Israel

quoted an anonymous speaker. On May Fourteenth of 1948, Israel was created as a nation-state on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Southwest Asia. Its creation as a nation state, for both the Jews and Palestinians, made history, for better or worse. Israel’s founding has a been a topic focused on around the world for both the justifications of its making, along with the repercussions of its founding. The bringing forth and creation of Israel, along with the consequences of its making can be…

Operation Badr is the codename given to the joint Syrian and Egyptian attack on Israel. The surprise attack began on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur at 1400 on October 6, 1973. Coincidentally, not only did this war start on the holiest of Jewish holidays, but it was also fought during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which is why it is still referred to as the Ramadan war in the Muslim world. The purpose of this essay is threefold: first, to explore exactly why this war was fought in the…

Morris contends that Israel is more to blame for the refugee crisis because of rumors of a transfer idea for Palestinians prior to the war, lack of evidence of Arab involvement in Palestinian retreat and due to Israel’s wartime political policies. Teveth stands to uphold Israel’s old historical narrative of the refugee crisis, which argues that it was merely the…

the Israeli-Palestinian conflict today (“Guide: Why are Israel and the Palestinians fighting over Gaza”). In 1948,…

their rights taken away. They were criticized and sometimes punished for their efforts to remain a separate social and religious group. This act stimulated anti-Semitism. Because of the immense threat, the Jews were pushed into to find a safe home, Israel, their homeland. Jews began buying land in Palestine,…

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…

was traumatic (Beitler). It had been 20 years under Israeli control for the Gaza Strip and West Bank and the Palestinians began to feel disheartened. Many Palestinians grew up under the control of Israel and never had experienced certain freedoms. The employment opportunities and higher wages in Israel caused the Palestinians to view a different lifestyle and they became more frustrated.…

The War That Started 40 Years of Conflict The Six Day War is what started or ignited the flame of today's conflict that has been going on for 40 years. It has caused lots of conflict between Israel and Egypt, Jordan and Syria. The fight that took place on June 5, 1967 transformed the middle east into what it is now. The Israelis were the only ones actually ready for a war. The Israelis attacked Egypt, Jordan and Syrian soldiers one morning as they were eating falafel and cucumbers. It was said…

the formation of Israel a catastrophe because it was built on the land owned by Palestinians. Also because Israel and Palestinians had different ideologies, it was harder for them to tolerate each other especially since they were so close. Another reason is because Israel organized groups to forcefully take the homes and belongings of Palestinians, leaving them miserable and homeless. Around the 1940's when Zionists took charge, Arabians grew frustrated and declared war on Israel which led to…

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…