In my analysis, I found that it was understandable for the Jews to want to establish a place where their culture and religion was prominent, a land of their own. However, this land was already home to millions of Palestinians (Boris, 2016). So, when the state of Israel was created in 1948, it led to the Palestinian exodus where 700,000 Arabs fled or were removed from their homes. This was about 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants left or were expelled from their homes (Morris, 1986). These people became refugees in overcrowded refugee camps where poverty and food rations were prominent. According to a report published in Journal of Palestinian Studies, the data shows the overwhelming effects of Israeli occupation on the Palestinians. Sara Roy
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troops were established in Saudi Arabia during the new conflict, the Gulf War. After the victory of the Afghan mujahideen and the United States that drove the Soviets out of Afghanistan, this new conflict arose. When the Iraq-Iran war concluded, Iraq invaded Kuwait after Iraq refused to pay their debts. In an economic territorial context, this was a threat to the neighboring country Saudi Arabia (Freedman & Karsh, 1995). If Sudan Hussein could gain control of both Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, he would have control of one fifths of the world’s oil. Oil that the United States depended on (Indyk, …show more content…
His frustration initiated with the U.S. presence in the holy land of Saudi Arabia, which contain Mecca and Medina. The U.S. presence is, according to Bin Laden who states in a 1998 fatwa, “plundering its riches, dictating to its rulers, humiliating its people, terrorizing its neighbors.” He considered this occupation as a violation to Islamic law. Additionally, he was not afraid to speak against the Saudi government's dependence on American troops. He elaborated that he did not see evidence of United States aid in the Saudi Arabia conflict (Bin Laden, 1998). Osama Bin Laden made it his goal, to remove the “infidels” (United States) out of Muslim territory, initiating the creation of AL Qaeda as an anti-Western terrorist organization (Garrison,
troops were established in Saudi Arabia during the new conflict, the Gulf War. After the victory of the Afghan mujahideen and the United States that drove the Soviets out of Afghanistan, this new conflict arose. When the Iraq-Iran war concluded, Iraq invaded Kuwait after Iraq refused to pay their debts. In an economic territorial context, this was a threat to the neighboring country Saudi Arabia (Freedman & Karsh, 1995). If Sudan Hussein could gain control of both Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, he would have control of one fifths of the world’s oil. Oil that the United States depended on (Indyk, …show more content…
His frustration initiated with the U.S. presence in the holy land of Saudi Arabia, which contain Mecca and Medina. The U.S. presence is, according to Bin Laden who states in a 1998 fatwa, “plundering its riches, dictating to its rulers, humiliating its people, terrorizing its neighbors.” He considered this occupation as a violation to Islamic law. Additionally, he was not afraid to speak against the Saudi government's dependence on American troops. He elaborated that he did not see evidence of United States aid in the Saudi Arabia conflict (Bin Laden, 1998). Osama Bin Laden made it his goal, to remove the “infidels” (United States) out of Muslim territory, initiating the creation of AL Qaeda as an anti-Western terrorist organization (Garrison,