Essays on Gaza Strip

Hamas movement has been perceived over the years as an Islamist extremist terrorist movement. This perception has been informed by the mission behind the formation of the movement which is in a nutshell, the obliteration of Israel and the ultimate establishment of a Palestinian state. Besides, the perception derives justification from the religious ideologies such as fundamentalism and radicalization often associated with Islamism and adopted by the Hamas in addition to several terrorist activities that have been carried out by the movement (Pettersen, 2009). However, this paper seeks to portray the Hamas as a movement in pursuit of self-determination ...

The Middle East history has a high number of full-scale, inter-state wars, such as the wars due to Arab-Israeli conflicts, Yemen war, and Iran-Iraq war. The Arab-Israel conflict has two elements to it, which are the Israeli-Palestinian element and the Israeli-Arab element. At the end of the 1800s, the Promised Land was set up so that the Jewish people can overcome the anti-Semitism and persecution and the migration of Jews to the Promised Land created issues. During WWI, the British convinced the Arab Leaders to revolt against Ottoman Empire as they support Germany, in return for which the British ...

Introduction

The case study oscillates around a decision by the then Israel prime minister, Ariel Sharon, to undertake a disengagement of Israelites from Palestine in December 2003. The project would involve evacuating Jews from the Gaza strip, a project that would entail a combination of skills and the use of force at some point to force the evacuatees out of the Gaza. Colonel Yaron was requested to volunteer as the project manager, and his main job was to find suitable troops and offer them adequate training so as to carry out the project successfully. Particularly, he was supposed to familiarize ...

Essay

Establishment of Jewish homeland in Palestine Stability of the Middle East remains questionable up to nowadays. An important part of the Middle East conflict is the struggle for the control of Jerusalem between the Jews, Christians and Muslims. In the field of International Politics, it can be considered to be a very deep-rooted conflict. It was considered, and remains to be, one of the most widely- and passionately-debated conflicts in the Middle East. ‘The Arab-Israeli conflict in the modern era is now in its 67th year (1948-2015), and is paralyzed’ (Anderson 2015). In my opinion, it can be explained ...

Question 1: Types of Project Life cycles

A project is well stated when the scope, time and cost are clearly defined. In other words, for an activity to qualify as a project it must have a definite scope, timeline and the cost likely to be incurred. The project life cycle denotes the various stages of the project. Projects must go through four main phases, initiation, planning, execution and termination (Rowley, 2013). This is what is called the project life lifecycle. Various types of project life cycle exist. The most common ones are predictive, iterative, incremental and adaptive life cycles. The differences in the types of project ...

Introduction

Background of the Study Carr defines terrorism as an illegitimate way (through use of violence) of attempting to change the political, social, religious or economic position (Carr, 2007). In the 21st century, this vice has become the single-most threat to the security of many nations. From USA to Nigeria, South Africa to Kenya, the impact of terrorism has been deeply felt. The attacks on the twin towers of America’s World Trade Center and the move by Boko Haram to kidnap students in the name of promoting terrorism activities has led to high-profile discussions on how this vice should ...

ABSTRACT

The Hamas in a terrorist organization that has a long and diverse history. In this paper, I will examine this body and break down its organizational structure. Other sectors of key interest will be its ideologies, military involvement, and past atrocities. This will facilitate an in-depth understanding of the Hamas, its vindication as a terrorist organization and the role it plays in the Middle East.

INTRODUCTION

While all these definitions appear concise at face value, countries worldwide are confronted by a serious challenge of picking a comprehensive definition. With the State Department of the United States' definition, for example, sub-political ...

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In late 1987, the Palestinian community in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip started a mass civil disturbance designed to overthrow the “occupying” Israeli forces in their territories. The rebellion, or the Intifada, was not called for or mobilized by the leadership of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) from its Tunis base; rather, the uprising is a mobilization of the general public as well as the groups and entities that were developed during the occupation of Israel in the area. The movement engaged a large number of the population, with a good number of them without ...

