Land of Israel

According to an article “What are Israel and Palestine? Why are they fighting?” in Vox by Zack Beauchamp (2015), both Israelis and Palestinians have had many difficulties and disagreements with sharing the same state. Their biggest argument is over who should have full control of Israel, the Jews (Israelis) or the Arabs Muslims (Palestine). Israelis believe that they should have full control of Israel because of the Zionism, Israel should be there holy land and they should have a place to call…

Israeli-Palestinian conflict of 1947 is an on-going conflict between the two middle-eastern countries of Israel and Palestine. After the end of World War II, the Jewish people were displaced as were the Palestinians, but before World War II the Ottoman Empire devoured most of the land-now known as the Middle-East this land had been divided among the Islamic people who already inhabited the lands. The Jewish people had no place to go, having been dehumanized for centuries within Europe and…

Israel. Jordan. Syria. Egypt. Words commonly associated with the Middle East, but there is more in common with the countries than usually thought of. All four countries are accountable for the events of the Six-Day War. The Six-Day War was fought because of the evoking expressions over the land in Israel, including Jerusalem. The Six-Day War was beneficial to the Israeli state in many ways that helped them. By the end of the war, the Arab nation was defeated by Israel. Israel gained the land…

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…

peace between Israelis and Palestinians? The shortfalls of the United States lead peace process have numerous factors. The most blatant problem is the changing government officials, and political movements involved. Throughout the peace process Israel has seen over 10 different prime ministers with 5 different political parties elected. (http://www.stateofisrael.com) Many of these had very different social and political agendas toward the One State and Two State Peace Agreements. Throughout…

control over water, land, and oil has economically and socially changed the world. They have been used to secure power because of how important they are to society. The consequences for wrongly abusing these resources have shown to be a lot more trouble then it was worth. Where natural resources are not at the heart of the conflict, their availability can compound the problems created by political, social, and economic conflict. Water is a necessity of life,…

shortly afterward, once World War II ended, Israel was created there too. The establishment of Israel proved to be a problem, as the Jewish nation would have to take land originally belonging to Palestinians. This is not the only situation where land has been an issue in the Middle East; land was also responsible for the Persian Gulf War. The Middle East, a highly multifarious and contentious region, contained the Ottoman Empire, housed the country of Israel after World War II, and persists as a…

things get rough. Religion should be respected, yes, but at the same time it should not be overplayed in such situations. Europe wanted to make it up to the Jews for their suffering during the Holocaust, which is understandable, but why not give them land that isn’t as heavily populated as Palestine was. Australia could have served the Jews well as Australia was not heavily populated and to this day it doesn’t have as many people as it could hold. To make matters worse between the Arabs and…

Question Jerusalem is the central and holy land of the Jewish people, although its past is anything but righteous. How is it that such a holy place can be victim to such violence, yet remain the epicenter of an entire religion? Jews once flocked to Jerusalem to visit the temples and even when those temples had been destroyed, the remained faithful to their holy land. Reasons as to why can be negotiated, but the historical lineage of Jerusalem and Israel is one that will always tie Judaism to…

occupation of land and since 1948 the Middle Eastern territories have been massively reorganized. Moshe Dayan, Israel’s Minister of Defense, initiated the war by attacking Egypt’s air force in the morning of June 5, 1967 which begins the Six-Day War. Actions The Six-Day war is one of the many conflicts that took place among decades-long conflict between the Arabs and Israelis. Although different religions occupy these nations the conflict began over the territory…