First Intifada Essays

CHAPTER-3 THE FIRST INTIFADA INTRODUCTION- Intifada is an Arabic word derived from a verb meaning "to shake off," and is the term used to describe the two major uprisings against Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The First Intifada started on December 1987. It was the first mass uprising since the revolution of 1936 that is based inside the borders of Palestine. In previous years, especially since 1965, the struggle was

Introduction The novel as well as the short story proclaimed a literature of the oppressed that extended hope to those who have none. This can be seen in three key dimensions of the Palestinian novel. First, there is a beautification of the lost homeland of Palestine. Palestine is portrayed in literature as a paradise on earth. There is always a sense of nostalgia and belonging to the homeland. For example, the words of Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008) express nostalgia for a past that every Palestinian

the arms of another one of their sons (Abulhawa 295). While Amal was back in Palestine visiting with her brother David, she visited Huda and her family. The Israeli soldiers decided to come and attack their land again. This was know as the Second Intifada. So, once again Huda and Amal found themselves crouching in a hole in the kitchen floor clinging to each other for dear life (Abulhawa 301). This time, Amal was there with her daughter Sara in her arms, just like her baby cousin Aisha was many years

Furthermore, as it has been discussed previously, the notion of the body is strongly linked to the idea of land and territory. By looking at the history of the land, it can be seen that the occupied Palestinian Territories once were Palestinian lands. Thus, Israel is completely blocking any type of national sovereignty to the Palestinian people. In Wedding in Galilee, Michel Khleifi emphasizes the fact that the Palestinian land existed a long time before the Israelis occupied it. As illustration

Nasser Abufarha is the author of “The Making of a Human Bomb. ” In this book the writer, Nasser Abufarha attempts to look at the phenomena of suicidal terrorism of Palestinians through the eyes of the committer and the society occurring in the Palestinian west bank around the north part of Jenin conquered by the Israeli. The book mainly focuses on the anthropological perspective that shows the connection between culture and violence, which is an important indicator of the Palestinian society as proven

In Wild Thorns, Sahar Khalifeh uses the absurdities of war to emphasize how the Palestinian Occupation is a war within the Palestinian community, and between the Palestinian and Israeli community. The product of such an environment is the psychological factors of tension, helplessness, sacrifice, and solidarity. Khalifeh’s characters from the Palestinian city of Nablus express these behaviors. Through her bittersweet novel, she invites readers to assess how the Occupation creates an individual to

Everyone has aspirations, dreams, and desires including Americans and Palestinians. Kenneth Ring the author of Letters from Palestine intends for the readers of his book show the American audience to see the Palestinian people as individuals. The purpose isn’t to evoke sympathy for these hardships but to have people learn about those living in Palestine and how they are our brothers and sisters. They are not whom we need to fear or regard as an outsider or ‘other’. This book goes beyond the memories

The history of terrorism between Israel and the Palestinians began when the people of Israel were determined to prove that the country would succeed to exist by invading Palestine for settlement (Spindlove & Simonsen, 2013). The people of Palestine did not like the idea of their country being taken over by the Jewish people, and as a result terror between the two territories were in full effect (Spindlove & Simonsen, 2013). Israel was fighting to stay relevant and become more secure by making another

dependent on Israeli support and security (Fredreka Schouten, 2015). Although they believe that the U.S. needs Israel in order to combat terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, it is more likely that these groups would not have formed in the first place, if not for being forced out of their

Critical Discourse Analysis The term Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is used interchangeably with Critical Linguistics (CL). Nonetheless, since not long ago it seems that CDA is preferred to speak of the theory formerly known as CL. CDA considers language a social practice (cf. Fairclough: 1989). This theory regards the social context in which the language is used as crucial. Critical Discourse Analysis directs much of its attention and dedicates a substantial amount of research to the relation

On 14 May 1948, David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the State of Israel, founded on the Zionist Movement, which supports the creation of a Jewish homeland. Directly after this declaration of independence, numerous Arab nations made it clear that they would go to extreme lengths to prevent the establishment of the Jewish state. A coalition of four Arab countries - Egypt, Syria, Trans-Jordan and Iraq - and Palestinian forces immediately attacked Israel, in what became known as the Palestinian War. Numerous

Unfortunately for Palestinians they have been caught up in wars between the Arabs and Jews many times. They have also had their own disputes with the Jews because they too believe Israel belongs to them. Palestinians are pretty much the same as Arabs, the only difference is Arabs have a state that they belong too and Palestinians do not. When it comes to war the most important thing to focus on is when Israel became a state. A civil war (War of Independence) irrupted in 1948 that removed massive

Promises is a film that was created in 2001 that was directed by B.Z. Goldberg and Carlos Bolabo. The documentary tells the story of 7 children ranging in the ages of 7-13 years old. Having the film focused on kids opinions instead of adults because it gives a fresh view on how they interpret the situation. The film focuses on 7 different children and their lives as Palestinian and Israeli children living in and around Jerusalem. Although they are not far in distance, they exist in completely separate

conflict from a gender perspective. Given a limited space, it focuses on two particular events that marked the start and development of the conflict towards violence. One was the adoption of the idea of a Jewish nation in the 1890s and the other was the first influx of Jewish immigrants to Palestine in the 1920s. The analysis is written under the light of gender studies. It adopts a viewpoint that gender studies do not concern

conflict has been one of the most difficult things in the world. However, after reading the books, In the Land of Israel and The Yellow Wind by Amos Oz and David Grossman respectively, one starts to get some insights onto why the conflict began in the first place, and why it is not coming to an end any time soon. Reading the interview carried by Mr. Oz with a man he refers to as Z, an idea of why the Israelis hate the Palestinians is evident. According to Z, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon was a glorious

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, there are many important characters, some alike and some different. Two characters who are both different and alike at the same time are Tom Buchanan and George Wilson. Fitzgerald gives the reader a lot of information about how Tom and George are very different from each other. One can interpret many different things that Fitzgerald may be trying to convey about the nature of men. Based on how he portrays Tom and George’s actions it helps to show

Through examining how both Arabs and Israelis interacted with the city of Jerusalem from 1948-1967 it is evident that how each side felt about the city was essential in defining the nature of the conflict. The conflict that embroiled Jerusalem in bitter fighting in 1948 and 1967 was ultimately driven by the belief that both the Arabs and Israelis had an inalienable right to the city of Jerusalem. Consequently neither side was willing to capitulate any territory to the other in order to achieve peace

The violence between the Israelis and Palestinians has been going on since the 1920’s. It did not erupted into a full scale war until World War ll. After World War l the Arab Palestinians were struggling to gain independence from the Zionist movement; who had stolen their land and part of their government. During World War ll one of the leaders of the Mandate of Palestine had a meeting with Hitler and explained that if Hitler opposed the movement of creating a national homeland for the Jews, they

Palestinian-Israeli Conflict President Donald J. Trump's decision involving the Israeli and Palestinian dispute over Jerusalem has left both countries in an even more complicated conflict then before. Although the decision on who holds the holy land of Jerusalem may have angered the current Arab World due to the controversial issue of control of land, the strife between the Palestinians and Israelis trails back to the 1948 War, and has been a continuous struggle since then. Over seven hundred thousand

Since the beginning of Israeli occupation of West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1967, Israeli authorities have continually conspired to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state within the confines of these territories, thereby destroying Palestinian hopes of freedom and independence, such as the confiscation of land for military purposes in addition to the ingoing expansion of illegal settlement throughout the occupied territories and the Separation Wall. Thus, one of the crises which committed as