Palestine Liberation Organization

nationalist movement began to regroup in the West Bank and Gaza, controlled by Jordan and Egypt, respectively, and in the refugee camps set up in other Arab countries. Shortly before the 1967 war, Palestinian organizations such as Fatah, led by Yasser Arafat formed the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and launched operations against Israel, first from Jordan and then Lebanon. The attacks also included Israeli targets on European soil. In 1987 it was taken early the first Palestinian…

work. Beginning as early as the 1880s, when Zionist immigration into Palestine began, women in rural Palestine fought along men to resist the earliest Zionist settlements, an example of women’s participation in response to a national emergency. When the 1917 Balfour Declaration was issued, there are records of women protesting alongside men. During the 1920s, Palestinian women founded numerous welfare and charity organizations all aimed at "one goal…to be of benefit to the nation." The…

Palestine and Zionism: The Thin Line between Hatred and Justice In 1947, millions of Palestinians lost their rights to their land. They were wiped off the map, abused in their own homes, and forcibly removed from their country. Children were slaughtered fearlessly, fathers were run over with tanks as they stood guard in front of their homes, and mothers were sexually and mentally assaulted in prisons. A nation once known for its beauty, kindness, and hospitality was entirely destructed and…

From the mid-19th century to present, strong tensions have existed between the Jewish and Palestinian peoples of the middle east due to the existence of the Israeli state in the majority of the area that formerly consisted of Palestine. Historically, tensions have been centered around the displacement and perceived mistreatment of Palestinians, who have lived in masses as refugees throughout the Middle East since the War of 1948 ended with the formation of Israel. Sahar Khalifeh is a Palestinian…

encapsulates the fears of the non-Jewish people of Palestine. The people of Palestine feel that the Jewish people have invaded the region and have gained too much influence. The cartoon depicts a Jewish man eating all of the bread meant to be shared by the people of Palestine and the Jewish people. This is an obvious metaphor for the Jewish people gaining political influence in the region, and the fear that they will erase the already established people of Palestine. Document seven continues to…

Against the boundaries of states, religion, and beliefs forms a friendship that is continually tested by the turmoil of war and a deep-rooted resentment that has lasted for centuries. In Sandy Tolan’s book The Lemon Tree a narrative is formed around the real-life stories of Bashir Khairi, a Palestinian revolutionary, and Dalia Landau, an Israeli woman who grew up in the Khairi family’s home after it was abandoned. Growing up in separate worlds, Bashir and Dalia cross paths when Bashir journeys…

invasion by Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, entered Palestine and took control of the Arab areas and immediately attacked Israeli forces. This resulted in the victory of Israel.…

conflicting obligations to both the Jews and the Arabs, the United Nation Special Committee on Palestine was created by the UN General Assembly, to create a solution for the problem in Palestine. Two proposals emerged: a federal state plan and a partition plan – the latter being passed and submitted as a report to the UN General Assembly on 3 September. The UN Partition Plan was passed on 29 November to partition Palestine into two states. Zionist politicians accepted the plan at first…

Lior Bar-El Sinai Scholars Essay 4/10/16 The First Roman Jewish War The First Roman Jewish war was a conflict with great ramifications. It resulted in the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and started the transformation from a Judaism centered on temple sacrifices to a Judaism dominated by Rabbis and the interpretations of scripture. Militarily, this conflict was important as it saw diverse militaries fighting with contrasting tactics. The Jewish rebels fought with irregular tactics…

Zionism is a complex but simple movement. In its simplest form it calls for a re-establishment of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel, in gathering of the exiles, and liberation of Jews from the anti-Semitic discrimination and persecution that occurred in their Diaspora. In a sense of Jews with their own nation taking care of their own for their own cause. The waters were muddied and the movement took on many ideologies, and had evolved in a dialogue among a plethora of ideologies: General…