History of Israel

Lipner and “Israel’s Bunker Mentality,” by Ronald Krebs attempt to dissect and solve one of the most complex geopolitical conflicts in recent human history, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yosef Kuperwasser and Shalom Lipner discuss that the one thing that’s stopping this conflict from being resolved is Palestinian reluctance to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. On the other hand, Ronald Krebs argues that it’s in Israel’s best interest to resolve the conflict, because Israel’s occupation is…

Camp David Accords, understandings amidst Israel and Egypt stamped on September 17, 1978, that drove in the going with year of a peaceful course of action between those two countries, the first such deal amidst Israel and any of its Arab neighbors. Facilitated by U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian Pres. Anwar el Sadat and formally titled the "Framework for Peace in the Middle East," the understandings became known as the Camp David Accords in light…

source of the prophets’ call and NT exhortations is overlooked and dismissed for being legalistic. That said the purpose of this paper is to investigate and present the Biblical view of social justice for those who did not belong to the community of Israel established in Deuteronomy, and its implications for contemporary application in the church. By focusing on the “resident alien” or “sojourner” in Deuteronomy, with particular emphasis on the so called Deuteronomic Law Code , we can have a…

The journey in which the Jewish people have gone through have changed the history of the world and have had a profound effect on the development of most major religions. Throughout the ages there has been a fascination with Jewish history. People have questioned the "miracle of the continual existence of the Jewish people" – this despite the almost consistent world delight in their persecution and ridicule. Studying history gives us a deeper understanding of who we are and why we are here. The…

According to an article “What are Israel and Palestine? Why are they fighting?” in Vox by Zack Beauchamp (2015), both Israelis and Palestinians have had many difficulties and disagreements with sharing the same state. Their biggest argument is over who should have full control of Israel, the Jews (Israelis) or the Arabs Muslims (Palestine). Israelis believe that they should have full control of Israel because of the Zionism, Israel should be there holy land and they should have a place to call…

The Israeli/Palestinian conflict is between two nations who claim the same land. The conflict began when Palestine became the land where Jews wanted to construct a sovereign Jew state. Before Jews began migrating to this land it was a multicultural land with a population of approximately "86 percent Muslim, 10 percent Christian and 4 percent Jewish-living in peace"(If America knew). As Jews continued to arrive the indigenous population which was Arabs became alarmed that their land was being…

people of Israel. The most baffling part about her was that she was a woman amongst many men apart of the Israeli government, who was indeed representing all of the citizens of Israel. She was the 4th Prime Minister of Israel, was elected on March 17, 1969. For as she was also considered the “Mother of Israel”. As Golda Meir strived for major change for Israel and wanting to establish peace with the Arabs, although, herself, did not acknowledge them as Palestinians either; she has made history…

In the article, "Time Favors Israel", by Efraim Inbar address how time is now in Israel's favor. Throughout history, Israel has been in many wars, but they were always bearable and Israel is able to push through. Now, Israel is deemed to be favored because of their thriving social economy, society, and international aid. Israel's strong economy has flourished in medicine, agriculture, and high tech developments. Israel was admitted into the exclusive club of the Organization for Economic…

Gamal Abdel Nasser was a monumental leader in modern Egyptian history. He was born on January 15th, 1918 in Bakos, Egypt. During Abdel Nasser’s childhood, Egypt was a monarchy which was controlled by the British, during the age of imperialism in Africa. Abdel Nasser group up with his uncle in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Cairo is also where Abdel Nasser received his primary and secondary schooling. While not much has been made public about Abdel Nasser’s childhood, one major aspect of his early…

of my life, but was I mistaken. During the summer of 2015, I traveled to Israel for the first time with the Diller Teen Fellows. The DTF is a fifteen-month leadership program for a select group of Jewish teens from around the world who have high potential to become leaders in their communities and to ‘repair the world.’ In Israel I connected with my identity, core values, and found my Jewish womanhood. On the trip to Israel, I was introduced to Orthodox Judaism. In the Jewish Orthodox community…