A Modest Proposal

in the world today. Since the development of Zionism in the 1940s, Israelis and Palestinians have been in a constant state of disagreement over the physical and political boundary, resulting in treacherous war and terrorism. With this in mind, the proposal of the unification of the two groups in a single political entity has been presented and argued for and against extensively in recent years. The one state ideal is often countered…

“The Israeli government is building a series of walls and fences, separating Israel from Palestinians in the west bank. Part of this separation Barrier is being built inside the West Bank, on the Palestinian land” (Budrus). In the movie the Budrus showing how the occupation forces trying to take six Palestinian village in one section to join the rest of land in West Bank. This was the most poignant part from the film because many of Palestinian people trying to live in peace with occupation…

There has been a centuries old conflict between the Muslim Arabs and the Israeli Jews over the rights of ownership to the holy land. Arabs and Jews began to express nationalism for their religious beliefs which was part of the reason for the conflict between the two sides. Because of this the Israeli-Palestinian conflict intensified in the 1940s and has expanded with much violence on both sides in the 2000s. On May 14, 1948 the British withdrew from Palestine and the Jewish National Council…

Nelson Mandela once said, “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner” (Mandela). This quote signifies everything wrong with the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. The Israelis and Palestinians have barely worked with each other, so they have not been able to make peace and they choose to remain enemies. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict had been on and off for 100 years. After World War II, six million Jews were killed, and the remaining…

1. Why has it been difficult for US administrations to broker a sustainable peace between Israelis and Palestinians? The shortfalls of the United States lead peace process have numerous factors. The most blatant problem is the changing government officials, and political movements involved. Throughout the peace process Israel has seen over 10 different prime ministers with 5 different political parties elected. (http://www.stateofisrael.com) Many of these had very different social and…

In every conflict, there are multiple perspectives that come together to make the whole story. These narratives are rarely equally represented in media and pop culture, but that does not make any perspective less important or valid than another. In reality, the integration of these narratives comes closest to showing the ‘truth’ of situations. Voices Across the Divide, a documentary directed by Alice Rothchild, seeks to give a voice to the Palestinian people, whose narratives are so often…

The Co-Curricular I attended was a presentation given by Professor Daniel Kurtzer on the possibility of Israeli Palestinian peace. Despite a lifetime working to bring peace to the middle east with no definitive solution passing, Professor Kurtzer still remains optimistic about the chances of peace between Palestine and Israel. That’s not to say he did not acknowledge the difficulties that exist in solving the middle east crisis. Destabilization has existed within the middle east for decades, and…

American/Israeli Relations - What’s Happening, and What’s To Come The U.S. Israeli relations are at a rocky point. Where it stands right now isn’t where either side wants it to be, but their leaders conflicting views promise a bumpy path ahead of them. What ensures the slow decent into darkness for the Israeli state and the U.S. is the rough relationship between the leaders, the reliance Israel has on the U.S., and the Israeli-Palestinian relations, which Israel is not trying to fix. The…

I/ Introduction: This paper was commissioned by Ms Xiang Gao, a lecture at International Pacific College (IPC). Its purpose is to examine and analyse the conflict between Palestine and Israel in Middle East. The conflict between Israel and Palestine can be considered the most intractable conflict in the world. This conflict has been started since the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. Israel is the country, which is the only Jewish state in the world. It locates in the East of the…

Unit Paper #2 “Look into my eyes, tell me what you see. You don’t see a damn thing because you can’t relate to me. You blinded by our differences. My life makes no sense to you. I’m the persecuted one. You the red, white, and blue” (Outlandish 2005). As Americans, we are given the privilege of not fearing for our lives every waking moment. For many of us, our biggest concerns are quite miniscule. For instance, my biggest concern at the moment is if I’m going to pass my microbiology class…