History of Israel

Western Powers have been known to exert their authority amongst each continent of the world. The Middle East is not exempt from such, and has a history involving America, Britain, France and Russia. In order to assess the influence of these powers, the following essay will analyse how they shaped Middle Eastern politics from the eventful years of 1914 until 1990. This will be done by looking at the continuities and the discontinuities in Western policies towards the Middle East, starting from…

celebrate with me! My Torah portion is called Ki Tavo and comes from the book of Deuteronomy. It is from chapter 26 verse 1 through chapter 29 verse 6. Ki Tavo means when you come, and the portion starts with the Jews entering the land of our heritage, Israel. My Torah portion begins with the Jews being commanded to give their first fruits. They are also told to…

which consists of historical perspectives of scholars, such as Chapter 1’s article by Susan Slyomovics, related to Nakba through the memories of refugees in the town of Qula: “A different history historiography, grounded in testimonial witnessing by displaced villagers, permits access to Palestinian history” (Sa’di and Abu-Lughand 32). In the “rape of Qula, the example of refugee narratives and testimonials defines the higher level of rapes and massacres conducted by the Israeli Defense…

Throughout the entirety of world history, we can see racism played into the mass relocation of entire groups of people. One of the best-known and most drastic cases of this is known as the Palestine Nakba. The word, Nakba, translates from Arabic meaning “disaster,” it is the term used to define the “exodus” of the Palestine people in 1948. Born from Zionist ideology, majorities of the Palestine people were kicked out of their homes and relocated in order to make room for a Jewish State. In Nur…

Christian, Muslim, or Druze religion and whose historical roots trace to the property defined by the British mandate borders, Palestine. The Israelis are labeled as residents in the state of Israel who have a Jewish religious background and seek refuge in the state in relief of anti-Semitism. The…

Was the partition of Palestine necessary? Palestine and Israel have been almost constantly in the last 50 years been at war or tension between the two separate parties. This fighting began 1947 by the United Nations partitioning the land in Palestine to be given to Israeli groups to create a separate a state. This essay will ask, was this partition necessary, to for both Arab and Israeli to be accepting of each other and live peacefully next to each other. Some people claim that other methods…

population, exist on the margins of the conflicting worlds of Jews and Palestinians. However, while remaining a segment of the Arab people in culture and identity and disputing Israel's identification as a Jewish state, they see their future tied to Israel. In the process, they have adopted Hebrew as a second language and Israeli culture as an extra layer in their lives. At the same time, they strive to attain a higher degree of participation in national life, greater integration into the…

The history of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is as tumultuous and complicated as the conflict itself. In his article “From Oslo to Taba: What Went Wrong?” Ron Pundak breaks down the underlying reasons of the failure of the Oslo Accords, Camp David and The Taba Summit. The main premise of his argument was that peace, or a pathway to peace, were squandered by mismanagement and miscalculation of the entire process by Israeli, the United States, and the Palestinian Authority. Although his…

A11602683 Below you will find three passages, discuss what the context is and what major issue in Jewish history they illustrate: The passages below describe the impact of Hellenism on Jewish history and tell the story of the emergence of Christianity. The Hellenistic period began following Alexander the Great’s conquest in 334 BCE and continued culturally till almost the seventh century CE. During this period, the Jews incorporated Hellenistic thoughts with their Judaic traditions; this is…

changes were fueling in by the British. In Palestine, the Balfour Declaration in 1917 and the British Mandate of 1920, had raised the tension between Arabs and Jews. One of the most significant changes was the establishment of the Jewish State of Israel. “On 29 November 1947, thousands of people jumped out of their beds and rushed out onto the streets when the reports were broadcasted on the radio.” It was the day the UN proposed the partition of Palestine, between Arabs and Jews. On 14 May 1948…