Essays on Gaza

Executive Summary

Procurement and Supply Chain Management P&SCM are two of the most important functions that inevitably lead to the creation of a high level of value proposition for an organization’s customers and stakeholders. The objective of this paper is to focus on a preselected organization that can make use of improved ways how to do their operations from a procurement and supply chain management perspective. In this paper, the organization that the author chose to focus on was Education Above All Foundation (EAAF). In this report, the EAAF’s fundraising and partnership building department were emphasized. The goal was ...

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 ...

Q1: Comparison of Ancient Greek and Egyptian Architectural Designs

There are great similarities in the ancient architectural designs of pyramids in the Egyptians Old Kingdom and the Greek temples of Acropolis that were constructed within the age of the Pericles. The ancient Egyptian and Greek Civilizations are home to some of the oldest architectural structures and designs in history* . However, the evolution of architectural designs in these two civilizations has had different and similar aspects, and is also thought to have taken place within the periods of 1150 BC to 146 BC. In addition, the two civilizations existed in different geographical conditions, implying that the architects in these ...

FTOs (Foreign Terrorist Organizations) are foreign groups that the Secretary of State designates “in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)” (“Chapter 6,” 2012). The designation of FTOs is crucial to fighting terrorism and helps to curtail support for terror activities. Accordingly, section 219 provides criteria for the legal designation of FTOs. First, an organization must be foreign-based in order to be labeled as an FTO. Secondly, the group must be involved in terrorist operations or maintain “the capability and intent to engage in terrorist activity or terrorism” (“Chapter 6,” 2012). Thirdly, the terror activity ...

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 ...

Abstract

This paper evaluates Hassan’s essay concerning suicide bombing with the aim of gaining an understanding of the phenomenon. In his discussion, Hassan offers three main explanations for the motivations behind these attacks. Initially, he argues that suicide bombers rarely suffer from mental disorders. According to the author, it is also inaccurate to refer to suicide bombers; rather they are more motivated by political reasons. Vengeance also drives some attackers. Such individuals or groups believe that injustices are being or were committed against the population they represent. As a result, if need be, they are willing to sacrifice their ...

The general assembly of UN approved an arrangement for dividing Palestine in 1947, which offered a chance for the establishment of Jewish State, as well as Arab State and Jerusalem, left under worldwide status. The Jewish and the Arab States rejected such an arrangement. The United Kingdom dropped its mandate or control on Palestine, which led to the proclamation of Israel state. As a result, the Palestinians with the help of Arab States declared war on Israel (Koops et al., 2015). Israel also fought many wars with other states; however, this paper focuses on factors causing internal conflicts within ...

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 ...

United States has for decades been deeply involved in the Middle East, and particularly in the ongoing conflict between Israel and its various neighbors. This is why there is been a good deal of speculation of late as to how US policy toward Israel during a future Hillary Clinton presidency might differ from (or be similar to) that of the current Obama administration. Since leaving the State Department, Clinton has provided some indication about what her policies would be in the Middle East in general and Israel in particular. Nevertheless, a certain degree of uncertainty still exists. While there ...

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 ...

The conflict between the Israelites and the Palestinians is due to struggle for land and territorial boundaries. They both believe that the land belongs to them. Israelites believe that the land they are fighting for, called Israel, is theirs and they are entitled to it. On the other hand, the Palestinians believe that they are entitled to the land, called Palestine. Both the sides claim over the same land, only that they call it different names. The Palestinians believed that the land was given to them by Allah, and therefore it is rightfully theirs. The Israelites believe that God ...

Factors Promoting Middle East Conflict

The countries in the Middle East have never had peaceful coexistence for more than a century. There has been series of complicated blood-letting confrontations orchestrated by different factors among them the totalitarian nature of political leaderships, religious diversity and scramble for oil resources. Specific conflicts in the region might have been occasioned by one of these factors or a combination of all of them. This article explores how religious diversity, management of oil resources and totalitarian leadership have contributed to conflicts in the Middle East region. The Middle East is the territory that has the abundance of totalitarian countries, ...

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Nationalism is a significant transitional power in the annals of history. Though the concept of loyalty is generally believed to be of a more contemporary vintage, theories as to the actual origins and the development of nationalism as a concept abound. Allegiance in the Arab world and the Palestinians in particular, have remained unexamined not due to lack of significance, but due to deliberate omission. Those who hold that nationalism comes about as a natural sociological process cannot sufficiently expound the segregation of the United States and Britain or the union of the English and French quarters ...

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 ...

On October 9, 2012 two Taliban gunmen boarded the school bus that Malala Yousafzai was on. After asking which of the students was Malala, they proceeded to fire three shots at her. One of the bullets hit the side of her forehead and traveled along the length of her face before going through her shoulder (Schifrin, 2013). Since the attack Malala Yousafzai has become a prominent international advocate for educational equality for men and women. This paper will look at her life and her impact on the world. The reason for the Taliban attack on Malala was a blog ...

