Nationalism in the Middle East
The study of international relations is very broad and complex. It is the study of nations and states and how they are formed. It is also the study of measures, such as revolutions and wars, that create different nations and states and the reasons behind such measures. One important concept in international relations is the view of nationalism. Nationalism is a part of every nation and state and thus is relevant to each country. An important geographical area where nationalism relates directly to the events occurring today would be in the Middle East where nationalistic views of two different nations, that of Jews and Arabs, coincide to create a very volatile conflict that has run its course for nearly a whole century. A "nation" is defined as a group with a common culture, language, folkways, and values. A "state" refers to a government in control of territory and population. For example, Israel is a state and a nation since it consists mainly of Jews. However, Palestine is a nation because it consists of Arabs with a common culture, but not a State, since the International community does not recognize it as one. Nationalism is the view that a nation and state in a specific area should coincide. It is the view that sa
alism relates to international relations and its importance in each individual country in the world. e Jews during World War II. In this way, Israel's bloody birth set the stage for the continuing problems between the two manifestations of nationalism of Arabs and Jews. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ions. The United Nations, taking into consideration the nationalistic desires of both nations, proposed partitioning Palestine into two states, one Arab and one Jewish, with Jerusalem held as trustee of the United Nations. The proposition, welcomed by the Jews, was angrily denied by the Arabs who felt that Palestine was their undivisible homeland for centuries and they should have full rights on all of it. However, the Arabs did not succeed in their pleas and the United Nations council voted in favor of the partition resolution, thus infuriating the Arab community. he Jewish nationalism and felt threatened that their homes were being invaded and taken over. In the Zionist movement, Jews felt that they could no longer live as a minority in other people's countries. The Dreyfus affair proved to them that no matter what country or situation, there would always be non-Jews who hate Jews. Many of them felt that they could no longer expect the non-Jewish governments to protect them. Living in constant fear of the next bloodshed or atrocity was no longer bearable. Because of these reasons, a large number of Jews had a strong desire to have a state of their own in order to escape persecution, and thus the strongest nationalistic movement among the Jewish culture began. The current problems in the Middle East relate back to more than an entire century. In the year 1895, a Jewish captain in the French army named Alfred Dreyfus was tried for spying for the enemy Germans. The French newspapers proclaimed Dreyfus as, "the Jew traitor". Dreyfus after being tried and convicted, was sentenced to Devil's Island prison to serve his sentence. However, only after his conviction did the truth come out that Dreyfus was framed and completely innocent. Eventually, Dreyfus was acquitted and set free. During and after the trial a young journalist who was sent to cover the trial, named Theodor Herzl, noticed something that he felt very frightening. He saw mobs of a
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