd Al-Sahfi furthers this argument stating that, through the Accords, the status of the West Bank and Gaza strip was being blurred from being recognisably ‘occupied’ to only being ‘disputed’ as well as Ben-Ami stating ‘there is nothing in the letter of the Oslo accords that prevents the creation of settlements’ . Israel capitalised upon this ambiguity through
not end in 2005. This article was written in 2006, so anything within the last 10 years is not included. The conflict between the two counties still continues to this day and still remains a major problem. Israelis and Arabs have been fighting over Gaza on and off for decades now. The three issues laid out in this article are the four major wars that took place, the refugee problem, and the conflict between religions. It concludes with the road map to peace. Throughout his whole book, The Israel-Palestine
Yasser Arafat In The Move Toward a Palestinian State Yasser Arafat was born into a Palestinian family in Egypt in 1929. Even in his early life he began fighting from age eighteen onwards, first the British, then the Israelis. At the age of thirty he founded a magazine in 1959 which aimed to create and identity for the Palestinians living in camps. This was a good way of giving the people publicity and also shows that his original motives when he was young were good.
The First Intifada changed the direction of the peace process and affected every Palestinians’ life. The Intifada was a mass movement against the Israeli authority through boycotts, civil disobedience and general strikes. Israel reacted to the Intifada by deploying 80,000 troops to stop the uprising by “breaking Palestinians’ bones”[Footnote]. The Oslo Accords were signed by both Israel and Palestine to end the Intifada and create a stable peace which gave Palestinians freedom and Israelis security
a specific function that is different from men in the Holy war. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin started this terrorist group. He's a Palestine spiritual leader. He is also an activist in a local branch of Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas operates on the West Bank of Gaza. The meaning
Running head: LEADERSHIP STYLES IN A PEACEFUL EVACUATION 2 According to Vance Packard, leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something that you are convinced should be done (Lewis, 2003). Leadership is a pertinent part of project management. James Lewis (2003) says leadership is not a position; it’s the ability to gain commitment from people. According to Professor Warren G. Bennis, “Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right”
Mediterranean and the Dead Sea and is one of the oldest cities in the world. At this moment, Israel controls the land. The Palestinians live in two areas called the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians only want to declare independence from the Israelis and create their own country in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Currently, they want support from the United Nations and want President Barack Obama to accept their request for freedom. President Barack Obama should endorse the Palestinians
more time towards their social roots, ultimately increasing their grassroots support. During these lulls in violence with Israel, Hamas successfully institutionalized Islamism in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. According to Sarah Roy, by 2000, 10 to 40 percent of all social institutions in the West Bank and Gaza were Islamic . Arguably, these expanded new areas of Islamic social
between the two major factions, the traditional dominant party, Fatah, and its subsequent electoral rival, Hamas, have fractured the Palestinian side. “After the Hamas took power in the Gaza Strip in June 2007, the territory controlled by the PA was split between Fatah in the West Bank, and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.”[1] The estrangement between the parties has led to “the fall of bipartisan governance of the PA”[2]. 3. Third Level The third level is the international level which can be broken
CHAPTER-4 Violence and the Second Intifada The second or al-Aqsa intifada began the day after Ariel Sharon’s visit to the Dome of the Rock or al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem in late September 2000. Palestinian demonstrators and worshipers were fired upon, sparking the ongoing uprising. This intifada differed from the first. While the first intifada was democratic, involving widespread participation, was secular, basically non-violent, and contributed to peace