Palestinian territories

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…

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…

as Israel, there was no state for Jews, there was no place that all followers of Judaism could call home. So when World War II concluded the United Nations declared that the Palestinians would have to abandon parts of their land so that the Jewish people could form their own country named Israel; consequently, the Palestinians as well as many surrounding Arab countries were absolutely furious.…

Human right article stated “Israel has strongly resisted allegations its troops violated international law, claims that could have serious implications after Palestinians joined the International Criminal Court, where they are pursuing war crimes charges against Israel” (“UN human rights”, 2015). The troops are allegedly killing Palestinian civilians. They are killing women and children that are just trying to have the best life possible for them and their families. The Israelis countered that…

In class discussions, one thing that really stood out to me was the discussion regarding the integration efforts within the Israeli society. Specifically, the author questions what kind of system is necessary in order to have smooth integration with the least amount of tension and culture conflict. The author then describes how he believes it is democratic pluralism. Which has been seen in Switzerland and Canada. Also how one had to maintain silence, as it talks about when the author explains…

“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…

Palestinians got slapped with an exodus of their own, a fleet of refugees departed their homes, to rescue their own lives. The main conclusions or reasons why this refugeedom happened of the 700,000 Palestinians, was because of the 1948 War. The Jews at that time argued that, the Palestinians incompetence led to them failing in protecting their civilians. Eventually the months of fighting collapsed the Palestinian urban society, creating joblessness, increased…

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…

The Yom Kippur War (1973) is considered one of the main causes for the Camp David (1978) and Camp David was attempting to make peace between the two nations. The overall cause of the war were repercussions from the Six Day War. Due to the immense loss of land on the Arab side, they were the ones to initiate the start of the 20 days of violence. The war had a colossal effects on both sides because of the aid received from their allies. By involving allies it created more problems with…

Joshua Riesenberg HIST-1493-010 Ms. Courtney Kennedy 4 December, 2015 A Song Heard Around the World “The allied nations with the fullest concurrence of our government and people are agreed that in Palestine shall be laid the foundations of a Jewish Commonwealth.” - Woodrow Wilson (1917) This is a story of freedom and home. One might expect any historical account of the Jewish people to be one of oppression and struggle, and for the most part that is true. However, one movement would not go…