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Israel Palestine Questions


 * ** Can people live in peace together when deeply held beliefs and views are in conflict? **
 * ** Should the international community play a role in helping countries establish self-determination? **
 * ** Is it ever OK for victims to become the persecutors? **
 * ** Is violence justified when access to resources is cut off? **
 * ** Does the Holocaust excuse Israel from overreaching partition boundaries with Palestine? **
 * No, because when beliefs and views clash, it will not allow peace to be made
 * They could contribute to establish it, but when it comes down to it; the country has to come together
 * I couldn't see the victim becoming the persecutor, unless they feel as if they are being persecuted against; and the returning action feels like it should be returned
 * It can be justified in my opinion, as long as it is done with the feel of being threatened and doing it in self defense, if they need the resource to survive then I think it should be justified
 * Past conflicts should not be what makes future conflicts okay to occur, they should not be what prompts an additional conflict since they have been over and done with by then, the Holocaust was an issue that wasn't related and was an outside thing and shouldn't have any relation.

** DJ ** https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EBMsJww7TwLv2sZzV_qC7NuV_2TGxjHUbrne0ouOUD4/edit

The video that we watched was in favor of the Palestinians making the Jewish people look evil and bad.

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/12PMwbsHL6VnGEGgyAjA8Go4qkkHGJltoPt3yNzF7-Ws/edit?usp=drive_web

-Does the fact that Israel's chess piece is black mean that its more powerful and demanding, why does Israel the only one with a weapon? - I see a chess board, with the pieces as Israel as the king I believe, and the other pieces, which obviously aren't as powerful, as Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Libya and others, some of the nations seem to be laughing while others are sad or frightened -I believe the message is that Israel is taking over their territory and is causing damage and harm to everyone
 * Ask a question
 * What clues do you see do you see?
 * What is the message of the cartoon

Israel Vs Palestine Video

What is the message? The message is the world may be portrayed as an elementary school and you'll need to defend yourself

What is the bias? The teachers will only listen the bully because he cried immediately and that makes them feel just as bad or maybe worse so they only listen to them

(The little cubby kid represents israel and in this video Israel is favored)

I n the late 1880's a group of Zionists traveled to Palestine to see what it offered as a Jewish homeland. One Zionist said, when he returned to Europe; This quote just shows how the Bride, they are referring to the the land, is nice but it already belongs to Palestine and it already is theirs. The land is totally populated by the Palestinians, the land belongs to them.
 * "The Bride is beautiful but she is married to another man" **
 * What was meant by this quote:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18cR5OoQfsb_ZwL7jnOTpWmYge_ooYumPNQVAYpEtVYM/edit
 * Guide Questions **


 * Reflection: Part 1 Guide questions: **

1. What information did you find most interesting about the conflict from this portion of the reader? The thing that i found most interesting from the reading was both sides had very different views on why they should stay there and how the Jews used a biblical reference to prove how they should be the ones who deserve the land and the Palestinians just use the fact that they've been using that land as a continuous place of residence, meaning that this land is pretty much there's and they cant just come and kick them out of their own land. I also learned how there are almost 100 times more Palestinians than Jews but still they insist in keeping most of the land for them selves.

2. Explain and give examples of how other nations and international organizations impacted the conflict. The British are the biggest ones to blame because they promised both sides the same thing, they promised that land to both sides therefore they got their hopes up about keeping the land and thats what caused the biggest conflict in this.


 * __Israel Palestine Map opener: __ **


 * [[image:mastromaurowh/Timeline of Israel Palestine.PNG caption="Timeline of Israel Palestine.PNG"]] ||
 * Timeline of Israel Palestine.PNG ||


 * Palestine began as the entire region- Palestinians occupied the entire region, and controlled everything of the Dead Sea
 * 1946, small Israel owned portions- Israel's government began to control particular sections of the dead sea
 * Israel's occupancy starts to increase (green)- dead sea partitioned, Palestine lost the majority of its land in less than a year
 * by 2012, Israel almost entirely switched places in occupancy with Palestine in comparison to 1946.- Israel took over the majority of Palestine, ruled it
 * Gaza stayed under the occupancy of Palestine throughout all the years.- Palestine with the exception of Gaza was controlled by Israel.
 * 1948-1949 to 1967, occupancy of Dead Sea remained the same- UN claimed the land could not be taken in the result of the war

1. They hoped that the splitting of the land of Israel (partitioning) between the Jews and the Arabs was a way to keep peace in the region, which the Palestinians did not approve as it recognized Israel as a country; which had not been the case for them. 2. The number of Jewish and Arab hostiles had increased in the result of the war, causing Britain to give up the mandate over Palestine. Israel is also becoming larger in the result of war, and becoming compact and very powerful; especially with the support of the United States. 3. Palestinian refugees were recognized to some as traitors, for living in Israel. They were denied to live in their homeland when they returned, by the Israelis. The people of Israel consider the Palestinians as terrorists, which they do not see themselves as. They are considered second class citizens by Israel.
 * Reflection on Part 2 Guide Questions: **

