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Palestine creating two separate states, one for Jews and another for Arabs. War breaks out as the nearby Arab states reject the plan. When the war ended 700,000 Palestinians fled, Jordan controlled the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and Egypt controlled the Gaza Strip (Shikhmanter). In the following two decades small

Peace is a basic human right for the people of Israel and Palestine. Given the tenuous nature of amity between Israel and Palestine, this is a difficult subject at best. However, there are women out there that believe in, and engage in, peacebuilding efforts between these two territories. Women’s participation in the peace building process of these two countries is vital to the construction of an unbiased, proactive reconciliation to occur. Because women comprise a large percentage of the population

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

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

Israel apprehended West Bank and Gaza after the Six-Day war in 1967. Since then, over a phase of 20 years of vocation, drastic modifications in the Palestinian economy had been introduced by the occupation. Those changes were made for the demolition of the Palestinian parsimony and the exploitation of assets for the occupation economy. Over this time, Palestinians were considered a minority due to the major economic issue brought on by the Israeli’s settlement. “More than one billion dollars’ worth

The territory of Israel and Palestine has been disputed since 1947, and the conflict in this region continues to this day. It has become an international conflict as it has spread outside the boundaries of those nations involved, associating other countries such as Syria, Jordan and Egypt with the contentions. Other countries have also become involved, with the aim of generating peace and stability throughout the region, but as of yet, the unrest remains. The recent conflict originally arose after

military occupation of the Gaza Strip and not religious fundamentalism or anti-Jewish sentiments. He told CBS' Charlie Rose, “We are not fanatics; we are not fundamentalists. We do not actually fight the Jews because they are Jews per se. We do not fight any other races. We fight the occupiers.” Mashaal also re-iterated Hamas' demand that Egypt and Israel end the blockades of Palestinian sea ports and airspace. The interview was given in light of the recent conflict in Gaza which is now entering its

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

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