... three essential agreements during WWI, and the affects following World War I. Before World War I, the declining Ottoman Empire had two rising movements that would begin the conflict in the Middle East. The first movement is Zionism which called for a nation state for Jewish people. "Palestine was simultaneously the scene of a confrontation with Zionism that became a key issue ... the Central Powers. However, unlike the perceptions Hussein and the British government had regarding this agreement, the Balfour declaration became a policy through Jewish activists. After 1918, the Middle Eas...

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Geography Palestine is an area in the eastern Mediterranean region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea in Asia. Palestine territories include the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and parts of modern Israel. This region has a strategic location between Jordan in the east, Lebanon and part of modern Israel to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, and Negev and Gulf of Aqaba to the South. Syria, Egypt, and the Arabian nations are its neighboring countries. This region is also called the Holy Land because of its religious significance to Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Historically, th...

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... the end hams caused trouble to Israel as a strong opposition to its growth and stability. USA has to bear its responsibility in the Middle East to resolve the current disputes and to create a solution to the long troubled area. It is clear that the Palestinian society has many ... agreed to, and then refused to abide by the new agreements. Meanwhile successive governments were demolishing Palestinian homes, taking over Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem for Jewish housing, and seizing Palestinian land for new settlements. A massive new highway network built after 1993 on confiscated Pal...

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... . Violence and bloodshed descended upon the Holy Land. Large scale fighting among the Jews and the Palestinian and their Arab allies became the inevitable result. The fighting infected the entire Middle East and almost led to a worldwide conflict. Israel eventually won the war and expanded its territory. The end of war and subsequent Jewish control of Palestine created a huge refugee population, which ... began to create social stresses on adjacent Arab countries. Many Palestinians were dislocated throughout the Mid-East, which mainly created havoc in Lebanon and Jordan. This increased t...

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... collaborating with the Jews for both economic and military advantages, in order to support the establishment of the so called Israeli state and further, to create an alliance with the Middle East. Moreover, the US had used fear along with intimidation which Dean Rusk, head of the State Department's UN desk in Washington had clearly indicated President Truman intended to support the ... percent of the land, however the Arabs were to keep possession of 43 per cent of the total land. The Jewish occupying Palestine is aware that the rest of the Middle East has not accepted the establishment...

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... violated by Israel so far. Despite the passing of several solutions over the years, the U.S. has managed quite successfully to keep the UN out of the decision-making side of Middle East diplomacy35. And the conflict between the two nations has escalated. For instance, it can be noted that Israel has been involved in numerous armed conflicts which include Operation Defensive Shield ... . Finally, in response to this move, from 30th November 2012 to 3rd December 2012, Israel authorised expansion of its settlements in the West Bank, approving expansion into controversial areas like East Jer...

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... a thousand years. (Wiki, 2015) with the birth of major nationalist movements among the Jews and among the Arabs, both nations were ready towards attaining sovereignty for their people in the Middle East. (Wiki, 2015) The open-ended clash between Palestine and Israel has been going on for far too long. The cause for this conflict started with the movement of Zionism. The ... ...

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... merely first aid there only to patch up a "scratch" and leave. The Agency is basically there for long term therapy, it provides education, health, relief and social services throughout the middle east to Palestinians in refugee camps. Unlike many of the other UN agencies, which work through local authorities or executing agencies, UNRWA works directly with Palestinian refugees. It plans and carries ... ...

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