1. **What role did the international community play in the 1967 War?** The Soviet Union misinformed the Syrian Government that Israeli forces were going to attack Syria. Also, the United States and the Soviet Union created international pressure to force Israeli forces to retreat to the armistice lines after capturing Gaza and the Sinai Peninsula.
 * Reflection on Part 3 Guide Questions: **

2. **How can "language be used to one's advantage? (UN resolution 242)** Since the UN has multiple legal languages, certain things may be translated differently through each language. For example, the French version of UN Resolution 242 states that Israel should withdraw from "the territories" where the English version states withdraw from "territories", meaning nothing specific. This comes in advantage to Israel and the US using the English version, because they argued that Israeli withdraw from some, but not all, territory occupied in the war satisfies the agreement.

3. **Evaluate the treatment of Palestinian refugees by Israelis after the war? What are some possible reasons for this treatment?** The Palestinian refugees were treated like second-class citizens and were not given the same rights as the Israelis. They were given collective punishments such as curfews and house demolitions. They were denied many basic rights and civil liberties. Reasons for this treatment could be because the Israelis believe the war was their fault, or that this land should be theirs and theirs only, so the Palestinians should not deserve the same rights that they do.

= Evaluate Israel's response to the 1st Intifada. How could it have been handled differently? =
 * Reflection: Part 4 Guide Questions: **

They could have handled it by first trying to do so peacefully, with some kind of agreement or understanding, instead of going into it with force and beatings.


 * Evaluate the US role in the peace attempts in the region. What were the causes of successes and failures? **

The causes of failures was the lack of the Washington Talks, so not enough was being discussed and put into place.

= Assess the role of Israel and the PLO in attempts at peace. =

PLO and Israel both accepted the Declaration of Principles of the Oslo Accords, which established the Israel would withdraw from the Gaza Strip and Jericho, and additional withdrawals.

The international community partially played a role of mis-communication, as the Soviets caused conflict because of their mis-communications with Syria saying that Israelis would attack.
 * __Opener:__ **
 * 1. What role did the international community play in the 1967 War? **

Language can be used to one's advantage
 * 2. How can "language be used to one's advantage? (UN resolution 242) **

Palestinians refugees were treated as second class citizens by the Israelis. They did not have basic civil and political rights and were not treated as fairly as the Israeli citizens were. They were also punished. They may have been treated this way as Israel was afraid they may be terrorists and was trying to protect their country.
 * 3. Evaluate the treatment of Palestinian refugees by Israelis after the war? what are some possible reasons for this treatment? **

Soviet Union gets involved as they the United States is involved with Israel USSR wanted sanctions but the UN said no Israel says their victory takes away past armistice agreements Israel has taken two holy cities and has taken over many lands Israel demoralizes Palestinian army group 700 Israeli troops wounded Did not destroy anything in religious cities Many countries said Israel was too aggressive and should push back, Israel said they will decide their own fate President of Egypt resigned
 * What additional information did you learn about the Six Day War from the Video Below: **
 * -** Syrian Ambassador says Israel has excessive cease-fire-systematic

__**Reflection**__ **__questions on Guide Questions 5:__**

**1. Discuss the viewpoint of the Israelis and the Palestinians on the barrier between Israel and the West Bank.** The Israeli were in favor of it and they knew that it was impossible for them to conquer the west bank so they just built the wall, and the Palestinians. Their view was that they didn't like the wall because it blocked things for an unnecessary reason, there was only one exit. It separated them from Israel making them second class citizens. **2. What do you see as the major stumbling blocks in the attempted peace talks discussed in this section?** It wasn't going very well and also the plan Obama tried to put into play wasn't working well as his administration has been holding him back. He hasn't been able to do much about this yet. Land rights and civil rights became stumbling blocks because the Palestine's agreed to peace if Israelis moved out of land or if is accepted Palestine's as a separate state.

**__Reflection Questions on Guide Questions 6:__** **1. Do you think Palestine should be a full member of the UN? Why or why not?** I dont think they should be a full member because they arent a full nation, even though its a conflict going on at the moment I believe that neither Israel nor Palestine should be a full member, they should be together as a member if anything. They weren't recognized as full members.

**2. Evaluate how a lasting peace could be achieved in this conflict. Give specific evidence from your work** I believe that lasting peace could be achieved if they performed better peace talks and if they could come down to an agreement of splitting the land into half, half for each side. Barrier Wall Notes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_F-fmRdEuLfHu6Pe-urksawrmoeWJuog2p8QZpo6DG8/edit

Final Assessment https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r6QZuviC-JwmkWEZ4FvETmHV1QuuRE8WM16Tbh16EPM/edit