Gaza Strip

When Europeans invaded Central America using God, Glory, and Gold as their purpose, in the end the Europeans were just money hungry wanting goods not found in Europe? Religion is meant to serve a spiritual purpose and give people a sense of faith not to be used as means of an excuse when things get rough. Religion should be respected, yes, but at the same time it should not be overplayed in such situations. Europe wanted to make it up to the Jews for their suffering during the Holocaust, which…

issue, which generates tension here, but in a way the population is prepared and has a full notion of danger. In general, all the houses have a bomb-proof protection room, as well as sheltered shelters scattered across cities on the border with the Gaza Strip. Not to mention the preparation and technique of the soldiers and all the technology of the army to protect their…

Background to the Palestinian Nationalism Introduction One very widely recognized conflict of our time is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This bloody struggle has endured for over a century and involves a complex web of players, alliances, and grudges that have brought about the death of many and disrupted the lives of countless others. According to one source, at least 1,104 Israelis and 6,836 Palestinians have been killed since 2000 alone, and many more have been injured. The same source…

nationality. The group was founded in 1987, and it’s original goal was to liberate Palestine from Israeli occupation and to establish an Islamic state in the occupied Israeli territory of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Hamas’s headquarter is located in the Palestinian territory of Gaza. The group formed as an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas is known for being the first terrorist organization to implement the usage of suicide bombing. Hamas’s most deadly suicide bombing took…

contrast, Erakat illuminates how Israel has violated human rights laws against Pakistan. “In its most recent offensive, Israel has dropped over 100 one-ton bombs, hardly precise and discriminate weaponry, onto the densely populated and besieged Gaza Strip. (Erakat)” Israel’s heinous actions contributed to Obama’s decision to refuse to veto the…

2ND SENT Geographical The Suez canal was an approximately 100 mile long waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea from Port Said and the Red Sea from Suez. The area along the coast of the Mediterranean northeast of the Suez Canal was called the Gaza Strip. Before the Suez Canal was built, ships had to travel around the entire African continent. The canal cut about 5,000 miles off the trip. BECAUSE…

The article “Problematizing a Palestinian Diaspora” by Juliet Peteet, outlines the origins and development of the Palestinian Diaspora during the post-colonial period in the Middle East as one of the most unresolved and controversial conflicts in human history. The year 1948 marks the beginning of the Palestinian al-ghurba (exile) as well as the establishment of the Jewish state of Israel. The founding of the new state is often described as Al-Nakba, meaning “the catastrophe or disaster”,…

many of the Palestinians that fled or were expelled tried to return they were permanently barred from the state. Now those Palestinians that stayed have become second class citizens. A majority of the Palestinians now occupy the West Bank and Gaza strips living in refugee camps seeking to return to their homeland. The history of the conflict changes dramatically depending on who is telling the story and where said story begins. Regardless of which side of the story is believed to be…

Shattered buildings, ashes covering the city, broken hearts and jaded families. A tragic incident that took place 14 years ago, killing thousands and scarring those who survived, both mentally and physically. The attacks were blamed on Muslim terrorists, which lead to a great increase of Islamophobia, especially amongst Americans. The collapse traumatized the nation and affected most, including Palestinian-American author and poet Suheir Hammad. She witnessed the tragic event and composed the…

Since the mid-twentieth century, Jews have been migrating to the land of Israel, known by the Arabs as Palestine, to escape the discrimination and persecution they had been facing in Europe for centuries. The Zionist movement began to grow as a result of the Holocaust, as the Jews believe they have a right to their own Jewish state where their holy sites are. However, the Arabs have been living in Palestine for generations, and they are unwilling to accept the formation of a Jewish state because…