... of the Jewish military to preserve the religion and state of Israel (Juergensmeyer 56). Although the major Abrahamic faiths promote peace, they have certain militant aspects that are applied under certain conditions. Often it is those militant aspects that are taken far out of context and used as reasons for faith-based violence. In actuality, these religions only support violence for specific ... ...

• Word Count: 1748
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... to politics'.11 Fatah leaders were essentially saying that these divisions, at the time being, did not prevent them from attaining their goals. From here on it is evident that militant Palestinian liberation movements acted as a catalyst for further Arab-Israeli tensions. Even though Egypt and Jordan in 1965 condemned Fatah attacks from their territories ˜it was not always possible ... ...

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... real potential power is in the hands of different Islamic organizations. Their possible integration into future governments, at the very least, will lead to their Islamization and adoption of increasingly militant positions. That said, Islam, both as a religion and culture, is and will always remain an integral part of any emerging political order in the Middle East. On political and economic ... ...

• Word Count: 3677
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... organization dedicated to the reclamation of lands occupied by the nation of Israel. It is an objective rooted in violence, as the organization has identified itself early on as the militant wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. This in itself is a strong indication of the character of Hamas and its ability to relate to the frustrations of the Palestinian people. What exactly ... ...

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... used by some Palestinians to further their agenda have been violent acts such as suicide bombings of civilian and military targets. As a BBC article from February 2003 points out, "The militant group Hamas has pledged to continue its attacks and intensify the armed struggle against Israel. The group's popularity has soared recently, following the demise of the peace process and general ... ...

• Word Count: 1919
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... and about 50 the land of the overcrowded Gaza Strip had been appropriated by Israel (Peretz, 1990). Some of it was destined for Jewish settlements, inhabited in many cases by militant right-wing settlers seeking Israeli annexation of these areas. The settlements were meant to "establish facts," and hence make Israeli control irrevocable. The presence of these settlers seriously worsened the ... ...

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... Lebanon. Rather, the complete destruction of the State of Israel and the establishment of Islamic rule over Jerusalem is an expressed goal . Part of this radical ideology is the group's militant approach using terror as a means of attaining its goals. Hizballah decries the existence of Israel ('the little Satan'), viewed as foreign to the region and which constitutes a threat to Islam ... ...

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... strongest and well funded armies in the world against a people armed only with rocks and stones. It is a force that goes largely unchecked and rarely criticized. It is a force whose blatant disregard for human life is blanketed by the support of the most powerful and influential nation in the world: the United States of America. In a time when national securities are ... ...

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... with federal initiatives, the ephemeral experiment became the permanent policy, and the national speed limit was made indefinite in 1975 (Csere, 1995). Interestingly enough, once the gasoline shortage was just a distant memory for most, the law remained in place and then became a public safety issue that claimed that regulating national speed limits would help to keep more Americans safe. Basically, the ... ...

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... Israeli air force also dominated the air battle, bringing down ninety Syrian aircraft without a loss. The air force had demonstrated its ability to bring Israel's military power to bear at distant points and in unconventional operations. In 1976 its transport aircraft ferried troops to the Entebbe airport in Uganda to rescue passengers on a commercial airplane hijacked by Arab terrorists. In June ... ...

• Word Count: 6784
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... and general human aspirations for hope and love. Imagination was an important means of liberation from the frustrating reality by opening an outlet for the formulation of plans for the distant future, and by spurring to immediate actions. Looking at the history of the Jewish survivors, from the beginning of the Nazi occupation until the liquidation of the ghettos shows that ... ...

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... to the traditions and rituals of their native Africa. In an account by Fredrika Bremer, in which she was saying the Lord's Prayer with some slave children illustrates just how distant many blacks kept Christian ideology: I had been told that they also taught the children to pray. I gathered a little flock around me, and slowly repeated to them the Lord's Prayer, bidding ... ...

• Word Count: 1954
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