(Simon and Stevenson, 2003, p.59) The ideological mission stated above is culled from the Introductory Memorandum of the Harakat al-Maqawama al-Islamiyya, better known as the Palestinian Hamas. ... To prove this thesis, this paper shall look into the history of Hamas. ... More importantly, this paper shall also look into the motives and goals of the organization. ... History Hamas traces its roots to the very core of Palestinian Nationalism. ... (p.14) One of the biggest and most powerful organizations in the history of the Palestinian struggle is the Palestinian Liberation Organizatio...

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The United Nations saw fit to deploy their first ever-armed peacekeepers to the canal in 1956 (The History of Peacekeeping, n.d), and further they threatened to halt Britain's oil supplies. ... The Egyptian leader had hoped that the threat of buying Soviet arms and therefore alluring to an alliance between the Arab and Soviet worlds would force the "United States to supply arms on a generous scale to Egypt," (Adamthwaite, n.d). ... The events of the summer of 1956 saw a greater shift in Egyptian alliance. ... CIA director Allen Dulles believed that the U.S could use the Soviet&...

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Numerous theories have been put forward to somehow explain the popularity and audiences' seemingly endless macabre fascination with, what were truly horrendous events in the course world history. ... Consequently, because the knowledge of the Holocaust and the events that occurred throughout this period had been repressed, the western world did not mourn or come to terms with horrific events which had occurred. ... In terms of American's military history, World War Two was America's only unambiguously good war, a war where an unquestionable evil was defeated (p.1099). ......

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If such a reality exists, then coinciding with the nature of a democratic state are the accessories of justice and freedom for all. ... The bottom line remains- minority groups within the state of Israel are oppressed. ... Evident through its human rights violations and linked to a state apparatus which utilizes global support to allow for its development, Zionism evolved from an idea of liberation and security to an idea of oppression, exploitation, and imperialism- all under the guise of security. ... Contending with "the usurpation of most of their land, the dislocation and disruption ...

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Alliances, however, can constrain a state's freedom of action. ... Israel is an example of such a small state. ... David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, knew that building a militarily strong country was extremely important to survive in the Middle East: "Israel stood up by its own strength and will stand firm only if it trusts first and foremost in itself as a power of growing greatness." ... Ancient Jewish military tradition is deeply rooted in biblical history and begins with Abraham, who led an ad hoc military force. ... Although HaShomer numbered fewer than 100 m...

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But what the Arab Spring hasn't done "at least not so far" is to bring about positive changes in the economies and social development in the nations whose politics it most transformed. ... According to this reality and the stated requisites for democracy, the Arab Spring revolutions lacked the basis for democracy in the first place. ... In Morocco, Algeria and Jordan, heads of state have stayed in power but responded to social pressures through a variety of measures, including parliamentary elections, reshuffling the cabinet, changing the constitution or lifting decades-long states...

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