... decrease the current confrontational violence. And violent outbursts are common between the two parties. One event is prominent: A 12-year old boy named Mohammed al-Durah was with his father going to a market in Netzarim, an Israeli kibbutz in Gaza City, when suddenly live bullets were being fired at ... barricade screaming for the soldiers to stop shooting. Mohammed was struck four times and died in his father's lap (Shasha 1). However, the father, Jamal al-Durah, survived and published the following quote, "I appeal to the entire world, to all those who have seen this crime to act and ...

• Word Count: 1905
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

... ), these are "emotions that are felt as a result of the belongingness to a certain group, and targeted at another group". In addition, others Mackie et al., (2000), Wohl and et al., (2006) and Yzerbyt et al., (2003) showed that "Individuals may experience emotions not only in response to personal life events but also in response to events that affect other members ... ...

• Word Count: 2340
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Israel. Although little more than pinpricks to the Israelis, these attacks were effective armed propaganda in the Palestinians' political offensive to force the Arab regimes, particularly Egypt under Gamal Abd al-Nasser, to practice what they preached regarding Palestine. The first target chosen by Fatah was especially symbolic, since none of the Arab summit meetings called to deal with Israel's Jordan ... , the Palestinian guerrilla groups, who called themselves fida'iyeen (fedayeen), or self-sacrificers, seized control of the PLO from the leadership that had been installed by Egyptian ...

• Word Count: 2168
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... , implacable and dangerous conflict of the twentieth century, and which even remains in force. An important event of the contemporary history of this long conflict was the beginning of the al-Aqsa intifada or second intifada in December of 2000, "second national revolt in less than a decade" (Dolphin 1), which was a far more violent and long-lasting confrontation than the ... ...

• Word Count: 1590
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, are now fighting more than ever before. Judaism's holiest site and Islam's third holiest site are on the same rock in Jerusalem. Arafat wants possession of al Aqsa mosque that lies in the same place as the Temple Mount, a Jewish holy sight. Various solutions have been proposed but there seems to be no easy way to divide ... ...

• Word Count: 1516
• Approx Pages: 6

... than ever, and the threat of "terrorism" is ever present, we are bombarded with images of organizations intent on murder, destruction, and the fall of the west. Organisations such as Al-Qaeda, Hamas and Hizbullah are often rattled off by the media. However, in the midst of this one-sided reportage, we fail to see where these organizations get their fuel ... ...

• Word Count: 1533
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate