Ahaziah of Israel

to all Palestinians who had to leave their homeland against their own will. The trauma of Palestinian refugees began with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has led to the formation of the Palestinian diaspora and the foundation of the state of Israel. The fate of being a refugee and the unsatisfactory conditions in many Arab countries resulted in the unification of the national Palestinian identity.…

population, exist on the margins of the conflicting worlds of Jews and Palestinians. However, while remaining a segment of the Arab people in culture and identity and disputing Israel's identification as a Jewish state, they see their future tied to Israel. In the process, they have adopted Hebrew as a second language and Israeli culture as an extra layer in their lives. At the same time, they strive to attain a higher degree of participation in national life, greater integration into the…

Explaining the graphic novel of “Maus” Maus is a very unique comic book very different from other comic books this comic book tells us about a horrify event. Maus tells us a story of a person that survivor the Holocaust his own father Vladek. The comic book use animals instead of people and the use different animals for different race. This helps the reader understand more what is going on then having human characters. Maus is more affective as a graphic novel because it involves horrifying…

Tolan reflects the interaction between a Muslim and a Jew, two very polar ideologies, through anecdotes that exemplify the possibility for understanding between opposing groups. Throughout the book, Bashir and Dalia met with each other on numerous occasions to discuss the tension between their two cultures. Dalia tries to explain to Bashir how much more alike they are than he might think, “‘We can see ourselves in you, Bashir,’ Dalia said. ‘We can remember our own history of exile over thousands…

Golda Meir was an important figure to the people of Israel. The most baffling part about her was that she was a woman amongst many men apart of the Israeli government, who was indeed representing all of the citizens of Israel. She was the 4th Prime Minister of Israel, was elected on March 17, 1969. For as she was also considered the “Mother of Israel”. As Golda Meir strived for major change for Israel and wanting to establish peace with the Arabs, although, herself, did not acknowledge them as…

The Holocaust was a time of disaster and catastrophe. Jewish people were criticized and blamed for everyday problems because of what they believed in. Prior to Hitler coming to power, Anne Frank lived her life like any other girl, because of Hitler's rules she had to abandon her school and pin a star on her clothes. Anne then had to move into hiding, here she followed strict rules so that the Nazis wouldn't capture her. Anne went to three different concentration camps leading up to her arrest.…

special.” (200). She clarifies that Jews were typically hanged for solely being jewish as the Catholic was hanged for his faith. The Gilead declared that Jews were allowed to leave or convert because,in the Christian faith, Jacob’s son were tribes of Israel and God’s chosen people, protecting them from persecution. Atwood is arguing that it is unrealistic to force people into…

When examining historical events, such as the Holocaust, it is imperative to be aware of the dangers of hindsight bias. Although one could look at the history of prejudice, discrimination, and violence toward Jews and assume that the Holocaust was an inevitable outcome of previous events, this teleology produces a far too simplistic explanation. It is true that historical accounts from ancient times, such as Manetho’s anti-Jewish counter narrative from the 3rd century BCE, share similar themes…

anger and how such can be happening in the Middle East. For instance, “ When Israel bombed a civilian building in Quana in which Lebanese families sought refuge…

with Abraham which stated that God would make a great nation out of Abraham and his descendants if they remained faithful to God. According to the Jewish tradition, Abraham left his home and moved to the land of Canaan, the present day country of Israel, where God promised…