Why Israel Matters Case Study

The relationship between the State of Israel and the United States of America has blossomed into a significant bilateral alliance. The ‘special relationship’ between the two countries has been the driving force behind much of the progress of the United States’ push into middle east democracy, and has helped place Israel in the company of countries who will stand by her in times of trouble. As of late, there have been increasing pushes by the Untied States for Israel to once again enter into peace talks with the Palestinians, a topic which seems to be the source of constant international commentary. These developments have brought to the forefront a rather interesting facet of the Israeli/American relationship, one which this author

“For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste” (ESV. Isa. 60:12). This is what God said to Israel through a prophet named Isaiah. Many people in this country believe that the relationship between the U.S. and Israel is hurting our relationship with other countries. They believe that Israel is conducting immoral behavior. As a result, they believe that the U.S. should stop supporting Israel. However, there are good reasons for the United States to support Israel. Israel is an ally that is constantly under threat from Arab nations and the United States should be there to help and support Israel when those threats arise. On the other hand, Israel is mistreating Palestinians and is about to become a full-fledged apartheid state; the U.S. should not support such actions (Mearsheimer). Although Israel is on the road to becoming and apartheid state, they

Imagine the Native Americans speak up and say they want to own their ancestral homeland back and that the Americans are not welcome to live there. If you were American, would you sit back and let them take it? Of course you would not let them do that because you would want to defend your family and homeland. This is exactly what happened in Palestine. The Israelis invaded Palestine and kicked out the Palestinians living there when Israel declared independence. The US should support Palestine in their fight for freedom because Israel has been invading Palestine and Palestine needs help to stand up to Israel.

In 1948, the United States was the first to recognize Israel as a new state in the United Nations; this quick action on our part shows how important having an ally in the Middle East is for America, and in addition the alliance helped the newly created nation. We had many reasons for continuing this rock-solid friendship, but perhaps the most important is that our values are the same. Israel is very like the United States; it’s the only democratic country in the Middle East, it wants to prevent war, and to gain stability and eventual peace the two recognized the need to work together to meet their mutual goals. Truman, with the Marshall Plan and his many aids and programs created for Israel’s benefit, was the first to not only talk

Historically, the greatest innovations in both the arts and sciences, medicine as well as religion, were achieved when there was cross dialogue and harmony amongst the different religions, factions and nationalities. By getting different opinions and viewpoints on anything can significantly enhance whatever is being discussed and therefore can make a better and stronger product or idea. Without a doubt, history most definitely repeats itself and Israel is no exception.

The country that I choose for my project is Israel .The capital of Israel is Jerusalem. Israel’s Population is around 7,105,000 people. Three major cities in the country is Tel-Aviv, Haifa, and Ashdod. The prime minister of Israel is Benjamin Netanyahu, and the President of Israel is Reuven Rivilin. Israel Government is parliamentary democracy. The main religion practiced in the state of Israel is Jewish, Muslim, and Christianity.

“There is no difference whatever between anti-Semitism and the denial of Israel's statehood. Classical anti-Semitism denies the equal right of Jews as citizens within society. Anti-Zionism denies the equal rights of the Jewish people its lawful sovereignty within the community of nations. The common principle in the two cases is discrimination.” Abba Eban (New York Times, 1975).

Israel is both a Jewish and Democratic state. The skeleton of the state is that of a binary philosophy: a dual identity which on the one hand is a democracy and also a Jewish state. A democracy is a state which respects the inalienable rights, such as freedom of expression and suffrage, and intrinsic dignity of every human being. A Jewish state is a state with a core Jewish cultural and national identity, which respects equality of religion for all and is not theocratic. The foundational documents, the Declaration of Independence and Israel’s Basic Laws, are unambiguous and unrelenting on the centrality of these two traits, and without them, Israel would be stripped of its core identity.

Israel's Ambassador To UN, Danny Danon, minced no words in his address to Security Council: “The resolution you just voted on is the peak of hypocrisy. While thousands are being massacred in Syria, this Council wasted valuable time and efforts, condemning the democratic State of Israel for building homes in the historic homeland of the Jewish people.”

After graduating high school, I decided to goto Israel on a one year program. I told all of my friends and family I was going to Israel for a spiritual awakening, but that was a complete lie. I went to Israel because I wanted to spend a lot of time going out in Tel Aviv and enjoying life. I was scared of going into the real world. I was scared of going to NYU and falling into a lifetime of debt. More importantly, I wanted to find myself. I wanted to figure out what I wanted with my life. High school was over. Being on the basketball team and being popular weren't gonna get me anywhere. I needed to find out what type of person I was and what I wanted my future to look like. I thought if I separated myself from my real life I would be able to find answers to these questions on my own. So I went and had the time of my life. For the first few months, my friends and I, as well as every other Jewish American in Israel on a one year program, went out a ton. The nightlife in Tel Aviv was fantastic and we were having a great time. The legal drinking age is 18 there so we were able to go out without any worries.

As is seen, the US has long opposed boycotts of Israeli entities. Some Members of Congress have argued the US needs to continue this trend and enact legislation which will protect the integrity of trade as well as protect the state of Israel. In fact, it could be argued that protecting trade freedom of Israel is the only way to protect the state as a trade isolation would leave it vulnerable and susceptible to different forms of deterioration.

Culture is labeled as anything that makes up a person, or persons’ way of living. It is an important part of every country, not only to the citizens of the country, but to people all over the world. Culture can be broken down into five different categories: Customs and traditions, language, arts and literature, religion, and social organization. One of the most interesting, and most recently developed, cultures in the world is the culture of Israel. The country of Israel was officially constituted in 1948, but it does not have a lack of culture due to its’ lack of history. In fact, the culture is Israel is as interesting, if not more, as any other country across the world. Israel’s culture allows people across the globe to gain insight to an extraordinary country.

The purpose of this memo is to investigate the similarities and differences between the United States and Israel’s cultural and business aspects.

It started May 15th, 1948 when Israeli-Palestinian conflict began. The Israelis think that they own a land called Israel and the Palestinians think they own a land called Palestine. The Palestinians are also considered as Arabs. However according to (Historyguy, 2017), it seems that both sides claim the same land but they each call it a different name. What exactly is Palestine? Palestine is an Eastern Mediterranean area that contains several parts of latter-day Israel as well as Palestinian region of the Gaza strip (along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea) and West bank (precinct of Jordan River) , (Albright ,2017). What is Israel? Israel is a Middle Eastern country on the Mediterranean Sea. However, it is regarded by the Jews, Christians and Muslims also known as the biblical Holy Land. “Israelis and Arabs have been fighting over Gaza on and off, for decades. It's part of the wider Arab Israeli conflict.” Says (BBC, 2015). During the Holocaust and World War II, there were six million Jewish people that were killed. So then after that more and more Jewish people wanted their own country. Eventually the Jews was given a prodigious amount of the Palestine. The Arabs did not think it was fair. The Arabs whom already lived there and the neighboring countries did not think it was fair. Nevertheless, the Arabs and neighboring countries did not accept the new country, (BBC, 2015). So basically the conflict began when the Jews were given a large

The Middle East is said to the home of some of the holiest sites for people of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim faiths. The conflict between Israel and Palestine is not one to take lightly.