Israel Defense Forces

II, 1947 the Jewish State of Palestine established a state of Jewish sovereignty, the United Nations in November of that same year voted to establish the creation of a Jewish state and an Arab state. That was the creation and establishment of Israel. Israel is known as the “Holy Land”, a country of rich history and distinguishable conflict. It is a nation state known for its incredibly notorious history with war, conflict, and strength. Through history religion has played a huge role in…

Golda Meir was an important figure to the 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…

ravaged Iran and Iraq in the 1980’s and the latter is currently in the midst of what seems to be endless occupation by the United States that threatens to turn into a civil war. In 1981, Israel attacked Iraq to end their aspirations of becoming a nuclear power. Now, the Jewish…

attack if Egypt attacked with them (Bar-Joseph, 136). Prior to the attack there were large joint “Syrian defense activity and…

Middle-East, Israel, and to the U.S. for over 30 years. Hezbollah has extended its influence and operations around the world, and have setup extensive networks capable of executing terrorist attacks and facilitating criminal activity across the globe. Origins In 1982, violence in the Middle East broke erupted with an Israeli invasion into the lower regions of Lebanon. Emerging…

This move also helped end and start Camp David with intents of peace. The war started many conflicts between other nations that got involved and political venues. Through the bloody and violent course of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the nation of Israel has held the most victory over the Arab nations. The outcomes of each war show slight shifts of change towards peace, milestones and more conflict with great losses of both sides. The Yom Kippur War was caused by anger from the Six Day War…

The history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict dates back to the day the state of Israel declared independence, days ahead of the official end to the British Mandate in Palestine in 1948. While there were some minor conflicts and skirmishes between the Arabs and the Jews prior to 1948, those ongoing tensions erupted into a full civil war and countless bloody battles that have claimed the lives of many innocent people and have dominated the international political arena for over seven decades.…

The conflict began when Israel started implementing Jewish settlements in ex-Palestinian territory, which were the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem. Critics of the settlements argue that “the continued growth and construction of Israeli settlements assert that under international law, all of Israel 's West Bank settlements are illegal” (“Israeli Settlements”.) Although, Israel claims it is not illegal because Palestine is not a legal state. These…

Conflict”, Jerome Slater studied the effects terrorism had on the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. He contends that while terrorism is ethically wrong, it is both conceivable and alluring to recognize degrees of good misleading quality. Slater realizes both Israel and the Palestinians have turned to terrorism at different times during the course of their long conflict; After studying a wide diagram of this history of common fear mongering, he concluded the direct of both sides in wording drawn…

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…