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
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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 angry French citizens standing outside the courthouse chanting "death to the Jews". Herzl was perplexed as to why many French citizens were ready to lynch all Jews for the perceived actions of a single Jew. To young Theodor Herzl, this was the turning point. Herzl became interested in a Jewish! ys that a specific group with a common culture should be allowed to form its own state and thus its own form of government to govern itself. Thus, nationalism is related to every country and so is very important in the study of International relations. The question of where to have a state for their nation was an important one among the Zionist Jews. Many of them felt they had a Biblical obligation to live in and populate the Land of Israel, the land they were exiled from two thousand years ago, and only in Israel could Jews achieve their full potential and create a state for their own security. For them, Israel was the land of promise, the land of Jewish roots and religion. Jews needed a country of their own to fulfill their national and religious aspirations. For this reason, close to four hundred thousand Jews immigrated to Palestine between 1881 and 1937 and made Jewish settlements by purchasing Palestinian lands from wealthy Arab landlords. In 1917, the British issued a proclamation pledging to establish a, "national home for the Jewish people," in Palestine. This w
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