After World War II, the British withdrew from Palestine leaving the United Nations to separate the area into Jewish and Arab states. The Arabs furiously rejected this plan. For years to come, violence would prevail over this cherished territory. The violence that has taken place over the years has h...

"The gravest danger facing America and the World today is outlaw regimes that seek and possess nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons." This line from Presidents Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address underlines what is in store for our nation. The risk to our country is increasing more and mor...

The situation in the Middle East represents one of the most important international conflicts since the end of the Second World War. The ongoing disputes related to the existence of a Jewish state at the expense of the Palestinian people has drawn the attention of the international community which h...

Israel's Economy 1.) I believe any country should be able to qualify for admission to the World Trade Organization regardless of its human rights policies. Israel has many main human rights. The Government usually respects the human rights of its citizens. Some of Israeli human righ...

The ten-week-old conflict, which has caused as many as 300 deaths mostly by Israeli troops doesn\'t seem to end even after both the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat and Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak issued public statements calling for the end of violence in the Holy Land. On November 2, 2000, on...

Governmental Techniques in the Ancient World Throughout history, many techniques have been used for organizing society. Experimentation with different styles primarily took place in the ancient Mediterranean world. Athenian democracy, Hebrew temple state, Hellenic city-states, Helleni...

It is no big secret that Israelis and Palestinians have not gotten along in the past couple of thousand years. Reports of violence and devastation come out of Israel almost every day. But what many people fail to recognize is that this seemingly regional dispute has slowly evolved into an urgent glo...

?The Suez crisis was a conflict that could have easily turned into a third World War. With a battle between the Israelis and Egyptians at Sinai, the British and French invasion of Egypt, and nuclear threats from the Soviet Union, all of the elements were present to escalate the conflict and pull oth...

In a time of war, it is far too easy to get caught up in the violence and forget that the true goal is peace. Hate, death, and pain make it difficult for the belligerent nations to think rationally and come up with a plan to end the violence. This is why a third party is necessary. A third party see...

Since the birth of Christ, the relationship between Jews and Christians and the state has radically shifted from one end of the spectrum to the other. Since its inception, Christianity had been the religion coping with intolerance from the Jews and the state, yet as time progressed the attitude towa...

"Violent clashes of political and religious ideologies are a disturbing reality of our world." So states Joe Garner in his book We Interrupt This Broadcast. However, there is an island of peace amidst this ocean of political and religious conflict every four years. This island, the summer ...

The conflict between Palestine and Israel goes back thousands of years and has led to a number of drastic consequences, affecting peoples and current events all over the world to this very day. One reason for this is geography; Israel is situated in the centre of the Middle East. Also, the Middle ...

The Rabinnovich article titled 'Seven Wars and a Peace Treaty',gives a chronological background of wars made between Arabs and Israeli's after the birth of Israeli state. I: First War;1948-1949 The Israeli's reffered this war as the war of Independence.It had two distinct phases.It fir...

Terrorism. It is a word that strikes fear into many. Terrorism has been around since the beginning of time, and has caused empires to rise, fall, and allowed people to gain power. Terrorism is a growing problem in this unstable world. A simple act of terrorism can cause tensions to break between two...

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...

The book of Psalms is the heart of the Bible. It is the book of praise, the book of signing – but also the book of comfort and even sometimes the book of anger. It is a book of testimony and a book of sorrow and hope in the midst of despair. (Morris, pg.5) The Psalms were written for signing....

Twelve months in a year. October and November are filled with cold winds and cloud cover as the winter draws near. December, January, and February, are times for enjoying family and friends in the comfort of your home while in front of a roaring fire. March, April, and May bring hope of the summer, ...

THE AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU CONCENTRATION CAMP IN WORLD WAR II "In the event of war, the result will not be the bolshevisation of the earth, and thus the victory for Jewry, but the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe." –Adolf Hitler "We shall never be rough and hea...

In Alan Dershowitz's novel Chutzpah, he devotes an entire section to the issue of, and his personal feelings about James Pollard. He begins this section with a description of the way in which this man was caught selling classified government docume...

In Alan DershowitzÕs novel Chutzpah, he devotes an entire section to the issue of, and his personal feelings about James Pollard. He begins this section with a description of the way in which this man was caught selling classified government docum...

Israel is entering a new era in its relationship with its Middle Eastern neighbors and theinternational community. The forces shaping these new relationships are far more significantthen the often-overstated ideological differences between the two major political blocs in Israelipolitics: the cente...

Throughout the years, the world has seen many conflicts erupt from religious differences. These problems, which have been as small as involving five people, or as big as involving 2 million people, have set the tone for the upcoming 21st century. It is apparent that everyone has his or her own set o...

Munich Massacre As soon as Ilana Romana heard about the situation in Munich, she expected the worst: “I knew who he was. He would not sit quietly. He was not the type. I knew it would end badly.” She spoke of her husband, and, unfortunately, her prediction was correct. Earlier t...

The present-day conflict that exists between the Israelis and the Palestinians can easily be related to the war that took place in Joshua and Judges. In both cases Israeli\'s had to fight for the land that they believe belongs to them. In the book of Joshua the Lord instructs the Israelites to conq...