Israeli- Palestinian Conflict

Israeli- Palestinian Conflict

Ms Karam 2020

Why the conflict?

Palestinian Arab and Israeli Jews both want the same land. A compromise has proven difficult to find.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is over who gets what land and how it’s controlled.

control over Al-Aqsa

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Who is the greater supporter of Israel?

• USA
• Egypt
• Jordan
• Iran

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Who is the greatest supporter of Palestine?

• Latin America
• USA
• Britain
• Middle Eastern Countries

Prior to 1947

• In the 19th century the land of Palestine was inhabited around: 86 % Muslim, 10 % Christian, and 4 % Jewish – living in peace. 

Prior to 1947

• Jews from around the world & Europe later began immigrating to Palestine a) After Hitler’s rise to power- Holocaust b) after The British who who colonised the Arab land & promised the Jews Palestine as their home land after WW1.

• Therefore conflict grew & The Palestinians rejected the move

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The state of Israel was created out of lands that were part of what political entity?

• Germany

• Lebanon

• Palestine

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Out of all of the countries in the world, why did Jews want to settle in Palestine?

• They have a religious connection to this land that goes back thousands of years, all of their holy places are there

• This area has the most natural resources that they believed would help them build a strong economy

• There was no one living here so it was easy to take this land without angering anyone

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What do Palestinians want from Israel?

• Their land returned

• A military

• To immigrate to Europe

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How did Palestine’s Arab neighbors feel about Israel?

• They helped build walls around Israel

• They immediately began trading with Israel

• They refused to recognize Israel as a nation

UN Partition Plan

• In 1947, the United Nations proposed a partition plan- Arab state - 43% Palestine & a Jewish state- 55% ( even though they represented 30% of the total population, and had owned less 7% of the land.

• Jerusalem was under the UN's trusteeship

UN Partition Plan

• There was 45% of Arabs in the Jewish state & 1% Jewish in the Arab state who had to flee to their states.

• The Arabs did not accept the deal, saying the UN had no right to give away their land. War broke out in 1948. 

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How did the Arab community respond to the UN Partition Plan?

• They rejected it and attacked Israel

• They accepted it

• They ignored it

• They rejected it and attacked Palestinians

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Which international organization voted to divide Palestine into a Jewish country and an Arab country in 1948?

• the Red Cross

• the United Nations

• the World Bank

• the World Health Organization

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Jerusalem is a holy city for which group of people?

• Christians

• Jews

• Muslims

• all of these people

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The Second map shows Israel's borders...

• Before World War II

• During the UN partition

• Post Wars

• Present Day

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What did the 1947 UN Partition Plan call for?

• a Jewish state

• an Arab state

• Jerusalem as an international area

• all of these

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What did Palestine’s neighbors do when Israel declared itself a nation?

• Declared war
• Opened embassies in Israel
• Opened trade negotiations

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By 1947 Israel had taken over more than half of Palestine's land

• True

• False

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How was Israel created?

• Great Britain partitioned Syria

• Israel invaded Palestine

• United Nations partitioned Palestine

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When was the Ottoman Empire defeated?

• WWII

• Persian Gulf War

• during the takeover of Constantinople

• The end of WWI

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Israel claims what location as its capital?

• Jerusalem

• Tel Aviv

• East Jerusalem

• West Bank

1947-1949 War

• The 1948 war - 5 Arab countries fighting with Jewish forces

• Israel gained control of all the disputed territory except the West Bank - Jerusalem’s eastern quarter (controlled by Jordan) and the Gaza Strip (controlled by Egypt).

• By the end of the war, Israel conquered 78% of Palestine;

1947-1949 War

• 720,000 Palestinians fleed their homes -

• Today 4.5 million of their generations are under the UN agency as Palestinian refugees.

• over 500 towns & villages were destroyed

• new maps were created with Hebrew names of all cities, rivers, so the Palestinian culture could be erased

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What happened every time Israel’s neighbors attacked Israel?

• Israel lost the war and lost land
• The Arab nations lost, and Palestine lost land
• The Arab nations won, and Israel lost land

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What impact did the end of the war have on Israel’s neighbors?

• Hundreds of thousands of Israeli refugees fled to Jordan
• Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees came to Palestine
• Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees went to neighboring nations

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True or False? The Palestinians who live in the "Israel" region were forced to leave their homes.

