Why Did the U.S. Involve Itself with the Middle East in the Early to Mid 1990's? When the United States of America was founded in 1776 it seemed to our forefathers there was little if any need for a real foreign policy. The general belief was that the United States was small and, to say th...

The State of Israel was founded on May 14, 1948, creating a national homeland for all Jewish people throughout the world. The establishment of a uniquely Jewish state in the Arab controlled Middle East has created serious tension between the Jews and their Arab neighbors, and more specifically, th...

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...

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...

TABERNACLE BACKGROUND A tabernacle is like a church, a place to meet God. The tabernacle was the structure that the Israelites built for worship. After the Exodus from Egypt, the Israelite people ended up wandering in the wilderness for forty years. Along with the Ten Commandments, God gave Moses v...

The Arab-Israeli conflict is a struggle between the Jewish state of Israel and the Arabs of the Middle East concerning the area known as Palestine. The term "Palestine" has been associated variously and sometimes controversially with this small region. Both the geographic area designated by and th...

The Arab Israeli conflict Fighting intensifies during the last few days of British rule. The tel aviv-jerusalem road was repeatedly being tried to be cut off by the Arabian forces to prevent Jews of Jerusalem getting to the coast. 14th may 1948 ' Ben Gurion announced Israelis existence and...

The truck sped down Beirut's airport road, quickly arriving outside the heavily guarded walls of its target. The driver ignored the shouted orders to stop and crashed the truck through a flimsy wooden barricade. In front of him stood a long, concrete building. The driver rammed the front of ...

Ascension on Mount Zion By Mihnea Dumitru March 26, 2001 Ascension on Mount Zion There are many things which can be said about the global impact of the Jewish people. Anti-Semitic views still dwell in many minds around the world, overburnt remnants of medieval times as well as more recent ...

The History of the conflict in the Middle East is long and well documented. To many biased observers the history of the Arab/Israeli conflict is very one sided, with one government, or one people causing the continued wars between the neighboring states. But, as any social scientist will state, all ...

Israel P.L.O. Peace Treaty The Middle East has always been known as the Holy Land, the land of the Bible. For centuries, prophets have walked there, nations have collided and conquerors have come and gone. While Jews claim a three thousand-year-old attachment to this ancient land, Arabs also sta...

It can be said that , from the outset, the link between European colonialism in the middle east and the Palestine question, is as strong as the link which exists between the Holy Quran and Muslims, and Jews and the Torah. The reason this statement is accurate is, because the British occupation of P...

Nasser's Rule to the Suez Canal Crisis Revolution of 1952 Abstract Introduction Nasser's Rule to the Suez Canal Crisis Revolution of 1952 Egypt's policies and their international context Suez Canal Crisis A decade to the Six Day War of 1967 Aftermath of the 1956 War Pan-Arabism The Palesti...