Nationalism in the Middle East
The study of international relations is very broad and complex. It is the study of nations and states and how they are formed. It is also the study of measures, such as revolutions and wars, that create different nations and states and the reasons behind such measures. One important concept in international relations is the view of nationalism. Nationalism is a part of every nation and state and thus is relevant to each country. An important geographical area where nationalism relates directly to the events occurring today would be in the Middle East where nationalistic views of two different nations, that of Jews and Arabs, coincide to create a very volatile conflict that has run its course for nearly a whole century. A "nation" is defined as a group with a common culture, language, folkways, and values. A "state" refers to a government in control of territory and population. For example, Israel is a state and a nation since it consists mainly of Jews. However, Palestine is a nation because it consists of Arabs with a common culture, but not a State, since the International community does not recognize it as one. Nationalism is the view that a nation and state in a specific area should coincide. It is the view that sa
The current problems in the Middle East relate back to more than an entire century. Since both nations want full sovereignty over the Holy City and nothing less, this has become an important issue in their nationalistic views. In the year 1895, a Jewish captain in the French army named Alfred Dreyfus was tried for spying for the enemy Germans. Many of them felt they had a Biblical obligation to live in and populate the Land of Israel, the land they were exiled from two thousand years ago, and only in Israel could Jews achieve their full potential and create a state for their own security. Many of them felt that they could no longer expect the non-Jewish governments to protect them. Dreyfus after being tried and convicted, was sentenced to Devil's Island prison to serve his sentence. Herzl was perplexed as to why many French citizens were ready to lynch all Jews for the perceived actions of a single Jew. This in turn may be used as a justification to eliminate other groups. This is a long-run conflict that has many problems to overcome. Since then, there has been the Six Day War of 1967, the October War of 1973, the Palestinian Uprising of 1967, and perhaps more recently going on at this very moment the newest surge of Palestinian uprising in Israel that began in September of 2000. Bitter fighting erupted between the two and the British, unable to restore the peace, handed the issue of Palestine over to the United Nat!ions. Thus, nationalism is related to every country and so is very important in the study of International relations. The United Nations, taking into consideration the nationalistic desires of both nations, proposed partitioning Palestine into two states, one Arab and one Jewish, with Jerusalem held as trustee of the United Nations. The proposition, welcomed by the Jews, was angrily denied by the Arabs who felt that Palestine was their undivisible homeland for centuries and they should have full rights on all of it. His systematic and inhumane extermination of the Jews caused widespread panic among the Jews in Europe.
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