Hamas

news, as for in the recent years the world’s awareness of what is happening in Palestine had arose. Moreover, a new way of resistance has appeared; the resistance through new media. Although the Palestinian government is divided into two; Fateh and Hamas, and it is the power that controls the Palestinian society, Palestinian people started to become more aware of the political situation as they are able to produce media and criticize both powers’ ideologies. The new media helped to increase the…

The Arab-Israeli conflict has affected many people. Also, there are a lot of people that play a big role in the Arab-Israeli conflict, like Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin. Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin affected the Arab-Israeli conflict due to his arrest, the attacks that injured and killed people, and his death. Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin was born January 1, 1937 in Al-Jura, Israel. His father, Abdullah Yassin, died when he was three years old. When his father died, he became known as Ahmad Sa'ada…

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…

Strip included in the new Palestinian borders, but the terrorism from Hamas disables him from advancing. In result, he called for a ceasefire in Gaza. Israelis commented that this would leave them defenseless and only cause the Hamas to take advantage. Kerry realized that in order to stop the Hamas, he would first have to include the countries funding the Hamas in the peace process. Turkey and Qatar use oil profits to fund the Hamas. Kerry included them in seeking peace. Although, their…

Currently Hamas is recognized as a terrorist group by the European Union and the U.S. Let’s dig into the history of HAMAS to find its original founders. The main leaders were Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, after him came Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi and Mahmoud Zahar. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was the main founder of Hamas after he was forced out of his city to live in a camp in Gaza. After he suffered his injury in the spinal cord, he founded Hamas to fight against the Israeli occupation…

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…

The negotiations with M-19 were successful because of the widespread desire for reform of the two-party monopoly on the government. The goal of M-19 was political reform from the outset, so the cost of resistance was low. For the government, the cost of toleration was high, but not compared to the cost of suppression of the rebels. If it were not for eventual disorganization of the party, M-19AD would have been more successful politically because of their grassroots beginnings. The rise of…

Mosab Hassan Yousef, a Palestinian whose dad is a major leader in a major terrorist organization called Hamas. Whose main goal is to end Zionist rule over the Palestinian territory and help make Palestine an independent state. Mosab grew up angry and ready to fight Israel for what they have done to his country. At the age of 17, Mosab decided to take things into his own hands and fight Israel. He was arrested by Israel for smuggling guns and got interrogated by the Shin Bet, Israel's security…

For Mock Congress, I had to do Bills Five. Bill Five was a bill to incentivize voting. This bill said that everyone who votes should get a certain amount of tax credit. The idea of the bill was that if you give people an incentive, more people would vote. Being a Democrat, I was assigned to create a speech against this bill. One of the main points I made during my speech was the quality of the voters would drop (Shineman). This is not saying that certain people should not vote based on class,…

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…