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“Apartheid is not Normal” “Normalize This” is a free form, spoken word poem from Remi Kanazi. Kanazi is a Palestinian-American born to Palestinian immigrants. Kanazi’s grandmother was pregnant with his mother when she left Palestine in 1947. Around this time there was a great exodus or “nukba” of indigenous Palestinians, just as the land was being annexed to create the new state of Israel. Kanazi’s father left Haifa after the occupation had already taken place. Born in New York City in 1981,…

which they are described as a people who had been annihilated by the Israelites. The name Canaan is used in the Bible with in Genesis 10 as well as Numbers 34, where the “Land of Canaan’ extends from Lebanon to the “Brook of Egypt” and eastward to the Jordan River Valley. References to Canaan in the Bible are usually referring to a region that had become something else. Canaan and Canaanites are mentioned some 160 times in the Bible, mostly in the Pentateuch or the first five books of the Bible…

Israel belongs to the Jews by religious and documented rights. From 1948 to this day, Jews and Palestinians have been fighting over the land of Israel. Both sides have been claiming that the land is theirs by numerous rights. One of the main reasons that the land should belong to Jews is the Balfour Declaration. Another is that Jewish people have strong religious ties to the land. Also the fact that this land is a safe haven for jews after being discriminated against. The Balfour Declaration…

As most of the world is aware, Syria has been suffering through four and a half years of civil war, during which 250,000 Syrians have been killed, according to Rodgers et al.. There doesn’t seem to be an end in sight, as both sides- the Syrian government and the rebels- refuse to ceasefire or compromise. In addition, ISIS is making the situation worse through their involvement and frequent use of the war for recruitment. Because civilians have been subject to bombing, sieges, and chemical…

In the 1980s, the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) opened its archives pertaining to the 1948 war to the public. This prompted a revision of the origins of the Palestinian refugee crisis, which birthed a new interpretation of the historical events. Two narratives of this history emerged, the new history that is led by Benny Morris and the old history that is advocated by Shabtai Teveth. Morris contends that Israel is more to blame for the refugee crisis because of rumors of a transfer idea for…

In conclusion, it can be said that the Entebbe Raid was definitely a justifiable act. The Israeli Government had little choice but to rescue the hostages at Entebbe Airport by force as the lives of the hostages were in imminent danger and they were in a precarious situation. The government feared a repeat of the Munich massacre after which they had received much criticism from their people for not sending troops to rescue the Israeli hostages. They could not afford to make the same mistake…

When life gives you lemons what do you do with them? The obvious and cliche answer would be you make lemonade. But what happens when life gives you tasks or burdens that prove themselves to be nothing but a pain and a struggle? You fight them because that is your only chance of getting rid of them. Perhaps one of the best examples of this would be the partitioning of Israel in 1948. Before 1948 there was no country known as Israel, there was no state for Jews, there was no place that all…

Today in America there are many things occurring that should be taken care of immediate. As a war is currently going on in Syria, many people including children have been forced to leave their country. These people are also known to be Syrian refugees. There has been debates in the United States on whether or not we should accept Syrian refugees because there might be a possibility that they might be related to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria also known as ISIS. ISIS has threatened the…

Kennedi Dodrill Mrs. Tina Simmons Honors English 11 21 September 2015 Annotated Bibliography Source 1: Background Information New York Times. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2015. . Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank were, at one point, collectively know as Palestine.The right to own the land is being fought over by the Israeli Jews and the Palestinian Arabs, who are also known as the Muslims.After the Arab-Israeli War of 1947 was over, the land of Palestine was split into the three regions, Israel,…

Numerous social issues are spreading rapidly around the world, but the social issue of child soldiers has had a drastic increase in recent years. Currently, about 250,000 child soldiers exist worldwide (“Child Soldiers” World Vision). Although the recruitment of child soldiers has existed for several years, currently in various regions rebellious organizations along with military forces of countries have increased the recruitment of child soldiers. Specifically, children in the Middle East face…