• True

• False

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What happened at the end of the war in 1949?

• More Arabs moved to Palestine
• Palestine gained land
• Palestine lost land

1967 War & USS Liberty

• In 1967, a Six Day War between the Jewish state and the seven Arab countries – Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Algeria – sought to “Free Palestine.”

• Israel gained control of: - West Bank from Jordan, the Sinai & the Gaza Strip from Egypt, & the Golan Heights from Syria.

• The outcome of this war => continual fighting

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Israel gained control of East Jerusalem, the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights, the West Bank & the Gaza Strip as a result of which of the following?

• WWI

• WWII

• Six-Day War

• Yom Kippur War

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What feature is best represented by the letter D on the map?

• Golan Heights

• Gaza Strip

• West Bank

• Jordan

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What is TRUE about the Six Day War

• Israel lost

• Israel gained control of the West Bank & Gaza Strip

• The Palestinians won

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What feature is best represented by the letter C on the map?

• Gaza Strip

• West Bank

• Golan Heights

• Jerusalem

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What is the biggest obstacle to peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

• water

• land/borders

• terrorism

• refugees

Up to Present- Peace?

• A two sided peace- (Oslo Accords) in 1993, where Palestinians acknowledges the state of Israel & the Israelis would give the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (the PLO) some limited self-governance powers in the West Bank & the Gaza Strip. But, It failed in 2000.

• A second intifada - Hamas (violent uprising) of Palestinians caused conflicts leading Israelis to retreat from Gaza by 2005. Today it's under Hamas's control, & they are have been blockaded.

Up to Present- Peace?

• not agreeing to a two-state solution because of:

• precise location of the borders 

• fate of the Palestinian refugees (whether or not they can have the right of return)

• Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories - ~ half a million Jewish Israelis have built homes in illegal settlements. 

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The Oslo Agreements were between

• PLO and Israel
• Israel and Egypt
• Egypt and PLO
• Rabin and Sadat

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Which of the following issues is an obstacle to peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict?

• Israeli settlements in the occupied territories

• Terrorism

• Palestinian Refugees Right of Return

• Who gets Jerusalem as their capital

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What is the name of this famous landmark in Jerusalem?

• Hagia Sophia

• Church of the Holy Sepulchre

• Chesed El Synagogue

• Dome on the Rock Mosque

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What are the two main Palestinian territories occupied by Israel?

• The Dead Sea and the Gaza Strip

• The Dead Sea and the West Bank

• The West Bank and the Gaza Strip

• The Dead Sea and the Red Sea

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Where did Israelis pull out of in 2005?

• Gaza Strip

• Golan Heights

• West Bank

• Jerusalem

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The name of Jewish housing developments built in the West Bank.

• Settlements

• Neighborhoods

• Suburbs

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What do the Israelis say the West Bank Barrier is for?

• To take more land

• To keep Israelis from leaving

• For security from terrorist attacks

• To fence in oil fields

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Using your knowledge from today's lesson and the map attached, select which statement below is true.

• From 1947 to the present time, the Arabs gradually took Palestine away from the Jewish people to form their own country.

• From 1947 to the present time the Jewish people gradually took Palestine away from the Palestinians / Arabs in order to form their own country of Israel.

• Israel is almost entirely controlled today by the Palestinians.

• The Gaza Strip and the West Bank are controlled today by the Jewish people.

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The main thing(s) these two groups of people are fighting over is:

• Land

• Religion

• Ethnicity

• Free Wifi

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Who is in control of the Gaza Strip?

• Hamas
• Abbas
• PLO
• ISIS

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All of the wars in this conflict have been won by

• Palestine
• Israel

Video 1: 'Life in Gaza Strip'

Video 2: 'What is life like for Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel?'

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True or False? The West Bank & Gaza Strip are economically poorer than Israel

• True

• False

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A Palestinian who wants to travel into Israel needs to go through a _______ before entering Israel

• Checkpoint

• Physical Exam

• Obstacle course

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Where would a Palestinian live?

• West Bank & Gaza Strip

• Lebanon & Libya

• Israel & Create

TASK

Look at the data and information in BOOKLET on pg 21- 25 and complete worksheet

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