Ahaziah of Israel

Think back to the early 1940s, when hundreds of thousands of Jews from Europe sought refuge from a crazed ruler. Knowing the events that occurred, any decent person regardless of their country or religion would have voiced their concern for the Jews to their government, and not rest until action was taken to free the oppressed. People would have welcomed the Jewish refugees to their country with open arms if only they could have foreseen what was to come. In the Middle East there is a rising…

The resolution called for two things: the withdrawal of Israel armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict and the termination of all states of belligerency and respect the acknowledgement of the sovereignty and territorial integrity and political independence of every state that are in the…

The film The Believer, is a film about Danny Balint who is a Jewish boy that becomes a neo-Nazi. He grows up to be an angry, violent guy, attacking Judaism and Jews. Throughout the film, the paradoxical anti-Semitic view of Jewish self-hatred can be seen but along with this, viewers see that as much as Danny hates Jews and Judaism, he cares about the traditions as well. Although Danny kills himself, thus ending the protagonist, the ending of the film is inconclusive. One could argue that Danny…

The holocaust is introduced as one of the most horrifying historical and theological crises of the twentieth century; Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Treblinka are some of the names that elicited horrors of these events. The combination of deaths and agony that occurred in these concentration camps and others exceeded more than any encountered before. The Holocaust desensitized and created hollowness in many of those who survived. Elie Wisel is one of those survivors. Night is a novel of Elie…

back. The Palestinians fought hard, but they couldn’t compete with the well-funded Jews. The civil war ended just five months later on September 30th which marks the end of Palestine and the beginning of Israel independence. (Cohen, Week 11 Lecture 2, 11/4/13) Western powers accepted Israel independence because they felt that after everything the Jews had been through, they deserved it. People felt that they had been oppressed for so long that it was about time that they fought back. On…

Rule). Later, the separation of politics did not happen. The separation of politics, however made itself known in other cities. There was a point when many people doubted Arab Spring because it wasn’t supporting the breaking of the blockade in Gaza, Israel according to (Staff). Change slowly started happening in Bulgaria and Romania, their protest started getting more violent as according to (Engler). Many people were terrified, so they tried doing things differently in a way that was both right…

According to the UN development programme in 2002, the Middle East have witnessed high level of poverty, inequality, and gender gaps. All these factors have caused the Arab Spring. Although we have heard from the west about success stories of Egypt in terms of economic performance, according to the neo-liberal thinkers. However it has been argued that the rise of economy was due to the revolution. This statement can be questioned, as many left wings will argue that since introducing capitalism…

Judaism is one of the oldest religion originated in the Middle East. It is one of the original of the three Abrahamic religions, which includes Christianity and Islam. All of these three religions claim to live by faith in one true God. It encompasses the culture, religious practices and philosophy of Jew, who have established communities throughout the world. The central belief of Judaism includes monotheism, restoration, the laws of Torah and justice. All the religions originated in the…

Why the crusades were a failure The crusades were a series of battles from western Christians that was fought against muslims and other religious groups to reclaim the city of Jerusalem and to eliminate the threat against the Christians. The Crusades resulted in the crusaders seizing Jerusalem and holding it for only about 90 years. Following the first crusade were 8 other crusade attempts that were completely ineffective. Overall, the crusades were a failure. It only caused tensions between…

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is a spiritual leader of Buddhists. He writes an article in the “Sunflower Symposium” (129), in which he claims that one should forgive but should not forget the atrocities of one person or persons. In his article, Gyatso shares two stories, one is about the China’s invasion of Tibet which costed 1.2 million of Tibetans, and the other is about a Tibetan monk who had been in the Chinese prison for eight years. Both of them explain the “Buddhist culture of…