For a six-day event to cause problems that last for decades is not a common occurrence. However, the six-Day War started by Israel on June 5 1967 against its neighboring Arab countries led to problems that have lasted for over forty years. Although the damage that the war had caused was not clear at the time, the outcome cast a shadow over the Middle East while also attracting the attention of other countries that had strategic interests in the region such as the United States. In the course of the war, the Israeli forces defeated Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian ...

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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,” ...

Israel and Palestine have been fighting over Gaja for decades. The ongoing struggle has left Gaja in ruins. The ongoing siege of the Gaja territory by Israeli forces has made it impossible for any humanitarian efforts to rebuild the Gaja strip. In the midst of this conflict, Coca-Cola has decided to invest in the Gaja territory and is set to build a factory. The author examines the real reasons behind such investment and takes a microscopic look at the deal to determine whether this investment will be for the benefit of people residing in the Gaja strip or will ...

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 ...

The Western world continues to have misunderstandings and misgivings about the religion of Islam. Marred by increasingly violent global politics against Islamic extremist groups and nativist fears against Islam at home, the world have increasingly viewed even Islam’s benign activities through a lens of trepidation. While it is hard to argue that Islamic terrorism should be viewed negative, even more typical Muslim activities, such as the celebration of Ramadan can be met with mixed reactions. The following essay will look at what aspects of Ramadan major news carriers focus on and how they present Islam’s holy month.

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One example of a terrorist group that supported nationalistic and ethnic separatist terrorism is the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) commonly called the “Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka” was known for being one of the most brutal and active terrorist organization in the international community (Pickert, 2009). The group originated from Sri Lanka with their group leader, Vellupillai Prabhakaran. They started engaging in warfare in when they detached the group from the Tamil homeland (Pickert, 2009). LTTE engaged in ground and sea attacks by using grenade launchers, rockets and other deadly weapons. In the article of Pickert (2009), ...

Europe has a dark history when it comes to anti-Semitism. It is the place where one of the worst atrocities in human history was committed by Hitler’s Third Reich under the guise of the purification of the Aryan race. Europe is not alone on the anti-Semitism wagon. The creation of the state of Israel in the midst of Muslim nations has also triggered a fresh wave of anti-Semitism that is threatening to destabilize not only the Middle East but the whole world. The constant bickering between Iran, which is fighting to create a nuclear weapon and Israel, which is trying to ...

It goes without saying that the importance of characters in a story is very important, given that it is through the use of characters that authors are able convey the intended themes of a story. However, it must also be noted that the dilemma in assessing the quality of characters is dependent on the techniques used to present a character, whereby his or her innate personality is exhibited or expressed, either directly or indirectly. Such is the case in the short stories, Thank You, Ma’am, by Hughes Langston, and Letter from Gaza, by Kanafani Ghassan, wherein characterization is effectively achieved despite ...

Introduction

It is known that our country has faced many catastrophic events that Americans had to challenge during the centuries. And the number of such catastrophes as tornados, earthquakes, floods, tsunamis and hurricanes has doubled during the last decade. These disasters can be predicted with the help of modern technologies and special radars, although the outcomes for people, cities and nature are unknown until the catastrophe occurs. This inability to be absolutely ready and well-prepared, as well as the general defenselessness of social masses and local specialists for the possible damages and their aftermaths is the main reason for creation ...

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 ...

Question 1 In the mid 19th century, after the Second World War, Jews in the Arab countries faced the gravest ever case of human rights violation. The Arab regimes in the Middle East and northern part of Africa forced Jews to leave their homes or be held like political hostages. The Arabs came up with official statements that completely subordinated the Jews and threatened their civil, political, economic, and human rights. These actions contradicted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Part II and Article2.1 of the covenant states that “each state party to the present ...

Critical Thinking Paper: ENVI-423-003 Geography of Middle East

Three issues that have served as effective learning supplements in Geography of Middle East class include the following: the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Israel, continuing troubles in Iraq in the post-War on Terror era and the effects of high concentration of funds to Jewish organizations in the United States (US). The foregoing issues provide significant impacts on understanding the nature of Middle Eastern politics better, given the complicated interests of nations therein and their volatile status towards one another, the US and its allies. Key to understanding the complicated nature of Middle Eastern politics is the divisiveness brought ...

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. ...

Think, Pair, Share and One 1000 Word Case Study Research and Opinion Essay (25%): Each team will research, discuss and debate a solution to the Case Study.

