For decades, the situation in Palestine has been promoted as an "Arab" issue, or a "Palestinian" issue, and Muslims have, by and large, gone along with this charade. Such a belief gas proven fatal as the Zionists have succeeded in further dividing the opposition to their occupation of Palesine, wi...

Israel tiene una historia muy extensa, rica, compleja y supremamente conflictiva. A lo largo de todo el proceso histórico de conformación del actual Estado de Israel, el territorio y región, más conocida como Palestina, ha sido objeto de constantes disputas, bien sea por su ubicación estratégi...

On almost every continent of the world, certain issues threaten to- or already do- disrupt the fundamental right to peace which every person possesses. World leaders have the responsibility of protecting this right both within the boundaries of their state and outside of them. Few people have b...

Imagine walking to a bus stop with some friends to go shopping. On a bench sits a bag of candy. You reach for it, to take it or possibly just to move it, and the next thing you know you're surrounded by white coats and blurry faces. You find out your two best friends and dead and you're mi...

1967: Guerra de los Seis Días. La tercera delas guerras Arabes-israelitas se llevo a cabo del 5 al 10 de Junio, 1967 y debido a eso el origen de su nombre. La guerra fue peleada por Israel en contra de Siria, Jordania y Egipto. A comienzos de 1967, el 18 de Mayo, 1967, Egipto ordeno...

On September 11, 2001, a horrific terrorist attack was waged against the United States. Thousands of working men and women were killed in the attacks, leaving the country grieving and angry. On that day, I asked myself, "What could make those people hate America so much that they would do such ...

John Shaver XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX Courses of Affairs The book of Esther takes place during the Persian Empire at the time of Xerxes (485-465 BCE). It is one of the most neglected books in the bible and very few people have ever heard a sermon on it. In fact, Ray C. Stedman re...

Discussing the historical significance of Jerusalem Jerusalem holds quite a significant portion of religious history. Not only for Christians but Muslims and Jews as well. Jerusalem (in Hebrew called Yerushalayim; in Arabic Al Quds), is a city lying at the intersection of Israel and the West Bank...

Theodor Herzl and Zionism One of the most important influences in the movement that led to the creation of the state of Israel was Jewish writer and journalist Theodor Herzl. He was born on May 2, 1860 in Budapest, Hungary. Herzl studied law in Vienna, but later on went into a literary caree...

Jerusalem Jerusalem is located in the heart of Israel and is divided into three sections: the Old City, New City (West Jerusalem), and East Jerusalem. In the center is the Old City which is split up into four main sections: Muslim Quarter, Jewish Quarter, Christian Quarter, and the Armen...

I gaze down at my watch and check the time, for what seems like an eternity turns out be a mere 20 minutes. Time seems to be going slower, infact if it goes any slower we would be moving backwards! The seats are as hard a rock and I would have more room if I were shoved in a cardboard box then I hav...

The Feast of Lights During the month of December, in the Northern Hemisphere the nights are longer than days and everything is surrounded by a cold, dark ambience. Animals hibernate, birds migrate to the southern sky, and the trees are barren with a few scrawny branches lo...

Social Studies Political Spectrum Project By Cameron Nazeri Introduction I have gathered four articles from the New York Times newspaper, which is a Liberal newspaper, and broken them down into a summary and a short understanding of what makes the article Liberal. The four articles include a polit...

By Jonathan Wright JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State Madeleine Albright meets Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Tuesday, trying to forge a Middle East peace deal in talks that an Israeli negotiator called the "most serious" ever. Saying the moment of truth was fast approaching ...

Fate plays a huge role in Wiesel's survival, as the death of his parents and sister clearly illustrate. Wiesel struggled to survive, and learned how to play the game of survival with the Germans, by working hard in the electrical warehouse, and outsmarting them when they send him back to ...

The role of women is crucial to any society's formation. Particularly in the Middle East, the correlation between gender and the nation is instrumental in the formation of the modern state. Essentially, the "Woman Question" attempts to understand the role of women within the modern state and thei...

Israel is a small country located in southwest Asia. It occupies the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Jordan is located to its east and Lebanon is to its north. The capital of Israel is Jerusalem, which is also the largest city, however most countries do not recognize it as the capital. They ...

estore the lost historic animals of Israel The ancient land of Israel has weathered centuries of metaphoric changes. This small country, about the size of Rhode Island, has seen human negligence towards its only permanent territorial dwellers destroy and eradicate them. The location, aspect, and...

Why did the British and French bring the Israelis into the Suez Crisis? How successful was this Plan? During 1956 Nasser Gamal, the great people's leader of Egypt plan for improving living standards in Egypt by constructing the Aswan dam. This plan was rejected by the US led World Bank becau...

Why did the British and French bring the Israelis into the Suez Crisis? How successful was this Plan? During 1956 Nasser Gamal, the great people's leader of Egypt plan for improving living standards in Egypt by constructing the Aswan dam. This plan was rejected by the US led World Bank becau...

On June 14, 1985, TWA Flight 847 was diverted from its scheduled course from Athens, Greece to Rome, Italy. Hijackers forced the pilot to fly to Beirut, Lebanon. The demands of the hijackers were simple, the release of seven hundred Shiites being held prisoner in Israel. The aircraft flew between B...

The play 'The Merchant of Venice' by William Shakespeare is set in Venice. In Venetian society at the time that the play was written, there were many anti-semitic views. Many of these views came from Christians, followers of the main religion in Venice, upon Venice's religious minority, the Jews...