The claim is to the land which lies between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. ... History - The Land and It's People According to The Middle East Research and Information Project, the land being fought over was internationally known as Palestine until the war of 1948-49, when the land was divided into three parts: the state of Israel, the West Bank (of the Jordan River) and the Gaza Strip. ...

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The new area east of the Jordan river was an Arab nation and called Trans-Jordan, meaning across the Jordan river, which today is known as Jordan. The land that lies west of the Jordan River remains Palestine, "which will soon be called Israel and imaginary Jewish land that is made reality(Bard 22)." ...

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There were fifteen different relocation camps that the Japanese people were sent to such as, Manzanar and Tule Lake in California, Poston and Gila River in Arizona, Minidoka in Idaho, Topaz in Utah, Heart Mountain in Wyoming, Amache in Colorado. and Jerome and Rohwer in Arkansas. ... During this time the Jim Crow textbook law passed, it said books for black children could not contain information on voting, instructions on how to vote, matters of government, and civic responsibility. Books for black children are kept separate from white children's books because people are afraid of giving ...

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"Last week, I was at home playing with my children and now here I am, a soldier again."... The Wye River Memorandum followed this as a method to complete the series of arrangements between the Israelis and Palestinians. ...

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The West Bank is a territory by the Jordan River and that is bordered on three sides by Israel. ... The Palestinians know the feeling that MLK had when he said this because they are currently giving their lives for the better of their country and for the better of their children, so that they can live in a territory that is rightfully theirs. ...

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Anwar al-Sadat (el-Sadat) Anwar Sadat, also el-Sadat, also al-Sadat, was born in the town of Mit Abul Kom, 40 miles north of Cairo, Egypt on December 25, 1918. He was born into a family of 13 children. In his early years Anwar Sadat had political figures that he respected and admired. Among thes...

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Geography Palestine is an area in the eastern Mediterranean region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea in Asia. ... Within Palestinian social systems, there are the Palestinian who were educated in private schools and often lived in the United States or Europe before their parents returned to their homeland in Palestine, many after the 1993 Oslo Accords, bringing their children with them. ... Women take primary responsibility for raising the children and maintai...

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In retaliation to Nasser's troop movements, Israel forced Jordanian military groups out of Jerusalem and back over the Jordan river and Syria was defeated on the Golan Heights. After all these actions, Israel turned into the super power of the Middle East, with "its forces sitting on a large expanse of territory extending from the banks of the Suez Canal to the Jordan River and the Golan Heights" . ...

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The Israeli army managed to win, and when the war ended, Israel was from the Suez Canal to the Jordan River and the Golan Heights. Many Palestinians fled across the Jordan River to Jordan and remain to this day as inhabitants of the desert parts in Jordan. ...

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