Israeli settlement

justifications. Regarding the matter, Ilan Pappe said, “Worst of all was the Zionist and later Israeli abuse of the Holocaust memory to justify the dispossession of Palestine that disconcerted and outraged me” (qtd in Docker 2). Language like this enflames the situation, and creates even more defensive reactions from Israel. Pappe isn’t the only one to express these kind of sentiments however. Gilad Atzmon, “an Israeli now resident in London” had this to say about Israel, “Many of us including…

conclusion of the Treaty of Versailles there has been much discussion on whether the Second World War and the following major events of the twentieth century were born from the events of the 1919 Paris peace conference and conclusions of the peace settlement. David Andelman in his ‘A Shattered Peace’1 puts forth the opinion that the actions and decisions of the main players, Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Wilson, and the final conclusions of the peace treaty, did indeed lead to the Second World…

collective settlement” based on “communalism.” The author also discusses the “Westernization” of Israel. Not only were the Israelis grasping for acknowledgment in a global arena, but they placed importance on a relationship with the United States. There is no doubt that such an alliance with the West found its way into the cultural structure of Israel. Ethnocentrism is a prevalent theme in Israeli culture; however, mass immigration and strong Western ties helped to shape the Israeli culture…

almost constantly in the last 50 years been at war or tension between the two separate parties. This fighting began 1947 by the United Nations partitioning the land in Palestine to be given to Israeli groups to create a separate a state. This essay will ask, was this partition necessary, to for both Arab and Israeli to be accepting of each other and live peacefully next to each other. Some people claim that other methods would’ve been more effective in giving Jews safety and keeping the Arab…

The city of Mecca interacted with the bedouin tribes that lived in the desert areas around it by establishing a food and caravan trade system. Mecca also became a ground for establishing peace between feuding clans. Islam first arose when Muhammad constructed the Qur’an through the words of Allah. Once he was finished with the Qur’an, Muhammad preached the words to his clan. Islam brought unity to the people of Arabia and it showed that everyone was equal. However, with all of these positive…

shows their importance in early successes towards creating a Jewish state. The immigration is a factor in Zionist success as an increase in the Jewish proportion of the population would make it harder to ignore their claims for a state, further validating the Zionists’ side. Furthermore, the success in creating the state of Israel was due to the 1947 UN Partition Plan. After Britain’s failure to reconcile its conflicting obligations to both the Jews and the Arabs, the United Nation Special…

Across the world, Jews will celebrate the holiday of Purim this year from the eve of March 11 through March 12 with much fanfare and excitement. Families will go from door to door sporting costumes while delivering candy and other foods, and sit down to a lavish meal with friends and relatives later in the day to celebrate the holiday. But far beyond the food and costumes, Purim has a much deeper purpose to it, a lesson applicable to each and every one of our lives. Purim, one of the most…

Charles Kimball is Presidential Professor and Director of Religious Studies at the University of Oklahoma, he is also the author of the book When Religion Becomes Lethal. Moving from chapter 1 in which Professor Kimball introduced Islam, we move on to chapter 2 which is titled, “God Gave Us This Land” digs deeper into the roots of religion and politics in Judaism. We begin the chapter by discussing the Islamic Mosque of Abraham, the mosque if 30 miles south of Jerusalem. This mosque is the…

even had a large swimming pool. I think we must have been the only family in Palestine with a private swimming pool. Their father had 13 wives, 17 sons, and 8 daughters. The al-Banna lived in a beautiful three story house, which is now used as an Israeli military court. Sabri had been born from a disapproved marriage between his father and the maid. This led to Sabri’s siblings shunning him for the early part of his life. In 1944, his father sent him to a French Roman Catholic mission…

primarily manufactured using recombinant DNA, recombinant RNA, hybridoma technology, or other processes involving site specific genetic manipulation techniques and which is claimed in a patent or the use of which is claimed in a patent. As per the Israeli generic drugs company - Teva Pharmaceuticals, the Allegan, Mich. based Perrigo’s planned generic albuterol sulfate aerosol inhaler designed with drug development services company Catalent Pharma Solutions LLC infringed with four patents…