... important to Israeli military tradition. Many members of HaShomer joined the Jewish Legion, which fought with the British against imperial Germany during World War I. They also established a precedent of armed self-defense of the Zionist movement, which during the War of Independence in 1948 would flower into the IDF. Increasing tensions between the Arab communities and the growing Jewish communities of Palestine brought the need to expand the capacity of the Yishuv for self-defense. In 1920 ... units as of 1988, the Egyptian fleet was larger than that of Israel. Nevertheless, foreign o...

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... to their territories by sometimes taking advantage of an old Palestinian law about taking possession of land (Noble 49). This squatting was sanction by leaders of the Histadrut, but Arabs saw these tactics as land-grabs. Golda Myerson was put in charge of creating a maritime service in 1937. Jewish settlements needed means to conduct business through the seas. Golda set out to make this maritime ... service a reality, and again went to the United States to ask for money to build a ... life as the new Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, moved the country forward (Meir, My Life 458). Golda Me...

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... . Palsar soldiers have, for years, grown to live their lives in shadows and fright, for fear of the Palestinian suicide bombers. Only at night do they ever leave their places of refuge to fight a battle they know not when they will win. Considered one of the best armies in the world, the soldiers have realized they are fighting an enemy quick to adapt and even quicker to attack ... to assemble a cease-fire. But as has been the case in the past, many see this as a postponement to the problems already at hand. No one can explain more the battle being fought over seas and even more so, the ...

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... Asia, and Africa had converted whole nations a century ago. With his sword Charlemagne preached the Gospel of the cross to the Saxons, Bohemians, and as far as the Danube which is now Hungary. As the Christian propaganda of Charlemagne swept towards the shores of the north and Baltic Seas, the pagans were driven to sea. They retaliated for the Christian persecutions with plundering raids and expeditions against Christian England Ireland has had a history ... differently these things start because different countries have laws based on religion and others think it to be stupid, too lenie...

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... OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE SLAVERY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN ANCIENT EGYPT WITH THAT OF AFRICAN PEOPLES IN EUROPE AND THE NEW WORLD by Michael Frank A paper presented on a comparative study of the structure of the slavery of the Jewish people by the Egyptians in Biblical times with that of the structure of the slavery of the African people by Western countries beginning in the 15th century C.E. It is this author's intent to focus on the structures of these institutions, the mechanics as it were, of the ... empire straining at the seams to break free of Pharaoh, and the intervention of G-d to...

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