A Gaza Diary A somewhat controversial publication by Chris Hedges, titled A Gaza Diary, illustrates to the reader his vivid experiences during his weeklong stay in what is know as the Gaza Strip. Hedges’s travels, with illustrator Joe Sacco, start in Jerusalem and proceeds down south through the Gaza strip to a Palestine camp refuge called Khan Younis, where they stay for the majority of the trip. They venture over to Mawasi, also a Palestine village, located on the coast. In both these locations
The Gaza Strip, situated on the Mediterranean Sea, Israel, and the northeast tip of Egypt, is a small, densely populated, Palestinian territory. It is only about two times the size of Washington D.C., under Islamist military control, and intensely impoverished. The country has a 42 percent unemployment rate, and most of these people live under the line of poverty. Despite this, women in Gaza have begun to join the workforce. For International Women’s Day, March 8th this year, Al Jazeera posted an
blockade on Gaza to put pressure on Hamas. The blockade imprisoned 1.8 million innocent Palestinians leading many of them to live below poverty levels due to limited food, medical supplies, and essential goods. The siege of the Gaza Strip made getting news coverage a near impossibility for foreign news media. In order to receive a press card to Gaza, journalists needed to undergo a security check and sign a censorship form agreeing to submit the articles they have written during their time in Gaza to the
Yinglan Yin Professor Joyce Luck English 110 29 April, 2016 “Letter from Gaza” As most of us are living in a peaceful and safe country, we can hardly imagine what an actual war is and what harm it brings to those affected by its horrors in real life. In “Letter from Gaza”, Ghassan Kanafani uses the letter format to better communicate his message to the reader and make his confessions appear more intimate. In such a way, such elements of the work as a letter form, the eternal theme of peace and war
Group 6: Danielle Podlaski Maeve O’Connor Gina Powers Spencer Potrocky Ben Oakland Women in The Palestinian Territories: It is hard for many Americans to imagine that other countries are still fighting for equality for women. Other countries face discrimination against women, and women do not have many of the rights that Americans were born with. The Palestinian territories are an example of those countries. In this research paper, we will explore the history of the Palestinian territories.
Unlikely Savior If people were asked to describe a judge or leader for the Israelites, imaginations might conjure up a pious, older man paying strict adherence to the Mosaic laws and Codes of his people. One would not call to mind a young man with superhuman strength who drinks, fights, gambles and goes whoring whenever the spirit moves him. Samson fits the latter description, a very unlikely vessel for the Holy Spirit. Even more remarkable is the realization that Samson was exactly the
terrorist insurgent group, which has assumed control of the Gaza strip illegitimately. The past conflicts between these two factions has worsened the condition of the refugees, especially in Gaza, which has an extremely large population but is completely isolated from the outside world because the Rafah crossing to Egypt is open only intermittently, and Gaza-Israel border is heavily restricted. Further, after 2006, Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip have been carried out in violation of The Additional
people. Hamas took 1.5 million of the people and Fatah took the rest, 2.5 million of the people. Since this war, Hamas and Fatah have been in a state of conflict for many more years. They have split up into two territories, Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip and that left Fatah with the West Bank. In 2000, the two factions began fighting each other just as the Palestinians fought a war with
economy, Naftali Bennett states, "For the free world to win, we need to start by realizing one simple thing, no matter what the name of the organization, the enemy is the same. It might be called Hezbollah in Lebanon, ISIS in Iraq, and Hamas in the Gaza strip. All have the same goal-to attack the western democratic way of life wherever it might be" (Salaita 14). Netanyahu used this same line of argument in front of an UN general assembly in September. He rebuked leaders who condemned Operation Protective
British dominance in the region. One of the most prominent issues is the matter of resources, such as oil and water present in the state. Another source of conflict is the support of Israel from the Western countries, like the United States during the Gaza Strip conflict, which creates an imbalance of power between Israel and Palestine. The idea of power is a very important aspect to this conflict, because it is an issue of yearning for economic and political power, as well as social power, which is
Israel is facing a national burning question , should the Israelis get the land of Israel or the Palestinians? Both sides strongly believe they have a right to Israel and Jerusalem, but where did this whole conflict start? It first began with the Ottoman Empire that ruled over the Arab world since the 1500ś was defeated in WWI ( 1914-1918). After WWI Britain issued a declaration which supports the establishment in palestine of a national home for the jews. After 5 years of living under the british
in the Gaza Strip and, over time, developed a good reputation for improving the lives of Palestinians” (Jewishvirtuallibrary.org). In August of 1988 Hamas published their Islamic Covenant which made clear that they are opposed to Israel’s existence in any way. They
In addition to the land conflict that Israelis and Palestinians are experiencing, water tension between the two parties has become a growing concern. 2 Palestinian territories, West Bank and Gaza Strip, are very dependent on Israel’s for water, as “Israel controls the greater part of the Jordan River basin and the West Bank’s aquifers” (Isaac) and because militant authorities have restricted the usage of water in many Palestine homes, causing water scarcities. The Israel-Palestine water conflict
Function of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Functioning as a Palestinian government, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was founded in 1964 as a political body representing the Palestinians in their efforts to reclaim their country from the Israelis. Originally an umbrella organization of refugee and military groups, it was ultimately joined by professional, labour and student associations and also by some individuals. The purpose of the PLO is to help the Palestinians
What jumps to my mind the most about Macalester College is the Mission Statement. Coming from Gaza Strip and traveling to the US as an exchange student for one year made me highly interested in cultures and diversity. Mac is greatly centered around multiculturalism and internationalism, which is exactly what I'm looking for. During my exchange year, beside growing up as a person, I have made so many friends from all over the world and I have learned so much about their cultures. Mac has such a diverse
HAMAS, an Arabic acronym meaning “Islamic Resistance Movement”, is the name of the socio-political organization currently in power over the Gaza Strip. For decades Jews & Muslims and Israelis & Palestinians, often one in the same, have fought for control over the region. Each have killed thousands of the other, destroyed infrastructures and used underhanded tactics to gain an advantage. Nations such as Japan, the European Union, the United States and (of course) Israel classify the group as terrorists
War in Gaza” on July 6, 2003. In his comic he exposes the conflicts between Israel and Palestine. Sacco then illustrates the attacks that are happening in Palestinian territories, where the Israeli army attempts to maintain control with the excuse of protecting Palestinians from the snuggling that is happening in the underground tunnels. While Palestine fights to regain their freedom from Israel. In this paper I’ll report the different strategies that Sacco use in "The Underground War in Gaza" that
Erupting in 1987, a revolt called the Infitada began in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. This revolt was initially started by local Palestinians residents and was soon characterized by rock throwing as their only means of opposing the Israeli military forces. As images began to circulate of civilians armed with rocks fighting for their rights against the heavily armed Israeli forces in a one-sided conflict they began to win a substantial amount of sympathy for their struggle in the neighboring
The 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
Colonialism and Apartheid – The Israeli Norm Both Apartheid and Colonialism represent egregious violations of basic human rights according to the United Nations. The international community condemns colonialism because it prevents a people from freely exercising its right to control through political and economic policies its own future. Apartheid is a state-sanctioned collection of institutions and laws that position one group of individuals over another group of individuals and methodically oppresses