Golan Heights

shows their importance in early successes towards creating a Jewish state. The immigration is a factor in Zionist success as an increase in the Jewish proportion of the population would make it harder to ignore their claims for a state, further validating the Zionists’ side. Furthermore, the success in creating the state of Israel was due to the 1947 UN Partition Plan. After Britain’s failure to reconcile its conflicting obligations to both the Jews and the Arabs, the United Nation Special…

military government has the ability to overrule any decision. (Constitutional history of Syria 2014). The United States acknowledge the United Nations Security Council Resolution 242, the implementation of the return of the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights to Syrian control. As long as the parties convenes secretly, Syria has been willing to negotiate with the United States regarding Arab-Israeli conflict and other national issues. Syria has adhered to all commitments agreed to U.S.…

not seem beneficial to the Palestinians because they lose quite a bit of land so in exchange for the border, Palestine gets land annexed from Israel the size of what they had prior to 1967. Along with this, Forget the Road Map states that “The Golan Heights will return to Syria and the Shebaa Farms will return to Lebanon. In return, all Arab states will immediately recognize Israel, declare an end to all hostilities, and normalize relations with the Jewish state” (Shehata, Forget the Road Map).…

One of the most important tasks from a Commanders perspective is to inform his or her Soldiers about the area in which they will be operating. The area of operation will be new to your Soldiers and the need to know the culture of said area is important. The opportunity to gather information on your new area of operations what would you do? In this research paper, we will discuss the five major components that make up the culture of the state of Israel and why it is important. The need to…

of Egypt. General Moshe Dayan ordered a pre-emptive attack. In June 1967 Israeli Air Force bombed several airfields. In addition Egyptian tanks were destroyed. Israeli army came to the Suez Canal on June 7th. Within three days Israelis captures Golan Heights and land in Syria. The six day war gave them control over the West Bank of Jordan and the Arabs who lived there. It reopened the gulf of Aqaba.…

At the end of World War II, 1947 the Jewish State of Palestine established a state of Jewish sovereignty, the United Nations in November of that same year voted to establish the creation of a Jewish state and an Arab state. That was the creation and establishment of Israel. Israel is known as the “Holy Land”, a country of rich history and distinguishable conflict. It is a nation state known for its incredibly notorious history with war, conflict, and strength. Through history religion has played…

Kyle Pettine November 16, 2015 HONR238R Abu Nidal Sabri Khalil al-Banna hails from a very wealthy family and had 25 half-siblings and siblings. Sabri and his family were displaced from their home many times in his life. He was displaced in his childhood and early adult years because of a conflict between Arab and Jewish forces. This developed a hatred of Israel for Sabri, which led him to take up the alias of “Abu Nidal” and become the leader of one of the most feared and dangerous terrorist…

United States ought to promote democracy in the Middle East. For simplicity in the debate today, I would like to offer the following definitions: According to the BBC world news, the following countries are considered to be middle eastern: Bahrain, Golan Heights, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The Cambridge dictionary defines promote as “to encourage or support something, or to help something…

Some studies on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict postulate the conflict has always been rooted in the question of partition of Palestine. But a game changing event took place in the form of the six days war between Israel and three Arab states, whereupon the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians began to transform into one of colonial nature. Israel has built a number of settlements on the territories it occupied in 1967, which practically is a form of annexation. The persistence of the…

Palestinian feminism is a global movement through which Palestinian women oppose patriarchal values and the violence of the Israeli occupation, and fight for human rights and equal treatment for all Arabs regardless of gender or sexuality. Palestinian feminism’s story is largely unknown. From the birth of powerful women’s organizations to viral Internet campaigns by young progressive activists during the Arab Spring, the motives and successes of Palestinian and Arab feminists rarely make…