Henderson Jordan

Although generally perceived as only a threat to Israeli national security, with policy being created to reflect that, it is important to look at the other side of things. Despite the many obvious and potential negative impact that the Arab Spring could cause in Israel, many will also argue for the positive. Israel's former Military Intelligence, Amos Yadlin, stands firm with his hope for progression in the Arab Spring movement stating, "The long-term changes in the Arab world are a great…

Assignment #4 - Why was the Arab World Poised for Revolution? Middle East has gone through revolutions, some were successful in the beginning and others were complete failure. The success of the revolution was based on the cause of the revolution and who it was poised by. For instance the first Arab awaking revolution that was led by the Middle Eastern leaders was aimed to rise from under the western control, and to create a better life for their people. However, the revolution was not at its…

The Palestinian/Israeli conflict is an ethical issue that has been going on for half of a century. It has affected many innocent lives and there is no sign of this issue being solved in the near future. The Palestinian/Isreali conflict correlates into International law in many ways. State sovereignty is one of the principal ways in which this issue relates to international law. Palestine wishes to be be recognized as a state, wishes for sovereignty and wants to be their own country. Not all…

Argumentative essay about refugees The brutal violence in Syria has forced 4.3 million people to flee their home country. Half of them are children, and many are difficult traumatized. The victims of the war have seen their homes destroyed by bombs, and witnessed their relatives getting killed. They’ve lost everything they own, and all they have left is hope. Hope for a better life. Many of the victims have chosen to travel overseas by boat in hope to fulfil this dream in the western world. This…

The Syrian war has been going on for some time now and has had a dominating presence within our headlines with many newscasters broadcasting on the devastating destruction of countries within Syria. Over the past four years hundreds of thousands of people have lost their lives during the wars that have broken out between countries and governments leaving heartbroken families and children left to fend for themselves. As a consequence of this war many people have attempted to flee to other…

The Middle East is a region with a very interesting history. One of the major superpowers of World War I, The Ottoman Empire, rose to power there, and shortly afterward, once World War II ended, Israel was created there too. The establishment of Israel proved to be a problem, as the Jewish nation would have to take land originally belonging to Palestinians. This is not the only situation where land has been an issue in the Middle East; land was also responsible for the Persian Gulf War. The…

With the creation of Israel in 1948 the United States has always sided with Israel. After the creation of Israel, President Truman was the first out of all the world leaders to recognize the country. The United States had backed and has tried to support Israel throughout all of their issues with the Middle East since their creation. It was not until President Obama came into the presidency. That some problems with Israel began to arise and tensions began to form with how Israel was handling…

In 1956, one of the officers who drove out their idle King, Farouk, and took over the government, Gamal Abdel Nasser, became Egypt's President. Nasser performed great contributions to the growing power of Egypt. Regarding a duty of Egypt as a leading Arab country, Nasser was trying to help the Palestinian refugees to fight for their rights to return. So he provided Palestinian armed groups with financial and military aids. By 1956, Israel was no longer capable of ignoring the tricks Nasser was…

Refugees need the right to not be deported. Refugees come to the U.S to be in a safe, equal opportunity country with freedom of religion. Refugees come from unsafe countries and we deport them back, placing them in an unsafe environment. Syrians are living in extremely dangerous environments, many try to leave. According to newsdeeply.com people from Syria are fleeing from “shells and barrel bombs.” 4 million people from Syria have become refugees. 7.6 million others are trying to flee.…

education. Syrians are fleeing to neighboring countries as refugees which is causing a refugee crisis. In the eleven million and counting displaced Syrians, over half of these are children.Civilians have been fleeing to neighboring countries such as Jordan, Lebanon , and Turkey, but also far away countries such as Europe in hope of a better future. The Syrian government is responsible for attacking and even killing their own citizens, in efforts to smash the rebel force. Not all those who are…