... era, along with the disappointments it ensued. At the end of World War II, large parts of the Arab World were still dominated by colonialism. Egypt was a monarchy under British rule, along with the basis for Britain's presence in the Middle Eastern region. Egyptians were growing more discontent at still being a colony and felt ashamed after losing the war against Israel ... for a new nation and the Arab World. In political terms, he transformed Egypt into a republic by introducing centralized parliamentary rule, though he is typically better known for his domestic social programs. Nasse...

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... that is bordered on three sides by Israel. The West Bank was originally a part of Palestine but since 1967 has been occupied by Israel. The majority of the people living in the West Bank are Palestinians, but the Israeli government is in control of it. Since 1967 the Palestinians have seen that ... the West Bank should belong to them because it originally was theirs and because the majority of people that live there are Palestinian citizens. There have been many fights over the use of the land and in the mid 1990s the ... importance to three monotheistic religions in the world. The tow...

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... the faith are forbidden, and initiation from lay status to clerical is restricted. The Druze formed territories that fought the Crusaders and secured considerable independence under stated Mamluk and Ottoman rule. In the 19th century, the rise of the Christian Maronites washed out Druze power in the Mount Lebanon region. The ensuing conflict scarred relations between the two communities and provided ... a Muslim Shiite sect that holds Ismail, the son of Jafar as-Sadiq, as its imam. On the death of the sixth imam of the Shiites, Jafar as-Sadiq (d. 765), the majority of Shiites accepted M...

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... recent years, the differing perspectives can begin to be understood. Shortly after the end of world war two, the Jewish race was one of the most affect by the Nazi rule. It was decided by the newly formed United Nations that an independent state would be formed for the Jews to call home. They declared part of Palestine the rightful location ... enforcement would be the Rwandan genocide. This is a tragic event that was allowed to escalate to ghastly proportion without external intervention. In 1994 Rwandan tribal tension climaxed as the Hutu majority forcefully declared political power f...

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... granted its independence, leaving it with a lack of self-determination and British control. The Jews fled Palestine to get away from Babylonian and Roman control and later Arab and Ottoman rule. They faced exile and persecution. The Jews longed for a homeland where they could practice Jewish laws and traditions-Palestine. Sir Arthur Balfour's declaration states a homeland for the Jews, but not ... at the expense of the Arabs. They both interpret it as in their favor of Palestine. The Arabs, an overwhelming majority in Palestine, have always asked for their freedom and independence from ...

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... granted its independence, leaving it with a lack of self-determination and British control. The Jews fled Palestine to get away from Babylonian and Roman control and later Arab and Ottoman rule. They faced exile and persecution. The Jews longed for a homeland where they could practice Jewish laws and traditions-Palestine. Sir Arthur Balfour's declaration states a homeland for the Jews, but not ... at the expense of the Arabs. They both interpret it as in their favor of Palestine. The Arabs, an overwhelming majority in Palestine, have always asked for their freedom and independence from ...

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... from European anti-Semitism. However, Arabs' claims to the land are based on continuous residency in the country for hundreds of years and the fact that they represented the demographic majority. Essentially, they reject the idea that a biblical-era kingdom constitutes the basis for a valid claim today. However, if the Arabs engaged in a biblical argument, they would argue that since Abraham ... was ruled by outside governments such as Persians, Syrians, Rome, and the Byzantine Empire; from the 1400's to 1917, by the Sultans of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. During the Ottoman rule, the la...

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