The United Nations was initially created as a security institution that is designed to establish peace and security in the post-world war two world. ... Prior to July 1956, the Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, was co-owned by Great Britain and France until the Egyptian President Abdual Nasser nationalized the canal. ... As a result of this, the British and the French began air and sea operations. ... President Nasser began to shift his army to locations next to the Israel-Egypt border and later subjugated UNEF harbors overlooking the Gulf of Aqaba, which was Isra...

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Despite this fierce independent posture, Israel has long realized that it was a small state surrounded by numerous Arab countries, and therefore, the help of extra regional powers has been sought to offset asymmetries in resources with the Arab world. ... Many members of HaShomer joined the Jewish Legion, which fought with the British against imperial Germany during World War I. ... With the outbreak of World War II, Irgun leaders settled on a policy of cooperation with the British in the war effort; but a hard core within the organization opposed the policy and accordingly split off from th...

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Before this happened, there was no sin in the world. ... Once again, the world was filled with people. ... God gives Abraham the promise of being a blessing to the world. ... Moses parted the Red Sea with God's help and the Israelites were able to pass free and clear. The pursuing Egyptians all drowned in the Red Sea. ...

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The claim is to the land which lies between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. ... Then in 638 AD, the Arab Muslims conquered the area, ending Roman rule, and Omar, second caliph of Islam built a mosque at the site of what is now the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem during the 8th century.(4) "The land became known to the Islamic world as it's Arabic name Filastin. ... "(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). (...

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The US also exerts its political pressure on the Syrian world through ties with Israel. ... Syrians will not give up position in Lebanon because they know the consequences from the Arab world especially the Palestinians. ... The most telling similarity, the Ottoman rule of the region ended in World War 1 at which time the two countries came under the rule of the same French governance as stipulated in the League of Nations mandate. It is important to understand that although Syria was founded as a kingdom and Lebanon more of a political refuge, these two countries share similar histories in th...

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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...

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It was founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.3 Due to its international character and the powers vested in the United Nations Charter, it can take action on a wide range of issues,4 and provide a forum for the Member States to express their views, through the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and other bodies and committees.5 The Member States of the United Nation...

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Conflict, be it behavioural or based on attitude, is currently creating grave world inequalities and furthering deep rooted problems. ... Following the Second World War, world sympathy for the Jewish cause gained momentum following details of the Jewish holocaust coming to light and under growing Zionist support from Jews in America. ... When Nasser bought arms from Czechoslovakia, Britain and France stopped funding his rebuilding of the Suez Canal, an important sea link to Europe. ... After an international call for ceasefire military action stopped with world condemnation of England, France ...

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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. ... After the first World War was over, Golda and her husband decided to move to Palestine. ... Jewish settlements needed means to conduct business through the seas. ... In August of 1939, the World Zionist Congress met in Switzerland, where the White Paper was condemned. ...

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