Ariel Sharon probably helped doom the whole enterprise of Israel.
Arik Scheinerman, who became Ariel Sharon, was from a Russian family that emigrated to Palestine at a time when Palestinians had been deprived of the right to set immigration policy into their own country. He would go on powerfully to shape the lives of most people in Israel and the Middle East, and not for the good.
"Top 10 Ways Ariel Sharon Ruined Israel and the Middle East"
Does Hamas hold a unified position on the use of violence for resistance?
A crucial player in the conundrum that is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Hamas has always been a controversial actor. It was founded in 1987 by late Sheikh Ahmed Yassin as one of the wings of the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine, as its 1988 original charter states.
Over the past five years, humanitarian health workers Peter Smith and Catherine Thick have visited the Gaza Strip and the West Bank numerous times, providing health clinics and witnessing the everyday lives of the local population. The suffering they have seen in Gaza has prompted them to share their experiences, and call for a just and equitable peace between Israel and Palestine. This is the last of a two part series. Read part 1 here.
Over the past five years, humanitarian health workers Peter Smith and Catherine Thick have visited the Gaza Strip and the West Bank numerous times, providing health clinics and witnessing the everyday lives of the local population. The suffering they have seen in Gaza has prompted them to share their experiences, and call for a just and equitable peace between Israel and Palestine. This is the first of a two part series.
At a time where an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip is a very recent memory and future peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians are uncertain, it is pivotal to understand the history of past peace talks and agreements in order to evaluate the chances of a lasting peace settlement.
In the run-up to and after the creation of Israel in 1948, a large portion of the Palestinian population was displaced. Whether this happened by force or not remains a debate; so does the Palestinian right of return.