The world watched as the horror unfolded, terrorism was brought into their homes for the first time. ... [Kushner, Harvey] The terrorists made their way to 31 Connollystrasse, home to the Israeli Olympic delegation athletes and coaches. ... They demanded the release of 234 Arab prisoners being held in Israeli jails and the release of the founders of the German Red Army Faction, Andreas Baader, and Ulrike Meinhof, who were being held in German prisons. ... Troger spoke of being deeply moved by the dignity with which the Israeli's held themselves, and that they seemed resigned to their fat...

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The Arabs' opposition to Zionism wasn't based on anti-Semitism as some of the Jews say but it was on a reasonable fear of the Palestinians losing their homes and their country. ... Land bought by the Jewish National Fund was held in the name of the Jewish people and could never be sold or even leased back to Arabs. ... Especially as the danger to European Jews was clear in the late 1930's and after, the actions of the Zionists were aiming to have a home in Palestine. ... The Balfour Declaration's commitment to a Jewish national home in the British mandate of Palestine w...

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"(5) In 1897 the first Zionist Congress was held in Switzerland, which issued the Basle Programme on the colonization of Palestine and the establishment of the World Zionist Organization (WZO). (8) "A few Zionist immigrants had already started arriving in the area before 1897. ... John Quigley, "Palestine and Israel: A Challenge to Justice." (5) By 1903, there were some 25,000 Jewish immigrants, mostly from Eastern Europe, they lived alongside about half a million Arab residents." (4) In 1904 the Fourth Zionist Congress decided to establish a national home for Jews in Argentina, but in 190...

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The book of Genesis is the beginning of many things. It is the first book of the Christian Bible and the Hebrew Tanak. It also is the first book of the Pentateuch, or the Torah. Within its text lie stories of creation, the beginning of all things, and stories of the beginnings of the people of I...

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The Construction of the Palestinian Social Movement. In Order to remember I shall continue to carve All the scenes of my tragedy And all the stages of the disaster On the olive tree in the courtyard of my house. In order to understand the origin, development and current status of the contemporary movement for reconciliation within Israel, we must first take a look at the historical impact that Zion colonialism has had upon Israeli Arabs, or the Palestinians. While the terms colonialism and imperialism are familiar, the term Zion colonialism is argua...

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Essay Question 1: How has the Arab Spring fundamentally changed Middle Eastern society and the evolution of future politics in the region? The implications of this movement have resulted in a global impact that crosses borders, oceans and continents, significantly affecting the social, political, and economic status of each country involved. This movement affects not only the future of those countries, but also the rest of the world due to the changing of fundamental beliefs at a national and geopolitical level. To be sure, political reform and economic reforms are intertwined, especially in ...

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The natives of the Americas have no distinct "homeland" either; should families be displaced from their homes in order to create one for them? ... In the late 1940s, most of their Arabs (>80%) in Palestine were driven into what is now known as "The Occupied Territories" by fear of terrorism such as the massacre at Deir Yassin (either that, or they voluntarily left their family homes to live in squalid refugee camps in order to happily make way for the peaceful Jewish takeover, if you're gullible enough to believe that story). ...

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Defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 precipitated a resumption of anti-British activities by both Haganah and Irgun in pursuance of their common ultimate goal, the establishment of a national home and the creation of a sovereign Jewish state. ...

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