Golan Heights

1. What is the significance of the Golan Heights? Situated in the upland region of south-western Syria, the Golan Heights borders southern Lebanon, north-western Jordan, and north-eastern Israel. According to the BBC profile on the Golan Heights, the region is a rocky plateau overlooking southern Syria and its capital Damascus from the Israeli vantage point up to 40 miles north, thus serving as a strategic site for Israel to monitor the activities of the Islamic State and Syrian rebel groups that

the third Arab Israeli War in 1967. The Israeli Defence Forces was totally surprised and unprepared for such an attack. The Egyptian troops maneuverer into the Sinai Peninsula, while Syria attempted to remove the Israeli troop that occupied the Golan Heights. The Combined forces of Egypt and Syria totalled eight hundred and seventy-five thousand (875,000) men, four hundred and fifty (450) combat aircrafts, two thousand five hundred (2500) tanks, three thousand armoured fighting vehicles and one thousand

Although there are many terrorist activities brought to the public’s attention daily, most people only have awareness of a few prominent terrorist groups. Terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah have made a significant impact in parts of the world, yet few people have heard of them. Throughout this paper, characteristics of Hezbollah will be examined such as, formation, leaders, purpose, influences, financial support, associations and their impact to the world. Finally, this paper will present

For long time Israel was suspected in embezzlement of South Lebanese water during the occupation of water called safety strip from 1978 to 2000. In the report of UN experts presented at the annual meeting of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia ( ESCWA) in Amman in May 1994 , it was reported that since the establishment of this zone “Israel was annually pumping water from Litani to its territory with pumps installed at the bridge of Khardali, in a volume of 150 million m3”. " Another

In this ambitious work, Jeremy Bowen details the happenings between Israel and Palestine. This Middle East war sparked much debate throughout the world especially amongst historians. Bowen uses this work as a personal recount of the six days that shaped the world as it is today. Bowen, an experienced BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) journalist and editor, presented the world with the Radio 4 series which allowed listeners to learn of the Six Day war. Through a detailed assessment of Bowens

Israeli-Arab wars basically refer to a series of conflict between Israel and some Arab states. These wars have been complicated or heightened by a list of factors linked to strategic, political, and economic interests in the regions of the great powers. In some occasions, people refer to the Israeli-Arab wars as hostilities caused by religious differences between Jews and Muslims (Quandt, 2013). Nonetheless, this paper will analyze one of the Israeli-Arab wars, the 1967 War also known as the Six-Day

How would a person feel living in a country that they are forced to live in a that is not their own? These people have left their homelands in search of a better life in Europe. When these refugees have finally been granted asylum in Germany life is still difficult for them in that they struggled to obtain job and an education in Germany . Even worse off are the children who are not able to obtain an education .These people risk their lives on the perilous journey to Europe

The nature of Israel’s involvement in the 1967 June War can be aptly portrayed as both a prime example of pre-emptive self-defence of the nation and as a rapacious campaign of self-interested opportunism. A central tenet of the Israeli position that Arab encroachment posed a danger to the continued existence of Israel is that the short and long term consequences of Israel not acting decisively were disastrous and had to be avoided. The partisan essence of the Six-Day War is exemplified through the

Abstract The scarcity, depletion and polluting of water in one of the world's driest regions, is a problem that has perplexed the nations of the Middle East for decades. The riparian states of the Jordan River Basin include Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. These states are in a constant struggle over securing water rights for their respective states. The conflict over water is also overshadowed by the Arab-Israeli issues and the subsequent territorial questions. While territory is often at the

The abundance of Syrian immigrants has been a globally controversial problem because of the recent activity surrounding terrorists. Many countries choose not to accept these Syrian refugees because of the predispositions they have towards them. These countries fear terrorism, causing them to block off these people from entering their country. However, the fears held by these countries are wildly blown out of proportion in accordance to the actual threat that refugees pose. The Syrian migrants should