Essays Tagged: "State of Israel"
Israel and Paletine
d death problems are the right decision.On Friday, May 14, 1948, after much deliberation the modern state of Israel was voted into existence by the United Nations. Finally the Jews around the world ha ... he fact that the land being fought over was sacred to both sides.For Jews, the establishment of the state of Israel represented a return to their biblical homeland after 2,000 years of exile and perse ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
The Roots of Christianity & Judaism
dom of 10 tribes. Today it is used as a collective name for all Jewry and since 1948 for the Jewish state. (Citizens of the state of Israel are called Israelis; not all of them are Jews.) In the Bible ... le (587 or 586 BC); the royalty, nobility, and skilled craftsmen were deported to Babylonia.Loss of state and Temple, however, did not lead to the disappearance of the Judeans, as it did in the northe ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
This essay discusses the second amendment right to bear arms. It also has a cited source at the end
Amendment exists because, erroneously, some have insisted that the right to keep and bear arms is a state (as in Ohio, Texas, Florida) right and not an individual right. However, it is clear that the ... s clear that the first clause, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State," means a free America.The word "state" means nation/country, such as "the state of Israel" or ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights
Golda Mier
Golda Meir New York. Chelsea House Publishers,1985.The state of Israel, established on May 14, 1948, had many great leadersthat helped it to become a state ... king women in the world. Without herhelp, it is possible that Israel would have never survived as a state in an areasurrounded by Arabs. With all of the hard work that Golda did for her country,she st ... ld. If she set out to dosomething, whether it was to wash her families clothes or to create a Jewishstate in the land of Israel, the job was never left unfinished. As a child, shedecided that she want ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians
Do the Benefits Outweigh the Problems Brought by Retaining Territory Won in the Six-Day War?
storation of the rights of the Palestinian people. In other words, we aim at the destruction of the State of Israel. The immediate aim: perfection of Arab military might. The national aim: the eradica ... fire was called and the Six-Day War was brought to an end. This was followed by elation in both the state of Israel and in Jewish communities throughout the world. Not only had Israel successfully def ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
The difference between Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism and their histories. Includes footnotes.
plit into many factions, but are united by seeking to liberate, reunite and maintain the 'rightful' state of Israel. In so doing, it was inevitable that conflict would arise with the Arabs who had occ ... eo-Nazis gathered in Washington, DC, for one of the largest white supremacist rallies in the United States in recent years. Organized by the National Alliance (NA), who misleadingly called themselves ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
George W. Bush and the U.S. official position on Israel vs. Palestine
estine problem to the newly born United Nations. The UN agreed to partition Palestine into a Jewish state, an Arab state, and a neutral UN zone containing Jerusalem, a city sacred to three religions. ... ere thrilled, the Arabs adamantly opposed.In late 1947 the UN ratified the plan, and proclaimed the State of Israel on May 14, 1948. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled the country or were evic ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security
Jeruaslem, Capital of Israel.
Jerusalem, one the world's oldest and holiest cities, was in December 1949 proclaimed by the state of Israel to be its capital. The city plays a central role in the spiritual and emotional pers ... the Jews were permitted to return to Jerusalem in 538 BC, and the city became the center of the new statehood and its position strengthened when the King restored its fortifications. In AD 70 the city ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
A chronology of the Arab - Israeli conflict in the 20th Century.
