1948 Arab–Israeli War

stated that the Allied powers would use military force until Japan decided to surrender, so the allied countries could punish Japan for its aggression and hostility towards its neighboring countries. Arab-Israeli conflicts are still an issue in the world today. There is an unnecessarily large number of wars that have been fought solely because of difference in religion. The majority of the population of Cairo and most of Egypt is Muslim. This seems to be the case with all of the Middle-Eastern…

Against the boundaries of states, religion, and beliefs forms a friendship that is continually tested by the turmoil of war and a deep-rooted resentment that has lasted for centuries. In Sandy Tolan’s book The Lemon Tree a narrative is formed around the real-life stories of Bashir Khairi, a Palestinian revolutionary, and Dalia Landau, an Israeli woman who grew up in the Khairi family’s home after it was abandoned. Growing up in separate worlds, Bashir and Dalia cross paths when Bashir journeys…

on the Palestinians, and by appealing that Israel is the perfect democratic state. Jimmy Carter’s The Blood of Abraham on the other hand takes a country by country approach to provide a personal experience and interpretation based account on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the beginning of The Blood of Abraham, Carter already displays a misunderstanding on the…

history after War World II of the situation of the European…

midst of modern history (post World War II), the New World Order discomposed the old world order and browbeat the term conquest and territorial aggrandizement into the closet; however, the Middle East seems to be the exception to every rule. Over the past sixty years , armed hostile conflict and unrepentant governments have raged unchecked throughout the Middle East. Stability and peace are foreign words that do not translate in this region of the world. War ravaged Iran and Iraq in the…

Palestinians and Israeli people have been in a conflict for over 70 years over land. Many politicians have been searching for answers to the conflict, with the most prominent ‘solution’ being called the two-state solution. The two-state solution is the idea the Israel and Palestine are going to sign peace treaties and split the land they’ve been fighting each other for in half. The idea of Palestine and Israel getting along is strange, considering that while Palestinians don’t hate Israeli…

A well-educated clerk by the name of Joseph Goldberg from a town in the Ukraine decided to seek refuge from an anti-Semitic homeland. Seeking a life in the New World Joseph embarked on a journey through Alaska, and California, finally landing in Texas in 1890. Later, continuing his journey, Joseph finally arrived in Chicago where his youngest child of eleven was born with the name of Arthur Joseph Goldberg. Arthur was only eight years old when his father passed away. Destined to graduate, Arthur…

objective in 1948 with the creation of Israel (2009). From the time when Israel was created, the Zionist became significant in addition to its movement and organization has failed, as it for Israel state it had fully fledged stronger (2009). Although, the Zionist movement endures to still occur, mainly to support Israel, helped victimize Jews and inspire Jewish relocation to Israel. Today, most Israeli politically aware parties carry on to describe themselves as Zionist, contemporary Israeli…

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.…

State Department withdrew American funds Nasser retaliated by nationalizing the Suez Canal on July 26, 1959 Egypt declared its pact with britain void. Pact allowed britain to send troops back to Egypt in case of an armed attack on Egypt, Turkey, or any Arab state, allowed Egypt to take over canal without british threat In addition, a nationalist movement arose in…