GEO 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Carbon Sink, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea
Document Summary
Contemporary political map of the world result of the myriad conflicts/negotiations of territory. In modern world, controlling territory aspect of exercise is political power. Sometimes struggles are between states: mexican-american war. Sometimes struggles are within states: chechen independence movement. Beginning late 19th century zionists (jews) began to settle in palestine (ottoman empire) Zionist cause strengthened by balfour declaration of 1917. Issued by british established a national home for the jewish people in palestine. After wwii, wake of the holocaust efforts to create jewish homelands between jews and arabs, with jerusalem internationalized. In 1947, unn recommended a plan which is called un partition plan. In 1948, british pulled out, israel declared statehood. Palestine with armies of egypt and syria. Jewish immigrants into israel displacement and out migrations of palestinians: for palestinians, displacement referred to nakba. Catastrophe of defeat and exile: created semi permanent refugee population of original refugees, 5 million.