eli WarsSince the United Nations partition of PALESTINE in 1947 and the establishment of the modern state of ISRAEL in 1948, there have been four major Arab-Israeli wars (1947-49, 1956, 1967, and 1973 ... mmendation of Nov. 29, 1947, to partition Palestine, then still under British mandate, into an Arab state and a Jewish state. Fighting quickly spread as Arab guerrillas attacked Jewish settlements and ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
Will there ever be peace between israel and palestine? (a position paper with a biography)
s too late to talk of peaceful solutions" (Bard 1). The Arab League Secretary Azzam Pasha said this statement on September 16, 1947, eight months before the state of Israel was established. The Arabs ... ss. This is especially true today with the Palestinians, for as Suha Arafat, wife of Yasser Arafat, stated, "I have always rejected normalizing relations with (Israeli) women... They always invite me ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Arab-Israeli conflict
etween Israel and its Arab neighbours in the period 1948-1973?Between 1948 and 1973 Israel was in a state of war with its Arab neighbours. On four separate occasions wars were fought between the respe ... -Israeli conflict is a long-running conflict in the Middle East, in regards to the existence of the State of Israel and its relations with Arab peoples and nations. Though the term is often used synon ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
The Historical and Political Context of the novel "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
d War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Death, the Holocaust, Zionism, and the formation of the State of Israel represent the culture of the modern secular world that collides with the religious c ... version of "The Chosen," Danny and Reuven are bullied and accused of being spies against the United States by other non-Jewish American boys. Events like this cause Jews to prove themselves to the res ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
'The Chosen' Film Review, include the historical context, religious context, character and theme analysis of the film.
ated by Danny's close synagogue community and family. Reuven and his father are working to create a State of Israel but Danny's people strongly oppose it. This leaves question of whether their friends ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Why were the Arabs unable to defeat Israel in the war of 1948-9, 1956 and 1967?
organized and disciplined and they had help from foreign powers.Arabs didn't want to recognize the state of Israel. During the war of 1948-9, the Arab states were weak and divided. Their defeat was b ... ough against Israeli forces. They weren't trained well or didn't have good equipment to fight. Arab states had underestimated Israeli forces and the fact that Israelis had more experience in war gave ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
Arab And Israeli Conflicts
onflict began from the start of Zionism, Jewish people taking over Palestinian land, and becoming a state of Israel. This is the major cause of the Palestinian hatred toward Israelis. Also the their d ... the Land of Israel. Also that the Balfour Doctrine was interpreted that they were going to become a state. In May 14th, 1948 Israel is declared a state and are recognized by the USSR, the U.S., ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
Israel
of by saying that making case for Palestinian liberation and criticizing the actions of the Israeli state does not amount to anti-Semitism (racist oppression of Jewish people). Socialists have always ... r form. But there is a big difference between the struggle against anti-Semitism and Zionism or the state of Israel. Socialist disagree that the political doctrine of Zionism which led to the formatio ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
what really happened at Masada?
rth, by the Dead Sea in Israel, a flat-topped mountain called Masada "became a metaphor for the new state of Israel-a place where, Jews making their last stand against the Romans, three years after Je ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Archaeology
An Article from the Colorado Daily published By Alex Lubin,
of the Palestinian homelands. I write this editorial to voice my opposition to the policies of the state of Israel, and to the United States' role in supporting this occupation. I believe that being ... ed States' role in supporting this occupation. I believe that being critical of the policies of the state of Israel and calling for the creation of a bi-national democratic state is in the interest of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
The Creation of Israel in 1945
the creation of Israel in 1948. Many key groups and events were responsible for the creation of the state of Israel including the various contradictory agreements made by the British, Theodor Hetzl an ... Palestine) was Theodor Herzl. Herzl was an Austrian Jew who published a pamphlet called "the Jewish State", where he claimed that the Jews were alienated by society because they were a people without ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
Establishment of Israel This is a five page research paper on the establishment of Israel in the middle east, at the end of this essay is also an opinion written by the author.
lThe Modern State of Israel did not begin like any other country. The idea of a homeland for Jews dates back to ... the persecution of Jews by Europeans, other incidents across Europe also led to the creation of the State of Israel.One of the most famous Jewish Persecution related incidents was the Dreyfus Affair. ... Organization was an umbrella organization for the Zionist movement which aimed at creating a Jewish State of Israel. Through the World Zionist Organization Herzl held the First Zionist Congress which ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History