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Abstract When translated, Hezbollah means “The Party of God.” However, as we examine the history, demographics, agenda, methodology and target choices and affiliation assignments and contributions of Hezbollah, we discover that this organization was established with perhaps one goal in mind and that is to strike fear into the hearts of those that oppose an Islamic state in Lebanon. Therefore, as the self-proclaimed “Party of God,” based on the history of their activities and actions, they appear

lot, he helped Nada’s siblings Maha and Jad.When he lost Maha in a war then, karim took Jad with him to Canada to make a better future for him Religion: Lebanon’s primary religious groups, very roughly, are Shia Muslim, Christian, Sunni Muslim and Druze. The division of power between the religious groups is an interesting problem. Religion Beliefs:

divisions: “during the period of the French mandate (1920-46), sectarian divisions were deliberately incited in order to suppress Arab nationalism” (Fildis, 2012). However, the fight against a common enemy brought together Sunnis, Shias, Alawites, Druzes and Christians Syrians. Eventually, the parties negotiated a Treaty of Independence. After autonomy, turmoil continued, leading to a series of military coups and counter-coups. As Mansfield describes: “the men who had led the struggle against the

Clearly, this period was marked by political instability of which the communists sought to take advantage of. In 1954, Khalid Bakdash won a seat in parliament as the first communist elected to an Arab parliament. The Suez Canal Crisis of 1956 strengthened the communist influence in Syria after signing a pack with the Soviet Union in exchange for military equipment. Soviet support to Syria was part of the greater strategic battle playing out in the Middle East between the Western and Eastern blocs

The United States was the first country to recognize Israel as a state in 1948. Since then, Israel has become and will remain America’s strongest and most reliable ally in the Middle East. The United States and Israel are bound closely by military and economic assistance as well as strategic cooperation; Israel’s contributions have helped the United States military advance to counterterrorism and homeland security. As President Barack Obama states “The United States is proud to stand with you as

state that has historically discriminated against them and treated them as second class citizens.The fight for collective rights has been a decades long struggle, hindered in part due to the divisions within the Arab community, which is made up of Druze, Christians, Bedouins, and Muslims, groups with different political interests and priorities. The lack of unification has kept them from gaining collective rights or significant political clout within Israel. Thus, to this day, Arab citizens are disproportionately

It is not surprising that when we are introduced to the seven children in the film, their opinion reflects that of their respective government, parents, and what they see in their media. The two opinions are polarized, and the children are very affected by what they have heard from their side of the issue. Both sides have suffered, and each blames the other for the suffering incurred. They all have a difficult reality and can’t imagine a different course than the current one. The Palestinian children

the Islam and Jewish relations started. The two religions share similar guidelines, principles, and values. Christianity and Islam are two of the greatly recognized religions because Christianity is practiced by more the 161,000 Israeli citizens. Druze and Islam are two of the small unique religious minority groups of Arab descent located in Israel. Religions in Israel are a central feature of the country and the great life style they have come to

Introduction The Taif agreement tried to abolish sectarianism and declare an Arab identity of a united Lebanon; however, in practice it perpetuated sectarianism through confessionalism and restructuring the National Pact political system in Lebanon. It also failed to provide a concrete Arab identity or unified Lebanon in practice, instead sectarian identities prevailed. The situation before the agreement The Ta’if accords modify the “rules of the game” of prewar Lebanon but they do not change

Different utopia Foucault used term is "different utopia" to describe the significance of multiple layer or in other parts of the relationship than the space immediately meets the eye. In general, ectopic is a physical representation or a utopian approximation, or contains bad institutions to do a real utopian space may parallel the space. Foucault used mirror as the duality and conflict, reality and reality for the utopian project metaphor for the idea. Mirror is utopia, as you see it in the image