We Need a Precise Definition of Terrorism In early 1974, the Secretary General of the United Nations, U Thant, invited the Palestinian Liberation Organization to attend the General Assembly gathering on November 13, 1974, and in doing so gave legitimacy to the Palestinian Liberation Organization as a governing body. In Yasser Arafat’s speech to the General Assembly, he thanked the United Nations for recognizing his organization and its legitimacy. When Arafat addressed the General Assembly,
1947 Partition Plan, which granted Zionists 55% of Palestine and indigenous Palestinians only 45% of their land, a period of nakba, or catastrophe, occurred (Kamrava 79). Though Palestinians despised and rejected the proposed plan, Zionists were quick to accept it, since they were confident that with the plan intact, they would be able to conquer the remaining parts of Palestine. Once the plan was approved, Zionists began to brutally attack Palestinian villages. The attack of Deir Yassin, a village in
especially those covering problems in the Israeli/Palestine conflict. It seems as if I am watching two different wars. In America I am watching a stronghold power, Israel, fighting the endless terrorism brought by Palestinians. In Europe I see a war between two nations in despair thoroughly trying to fight terror from both sides of the conflict. I consistently find myself questioning American newspapers, as they use overly strong terminology and definitions on top of puzzling omission of essential facts
Oslo Peace Accords were an agreement signed by the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Arafat and the Government of Israel under the leadership of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The agreements goal was to create a path towards peace and stability in the between the Palestinians and the Israel’s living in the area surrounding Israel. Despite the agreement’s noble goal the vision fell short and ended with Palestine*(getting shafted?.) This was caused by of Arafat’s weakened political
The Arab-Israeli conflict is a struggle between the Jewish state of Israel and the Arabs of the Middle East concerning the area known as Palestine. The term Palestine has been associated variously and sometimes controversially with this small region. Both the geographic area designated by and the political status of the name have changed over the course of some three millennia. The region, or a part of it, is also known as the Holy Land and is held sacred among Jews, Christians, and Muslims. In the
To discuss the existence and morality of ‘retail’ and ‘wholesale’ terrorism using the above definition, the very cogent example of Israel will be used, firstly, to discuss its roots in pre-1948 action against the British in order to set a framework for comparison with present day Israeli actions and the reactions it faces as a result, in the Occupied territories of the Palestinians. Palestinian military activity is quickly dismissed by Israeli media and politicians alike as terrorism, but
and the identity of the group influenced each other, so that the concept of Jewish identity was shaped by the experience of the Diaspora, and the perception of the Diaspora was influenced by the perceived identity as the Jewish people destined for Palestine. As the Diaspora experience is presented as a distinct identity trait of the Jewish people, there is ... ... middle of paper ... ...omy created through strong opposite identities helps Gordon consolidate his goal of reasserting the Jewish people
The Land of Jerusalem People who search for peace don’t realize that it sets within them, they attempt to throw the blame on others and expect them to change first, and this is the problem of Palestine/ Israel. For so many years Jerusalem had been through enormous amount of wars, which held the goal of occupying the land for one individual religion .Three major religions; Islam, Christianity, and Judaism consider Jerusalem as a big part of their worship and for centuries up to till now these three
Transculturation in Palestinians’ Lives There are so many different texts that are out there. People from different cultures and communities write texts that we usually do not take seriously. We don’t want to see their point of view about things. We just want them to understand our point of view but not theirs. “States” is a transcultural text. A contact zone is the space in which transculturation takes place. Mary Pratt defines “Transculturation as a process whereby members of subordinated or marginal
It is of rudimental importance in order to consider whether an entity such as the Microsoft Corporation, the Palestinian entity and whether an individual accused of genocide are endowed with international legal personality and the extent to which it is. The evolution of public international law has led to entities other than states to be admitted recognition as subjects of international law, although states and state like entities have full legal personality, subjects of public international law
define the place. You give a definition to the place. If you don't do that, you can't go with the correctors.” http://www.adc.org/index.php?id=2637 “Among the obstacles faced during the shooting of the film were the military siege, curfews, bombings, shootings and we survived.” “we screened it in Palestine many times. As you know the Palestinian society is not a homogenous one, it is a very diverse. But generally, they found it to be a very honest movie. Even if Palestinians live in that context, the
successfully fought off the pan-Arab army while other Israeli combatants terrorized and depopulated the countryside. Ilan Pappe termed the depopulation of Palestinians as “ethnic cleansing” but can this phrase be properly used when discussing the events of 1947-1948? To answer this question one must determine if there is a well-established definition of the phrase ‘ethnic cleansing’ and also establish that this was the intent of the Zionists, both initially and subsequently. This can be determined
and safety in Palestinian industrial plants (Barriers, awareness and responsibility), the credibility of insurance and work injury compensation in Palestine, the impact of occupational safety and security on the job satisfaction and productivity, the impact of gender, years of experience, educational level, working hours and training on occupational safety and security and ways and plans to improve Occupational safety and security in Palestine. Research questions are: 1- Are Palestinian industries
claim on the reasoning that the author only mentioned Jesus twice in the letter, despite supposedly being the brother of Jesus, and had great understanding in Greek language and rhetoric, which would not make sense as James spoke Aramaic and was a Palestinian Jew (Wenham
England: Prentice Hall. 10. Tartir, A. 2014. Kerry’s billions: US economic plans for Palestine place investment over freedom. [online] Available at: http://mondoweiss.net/2014/01/economic-palestine-investment.html [Accessed: 11 Apr 2014]. 11. Williamson, C. R. 2010. Exploring the failure of foreign aid: The role of incentives and information. The review of Austrian economics, 23 (1), pp. 17--33. 12. World Bank: Palestinian economy unsustainable due to foreign aid reliance. 2012. Haaretz, July 25, 2012
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is a complex movement, which stumbles from one setback to another. The PLO was riven with factionalism; it pursued revolution and diplomacy as if there were no contradiction between the terms. Then, at the moment of winning recognition from Israel, it seemed poised to lose its most precious asset - the support of the Palestinian people, whom it sought to serve. Barry Rubin wrote a history of the PLO in which he investigates and interprets its political
The Middle East is made of several countries including Israel/Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Liberia, Egypt, and many other countries of the Arabian Peninsula (The Definition of Middle East). There has been several conflicts all over the Middle East that has yet to resolved or cover in the media. In several countries, such as Israel/Palestine could not move from their past, which result in multiples wars/conflicts. The rest of the world sit back as they do not know what’s going on in the Middle East as
organizations in today’s world politics. Then, Arab League will be given as a regional organization. Although it has achieved some potential, but it could not be totally successful in maintaining security and prosperity to Arab world, especially for Palestinians. Research Questions This essay is trying to find the answer for these questions: 1-Why do regional organizations and institutions emerge, 2-What accounts for their variation in design, and what are their effects? Significance of the Research
engaging in nothing less than Colonialism and Apartheid as defined by International law and the United Nations. Israel must stop perpetrating these injustices and restore civil rights to all peoples. International law does not provide a single definition of colonialism, however, the terms used in the Declaration on Colonialism provide that a set of circumstances may be categorized as colonial if the cumulative acts effectively annex or otherwise illegally maintain authority over territory and thus
Some of us might not know the actual definition of terrorism. This is the definition of terrorism; is the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. This might be the definition of terrorism, but the single story of terrorists consists the fact that they are all Muslims people. Therefore everyone has stereotypes about Muslims. However “Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamda Adiche is the proof that stereotypes are very dangerous. Adichie talks about how single stories have