Voice Of Middle East

             Picture Credit: Al Jazeera Tunisian folks were a prey to major political and economic issues such as unemployment, fraud, corruption, poverty, lack of freedom etc in 2010. A time when Zine-al-Abidine Ben Ali was ruling Tunisia for the past 23 years. Even though the populace was pretty much aware of the ill regime yet they were being silenced under the Ben Ali dictatorship.  A university graduate had to opt fruit selling as his occupation when he could not find a job even at an age of 26. This 26 years old man named Muhammad Bouazizi was the sole bread bearer of his family. One fine morning of 17th of December 2010, he went out as per his daily schedule to earn a living and soon he ended up conflicting with a policewoman. Some police personnel even confiscated his merchandise along with his cart on account of Bouazizi not being able to bribe them. After a pretty long unarmed fight with the police personnel, Mouhammad Bouazizi...

  The consequences that led to the first Palestinian Intifada are not confined to some countable incidents rather it covers a broad spectrum of Israeli actions. Its roots go back to a chain of events which eventually resulted into the first Intifada - an Arabic noun for ‘Uprising’.  Palestinians were outraged over first Lebanon War in 1982 but their outrage was confined to their burning hearts only. Moreover illegal expansion of Israeli settlements was driving Palestinians crazy to oppose the direct and indirect ways of oppression by Israeli military  but these Palestinians could not figure out the right platform and an appropriate opportunity to unveil their indignation .  On 8th December 1987 an IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) truck collided with a car carrying four Palestinians, killing all of them. Palestinians fathom this incident to be a pre-planned murder of civilians to avenge the death of an Israeli Jew murdered a day earlier in Gaza Strip- A claim Israel d...