There is no specific country today that can be called Palestine. Instead, the area known as Palestine consists of the area between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The name originates from the Roman province Palaestina. Others have called the region as the Land of Israel, and is the southern area of the regions also known as Syria, Canaan and the Levant. It is acknowledged as the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity. The area has also had a long and colorful history, with a multitude of tribes and peoples populating the same area. Today the area is occupied ...

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Executive summary 4 Section 1: Introduction. 4 1.1 Background. 4 1.2 Study objective. 6 Section 2: Findings.. 6 2.1 Causes and effects.. 6 2.1.1 Conflict.6 2.2 Responses and evaluation.. 8 Section 3: Conclusion.... 10 Section 4: Recommendations 11 References..13 Acronyms and abbreviations FAO Food and Agriculture Organization GHA Global Humanitarian Assistance GS Gaza stripe HRW Human Rights Watch ICC International Criminal Court IFA International Food Aid OPT Occupied Palestinian Territories UN United Nations UNRWA The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East WB West bank WBGS West bank and Gaza stripe WFP World ...

[Enter Student Name] [Enter University Name] When considering terrorism and homeland security on a global scale, it is difficult to have a discussion about specific terrorist groups threatening homeland security without mentioning the radical Islamic group Hamas. Hamas is easily one of the more well-known organizations in the world and are an incredible threat to homeland security. Hamas was formed in 1987 and has been considered a terrorist organization by the United States for almost its entire existence. Hamas was formed as a direct result of the first Palestinian uprising, known as an “intifada” in Arabic (“Terrorist Groups: Hamas,” ...

Research Question:

How does the United States and South Africa see the threat posed by terrorism? Significance of the Study: Since the 9/11 attacks, terrorism has been one of the major concerns of the international community due to the consequences of such violence in both internal and external security of each country. While the international community does agree on ending the threat of terrorism, they vary when it comes to how prevent and act against such attacks as seen in the positions of the United States and South Africa . The US has led international efforts in countering terrorism directly from its ...

Israel and Palestine Conflict

The conflict between Israel and Palestine is the quintessential struggle of the modern age. The Israeli-Palestinian war claims uniqueness for its persistence and never-ending demand for attention. Palestine includes the contemporary state of Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. It stretches from the Mediterranean Sea in the West to the Jordon River in the East and from Lebanon in the north to the Gulf of Aqaba and the Sinai Peninsula in the south . Israel comprises of eighty percent of the territory designated Palestine after the First World War. According to the right-wing Revisionist Zionists and the left-wing ...

Terrorism denotes the deeds of violence that are intended to create fear and anxiety among a populace of a specific locality. Terrorism activities are politically or religiously instigated, and without a doubt, they have turned out to be a major concern globally in the recent times. It has affected the largely the way the world is today because, every government is cognizant of the fact that if a country is not safe both internally and externally, no meaningful progress can be made. Terrorism affects how governments conduct their functions and the policies that a particular government puts in place (Yousef, Mosab, and Ron 129-134). In ...

Looking at the official exchange rate Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the 22 Arab league members in the year 2012, the total was $3278.60 billion (CIA Fact book). When compared to that GDP of United Kingdom which was, $2.443 trillion in the same year 2012 (CIA Fact book) it shows that the sum of GDP of the 22 states is much less. On the same year, France managed to realize $2.579 trillion of the official exchange rate GDP. This compared to that of Arab States shows that the GDP of the 22 states was lower than that of France. ...

Ku Klux Klan

Origin Ku Klux Klan also named as KKK or The Klan was formed sequentially with three movements that each reign one after another. Klan is a Greek word, which means a circle or a band of brothers. Ku Klux Klan is the name of the movements that formed in United States and had a vital role to play in the Reconstruction Era of 1860 (Hannity, 2004). The first movement, which was established by six veterans of the confederate army in Pulaski, Tennessee, had a sole purpose to bring violence against African Americans in the southern United States in the late 18th century. It ...

