A Poet Protesting the Persecution of the Palestinian People Poets from every part of the world from all times of history have written about the issues of oppression and hardships of unfairness and discrimination. It is easy to find writings and poetry by African Americans, Hispanics, Japanese, Chinese, and even Native American poets. These nationalities are very well represented when it comes to poets shouting of the unfair treatment of their ethnic group. However, to find poetry and poets
The Palestinian refugees deserve to return to their homes. The Palestinian people were living peacefully in Palestine for many generations. Today there are 4,375,050 Palestinian refugees living in neighbouring countries such as Jordan, Syria, West bank/ Gaza and Lebanon. I strongly disagree with the fact that so many innocent Palestinians have been force to flee their own homes in hope of finding safety. The Palestinians were innocently living there when they were evicted from their homes, and they
fighting for its rights. Ayman Odeh, a Palestinian contributor, writes about Palestinian’s hidden struggle with Nakba, which refers to the catastrophe of the Israel declaration of independence that resulted in the displacement of millions of Palestinians. In his Op-Ed piece, Odeh’s use of repetition, pathos and parallelism reveals his message of how Israel is acting immorally towards Palestinians. By using repetition, Odeh demonstrates how oppression against Palestinians is continual and ongoing. He achieves
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,
The film “Promises” addresses the Israeli/Palestinian conflict from the perspective of children on both sides. Each child’s life contains a convoluted mixture of social, political, and cultural conflicts between their community and the communities of their neighbors. Present day Israel contains two peoples who are at odds, the Israelis and the Palestinians, both of whom believe they are the rightful owners of the land they both occupy. Both sides cite their own scriptures as evidence that they are
Introduction The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most controversial conflicts in modern history. The expansion of Israel since 1947 is seen as the beginning of the conflict, although its origins go back to the end of the 19th century, when Jewish immigration to Palestine began to increase. Since the start of the conflict, several peace negotiations have been carried out, resulting in variable degrees of success. This essay will focus on how theorists of peace and conflict have analysed
horrific events that take place between groups of people in the same or different countries often causing psychological damage. The Palestinian- Israeli conflict is an ongoing combat amongst two nations with different ideals. There is a lot of psychological reasoning behind the actions of these different ethnicities. In one hand Palestinians cannot tolerate the existence of Israelis in their territories similarly Israelis are intolerant of Palestinians. In psychology fundamental attribution error, conformity
Civil rights vs. Palestinian- Israeli conflict Palestine was independent until the year 1914 within the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire. After that the Ottoman Empire entered World War I alongside the Germans, the Ottoman Empire lost all its territory in the Arab countries for the benefit of Britain and France. Years after Britain signed a bill to the Israelis and granted them Palestine. The Israelis claim that Palestine is their promise land from God, so they formed a movement called
tell according to history. Palestinians claim that they have a religious claim to the holy land according to the Quran, whilst Israelis believe that they do according to the Old Testament. Palestinians say that they existed on the land much before the Jews had arrived, while the Israelis believe the opposite. After the war had begun, the claims still remained, but a lot more politics/economic arguments began. Palestine states that Israel’s economic power prevents Palestinians from thriving (which will
Introduction: Jews have a long history in a world which is being considered one of the ancient holy religions in the world. However, Jews became one of most people who suffer from discrimination and hate among other religious. Many Jews lose their identity and cultural because of the lock of the Jewish nationalism. On the other hand, Palestine is an consider to be very valuable in a religious aspect to Arabs Muslims. The Jew is believed that by creating a state for Jews could solve their problem
The Question of Palestine and Israel For decades, the people of Palestine and Israel have had conflict with each other. The cause of the conflict was due to religion, territory, and borders (infoplease.com). The conflict began when Israel officially became a state in 1948. Within the same year, political issues of Jewish immigration to Palestine turned into a problem during World War I (White, 200). The issue had gotten worse when the British became heavily involved and decided to negotiate with
their beliefs and Britain’s promise, it still does not give them the right to drive Palestinians out of their homes. They should negotiate and come up with a peaceful agreement instead of causing conflict and violence. The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians still exists today, they have yet to find a way to resolve their conflict and live together in peace once again. There was a time where many Jewish people lived in Palestine peacefully with the Arabs. It was during the 19th century when
Naomi Nye was born to a German-American mother and a Palestinian-American father. However, she normally writes from her Palestinian-Arab perspective. In several of her poems within The Heath Anthology—“Ducks,” “My Father and the Figtree,” and “Where the Soft Air Lives”—Naomi Nye reminisces about her Muslim heritage and childhood as it correlates to her present identity. In addition, she incorporates the effect of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on herself and on Arab culture in her work. Ultimately
Palestinian Cultural Resistance: Violence or Peace? 1948 brought terror to Palestine and a homeland for the Jews who had long migrated to the area following the brutal Holocaust just ten years earlier. Now began the age of the returning Jew, seeking a homeland in Palestine. Since then, the Palestinians have been both driven under the burden of the Israeli occupation manifested in tedious checkpoints, soldier patrols, and a massive wall, and have experienced the semi-liberation of self-rule under
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 which Zionist
The Palestinian exile of 1948 marks the beginning of an ongoing identity struggle of a population of displaced persons sans a homeland. The devastation brought about by the initial expulsion of the Palestinian people is compounded by near-constant armed warfare both within the territories and in refugee camps in nearby nations that house Palestinian refugees. These constant bombardments are a detriment to collective and individual Palestinian identity, which has in turn become defined to a large
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 communicates both Palestinians’ and Israelis' perspectives on this complicated issue. I’ll then
refugee problem was created in the course of the 1948 Israeli War of Independence. When the UN voted to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states in 1947, Palestinian Arabs and Jews opposed the plan. The war that ensued was won by Israel, creating a large number of Arab refugees. Estimates account for more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs who fled or were forced out of their homes during the fighting. These refugees often fled to surrounding Arab countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and
The Palestinian conflict has caused major issues in Israel's government. This problem was started in 1948 and has continued to rage on. This battle, fueled by territory control amongst the countries, has resulted in a large loss for the people of Israel. Hatred for one another has grown in the hearts and minds of the people in both Israel and Palestine. If this feud fails to cease, a far much greater and more costly loss will soon follow. It has specifically negatively affected Israel’s government
no room for Palestinian creativity in Lebanon because Palestinians are refugees! Quiet terrifying, isn’t it? It is the sad reality, however. This is the price that Palestinians pay every day because they decided to reside in Lebanon and escape inevitable death in Palestine. Nevertheless, Palestinians were able to cope with daily challenges, assimilate to new cultures, thrive, and persist. This article presents a brief analysis of Mazen Maarouf’s representative works. A young Palestinian poet who lived