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    Israel. “On 29 November 1947, thousands of people jumped out of their beds and rushed out onto the streets when the reports were broadcasted on the radio.” It was the day the UN proposed the partition of Palestine, between Arabs and Jews. On 14 May 1948, the British high commissioner for Palestine left with his staff, and twenty-eight years of British administration for Palestine was ended. These events, led to a major conflict between two races.…

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    experience in Lebanon through the medium of spatial practices and identity, set against the backdrop of prolonged violence. Peteet argues that Palestinians have dealt with their experience as refugees by focusing attention on how a distinct Palestinian identity has emerged from over fifty years of refugee history. Specifically, she argues that Palestinians living in refugee camps in Lebanon have produced an association between geography and identity which challenges some of the core ideals of…

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    Abu-Lughod will provide an examination of the Palestinian Diaspora in relation to the Palestinian exodus of 1948. Part One of this book is entitled “Places of Memory”, which consists of historical perspectives of scholars, such as Chapter 1’s article by Susan Slyomovics, related to Nakba through the memories of refugees in the town of Qula: “A different history historiography, grounded in testimonial witnessing by displaced villagers, permits access to Palestinian history” (Sa’di and…

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    Palestinian Nationalism

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    which officially marked the beginning of Palestinian nationalism. Both Zionism and Palestinian nationalism defined themselves in relation to what they opposed and eventually identified the motives of their movements with the same geographic location. Jewish immigrants…

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    Lieberman believes that Israel is a Jewish state, and many of his political stands have been viewed as hostile not only to the Palestinians living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, but to the Arabs and Palestinians who are citizens of Israel. He believes that the conflict of the last fifty years should be viewed as between Jews and Arabs, instead of between Israelis and Palestinians. Mr. Lieberman…

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    Palestinian Rejectionism

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    “The Problem is Palestinian Rejectionism,” by Yosef Kuperwasser and Shalom Lipner and “Israel’s Bunker Mentality,” by Ronald Krebs attempt to dissect and solve one of the most complex geopolitical conflicts in recent human history, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yosef Kuperwasser and Shalom Lipner discuss that the one thing that’s stopping this conflict from being resolved is Palestinian reluctance to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. On the other hand, Ronald Krebs argues that it’s in…

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    between Israel and Palestine. The two groups lack understanding towards each other's views, have a strong hatred for one another, and the Palestinians pursue extremist acts to fight for their rights. The Israeli and Palestinian conflict has been arising for years, with no pause, declining to any hope for an appropriate solution. To start with, the Israeli and Palestinian characters will never understand each other views. When Amin visits Bethlehem to seek information behind the reasoning of…

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    don't. Here you will understand why Israel belongs to the Jews, and why they have the right to believe that they deserve Israel. Jews went through forced migration during World War II, where nearly 6 million Jews were slaughtered in Europe. These people have a right to their homeland and this is why. To begin, Jews have biblical justification to own Israel all together. This can be seen when author James Inhofe restates a biblical quote stating “The Lord said to Abram ‘Lift up now your eyes,…

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    Have you ever wondered how Palestine became occupied? How people suddenly started calling it Israel? I was shocked to see that because of the occupation in my country, Palestine, my grandparents had to flee the country, and how some people refer to it as Israel instead of the true name Palestine. Yasser Arafat was the founder of the Fatah. He spent most of his lifetime fighting Israel and that is why many Palestinians admire and respect him. Arafat died at the age of 75 from a mysterious blood…

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    violations, also there is stories directly from people that have lived these horrific tragedies. Children should be able to run around and play when they are young, instead they are put to work at a young age and they hardly get paid. Civilians in Israel also get there home demolished and destroyed, they get there trees stole by thugs. While everything…

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