Holocaust Survivor Research Paper

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Where a holocaust survivor stands as far as the Arab-Israeli conflict goes is not an easy thing to define. As there are two sides to the argument (supporting Palestine becoming its own country, or supporting Israel enveloping Palestine, ) a holocaust survivor could swing both ways. Perhaps he or she wants to show support for his or her own country (Israel is Jewish, ) and supports the assimilation of Palestine. But perhaps not. Here’s where things can get complicated. Thought the Jewish holocaust survivors feel the need to support the country founded by their own religion, perhaps they feel that the Muslim Palestinians (who don’t have nearly the amount of rights the Jewish Israeli have) are having their rights violated in a similar way as …show more content…

This destroyed the way of life for many Palestinians. So, they rejected the idea. Then, several Arab states attacked the newly created Israel. Israeli forces then basically wiped over four hundred Palestinian villages and cities off the face of the earth, and to make matters more intense, when the Palestinians tried to return to their homes, they found that Israel had not only taken them over, but had barred the Palestinians from entering what had once been their homes. Those that had not left became second class citizens, and soon, the numbers of Palestinian refugees numbered in the millions. Most of the refugees went to, and still are in, the Gaza Strip, West Bank, or …show more content…

So, some Jewish Europeans became ‘Zionists,’ and they attempted to choose a new home for the jews. The pioneers searched and searched, and put their eyes on Palestine. The Arabs of Palestine were ‘not a national group and never had been.’ They were largely undifferentiated from the inhabitants of much of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. They had no authentic tie to Israel, and many only came for economic opportunity after the Zionist movement began to make the land fruitful and the economy thrive. Palestine was never a separate state and Jerusalem was never a capital. The Zionists brought peace to Palestine, as well as prosperity, and when the UN tried to honor both Palestine and Israel in a two-state deal, Palestine selfishly

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