Growth of Arab Nationalism

David Ben-Gurion (the head of the world Zionist Organization) made Israel a nation-state, in may of 1948. The jews had a goal to create a homeland in the Palestine area for many years, this goal grew after WW2. The violence towards the Jewish in WW2, the united nations decided what the jews had control of. They decided that Palestine was going to be split into sections, one for the jews, one for the Arabs, and another for the jerusalem and bethlehem. A vote was taken, and soon everyone signed it. The Arab-Israeli war of 1948 was resulted in Israel's independence. The war was between the Arabs and israel. There was tension between the jews and the muslim Arab for control of “their” land. The dividing of Palestine caused the tension to end and civil war erupted. This caused many palestine Arabs to flee and become refugees and 700 000 jews flee to Israel, because they were expelled from their country. Israel's independence caused tension to form and created more problems for the

Religious connection, Zionism, the holocaust and anti-Semitism were all reasons that Israel was created in 1948. Today Israel is hated by many Middle Easterns. They had to defend their country the first day they were established. They have a strong relationship with

The creation of Israel meant that the Israeli’s were able to fulfil their long term aspiration of creating their own state, which had been fuelled by

In this essay I will be discussing the role of modern nationalism and how this ideology affected the transition from colonial rule to independence in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as the problems that plagued them since 1945, and how these different nations have solved them. I will be specifically concentrating on the nations of India, Algeria, and Iran.

Territory regarded by the Jewish people as their homeland is also regarded by the Arab movement as belonging to the Palestinian Arabs. The conflict between Palestinian Jews and Arabs emerged in the early 20th century during the 1920 Nebi Musa riots, ending into a full scale civil war in 1947 and expanding to all Arab League countries with the creation of the modern State of Israel in May 1948. The conflict, which started as a political and nationalist conflict over

er the war, as the years went on the Jewish population in Palestine grew tremendously. The growth created a lot of violence between Jews and Arabic’s. This violence ultimately led to Britain to make a big decision on the future of Palestine. This with the fueling of World War II and the Holocaust caused international support for Zionism. So, in 1948 they established official declaration of the State of Israel (Cohen, 2003; Levin, 1974.)

The crisis of 1957 served to expedite the split of the Middle East into separate Soviet and American camps, a process that had been relatively blurry immediately following World War II. Following his victory against the Tripartite aggression, Nasser began to forge a path towards a broader

2,000 years after the destruction of Israel by the Romans, Israel was created by ratification by the United Nations and the formation was broadcasted via television on May 14, 1948. Despite the fact that the nation is youthful, it has been tormented with war and catastrophe since its creation.

One of Nasser’s many goals was to make Egypt into a leader of the Arab States and in order to this he understood that Egypt had to be chiefly independent (“Cold War Lesson #2”). Replacing Western leaders with Egyptian leaders would forestall security threats and ensure Egypt as the head of all the states (Metz). This was necessary because he needed to show the other Arab nations that they did not have to rely on the West. This would not be possible if he were also dependent on the West. In order to be a leader, the Arab nations would need to look to Egypt for clarity and help, instead of the United States. In order to deem Egypt successful, Nasser wished to end political subordination to western powers and imperialism, restore Egypt’s identity by creating their own culture that was no longer distorted by Westernization, and to create Egypt’s own, independent economy (Metz). These goals required much more than just support behind them, they required a significant amount of money. In order to get this money, Nasser decided to acquire a policy of nonalignment (“Cold War Lesson #2). This meant that he would not ally with the United States or the Soviet Union even though they both had many interests in Egypt. This policy aided Nasser in receiving as much as he could from both sides without having to commit to either. While this policy did work out for Nasser, he eventually

By the late nineteenth century, the Jews, who had been in exile for almost two thousand years, found their ancestral homeland in Palestine, which was largely occupied by Arabs and governed by the Turks; this dilemma sparked many problems within the Middle East. Since the rise of the Zionist movement and the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948, political leaders of predominately Muslim nations in the Middle East have made discriminatory prejudice anti-Semitic statements or actions. Allowing for apportioning or deflection of blame, contradicting the stated social and theological morality of the Islamic faith, this technique has been used as a tool for political control by regimes in this region for the past century. The relationship between anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist views in the Middle East are shown through the nature of the governments involved in the anti-Zionist movement, the relationship these nations had with the state of Israel, the effect it had on the Arabic people living within these countries and the assumptions made on Judaism and Zionism.

In “The Need for Understanding the West” the author talks about the necessity for Arabs to learn and adopt Western ideologies and societies to have a better future. Khashan praises Europe for their open mindedness, stating that this aspect of European society is responsible for them becoming the economic and the political focus of the world. He also talks about the failures of Arab societies from foreign perspectives and also discusses how Arab nations are viewed as failures by other nations due to their lack of successful leaders, and for not having a behavioural system that encourages hard work, punctuality, and human rights. Finally, he asks Arabs to take a few notes from the West as a step toward modernity, but not before they resolve their

Israeli war of independence - Started as 6 months of civil war between Jewish and Arab militias at the end of the British Mandate of Palestine and turned into a regular war after the declaration of independence of Israel and the intervention of several Arab armies. In its conclusion, a set of agreements were signed between Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, called the 1949 Armistice Agreements, which established the armistice lines

Israel was a creation of the Palestine complexity, which mainly had two components - Zionism and imperialism. During the process of decolonization it was only in Palestine a colonial settler state was established. The powers that were involved namely USA, UK and USSR not only failed to resolve the conflict but further established its ground by supporting the Jewish colonization and expulsion of Arabs from their own country, effecting the creation of a Zionist state.

The Arab- Israeli Conflict is a conflict between the Arab and Jewish people in the Middle East over Israel and Palestine. This conflict has led to wars and millions of displaced people. This particular conflict has historical origins in the lives of the Arab and Jewish people. “The beginning of Zionism and the Arab-Israeli Conflict explain the basic principles of this complicated dispute”(Frankel 17).

In 1948, the British mandate announced their intentions to terminate its mandate in Palestine due to the conflict between the Palestinians and the Jews. Britain faced difficulties trying to bring peace to Palestine. After the British mandate left Palestine, the Jewish people declared the establishment of a Jewish state (Israel). On the same day, Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq intervened and this marked the first Arab-Israeli war. After this war, over 800,000 Palestinian Arabs became refugees as a result of the independence of Israel. Also, Jews in the Arab countries were made to abandon their properties and flee.