Palestine

The Conflict of Land in the Middle East Ever since 1300 CE, land has been an issue in the Middle East because of recurring fighting. The partitioning of the Ottoman Empire caused conflict because of the separation of religious and ethnic groups. Correspondingly, Israel has been fighting for their rights against Palestinians. Altogether, the Middle East has experienced a very disastrous history full of fights and war. The Middle East, a highly diverse and controversial region, comprises of a…

Greek Island Lesbos, Sappho, the poet immensely praises the beauty of women in all of her poetry (Ibid, p 20). The term ‘lesbian’ emerged from the avowals of love for women in Sappho’s poetry (Crompton, 2003, p 18). In and around the same time in Palestine, the Leviticus law was incorporated and decreed upon which largely affected the fate of homosexuals and till date affects the various constructs around it in many countries. Chapter 18 of Leviticus law condems homosexual behaviour in males…

James McKenzie’s last words were, “The life insurance is with the wills and the deeds in the top drawer of the office cabinet.” A sad epitaph for a man who survived Rommel, fought in the jungles of Burma and was a Military Policemen in post-war Palestine. He was the consummate soldier to the end, raised on discipline and order: a place for everything and everything in its place. Herbert had scrimped and saved for years, operating his business on a shoestring, driving a used car and wearing…

Difficulties in the Middle East can be dated back to the Old Testament and Abraham and Sarai’s and their lack of faith to give them a child. The first conflicts between European’s and the Middle East first started with the Crusades trying to overthrow the Middle East between 1095 and 1250. At the end of World War II and the world found out about the Holocaust, gave a new argument for the Jews to have their own land. “The origins of the problems can be found in imperialism, poverty, government…

For many, many years women have been involved in every kind of conflict and war, especially as nurses. The dead, the wounded, the sick - the nurses have dealt with these situations face to face; whether it have been in war zones across the world or on hospital ships and transport. Australian women nurses involvement began in war, 1898 with the formation of the Australian Nursing Service of New South Wales. World War 1 was the first time in Australian history that women had made a major…

delineate that territories ability to governor themselves and was most heavily dependent on geographic location, and existing industrial infrastructure. The Class A Mandates were exclusive to the former Turkish Provinces of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine, and were considered sufficiently able to rule over themselves, but were still subject to Allied administrative control over various segments of…

The start of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union after the Second World War began a series of standoffs and conflicts between the two superpowers. This conflict however, did not remain in the two countries and because both desired dominance over one another but did not want all out war, the conflicts were played out in weaker or smaller countries and regions of the world such as in the Middle East. The United States was attracted to the Middle East due to the containment…

The Jews consider Palestine the Promised Land. Christianity was born in the time period that was already rich with religious diversity. Christianity is the belief in Jesus Christ and his coming to Earth from Heaven, sent by God. The bible states that God sent Jesus as a human…

Section 1: Identification and Evaluation of Sources This investigation will explore the question: To what extent did anti-Semitism contribute to the rise of restrictionist immigration policy during and leading up to World War II? The focus will be the years 1930 to 1945, which allow analysis of the immigration policies and social stigma during and leading up to World War II. The first source to be analyzed in depth is David S. Wyman’s Paper Walls; America and the Refugee Crisis, 1938-1941. This…

paragraphs there will be more information at this devastating time in history. Adolf did not start the discrimination against Jews. It commenced back when the Roman authorities annihilated Jewish temples in Jerusalem, and commanded them to vacate Palestine. Adolf just completed the job, destroying the lives of many Jews. The first concentration camp was Dachau, near Munich in March 1933. The camp was under the authority of Heinrich Himmler. Jews were not the only victims of the…