Israel

It all started with a lightbulb idea! The Cohen School teachers were exploring ways to help our students connect with Israel on a personal level. Our K-1 teacher Alyse Teitelbaum, excitingly exclaimed that we at The Cohen School should build a replica of the Kotel. This replica would provide an opportunity to connect with G-d by participating in the practice of placing slips of paper containing prayers into the cracks of the Western Wall. Together, with Alyse, teachers Shirah Cruz, Tracey…

against the Jews. He was only a young adult, but he still fought for Palestine. In 1957, Arafat helped found Fatah, which was an organization dedicated to getting an independent Palestinian state instead of Israel and Jordan. This also began conflict with Israel because Arafat strongly believed that Israel shouldn’t have been its own independent state. Arafat also has always had been apart of the PLO, but a while after the Palestine Liberation Organization was established, Arafat became chairman…

unit in the Israeli Defense Force, in the Israeli-occupied territories during the Second Intifada. Israel won the occupied territories, also known as the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in the 6-Day War of 1967; however, they are not officially part of Israel. In 1987 to 1991, there was a Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories, the First Intifada, involving resistance and civil disobedience. Israel deployed many soldiers into the occupied territories, and an estimated 1,674 people were…

In conclusion, it can be said that the Entebbe Raid was definitely a justifiable act. The Israeli Government had little choice but to rescue the hostages at Entebbe Airport by force as the lives of the hostages were in imminent danger and they were in a precarious situation. The government feared a repeat of the Munich massacre after which they had received much criticism from their people for not sending troops to rescue the Israeli hostages. They could not afford to make the same mistake…

When discussing the establishment of Israel, many people give much credit to Theodor Herzl. Herzl, a Jewish journalist who was born and raised in Budapest, known as the founder of the Zionist movement. In fact, Herzl was the one who took the Zionist idea and turned it into a political idea, which is basically the establishment of the Jewish state. Years later, Herzl received the title of "the predictor of the Jewish state". Supposedly, this title confirms the conventional wisdom that Herzl is…

The organization of Maoz-Israel cited in 2002 that: "There are currently about 30 terrorist attacks per day in this tiny country of 5.2 million Jews. What if there were 30 terrorist attacks per day in Chicago or Los Angeles or Paris or London?" (“War” n. pag.). The Camp David Accords since the 1978 signing did not help in the Middle East, as stated in a study of Israeli terrorist attacks in 2002. U.S. President, Jimmy Carter, wished to help with Middle Eastern peace but everything he tried did…

The success of Operation Diamond, regarded as one of the most brazen operations conducted by Israel, was directly related to the thorough intelligence gathered by the Mossad and timely manner in which it was executed. “Operation Diamond was one of the most complex and sensitive operations ever conducted by Israel. An exceptional [example of] cooperation between the air force, and the intelligence and special task organization (the Mossad) brought to the landing of an Iraqi MiG-21 at an Israeli…

directly accounted for. He was closely associated with religious Zionism and the right wing settler movement as previously explained. The religious parties were aligned closer to the labor party and the settlers prior to the establishment of the state of Israel. The national-religious settlement movement (Gush Emunim) was hijacked, and Rav Kook’s pre-1948 settlement movement. Rav Kook’s…

The continued support of Israel by the United States led to the 1973 Oil Embargo because the encroachment on Arab sovereignty through the strengthening of Israel instilled a sense of solidarity amongst Arab states, so that they would unite in order to impose an effective retaliation against this perceived form of imperialism. The United State’s support of Israel led to the emergence of shared anti-American feelings in the Arab world because Israel was seen as an extension of colonialism.…

back. The Palestinians fought hard, but they couldn’t compete with the well-funded Jews. The civil war ended just five months later on September 30th which marks the end of Palestine and the beginning of Israel independence. (Cohen, Week 11 Lecture 2, 11/4/13) Western powers accepted Israel independence because they felt that after everything the Jews had been through, they deserved it. People felt that they had been oppressed for so long that it was about time that they fought back. On…