The religious aspect of the conflict is that the Jews believe that the land was given to them by God and they were destined to return to the land while the Muslims (who constitute the majority of the Palestinians) also consider Palestine and particularly Jerusalem to be holy land. Since many Israelis have immigrated from Europe, there is an element of racial enmity between the two communities as well. ("Summary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict")
Why are a lot of people in U.S. so fearful of NAFTA?
NAFTA has evoked opposition and fear from opposite ends of the political sphere. While the labor unions, environmental groups and consumer advocates such as Ralph Nader had always predicted that the agreement would result in "increased pollution, lost jobs, lower wages and contaminated food," (Day, para 2) staunch conservatives such as Pat Buchanan have now joined the chorus against such 'free trade agreements.' Writing in an op-ed column in 2005, Buchanan observes: "Today's trade agreements are about reshaping the world to conform to the demands of transnational corporations that have shed their national identities and loyalties and want to shed their U.S. workers." (Buchanan, 1) Conservatives believe that free trade agreements such as NAFTA only benefit these corporations which "get to fire their American workers and keep their...
The two main problems that Germany faces during its current reunification process can be generalized and applied to other historical and contemporary situations. Nearly any nation attempting to piece itself back together after deep divisions would experience some economic, social, and political conflict. For example, after the Civil War, the United States dealt with heady economic, political and social problems that remain problems well over a century later. As in
Polish Companies Reacted to Ethical Issues and Changes in Business Standards Since the Fall of Communism in 1989? Poland's Economy Pre-Communism's Fall Poland's Natural Resources Minerals and Fuels Agricultural Resources Labor Force The Polish Economy Under Communism System Structure Development Strategy The Centrally-Planned Economy Establishing the Planning Formula Retrenchment and Adjustment in the 1960s Reliance on Technology in the 1970s Reform Failure in the 1980s Poland's Economy After the Fall of Communism Poland After the Fall of Communism Fall of Communism Marketization and Stabilization Required Short-Term Changes Section
3 million buildings and plots of land. If it can conservatively be assumed that a minimum of five persons are affected for each business and a minimum of two persons for each building, then some 5 million people are directly involved in property-restitution claims - nearly a third of the population of the new Lander. (Blacksell et al., 1996, p. 200) Since December 1991, the number of claims filed with the
In this regard, Bartee (2000) points out that the Leipzig protest of January 15, 1989, was a good example of how social protest in the East was becoming more sophisticated and organized, with thousands of activists distributing leaflets calling for attendance at the rally all over Leipzig around midnight of January 11-12, 1989: "The leaflets boldly called for an open demonstration the next Sunday afternoon in front of Leipzig's
Although being reunified in 1990, the impact of this long-lasted separation of the German's territory strongly affected Germany's politics, economy and industry and continues to influence the type of issues the country must face, even after a decade of unification. Particularly, these issues relate to the financial area and constant try of fiscal equalization, political parties and political behavior, unemployment, immigration policies and social security. German analysts and sociologists appreciate
Although remediation efforts have been underway by the private and public sectors more recently, the cause of this pollution can largely be traced to its canalization following World War II and a lack of environmentally responsible infrastructure capable of handling the amounts of toxic discharge and other effluents that are produced in the area. According to Verweij, "The canalization of the Rhine, as well as the discharge of polluted wastewater
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