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 concluded the direct of both sides in wording drawn…
Regulation, in its broadest implication, represents all the rules of order enforced by a presumed administration of government, with regard to the practices of those under the government 's control. Historically, many regulations prescribed by oppressive autocratic leaderships have caused sequences of misery and torment for the ruled. Granting all this, the fate of Spain in particular, took a dramatic yet positive turn in the early 700s when Muslim forces invaded and reigned over the Iberian…
Oral History Project Interviews aren’t overly interesting when you’ve known the interviewee for all your college and adult life. When you hang out with someone half of every single week you tend to learn a lot about them. Most of the questions I could think of I already knew the answer to and had for a couple of years. I planned and worked out a good thirty or forty questions but, again, most of them I could answer myself, since again we’ve known each other for such a long time. My planning…
My Misconception of Jordan The Middle East was nothing like I experienced it to be. I was expecting to see women fully covered from head to toe and very poor areas. Although that type of lifestyle does exist in the Middle East, I rarely saw it. In the Middle East, I stayed in Amman, Jordan. When I first arrived to my grandmother’s area I noticed every woman had their body and hair covered. The men wore sandals with jeans and regular t-shirts and no one drove nice cars.…
Throughout the Middle East, there are a large number of countries that range from the wealthiest and educated, to the poorest and illiterate. For many people outside of the Middle East, the common assumption lies in the belief that prosperity and wealth are very progressive and liberal. However, this assumption is unfortunately not the case, because in countries such as Saudi Arabia; a very wealthy and educated state, tends to have very similar conservative and strict approach to woman’s rights…
There are different types of freedom, some for example are freedom of conscience, to achieve a coherent and balanced life from the inside; Freedom of expression, in order to disseminate ideas and promote open debate and discussion; Freedom of assembly as a guarantee to associate with those who share ideals and work for them; Freedom to choose responsibly and peacefully to the rulers, among others. After this brief analysis of the concept of freedom, we see what it encompasses and what it means,…
differentiation among political parties in a system” (Dalton 2008, p. 900). According to this definition, a high level of polarization would mean a high degree of differentiation among the parties, and a low level a low degree. In my research, I have found that Israel provides a particularly…
two groups of people. Numerous people contend that the "two-state solution" of creating an independent Palestinian state next to Israel would be the best way to deal with the situation. Various other people oppose a two-state solution for different reasons. For instance, some are against the creation of a Palestinian state, and others are against the existence of Israel itself. Despite differing views on both sides, the Jewish and Muslim people do share many similarities. They both only eat…
In 1939 Irene Gutowa was 21 years old living in Poland. A professing and educated Catholic and student nurse, she never dreamed of her substantial impact on so many lives and the hard decisions she would have to face in the days to come. Irene Grew up in Poland and lived with her father, mother, and siblings. Her parents raised her and her siblings as devout Catholics with sanctity for all human life. Irene would know early in her life she had a heart of service for others. She dreamed of being…
By now the main Lubavitch movement was headquartered in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York, although it also had village established by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson in Israel since 1949 known as Kfar Chabad. Since Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson’s passing in 1950, he and his work was succeded by his younger son-in-law Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson greatly encouraged the Jews who lived…