Israelis

Sahar Khalifeh’s Wild Thorns provides a snapshot of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian people and the ongoing conflict in the region. Khalifeh’s critique of not only the Israeli occupants, but the Palestinian aristocracy as well, demonstrates the difficulties of the Israeli occupation where the people may not be as poor as they once were, but Palestinian homes are blown up daily. The Palestinian working class people, forced to choose between nationalism and supporting their families, must…

from coworkers and superiors while working for Naval Intelligence. One example was at a US-Israeli Scientific and Technological Intelligence-Exchange Conference in 1982. Pollard believed his supervisor failed to follow customary disclosure guidance by withholding information…

be defeated again after what happened during the holocaust. The six day war in 1967 was one of the shortest wars ever seen. Within those days Israel captured the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt along with the West Bank. With the war israelis established themselves as the dominant regional power. The United States of America and Israel are very close allies. When Israel first became an independent country the US. recognized them as a country with a letter not even hours later. US.…

In the Israeli political sphere, controversial issues fly through society each day. From the Knesset to the Shabbos dinner table, politics is a central component of living in Israel. Avigdor Lieberman is the leader of Yisrael Beiteinu, a right-wing, nationalist party. While his party is certainly far from being the largest in government, he often plays the role of kingmaker when building right-wing coalition governments. Lieberman’s variant of conservatism involves strong nationalist tendencies…

are rational, even if their populations may be bloodthirsty and have very different payouts. Should both factions go on he aggressive the Israeli Forces will ultimately gain the upper hand because of their highly coordinated troops. Both sides were in position high powered weapons and aircraft courtesy of other world powers, granting the edge to the Israeli offensive. However being attacked on all sides would likely result in losses either in potential spoils or actual lost land. On the Arab…

In the article, “Terrorism and the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict”, Jerome Slater studied the effects terrorism had on the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. He contends that while terrorism is ethically wrong, it is both conceivable and alluring to recognize degrees of good misleading quality. Slater realizes both Israel and the Palestinians have turned to terrorism at different times during the course of their long conflict; After studying a wide diagram of this history of common fear mongering, he…

the podcast, is about a group of Israeli ex military service members talking about their experiences, because of the empathy towards the Palestinian families, the Israeli government sees this a a form of treason. The second conflict is about a professor in a Palestinian professor, who had to flee his country because he spoke about trying to empathize and having peace with the Israeli people. In the first story, Avner Gvaryahu was a former paratrooper for the Israeli military. He was raised in a…

Land, water, and religion have been resources that have been bitterly fought over since the beginning of civilization. Land in the Middle East, specifically the Holy Land, has seen particular conflict. Since, two groups have been fighting for control of the Holy Land. Following this thought the Jews and the Palestinians each have claim to the Holy Land, making the division of the area a significant source of conflict. The Jewish people lay their claim to the land based on birthright. They…

The Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, stated after the attack that Israel would continue to do whatever they could to fight terrorism and that they saw governments who gave refuge and assistance to these terrorists as responsible for its existence (Source…

of the Israeli government, who was indeed representing all of the citizens of Israel. She was the 4th Prime Minister of Israel, was elected on March 17, 1969. For as she was also considered the “Mother of Israel”. As Golda Meir strived for major change for Israel and wanting to establish peace with the Arabs, although, herself, did not acknowledge them as Palestinians either; she has made history with all that she has done. During her time, conflict between the Arabs and also the Israelis was…