Essays on Six Day War

Nationalism is defined as the devotion that a particular person has towards his country. It is widely described as a sense of belonging that many people feel important. This sense of belonging allows the person to put primary interest to the nation. Many historians differentiate nationalism from patriotism by saying that nationalism is a state of belonging that people have over a country that is not yet free while patriotism is the love and loyalty for a country that is free. Arab nationalism is the state that arose among the Arab-speaking nations which felt the necessary urge to unite ...

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 ...

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 ...

The background of the War

In May 1967, the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser proposed the Arab countries to destroy the Jews as a nation (Dunstan, 2009). He was supported by the Syrian Defense Minister Hafez al-Assad, who would not object starting a war of extermination. Ahmad Shukeiri as the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization promised that the Jews will be allowed to return to their country of birth, if some of them survive. Syria, Egypt, and Jordan started a general mobilization. Partial mobilization was announced by Kuwait and Sudan. Saudi Arabia also proclaimed the desire to take part in the war with Israel. Algeria ...

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 ...

Book review

The Middle East and the United States: History, Politics, and Ideologies is a 560 page book that has a collection of articles written by a carefully selected group of US, European and Middle East diplomats and scholars. Its entire work was edited by two distinguished historians: Professor David W. Lesch, senior Middle East lecturer, Trinity University together with Mark L. Haas, a distinguished political scientist at the University of Duquesne. These are authorities in this area. Besides this book, they are accredited for making other publications like the 1979: The Year That Shaped the Modern Middle East and The Ideological Origins of Great ...