Peace and Conflict Studies: Core Unit Conflict resolution is one of the most powerful ways of making positive contribution to the field of international relations. Conflict, be it behavioural or based on attitude, is currently creating grave world inequalities and furthering deep rooted problems....
The majority of the population of Palestine had been Arabic since the seventh century A.D. so they are the people who have the right in Palestine. In short, Zionism was based on a wrong, colonialist world view that the rights of the original people of Palestine didn't matter. The Zionists wanted to ...
The Conflict between Israel and Palestine We reached Tabor safely We never saw a human being on the whole journey." (2) In his book "Recollections of the East", Alphonse de Lamartine states that on his journey to the holy land in 1835, "Outside the gates of Jerusalem we saw no living object, heard no living sound-(2) The British Consul in Palestine in 1857 reported that "The country is in a considerable degree empty of inhabitants and therefore its greatest need is that of a body of population...
After learning about the Holocaust, I've asked myself many times how this could have happened. Why would anyone believe it's acceptable to massacre an entire people? This is my reasoning for writing my paper on how Christian theology influenced anti-Semitism. Much of the Holocaust appears to have it's beginning with Christian theology. I will begin my paper with the early writings of Christians and continue chronologically until after World War II. ...
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...
SYSTEMIC Systemic factors in the bilateral relationship between Lebanon and Syria are numerous, however for the focus of this paper I will discuss the three I regard as being the most influential on their relationship; Israel, The United States and The United Nations. The most influential variable ...
Although it is predicted that the economic growth will continue to rise in 2013, the real GDP only reached 2.4% in 2012. ... Growing convinced that democracy still means they face little prospect of good jobs or vibrant growth, and that the parties and leaders who replaced despots are themselves corrupt, could spark a new surge in extremist recruitment targeting these individuals. ...
ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE I. Overview: As Kenneth Waltz put it, states operate in a "self-help" system in which threats to national security are omnipresent. Small states, in particular, have difficulties meeting challenges from powerful aggressors, since such states are by definition limited in their ability to build sizable and well-equipped military machines. A few small states reconcile themselves to "defensive nihilism," the abandonment of hope to establish an effective defense. A few others, such as Switzerland and Sweden, adopt postures of self-reliance, attempting to meet security ch...
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...
