Israeli settlement

restriction of movement, by refusing to let Jews emigrate during the Iron Curtain bringing the oppression of Jews a full circle as in the years leading up to the founding of the Soviet Union the Jews were forced into a specific area known as the Pale of Settlement. The techniques the Jews used to hold onto their identity were varied but worked at least to an extent for two to three generations until the fall of the Soviet Union. The two main components of Jewish ethnicity and identity are…

Cancian & Gibson provide a 21st century snapshot on wars 1980s Iran-Irak (US Navy Patrol in Persian Gulf), Israeli invasion of Lebanon and prolonged conflict with Palestinians, Russian invasion of Afganistan, US invasion of Grenada, Guerrillas and counterinsurgencies campaigns in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Angola, South Africa and Third World countries. Can War be considered as a natural everyday phenomenon?From comparative research in human society “War is not natural” “We created the war system…

How Joining the United Nations affected Canada Since its inception in 1945, closely following the catastrophic second world war, the UN has been making the world a better place, in general. Few countries contributed as much and were shaped by the UN as much as Canada. From peacekeeping missions to national identity, Canada has taken advantage of the possibilities the UN has provided and continues to revel in the benefits. In this essay, I will focus on Canada’s contributions to the UN’s…

The study of international relations not only questions the global affairs of the past and of the present, but also of the future. Scholars such as Susan Strange and Robert Gilpin––whose arguments will be examined in this paper––sought to predict what the role of the state would be in the generations to come. By examining the function of the state through an international political economy perspective, the authors present their own predictions which are strikingly opposed to one another. Both of…

On 22 September 1980, Saddam Hussein, attempting to repeat the success of the Israeli pre-emptive air strike against the Arab air forces in the Six Day War, launched numerous sorties against Iranian airfields, hoping to destroy the Iranian air force on the ground. Although they failed, Saddam was still not going to be stopped from achieving his aim of establishing complete Iraqi dominance over the Shatt al-Arab waterway. He launched a land invasion of Iran, focusing on southern Iran. He was able…

together in one hall and to bind themselves together into a single organization for a common purpose. This unity, is what made the Zionist project into a practical reality. Herzl became the symbol of Zionism. His picture dominates offices of the Israeli government and Zionist organizations. His name is commemorated in the names of towns, schools, and streets. Every fair sized town in Israel has a Herzl street. On the other hand, the picture of Herzl, is used by Arabs and other anti-Zionists,…

Around the world we find different tasks or objects being defined as feminine and masculine, but what are these differences based on? In the dictionary Masculine is defined as having qualities or appearance traditionally associated with men, especially strength and aggressiveness. Feminine is define as having qualities or appearance traditionally associated with women, especially delicacy and prettiness. Why are things defened as masculine and feminine?There are money factors that could…

[quote][b]Originally posted by SIGNYM: [quote]In an email sent to his business partner and Democratic fundraiser Jeffrey Leeds, [u]former Secretary of State Colin Powell wrote of Hillary Clinton, “Everything HRC touches she kind of screws up with hubris.”[/u][/quote] Indeed! [quote]Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State during Barack Obama’s first term was an [u]unmitigated disaster for many nations around the world.[/u] Neither the Donald Trump campaign nor the corporate media have adequately…

the Arab states on May 15, 1948 when a combined invasion by Egypt, Jordan and Syria, together with expeditionary forces from Iraq, entered Palestine. The invading forces took control of the Arab areas and immediately attacked Israeli forces and several Jewish settlements. As a result of the war, Israel retained the area that the UN had recommended for the proposed Jewish state and also took control of almost 60% of the area allocated for the proposed Arab state. No Arab Palestinian state was…

The essay written by Yehouda Shenhav on issues pertaining to the Zionistic movement has addressed the idea that the Zionistic movement has been defined by its combination of Nationalization and Religion. This is important in the case of how the members of the Zionist movement have hybridized these two aspects together in the name of spreading the movements ideas, while at the same time justifying the movement with religious text yet proclaiming the movement as being secular. This unique…