Israel has a very turbulent history, with the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Egyptians, the Romans, and the Arabs seizing the lands and subjugating Jews who proved unable to withstand the onset of foes for want of a strong army. In the 20th century, when the Ottoman Empire was on its last legs, it was the high time Israel rose from the ashes. The British authorities took control over Palestine in 1917 and went on to have diaspora Jews immigrate to their historical homeland is a series of what is known as Aliyah. Granted a mandate by the UN, the British Crown boosted further waves ...

Abstract

The physical, emotional, and psychological well-being of the children living in Palestine is one for concern. The horrifying tales of waking up or going to sleep in the sounds of bombs and gunfire cause posttraumatic stress disorder on everyone, including children. The incursion of the Israeli military in Palestine since the 1940s has left the nation with limits to their freedom of movement, limits to fair and free education, verbal and physical assaults, and the undeniable possibility of a troubled future. There is no doubt that within this troubled future lays an uneducated population that has seen and known only ...

Analyzing the conflict and its consequences requires scrutinizing the demographic data historical boundaries, territory in general and legal aspect of the situation. The demographic information addresses various issues that clarify the victims in the conflict, the legitimacy of the claims of each of the parties in the conflict and the larger history of the process. My aim is not even compare or contrast the seriousness of the situation as it is challenging to operationalize it, but rather to emphasize the urgency of the situation in Nagorno- Karabakh and to make a clearer picture of the conflict within the context of ...

The war between Israel and Palestine dates to 1967. This was due to the claimed USSR assistance and involvement with taking sides. There emerged falsified information claiming that Israel wanted to attack Syria despite there being no such attempt. The conflict between Syria and Israel lasted about a year prompting Israeli authorities to force Syrian officials to stop Palestinian attack on Israel. The attempts to forge peace between Israel and Palestine since 1948 have been futile. Peace talks have also not been successful. Recent times have seen conflict recur once again. This was witnessed in 2003 when Israeli soldiers invaded ...

Palestine:

Brief History: A country in the Western Asia and across the Mediterranean Sea remained a colony of British Empire. It has over period of time undergone numerous changes in its locality and geography.

Some of these changes have been during the colonial era, while others came in after the colonial times.

During colonial period: After the First World War (1914-1918), a larger body was formed in form of League of Nations, that introduced several new concepts.

Concept of mandate System:

The Mandate system was first of its kind, like the League itself. The purpose of Mandate system was to provide economic, social and political support to the weaker regions. Palestine fell under these territories that the world community felt needed support ...

The Jewish-Palestinian conflict started in the late 19th century and has progressed to date. The long standing conflict is mainly between Jews from Israel and Arabs from Palestine. The conflict has deep-rooted stereotyping with the Israeli Jews viewing the Palestinian Arabs as ruthless terrorists and the Arabs viewing the Jews as rampaging soldiers or rabid settlers (wanttoknow.info, 2013). The conflict evolved into a full-blown conflict in a civil war in 1947-48 and has since been a major focus of world politics (Shoshan, 2010). The main cause of conflict between the Jews and Palestinians is land and border disputes in the Gaza Strip ...

For the past few months, the Middle East has been in the frontlines due to the numerous conflicts and revolutions against the dictatorship and the lingering political ideology that pushes people to call for democracy and freedom. Out of the most recent conflicts and uprisings in the region, nothing is more diverse and complex than the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict that is still ongoing since the 1940s. The conflict, which began after the proposal of creating a Palestinian state after the Second World War, continues to escalate as the Israelis pressure the Palestinians out of their homes and assert their power as a ...

For nearly seven decades global foreign policy and international relations has been concerned with conflict between the government of the State of Israel and the Arab inhabitants of its surrounding neighbors as well as the ancestral Jewish homeland itself. Since before the state was formed, contention and hostility, as well as open bellicosity has dominated the political landscape in this small sliver of the world, fueled by religious tensions and upheld by a foundation of distrust and a history of violence. The conflict centers on the clash of Zionism, the ideology of an independent Jewish state in the ancestral Jewish homeland, ...