Introduction

The state of Jerusalem has had many problems and conflicts over who owns the state from both the Israelis and the Arab states. The area is considered to be a holy ground for the Israelis as well as the Muslims where there is the Al Aqsa mosque. The conflicts have existed since the ancient times and continue to be a problem in the modern world. There have been major wars that have occurred that ...

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 ...

Art is an imitation of the struggles in the life of humanity that is expressed in various forms and media. That art is always subject to different interpretations sometimes or most of the time makes it controversial. Some of the most common topics that are often found too controversial by some people include religion, gender orientation, and war. The previous exhibit of Rehab Nazzal entitled Invisible at the Karsh-Masson Gallery in Ottawa, Canada created a hullabaloo among the Palestinian and Israeli community in Canada. Israeli ambassador Rafael Barak expressed his disdain upon seeing the image of Palestinian prisoners in ...

Introduction

South East Arabia covers the area occupied by the ancient Trucial Oman and the regions of Abu Dhabi. The region has numerous resources that have provided a livelihood for the people over the years. Such resources include oases in the desert, coastlines, and mineral deposits in some regions. It falls into two categories. These areas are maritime South East Arabia and Mainland South East Arabia. The maritime part comprises resources and advancement made in the region’s seawaters. On the other hand, the mainland consists of regions, resources, and advancement made on the land areas inhabited by both man and ...

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 ...

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Examining Bell Hook’s Contribution to Debates About Gender and Race

Introduction The dawn of the 20th century paved the way for the second wave of feminist where Bell Hooks or otherwise Gloria Jean Watkins emerged as among the most renowned thinkers that contributed to the debates about gender and race. Among the most notable contributions to gender and race debates are the theories that provided the standpoint for feminists. The myriad of claims encompassing in the debates on gender and race states that knowledge is something that is socially situated in ways that marginal members of the society particularly women can be made ...

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 ...

- Assess the success and shortcomings of the Oslo process from the Israeli point of view? According to the accord, Israel recognized PLO as the only legitimate representative of the people of Palestine. Israel did not, however. commit to the principle that Palestinians had right to statehood. For most Israelis, they supported and ensured the peace process succeeded, not because they were motivated by Palestinian rights but because they wanted to protect their identity as a democratic Jewish state. Israel also started recognizing the PLO legitimacy and started actualizing the steps of withdrawing from the Gaza region. The peace ...

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 ...

Introduction:

Palestine: Peace not Apartheid is a strong and general forceful book written by former President Jimmy Carter which attempts to portray the issue of Palestine and Israel in a more clear and factful light. Some writers and especially Jewish scholars have contested several of Carter’s theories in the book where he espouses the dictum that Israel’s hostile control and semi dictatorship in the occupied Palestinian territories are principal obstacles in the peace process. Carter also focuses at length on the talks he had hosted between President Begim of Israel and Anwar Sadat that led to the famous Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty ...

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 ...

Introduction

Abdallah Azzam brigades have been threatening to initiate terrorist attacks on Western activities in the Middle East peninsula. The organization has been linked to a series of threats across the region. Over the recent past, they have issued threats that they will attack the naval oil routs, oil field and facilities along the gulf.

Rocket Attacks on Israel

- Plans of the group: It is believed that the organization plans to challenge the Hezbollah by supporting the sunniest jihadists (Murad 4). - Any intelligence on future targets. According to the US department of state, the organization has threatened to kidnap US and British ...

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 ...

The tussle between the Palestinians and Israelis is one of the most explosive and lasting of all the earth's conflicts. It has its base in the significant claim to the soil which is located between the river Jordan and shores of the Mediterranean (eastern side). For the Palestinians the previous centuries have brought military occupation, expulsion and colonization closely pursued by a long and hard search for autonomy and for coexistence with the state they hold accountable for their miseries and loss (Tessler, 34). For the Israelis (Jewish people), the going back to the land of their ancestors following many ...

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, ...

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‘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 ...

Abstract

Honor killing is an act of killing a member of the family, mostly women and girls with a core purpose of protecting and upholding the Islamic family reputation. This act is performed by an immediate male member of the family when their female family members have allegedly been involved in any disrespectful manner that is likely to ruin the family name. Some of the most case sensitive actions that result to killing a female member of the family include failure to adhere to the planned marriage, filing for a divorce or disrespecting a husband and involving themselves in extramarital activities before, during or after ...

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 ...

The Middle East has both rich and violent history that as of today is a cause for conflict and speculation considering the effects of these events to the present situation of the region. Conflicts caused by several leaders and the foreign powers had made the divide in the rich land severely disconnected, fostering the century old Arab-Israeli conflict up to new heights. While the conflict in the Middle East continues to ravage the land, several notable events in the beginning of 1950s that created an influence on both Middle Eastern regional and international affairs. One of these notable events is ...

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 ...