Hamas

The Party of God, Hezbollah justifies its armed organization by claiming its goal is to "LIBERATE OR RECOVER OCCUPIED LANDS OF PALESTINE". Levitt (2013) states that Hezbollah a Shia group, does not recognize the legitimacy of the State of Israel, and it has been labeled as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) by the US State Department. Its headquarters is in Lebanon, which is home to a vast majority of displaced Palestinians Hezbollah began its anti Western militancy with attacks against…

Taheri further states that out of the 3 key political entities on the Palestinian side, only Fatah would support the two state solution and that Hamas and the IJLP want a one state solution with Palestine replacing Israel. Taheri also mentions that Gaza would not be an ideal mold for a Palestinian state by stating, “Gaza has more political prisoners than any Arab country” (Taheri). Taheri seems to…

not illegal because Palestine is not a legal state. These settlements created enormous resistance, it gave birth to the First Intifada, which means “Tremor.” Israel responded with attacks towards the Palestinians protesters, which led to the Hamas’ uprising. Hamas gained support from the Palestinians because of its social services, it build schools, mosques, and clinics. It also attacked Israel in 1993 with a suicide…

9/11/2001, this was the day that the United States tasted terrorism first hand. This day caused fear to spread like wildfire across the states. America is not the only place in the world that terrorism has hit, it happens all the time anywhere and anytime. Terrorists, loosely defined as individuals and groups that use violence to advance political goals, come from a wide variety of nations and backgrounds, and pursue a wide variety of agendas. Terrorism can cause problems in a person's life,…

After the creation of the State of Israel and the displacement of thousands of people who lost their homes, the Palestinian nationalist movement began to regroup in the West Bank and Gaza, controlled by Jordan and Egypt, respectively, and in the refugee camps set up in other Arab countries. Shortly before the 1967 war, Palestinian organizations such as Fatah, led by Yasser Arafat formed the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and launched operations against Israel, first from Jordan and then…

At the root of a nation’s security is its ability to create and maintain allies that will help insure peace, safety and the survival of the state - especially in a seemingly anarchic international arena. The United States has strategically chosen the nation of Israel as one of its allies. Whether this choice stems from an ideal American rapport with the most stable democratic nation in the Middle East, or from shared values and interests, such as security, education, democracy and independence,…

who are citizens of Israel. An old slogan from Yisrael Beiteinu states “no citizenship without loyalty.” He once demanded that Israeli Arab citizens be required to take a “loyalty oath” and once argued that Arab members of the Knesset who met with Hamas or Hezbollah should be executed. He has often said that he believes that the opponents of Israel are anti-Semitic. Mr. Lieberman believes that the best path to peace is to separate Jews from Arabs and Palestinians. He has recently proposed…

There is a lot of Ideological extremism in America still to this day. In the United States, most terrorist environments easily fall into the left-right ideological field. You do not find as strong an ideological demarcation in other countries. Only groups with a strong international character defy ready ideological organization. Black power is often sectioned with the new left. Black power is promoting interest of one group of people. The American right is strong on family values. They are…

namely Hamas. There are some who believe that these settlements may violate the Fourth Geneva Convention, which relates to the stability of citizens during times of war (Beauchamp). Alternatively, however, others believe that they may not actually be in violation, as the land on which the settlements are being built, was actually supposed to be Israeli land (Feldman). Regardless of this, the settlements are a tipping point in this resolution, and have been attacked time and time again by…

Non-violence Under the Right Conditions There are many people who consider non-violent protest to be ineffective and they have a point. Many recent non-violent protests have either been stifled quickly or have had such little support that they just faded away. However, under certain circumstances non-violent resistance can be very effective and even successful; on the other hand, if these circumstances do not present themselves then the resistance will probably fail. If it was the…