Israel

academy’s world wide. The war even took on spiritual dimension for the nation of Israel, who had mostly secular motivations until that point. However, what is perhaps the most interesting is the political and strategic choices and consequences of the war. The dynamics of power in the Middle East were forever changed by a few simple choices. The set up for the war can be illustrated as a two player simultaneous game between Israel and Egypt. Egypt currently lead bu Gamal Abdel Nasser was the de…

Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), a preeminent organization advocating on behalf the Palestinian people underwent drastic changes. These changes came following the defeat of a coalition of Arab nations in war against Israel known as the June War. In the June War Israel conquered territory from both Jordan and Egypt known as the West Bank and the Gaza Strip respectively in which the majority of Palestinian people lived. The PLO’s leadership, thought by many scholars to be a puppet of the…

On May 14, 1948, the United Nations established Israel, a state meant for Jews and Arabs. Jews at the time did not live in a separate state, but were instead scattered in a movement known as the Diaspora. Many people in the world held anti-Semitism beliefs and did not tolerate Jews, going as far as attempted…

experienced in the book “Home to Stay, One American Family’s Chronicle of Miracles and Struggles in Contemporary Israel”. The book is based on emails the author wrote to his family back in the United States. This book commences with an American family in Los Angeles, whose roots lie deep in Jewish culture and religion. Daniel Gordis is a Jewish professor who is invited to study in Israel for a…

when the Israel Defense Forces invaded the south of Lebanon after countless attacks were happening between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel Defense Forces (IDF). When Abu Nibal’s Organization attempted to assassinate Shlomo Argov the Prime Minister of Israel decided to blame Abu Nibal and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The Prime Minister launched “Operation Peace for Galilee” this was an invasion of Lebanon. This would take the Israelis into Beirut. The Israel…

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 1967 Six-Day War Mahlee Heperi. The Six Day War was a war amongst Israel and her neighbouring nations – Syria, Egypt and Jordan - which was led from June fifth until June tenth 1967. The pressures amongst Israel and the Arab nations escalated from the mid 1960 's because of different psychological oppressor assaults and penetrations of Palestinian fear mongers from Syria, Jordan, the Gaza Strip, and the Sinai Peninsula into Israeli domain. These activities were motivated due to the backing…

died (roughly 6,000), and 7,000 of the troops of the Arab nations, the victor was still Israel; it had taken more land than was proposed to be given to them, it’s own religious based legal country, and had survived attack at it’s birth. Involvement of international countries, well planned out command, large and successful military, incentive to succeed and bad planning on behalf of the Arab League led Israel to win the war in 1947-49 (1948). “The end result of the 1948-49 Israeli War of…

It is now more than fifty years since the State of Israel was established. It has passed the initial stages of nation-building and is today, in many respects, a Western, technological society. It was built on the experience of ideologically driven Jewish settlement which began in the nineteenth century. Israel has a background of the Holocaust, ongoing military struggle with neighboring countries, and the necessity of absorbing unprecedented numbers of new immigrants from very different culture.…

quality of life for Palestinians. Similarly, Israeli citizens have faced numerous terrorist attacks from radicals, creating a society driven by fear. The conflict is incredibly bloody, and it continues to worsen because the diplomatic representatives of Israel and Palestine cannot agree on anything substantial. Both sides want what is best for their people, and this usually entails a stable and peaceful existence, but without the other. Any further peace negotiations must move towards a…