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dismal support for a Palestinian state and left-of-center policies in general. According to NPR in 2010: "if elections were held today, left-leaning Labor, the party that used to control Israeli politics, would only get nine seats in the 120-member Knesset. Left-leaning parties in all would only get about 47 seats. On the other hand, the right-leaning nationalist and religious parties would get about 73 seats... Analysts say there are several reasons why the rise of the right in Israel is no temporary

Israel: Few Against Many Despite being one of the worlds’ smallest countries, Israel has prevailed in all conflicts since its independence from British rule in 1948. (U.S. Relations with Israel) If Israel is lost to the neighboring countries the United States will lose an important ally and strong presence in the Middle East. Despite all the controversy and conflict over the 7,850 square miles is home to some of the holiest sites of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. From the southernmost

Why the United States Should Move its Israeli Embassy to Jerusalem In every country of the world, the United States is required by law to have an embassy in the capital except for one crucial area, the country of Israel. Since the nation’s existence, Israel has had a noticeable drought of embassies in its capital city of Jerusalem, including its strongest and most important ally in the United States. This is because both the Israelis and Palestinians claim this land as their own, and has led to conflict

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

The trial of Adolf Eichmann took place in Jerusalem, Israel, after Eichmann was found and captured in Argentina by several Jews and other survivors of the Holocaust. Eichmann’s identity at the time, Lothar Hermann, was discovered in 1953 when Simon Wiesenthal received a letter stating that Eichmann had been seen in Buenos Aires. Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion decided that Eichmann must be captured rather than extradited, and brought to Israel for trial. Eichmann was captured near his home

Israel, the place call the holy land, the land, which Jesus walked, however, it is widely acknowledged that tensions between secular and religious sectors constitute a salient feature of Israeli society. If one were to try to summarize the relationship of Israel to Jewish religion, he would say that it is related but not equivalent to certain concepts of Israel. Most people think of the holy land when they hear the names Israel but one must ask the question is Israel truly the holy land. This

When I go places with my friends, I cannot help but notice the obvious difference between my male friends and female friends. Men and women are very different; however, this does not mean that they should have separate roles in society. I believe the United States has done a nice job of providing equal opportunities so that women have a choice of what they want to do. But not all places have done as well. In Israel, women are badly discriminating by the gender roles assigned to them. Even though

When the subject of cloning is brought up, many people expect to see an exact replica of a person, including the same age. However, there is much more to cloning than creating an identical person from the original. A clone is defined to be a cell or organism that is genetically indistinguishable to the original cell or organism from which it is acquired (Rogers, 2015). Cloning was introduced in 1903 by Herbert J. Webber, who was an American plant scientist and used cloning in reference to plants

black individual. This was the same argument during the Holocaust. According to Coates (2014), Among the Jews of Israel, reparations provoked violent and venomous reactions ranging from denunciation to assassination plots. On January 7, 1952, as the Knesset—the Israeli parliament—convened to discuss the prospect of a reparations agreement with West Germany, Menachem Begin, the future prime minister of Israel, stood in front of a large crowd, inveighing against the country that had plundered the lives

Israel and the Palestinians Israel is situated at the connection of Africa and Asia. It is 20,000 square kilometres and unlike its neighbour Arab states it lacks natural resources. Lebanon and Syria border it in the north, Jordan in the east and Egypt to the south. Israel has also been holding Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank of the River Jordan since 1967. It has an extremely varied geography and climate. Most of the coastline lies on the Mediterranean Sea. In the south are the