Everyday there is a new event that effects someplace in the world. In my opinion, there are five pressing issues that are currently facing the international community.

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Everyday there is a new event that effects someplace in the world. Sometimes the event only effects the area where it takes place. Other times the event effects the surrounding area as well. Occasionally, the event effects the entire international community. In my opinion, there are five pressing issues that are currently facing the international community. These issues include the violence between Israel and Palestine, the war in Iraq, North Korea's nuclear threat, high gas prices and overpopulation.

First, the violence between Israel and Palestine is an issue that is facing the international community. Almost everyday, bombings rock the nation, and many people die. According to the website History of Israel and Palestine, the end result of the 1948-49 Israeli War of Independence was the creation of the Jewish state in an area of the Middle East known as Palestine. Although the Arabs ended up with about 85 percent of the original Palestine, they were still not happy with the Jews.

From that moment on the Arabs and Jews have been fighting for total control of the land. On September 11, 2003, Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas resigned in frustration after not reaching peace with Israel. Abbas, according to the Washington Post online, "wanted to end the terror and cash in on the American promise of an independent Palestinian state." Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, a man who uses violence to take control of Palestine, appointed Ahmed Qurei, the speaker of the Palestinian legislature to take his place. This is "a serious, perhaps fatal blow", according to the Chicago Tribune, because Arafat will make it impossible for any prime minister to crack down on terrorists and suicide bombers. This effects the international community because many of the people killed in Israel are foreigners who are at the wrong...