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the region, ISIS took advantage and began to capture more territory. In June 2014, with mass desertions in the Iraqi army, ISIS was able to capture Mosul and several other Iraqi towns, and declared the territory under its control a caliphate. A caliphate is an Islamic state that operates under Sharia law lead by a caliph, a political and religious successor to Muhammad. In the last year, ISIS has gradually lost control of this territory, and their control is declining. But at its peak, ISIS…

Israelis & Palestinians: Shadow of Racism The very foundation of the Arab-Israeli conflict is racism. It was racism from of the countries that hosted Jews that drove them to the need for a jewish homeland and it was the racism of the Jews that made them think that it was there right to take what was originally the land of the Palestinians. For this paper I decided to choose two articles that discussed the development and effects of racism between Palestinians and Israelis throughout the…

David I. The Oslo Accords set the precedent for the meetings to follow at Camp David. The Camp David Accords of 1978 have led to the beginnings of peace between Israel and Egypt, although it has failed to create any settlements in regards to the Palestinian issue. The partial success of Camp David is greatly due in part to American President Carter, whose efforts helped push along the negotiations between Sadat and Begin, whose ideals had drifted so far from meeting a common ground compromise…

Palestinian feminism is a global movement through which Palestinian women oppose patriarchal values and the violence of the Israeli occupation, and fight for human rights and equal treatment for all Arabs regardless of gender or sexuality. Palestinian feminism’s story is largely unknown. From the birth of powerful women’s organizations to viral Internet campaigns by young progressive activists during the Arab Spring, the motives and successes of Palestinian and Arab feminists rarely make…

1905 before both World Wars. Awakening of the Arab Nation would publicize the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that is ongoing. This book was written in response to the mass migration of thousands of Jewish immigrants to the Palestine region. This mass migration was a result to an increase of anti-sematic programs in surrounding countries including Russia, Poland, and the Ukraine. Azouri emphasized that the Palestinian and Israeli’s had two different goals, the Arabs spreading Muslim beliefs and the…

In a time when multiple countries on Earth have animosity towards each other, one of the longest and most bitter conflicts is that between the two self-proclaimed nations of Israel and Palestine. Despite multiple efforts to resolve their differences, such discussions have almost always fallen through. Their battle is not merely over land rights, but also has religious and sovereignly components, causing any negotiations with only a single level of diplomatic dialogue to often go awry. While the…

Day War it revolved around the territories of each state. This was not the only result of the Six Day War, much like the War of Independence hundreds of thousands of refugees were made as the Israelis now controlled most of the old Palestine. As the Israelis were revelling in their victory, the Palestinians were creating rebel groups and attacking Israel as there was an increase in nationalism. The Six Day War was a game changer in terms of the defeat the Palestinians suffered and the change in…

Since 1948 a brutal feud between Israel and Palestine broke out and since then has been a never ending chain of attacks towards one another. The hopeful outcome for both nations is complete control over the holy land , which was home to Palestinian muslims, but is slowly being divided and conquered by Israeli Jews. As said by president Barack Obama "The question, then, is what kind of future Israel will look forward to. And that brings me to the subject of peace." (n. pag. How Obama Just…

occupation of the Palestinian people and the ongoing conflict in the region. Khalifeh’s critique of not only the Israeli occupants, but the Palestinian aristocracy as well, demonstrates the difficulties of the Israeli occupation where the people may not be as poor as they once were, but Palestinian homes are blown up daily. The Palestinian working class people, forced to choose between nationalism and supporting their families, must face the shame of working in Israel as the Palestinian…

familial aspects of the Palestinian refugee crisis. Throughout “Mornings in Jenin,” the characters of the book find themselves at odds with the world around them, and this has a prominent cultural effect…