‘Name’

‘Institutional Affiliation’ For all outsiders who watch with horror the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, it would really be hard to understand why so many killings happen for a small strip of land. The popular sentiment in the Western countries and most of the non-Arab world is that, Palestine is the perpetrator of the conflict and Israel is doing what any country would do to safeguard its citizens. All the targeted killings, separation barriers and military attacks by Israel are given a single justification – Self defense. So is this the reality? Is Israel really the victim and Palestine the ...

1.0 Background of the conflict The feud between Israel and other Islamic countries is a precipitation of the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At the very centre of the said conflict is Gaza strip that is currently occupied by Israeli military. The Gaza-Israeli conflict is about the ownership and the occupation of the Gaza strip, which has been historically controversial. Palestinians have actively and even violently Israelis occupation of the strip for years, resulting in Israel’s military action; all of which has culminated in the death of thousands of civilians and armed militants. Israel occupied the strip after the 1967 ...

WYE PLANTATION CASE STUDY

Stakeholders and Actors of the Negotiation The stakeholders of this negotiation were mainly the Israeli, Palestinian, and American governments, although the Israeli, Palestinian, and American people could also be considered stakeholders as they were the ones who were bound to benefit or suffer from the results of the negotiation. In particular, the Israelis would benefit from the positive outcome of the negotiations through the assurance of their security while the Palestinians were bound to benefit from the positive outcome of the negotiations through the regaining of their land. As for the Americans, they would benefit through the ...

International Terrorism

Introduction

Terrorism is a word that has been widely used to mean many things. It is not internationally agreed upon definition for terrorism (Williamson, 2009, p. 33). The oxford English Dictionary defines terrorism as the unauthorized use of violence and intimidation to achieve political aims. This definition, however, does not even scratch the surface of the issues referred to by the use of the word terrorism. The term is used to refer to actions of many radical groups which carry out violent crimes with an ulterior motive of influencing change in certain institutions. Religion is perhaps the most used reason ...

The Palestinian conflict is one of Biblical proportions, a perpetual crisis that has for decades served as a political “football” for the world’s leading states. Its profoundly historic roots continue to further an environment of confrontation in what is arguably the most volatile and fought-over region on earth. The creation of Israel in 1948 and consequent splintering of the Palestinian territory was administered by the British Empire, which had emerged from World War II the victor in the Middle East. Great Britain’s characteristically imperialistic and exploitative motivations soon gave vent to widespread civil unrest and provided a backdrop for the ...

Black Music

What’s happening? Black Music. 1. (a) Reggae artist, Duane Stephenson

Duane Stephenson is a non-dancehall reggae artist. The reggae sound and beat are not the up-front of the sound; they are the foundation on which his singing voice and his message comfortably perch. His voice is serious even when he sings; he sounds like an old man, probably because he is mature and thoughtful. His fans describe his voice as wise.1

Stephenson’s albums may be too mellow and well, boring to some. His lyrics are strong so he doesn’t let the music overwhelm his message. He ...

The journey between Arab and Israeli has been an eventful one and it will forever remain to be the burning issue at least for generations. Despite intermarriages and cohabitations between them, the two races have never read from the same script. The ongoing conflict between the Arabs and Israelis has deteriorated situation completely. The conflict can have its roots traced back to the late 19th century. By this particular time, national movements were witnessed, some of which included the Arab Nationalism and Zionism. In 1897, a political party known as the Jewish National Movement or Zionism was established. The movement ...

The Arab-Israeli conflict is a battle involving the Jewish nation of Israel and the Arabs of the Middle East regarding the region called Palestine. The expression refers to the political strains and overt fighting involving the Arab society and the Jewish people in the Middle East that have existed for more than a century. The name ‘Palestine’ has been linked variously and at times contentiously with this small area. Both the geographic region known as such and the political standing of the expression have undergone changes over the course of time. The Palestine region, or a fraction of it, is also called ...