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traveling to Izmir, Turkey trying to get on a smuggler’s boat that was headed to Greece. From there, Monzer was hoping to reach Austria. He has finally arrived in Germany. In Syria, Monzer could not sleep, eat, work, or do anything in his hometown of Hama due to the constant worry of bombing barrels being dropped around him. Although he can now sleep comfortably and never has to worry about what he is going…

progress towards peace between Palestine and Israel. Previous attempts at peace have failed through the lack of cooperativeness in the peace-makers. Martin Indyk, former US ambassador to Israel, was appointed by the US to oversee the negotiations. But Hamas rejected the talks stating that Mahmoud Abbas, the president of Palestinian authority, has no legitimacy to negotiate. On December 28, 2016, John Kerry gives a two-state solution speech. His plan is to aim to keep the two-state solution…

The rise in non-state interference in the region has also made solving the issue more complicated. Non-government groups such as Hamas and oil corporations interfere in the peacemaking process, especially as nations themselves remain week and unsure in the region. Professor Kurtzer said that these issues made peace difficult, but not impossible, and that a sustained and intelligent…

illegal act of burning the flag. With the Secret Life of Bees, the author, Sue Monk Kidd, takes a lost girl’s journey into a beautiful and meaning piece of writing about accepting others, through the use of characterization. With both Israel and Hamas opening fire on each other…

the Israelites and Palestinians where Israelites continued to gain more territory of Palestine. Since the end of World War II, there were numerous battles between Israelis and Palestinians that stretched to the modern day era where Hamas won the 2006 election in Gaza. Hamas looked to return Palestinian territory conquered by Israel to the people and emitted violence to achieve his goal. Israel has the upper hand with the army compared to that of Palestine, which caused hundreds of thousands of…

The clash Throughout the years many people have tried to explain and help others’ comprehend the topic of the clash of civilizations. Huntington’s explanation, which is configured in the forms of an essay and a book, explains the event between certain civilizations is immanent because of the observations and data he has gathered. Now the idea that my group and I share relates to that but goes off into a slightly different direction. Both share one common ideal: culture has the power to bring us…

An ongoing conflict that has lasted 66 years and what many experts believe will last another 66 years. Before we indulge ourselves in this complex and often times misunderstood conflict, let’s understand one thing; there is no negative or positive peace in this region. Negative peace is defined as the absence of war and positive peace is defined as the simultaneous presence of many desirable states of mind (Barash & Webel, 2002). The US’s indirect involvement has only led to an intensity of…

In November of 2016, Donald J. Trump was elected president of the United States. A part of Trump’s platform is a hard stance on foreign policy, indicative in his speech on August 15th of 2016, before election; Trump spoke to his supporters about his attitude towards terrorism and the site Politico provided a transcript. Campaigning against Clinton and a staunch opponent of Obama’s administration, Trump believes “the rise of ISIS is the direct result of policy decisions made by President Obama…

Martrydom”, we could appreciate how an England citizen, Omar, became the first westerner to carry out a suicide bombing. It is important to consider that he radicalized in England, then he started training with Al-Qaeda, and ended up being recruited by Hamas. He was a normal man, in fact, he was not interested in Muslims customs, and he had barely read the Coram; however, everything changed when he moved to London. At this point, his behavior started to change radically, he began listening to…

There are different meanings about the meaning of the Western World. Western civilization was born thousands of years ago with the rise of the Greek city-state, influenced by Middle Eastern culture. EAST East (Latin orens, oriri participle: appear birth) is the name of the direction from which the sun (and other stars) minted in antiquity, namely the East rises. By extension, it refers to those regions that are east of the benchmark. In the "Western" culture he was given this name to Asia.…