After the British government issued a white paper in May 1939 extending the Mandate for ten years and placing limits on Jewish immigration, however, the Irgun turned its terrorist activities against the British troops in Palestine in an all-out struggle against the Mandate authority. ... On that day, the country was invaded by the regular forces of Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria. Eleven days later, Israel's provisional government issued an order that provided the legal framework for the country's armed forces. ...

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Yet as the Jews were getting 56% of the land and were only 33% of the population, an Arab coalition of Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine went to war with the Jews. ... In August 1990 PLO support of Iraq in the war against America and its allies (including Arab states) forced a stop to peace sentiment. The linkage between Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein occupation of Kuwait and Israeli occupation of the occupied territories was welcomed by the PLO. Israel was forced by the US not to retaliate when attacked by Iraq to avoid disrupting the delicate Arab-US alignment. ...

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To date, rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen; civil uprisings have erupted in Bahrain and Syria; and major protests have broken out in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, and Sudan. ... Complicating Factors In Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen "in that order" undemocratic leaders were ousted and replaced by popularly elected bodies or, in the case of Yemen, a transitional government. ... The reason for this is that comprehensive democratic reforms are necessary, and an orderly and purposeful transitional period accompanied by economic development...

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The Balfour Declaration, made in November 1917 by the British Government...was made by a European power; about a non-European territory because Palestine was an Arab country, the declaration ignored both the presence and wishes of the people majority in that territory who were the Palestinians in 1917. ...

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The Conflict between Israel and Palestine The Palestine-Israel conflict is essentially not a religious one, but a fight for land and the rights and freedom of the people residing there now. The claim is to the land which lies between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan Riv...

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Few women have had the opportunity to affect real change in the world in which they live. Golda Meir not only took that opportunity, but she helped to change the world for Jewish people forever. Golda Meir spent her life working towards the betterment of Jewish life through her dedication to the f...

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• Grade Level: High School