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Whether it determined alliances, enemies or configuration, the 1967 War laid out the preliminary foundation for its regions future. The 1967 War undoubtedly implemented consequences, and these are what ignited the Lebanese Civil War. The flow of Palestinian refugees Beirut, Lebanon started following the 1948 war in Palestine. The aftermath of this war created

“Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. ” This statement, a cornerstone of pro-Israel activism and discourse, and the bane of activism for Palestinian rights, in fact reveals the complexity of propaganda, and of the critical importance of narratives and framing. It perfectly embodies George Orwell’s astute observation that “All propaganda is lies, even when one is telling the truth. ” This paper argues that Israel is particularly adept at using propaganda because Israel is able to use it

The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict has always been a well debated political issue and has induced massive migrations to more stable countries, such as the United States. Specifically, Chicago was a city of interest to many Palestinians who were seeking refuge at the time the conflict ensued. During the 1960’s, Palestinian migrants began to flock to Chicago in hopes for a better life. My grandparents left the war-struck region in 1967 to migrate to Chicago in search for a better life. With this being

declared state of Israel. While many propose ideas why this war has occurred, both of us have come up with our own viable theories. We believe that this war is in relations to Benny Morris 's theory of a Jihadist war, Efraim Karsh’s theory of the Palestinian Refugee Problem and Elitist control, and our negotiated theory based on British involvement in Palestine. Benny Morris insists that the War of 1948 was a Jihad: a Holy war. He states that this is one of the reasons for why this war happened, and

Introduction The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most controversial conflicts in modern history. The expansion of Israel since 1947 is seen as the beginning of the conflict, although its origins go back to the end of the 19th century, when Jewish immigration to Palestine began to increase. Since the start of the conflict, several peace negotiations have been carried out, resulting in variable degrees of success. This essay will focus on how theorists of peace and conflict have analysed

Lebanon Lebanon is a Middle Eastern country that is delimitated to the west by the Mediterranean and to the east by the Syro-African Depression. Lebanon borders Syria to the north and to the east, and Israel in the south. Lebanon’s climate is “Mediterranean”; mild to cool, wet winters, and hot, dry summers. Some of Lebanon’s natural resources are the limestone, salt, water and iron ore. Like any other country there are natural hazards such as dust storms and sandstorms. [ Population pressures:

To a Palestinian that has been displaced from his/her long time homeland, completely displaced by a foreign power. The tone of victimization is easily created. But to an Israeli, that has found security from, long term discrimination, in Israel’s own borders, it is easy for an Israeli perspective to claim the Jewish people had a legitimate claim to the land. Accounts from the Palestinian narrative will often, as Sylvain Ehrenfeld a writer for Ethical Culture, writes “[F]ocus on victimhood, their

year period. The conflict can be split up into 3 different strands which include: Arab Israeli, Palestinian-Israeli, Western involvement. The Arab-Israeli conflict is the regional conflict that erupts in 1948 when the newly created Arab states invade Israel and is partially resolved by 1996. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the local conflict throughout the 100 year period between the native Palestinians and the Israeli’s, it is still unresolved. Western involvement represents the foreign nations

person’s identity, how can Palestinians defiantly claim their identity? Especially if the individual is like author and poet Mourid Barghouti, who was exiled from Palestine for thirty years or filmmaker and writer Azza El-Hassan, who was born outside her family’s homeland and did not step foot in Palestine till she

created something stupendous: their own country. There have been many obstacles in the way for the Jews to do this, the biggest being the Arab Palestinians. The Arab Palestinians objected to the Arab Jews forming a nation and if it were not for the help of the United States, Israel would have never been able to overrule the power of the Arab Palestinians and take over the land for themselves. With tremendous support from the United States, the creation of Israel exemplifies the joyous and magnificent