Should the United States maintain aid to Israel or should they eliminate the aid? That's something you should think about! The military aid protects America and Israel's mutual interests of peace and democracy in the oil-rich Middle East, where hostile nations are strengthening their armies. The Ame...

The Need For Peace in the Middle East The quest for peace in the Middle East has been going on for decades. It all started in 1948 when Israel declared its independence and fought Arab nations to secure it. However, the Arabs were left unsatisfied while the Israelis wanted more control over...

In cold war in Southeast Asia when in July 1953, Eisenhower fulfilled a campaign promise to bring the Korean War to an end. The sudden death of Stalin in March and the rapid rise of more moderate Soviet leaders contributed to the resolution of this conflict. The US had also began providing military ...

Palestinian Conflict Report The origin of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be traced back to the Balfour declaraition by Great Britain in 1917. Ironically the declaration called for the establishment of an independent Jewish state within Palestine, as long as the civil liberties of existing i...

An ancient Roman expression states, "Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum"; "Therefore whoever wishes for peace, let him prepare for war". Throughout much of the twentieth century, nations have attempted to resolve conflicts and ensure peace. The most preeminent conflicts...

Economy has lost £790 million. This is equivalent to 20% of projected GDP for the year 2000. Investors have been detracted from Palestine due to blockade and due to poor resources in the country. Unless things change investors will not change their minds. It means it will be very difficult fo...

The U.S. has a very important job throughout the world. Not only does the government and the military have an important job, but the people do also. As citizens of the U.S., we are talked about around the world about our freedom of speech. Some countries don't approve of our ways, but it is ...

Aliyah Bet, or Immigration Wave B, was comprised of illegal immigrants from Nazi Europe, shipped to Palestine, with the aid of American Jews and the Haganah. The last of the "White Papers", British mandates restricting Jewish immigration to Palestine, was published on May 17, 1939, when Nazi oppres...

WORLD CONFLICT IN THE 20TH CENTURY 1 The 20th century was the bloodiest 100 years in human history. Based on numbers killed, in warfare, the 20th century exceeds all other centuries combined. The three major conflicts between 1901 and 200 were World War I, World War II, an...

The issue of a jihad, or holy war is a term brought from the bible to give bearing to the conquest of the land of one by the request of God. If and what relevance does this term have to the world as we know it today? The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is a prime example that it is still an issu...

During a time when most people in the world believed in numerous gods a new monotheistic religion arose, Judaism. Their god, Yahweh, is all-powerful, all knowing, and all seeing, responsible for both all good and evil in the world and the creator of all that exists. While many of these other relig...

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A divorce is a traumatic life altering event that unfortunately is becoming a more common occurrence in today's culture. The thought of divorce remains a nightmare too most people. Having said that, imagine being held in a marriage against your will, in some instances being abused, where...

I am going to be writing my research paper on the ongoing conflict between the Arabs and the Israelis. These two groups of people have been fighting from as far back in time that the history books go, but for my paper I will just concentrate on the past 200 or so years. This argument has its roots i...

In the horror of the Nazi death camps portrayed in Night, Elie Wiesel and his fellow Jews had to struggle to maintain their "faith in life." This battle that they waged against "icy winds" in camps where "death was all around [them]" was a constant necessity for them to...

Exodus: Section I as Depicted in the Film After viewing the film Exodus in class and reading the book as well, it can be noticed that though there were several similarities in the two, the number of differences, large and small, was far greater. Whether it be something as large as a missing charac...

The cause of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is the agenda of Zionism claiming ancient land rights as the basis for the movement established in 1897. The implications of this policy cause the central grievance of the Palestinian people, their oppression and displacement at the hands of Jewish i...

THE MIDDLE EAST – A RIDDLE WITHOUT SOLUTION Kazimierz. The place in Cracow where Jews and Christians had lived together in harmony for the previous four and a half centuries. The place where inconceivable misery took over, where to this day you can almost hear the terrifying staccato...

At the very beginning of the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Moshe the Beadle claims that "man raises himself toward God by the questions he asks Him" (2). This statement by Moshe sets the tone for the way Eliezer deals with his faith throughout the rest of the book. Eliezer starts off a very r...

America's global dominance has faced a lot of criticism for actions ranging from the Vietnam War to the aid for Israel and the sponsorship of globalization across the World to the authoritarianism of people for the U.S. governments' own personal agenda (Cooper 1). Anti-Americanism is more ...

Israel is in a situation unlike any other country around the world. Israel has been fighting for its survival since it became a country in 1948. It is surrounded by hostile nations that want to destroy or at least diminish it. There is tremendous tension between the Palestine Liberation Members and...

There are four main sections of the Old Testament. They are the Pentateuch, the historical books, poetical books and the prophets. The Pentateuch or "Torah" (meaning The Law) consists of the first five books of the bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). Moses, the hero of t...

The Frequency of Armed International Conflict In the 20th Century In 1962 there was a conflict between three nations so grim their actions could have affected the entire world. The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 was a very tense moment in history; these nations were almost at the brink of nuclear...

Time for a bit of honesty – have you ever made the kind of decision that at the time you wish you could take back? If you are human, I can bet you have. We make life-altering decisions everyday, and sometimes without even realizing their impact. Still, it's beyond me how these choices...

Israel's Dependence on the U.S. Harry Truman wrote as he wrestled over the decision to recognize a Jewish state in Palestine "What I am trying to do is make the whole world safe for Jews" (qtd. in Ratnesar 1). Truman desire was to give the Jews land to call theirs because of th...