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The Israel-Palestine conflict is one of the most long-term, pressing, and largely confounding social, political, and national quandaries of our age. Since we have been moving with surprising velocity into the vast horizons of globalization, the conflict has built up tremendous momentum and has called into question the adequacy of our current attempts at coming to a peaceful resolution that can simultaneously and successfully address both sides of the struggle. The purpose of this paper has been to

What were the causes of Israel-Palestine war? TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT AANALYSIS THE CAUSES OF ISRAEL/PALESTINE CONFLICT: THE FIRST INTIFADA 1987-93 DIVIDING THE MAP THE 1948 WAR ZIONISM 1967/OCCUPATION THE ARABS, TERRORISM & SECURITY: “NO SOLUTION” THE WALL/FENCE/BARRIER DELEGITIMIZING THE STATEHOOD DECLARATION BY PALESTINE THE IMPACT OF SCARCE WATER RESOURCES ON THE ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT CAMP DAVID FAILURE THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT IS CENTRAL TO THE MILITANTS’ CAUSE Abstract

the highly unpopular president, term has expired many years ago but will not step down. In 2006, the Hamas won the elections but were rejected by the West and so the Fatah stayed in power leading to the spilt of the two party’s. Hamas controls the Gaza Strip and Fatah the rest. In Israel there government is close to that of democracy. The government has a legislative authority and an executive authority. The executive authority is headed by the Prime Minster and is elected by the people for a four-year

Pre-emptive force is commonly recognised as a preventative use of force. Michael Walzer identifies that pre-emptive force is when both states defend themselves against violence that is imminent but not actual; the state can fire shots if it knows it is about to be attacked (2006: 74). “ …there must be shown a necessity of self defence… instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation.” (Berkley, 1968). This would allow a state to respond to an attack once the targeted

The Role of Intra-party Opposition in National Liberation Movements By and large, in the latter half of the twentieth century a regime change has meant the victory of a leftist national liberation movement over an oppressive power; whether the new regime makes good on its stated purpose of delivering justice to its people has not evidenced such a standard pattern, however. While liberation movements such as the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa were able successfully to convert

“one of the few Israeli journalists who still cross the border today” The project “Territory” was realized in 2005, seven months before the evacuation of Israeli settlements present in the South of the Gaza Strip. Thus, the photos do not show the direct conflict between two populations or what remains of a place tormented by war, on the contrary, they exhibit a zone, an agglomerate of houses and lives about to disappear forever. Although when Kratzman has

Abstract This essay investigates and seeks to answer the leading question of “To what extent was the state of Israel responsible in the Sabra and Shatila Massacre of 1982?”. The first main primary source consulted is a compilation of eyewitness reports called “The Sabra And Shatila Massacre: Eye-Witness Reports” by a Palestinian named Leila Shaheid. Another primary source utilized was a report titled “Report into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut” or more commonly known as the “Kahan Report”

The middle east has always struggled to find peace with its surrounding countries and the many groups which they consist of. Yasser Arafat made many contributions to the multiple disagreements and conflicts that affected the middle east. Born in Jerusalem, Israel  in 1929, Yasser Arafat became an important leader for the Palestinian people. He had dreams that one day Palestine would become its own state. Arafat was president of Palestinian Authority and later gained control of the PLO (Palestine

1. What is the significance of the Golan Heights? Situated in the upland region of south-western Syria, the Golan Heights borders southern Lebanon, north-western Jordan, and north-eastern Israel. According to the BBC profile on the Golan Heights, the region is a rocky plateau overlooking southern Syria and its capital Damascus from the Israeli vantage point up to 40 miles north, thus serving as a strategic site for Israel to monitor the activities of the Islamic State and Syrian rebel groups that

justified in launching its military action against Hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad in Gaza in July 2014? Israel’s military action against Palestine There has been an ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, after Israel pulled out its forces from the Gaza and the West Bank since its occupation from Six Day War in 1967. Recently in July 2014, Israel launched a military action against Palestinians in the Gaza which is under control of Hamas. After 7 weeks of the campaign, there were over 2,100