Palestine

The Palestinian/Isreali conflict correlates into International law in many ways. State sovereignty is one of the principal ways in which this issue relates to international law. Palestine wishes to be be recognized as a state, wishes for sovereignty and wants to be their own country. Not all countries will recognize Palestine as their own state and want them to join Israel. The United Nations votes on a decision and settlement bearing on affairs of International law administering to the conflict…

different cultures and religious backgrounds. The Palestinians are defined as the Arabs who are of mainly members of a Christian, Muslim, or Druze religion and whose historical roots trace to the property defined by the British mandate borders, Palestine. The Israelis are labeled as residents in the state of Israel who have a Jewish religious background and seek refuge in the state in relief of anti-Semitism. The…

Webel, 2002). The US’s indirect involvement has only led to an intensity of Israeli occupation in Palestine. The US provides billions of dollars of annual aid that has allowed the Israeli government access to some of the most advanced weaponry in the world. To start, let’s take a look at the long and tragic history of this ongoing…

significance, we first need to acknowledge the historical context, rise to power, achievements and personality of Yitzhak Rabin. Yitzhak Rabin is repeatedly stated to be the “soldier of peace” due to his desire to seek accord between Israel and Palestine, however this was not always the case. Yitzhak Rabin was one of the most prominent Israeli Presidents, as he was the first native born president, who ran in office from 1974 to 1977 and then served his second term in office in 1992 until 1995.…

Roman rule The Persian rule of Palestine was replaced by Greek rule when Alexander the Great conquered Macedonia in 333 BC. Alexander’s heirs, the Ptolemies and Seleucids, continued to rule the country. The Seleucids tried to impose their culture and Hellenic (Greek) religion on the population. In the second century BC, the Jews rebelled under the Maccabees and began an independent state (141-63 BC) until Pompey conquered them Rome and made it a province, ruled by Jewish kings. During the time…

1913: Seeds of Conflict, the filmmaker Ben Loeterman attempts to look at the current conflict in modern day Israel and Palestine in lights of events in the past. While the conflict in the region seems to be ongoing and seemingly inevitable, Loeterman created this…

“Jewish home” or “Jewish commonwealth”. There were many ways to proceed with making this idea into an actual state. In 1906 Cheim Weizmann, a Zionist activist, had the opportunity to meet Lord Balfour and this was the beginning of the discussion that Palestine should to the Jewish National Home. During World War I, Weizmann's influence and relations with the British government increased, as he lent his talents to producing the solvent acetone…

Hillary Clinton played a role in the Arab-Israeli conflict in many ways.The first thing she did was she went to Palestine and listened to a speech where Palestine accuses Israel of using poisonous gas on them. Hillary Clinton has impacted this conflict by making speeches and going to the countries herself and listening to what the leaders of those countries have to say about the issues on this ongoing conflict. Hilary was a secretary of state and she wanted to help resolve this conflict as best…

just between these three religions, but there is serious internal conflict that upon first inspection would appear to be counter intuitive. Namely, the struggle between Christian Zionists living in the United States and Eastern Christians living in Palestine is one that does not originate in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but became and remains a serious topic of debate among Christians. These two Christian groups who would assumedly be united in the debate of Zionism on account of their…

the land first and last. According to Jewish tradition, Abraham received the covenant promise, which said that he would have descendants as numerous as the stars and that they would inhabit the land of Canaan, which is the area known as Israel and Palestine. The covenant promise was believed to have been carried down by Abraham's son, Isaac, which means that Jews should be entitled to the land of Israel according to their religion. Another reason that Jewish people inhabited Israel from 300 BCE…