Oslo Accords

Yitzhak Rabin There have been many influences in Israel’s history that have helped to establish the country as a homeland to the Jewish people. Among the many, Yitzhak Rabin, was one of the most influential leaders. Rabin was most known for his support of the existence of the state of Israel. He signifies a part of Israel’s ability to exist as an independent state and an important figure to the Middle East due to his support for Israel. Throughout Rabin’s life, he was an active member in the…

“The Jews who will it shall achieve their State. We shall live at last as free men on our own soil” (Herzl, 1896). The Palestinian-Israeli conflict arose because of confrontations over land. Both the Muslim Palestinian Arabs and the Jews wanted the same land and they each had their own valid reasons for why it was justified their permanent occupation of Palestine was justified. In the late 1890s, Jewish Europeans started to migrate to Palestine because they believed that Palestine was their…

Some studies on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict postulate the conflict has always been rooted in the question of partition of Palestine. But a game changing event took place in the form of the six days war between Israel and three Arab states, whereupon the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians began to transform into one of colonial nature. Israel has built a number of settlements on the territories it occupied in 1967, which practically is a form of annexation. The persistence of the…

Social movements are about ensuring political equality, about creating positive change and about ensuring social justice. Discussions in class have enhanced my point of view about social movements and how they are the mainstay of any successful democracy. If it were not for the Abolition movement, Women’s Suffrage movement or the 1960s Civil Rights movement, this country would not have progressed and evolved the way it has. These movements resulted in transforming the country into a better…

Yasser Arafat: Father of Modern Terrorism “I come bearing and olive branch in one hand, and a freedom fighters gun in the other. Don't let the olive branch fall from my hand.” This was Yasser Arafat’s most famous quote spoken when he addressed the United Nations. This was his life, a constant battle to try to gain that olive branch, freedom for Palestine, through way of the freedom fighter’s gun or war. He was fighting a losing battle, losing more men than Israel was. Yet through all this he…

solution risk-free. He wanted to abstain from condemning Israeli settlements. Kerry thought this was the only way to achieve lasting peace between Israel and Palestine. John Kerry wanted both sides to commit to further negotiations, much like the Oslo Accords. He argues to secure borders between the two groups, but wants to establish the solution of making Jerusalem the capital of the two…

The Salt March was a form of protest led by Gandhi against the British government in India after World War I around the year 1930. This protest focused on resisting the British tax on salt production. Gandhi marched 24 days to India’s west coast and taking salt from this area. This action was considered illegal because India was currently under British control. The Salt March left a message for India’s economic standing that they [India] should declare independence from Britain. 2. The…

Poetry is the embodiment of meaning and feeling in words. Poetry can convey the feeling of happiness, or the feeling of despair. Poetry can convey the feeling of grief, the feeling of excitement, the feeling of love, anger, peace, nostalgia, and everything in between in all sorts of combinations. Poetry can inspire, it can create, and sometimes poetry can destroy. Poetry is wonderful for the way that it flows through your head; how it sounds so smooth. Poetry is made from the heart by the…

longest of the two groups. The Gaza Strip is a rectangular land mass on the Mediterranean coast in the middle of Israel and Egypt. The majority of the population there are Palestinian refugees, and many have lived in camps for years. In the Oslo peace accords in 1993,…

all orders to stop its settlement program, but it’s contributing to its hypocrisy in the process. Israel continually insists that Palestine recognize its existence and its borders, but Israel continues to build beyond 1967 lines. Even during the Oslo Accords, Israel made it clear that it would go on with its settlement program. At the 2000 Camp David Summit,…