What if you lived in a place where random acts of violence did not only happen often but were commonplace or where just going to a local pizzeria or club could bring you face to face with death via suicide bomber? What if there was a war going out side your door or the threat of violence and or death was so real and so close to home that you could not live your everyday life normally or without constant fear? Most people would shudder at the thought of living in a place like this. Most people, rather most Americans cannot even begin to relate to living in society such as this. Yet why is it that Israelis and Palestinians are must live out their lives in just such an unstable environment?.
Just about a decade ago the phrase, "Peace in the Middle East," rang out from the mouths of musicians, popular public icons and politicians alike. It seemed that peace was not only possible, but probable as the end of the ongoing conflicts in the war torn country seemed to be at hand. The world believed that the Middle East had found a common ground as Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, then-Isreali Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, Then-Isreali Foreign Minister, stood onstage together in Norway sharing the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize. The same honor has been bestowed upon the likes ofMother Teresa, martin Luther King Jr., and just a year earlier had been given to South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela. The three men had signed the Olso Decleration of Principles, and were thus receiving the reward on behalf of what was believed to be the first phase in Palestinian Self Determination.
Now fast-forward a couple of years to last September to the resurfacing of the conflict, and now both sides agree they are back at square one. With no actual homeland the Palestinians feel as if they are being taken advantage of and discrimionated against. It was the Palestinians, however that came out on the short end of the stick in the Olso Decleration.
Every once in awhile, there is that one person who stands up and fights for what they believe in. ... She decided to take a stand. ... She was going to take her own stand, and no matter what, she stood there firm in believe and never changing. Both of these people took a stand. ... And that's what makes them similar, that's what makes them stand out and be taken seriously. ...
In one way or another, we're all affected by the Affirmative Action policy. In fact, it may be the reason why many of us attend Fullerton Community College rather than pursuing an education at a more prestigious university. Perhaps we didn't meet an ethnic quota. This means we didn't meet the racial...
The play on Trifles is about a woman who may have killed her husband, either premeditated or for the reason that she has just had enough of his abuse. I will be arguing for Minnie's defense as to why she was just, and the women who aided her were also reasonable in aiding her in getting away with mu...
Because American stands for freedom, we cannot force people to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and The National Anthem, but we can try to teach them the privileges of living in America. ... Let us start now by taking a walk through history to learn about some of the most notably American symbols. ... This again is an American freedom of choice; it is also my choice; "I Pledge Allegiance, to the flag, of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all." ... My favorite symbol, that stands f...
What would it be like to die so young and so fragile? What would it be like to kill something so young and so fragile? Abortion, in my definition, is the taking of a life. Now it is hard for me to sit here and type this paper when I know good and well that if my daughter or wife were ...
America Takes a Stand There seems to be no greater example of the definition of the word inevitability than the crisis of the American Revolution. ... There was a time when both the British and the American colonists realized there was no trying to back out of the inevitable revolution or taking their word back on either sides and I believe the greatest point of no return was the great Battle at Saratoga. ... These men were showing another first stands to freedom and liberty for the future complete nation. ...
Dear Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers, Due to some of the controversy started about whether political parties or candidates should be allowed to be funded by different Political Action Committees, I have decided to write you stating only the facts and the truth and showing how this position is correct. I am writing you to tell you of why political action committees have the right donate, as little or as much, money to political candidates and parties. The core democratic value of Equality can clearly support this stance. The fundamental belief of Equality; which includes political, legal, ...
