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Palestinian Territories. What are the Palestinian Territories?. Palestinian territories are defined as the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem. Basic Facts. Population: 4.3 million Major Language is Arabic Major Religion is Islam Life Expectancy: 75 years (women), 72 years (men)
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What are the Palestinian Territories? Palestinian territories are defined as the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem.
Basic Facts • Population: 4.3 million • Major Language is Arabic • Major Religion is Islam • Life Expectancy: 75 years (women), 72 years (men) • Main Export is citrus
Basic Facts continued… • West Bank is 75% Muslim, 17% Jewish, 8% Christian and other • Gaza Strip is 98.7% Muslim • West Bank is 2,3o5 square miles and the Gaza Strip is 141 square miles • Palestinian leader is Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Fatah faction. • Hamas, the militant Islamic group, gained control of the Gaza Strip in 2007.
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict • 60 Minutes Video • After the decline of the Ottoman Empire, which ruled Palestine for four centuries, Palestine was placed under the British Mandate for Palestine in 1922 • The division of this mandate and the creation of Israel in 1948, which stemmed from a Zionist movement to create a homeland for Jews from around the world, led to disputes about land • The key issues in the conflict include mutual recognition, borders, security, water rights, control of Jerusalem, land rights, and legalities concerning refugees
“Gaza Refugee Camps: Poverty and No Privacy”by Eman Jomaa • Palestine Telegraph- first online newspaper based out of the Gaza Strip • Staff includes professional journalists as well as unpaid citizen journalists • "I have no dreams; there is no place for my dreams in this depressing situation."
“New York Times Fails to Disclose Possible Conflict of Interest” by Bruno Nota • ABC News • Ethan Bronner- Jerusalem bureau chief at the New York Times has a son that is enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces • Bill Keller, NY Times executive editor, and Clark Hoyt, NY Times public editor, disagree over this matter
“Palestinian Force makes gains in West Bank”by Josef Federman • Washington Post • National Security Forces helping to restore law and order in West Bank • One of six Palestinian security agencies under command of Mahmoud Abbas • Economy beginning to recover in cities where they have taken control • US sponsored training
Works Cited • "BBC News - Israel and Palestinian territories country profile." BBC NEWS: News Front Page. 15 Dec. 2009. Web. 09 Feb. 2010. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/ country_profiles/803257.stm#facts>. Castelnuovo, Rita. Photograph. New York Times. 2 Sept. 2007. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/world/ middleeast/02westbank.html>. "Demographics of the Palestinian territories -.” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 09 Feb. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wikiDemographics_of_the_Palestinian_territories#Population>.
Works Cited continued • Federman, Josef. "Palestinian Force Makes Gain in West Bank." The Washington Post. The Washington Post Company, 9 Feb. 2010. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020900268.html>. Flag of Palestine. Digital image. WorldAtlas.com. Web. http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/flags/ countrys/mideast/palstine.htm. Israeli and Palestinian Flags with Guns. Digital image. ABC News: The World Newser. ABC News. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. <http:// blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2010/02/new-york-times- fails-to-disclose-possible-conflict-of-interest.html>. "Israeli-Palestinian Conflict." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli?Palestinian_conflict>.
Works Cited continued • Jomaa, Eman, ed. "Gaza Refugee Camps: Poverty And No Privacy." The Palestine Telegraph. 8 Feb. 2010. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. <http:// www.paltelegraph.com/diaries/featured-articles/4087-gaza- refugee-camps-poverty-and-no-privacy>. • Jomaa, Eman. Photograph. The Palestine Telegraph. 8 Feb. 2010. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. <http://www.paltelegraph.com/diaries/featured-articles/ 4087-gaza-refugee-camps-poverty-and-no-privacy>. • Nota, Bruno. "New York Times Fails to Disclose Possible Conflict of Interest." ABC News: The World Newser. ABC News, 8 Feb. 2010. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. <http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2010/02/new-york-times-fails-to- disclose-possible-conflict-of-interest.html>. • "The Palestinian Territories." Map. The Lonely Planet. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. <http:// www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/middle-east/the-palestinian-territories/ map_of_the-palestinian-territories.jpg>.
Works Cited continued Picture of Palestinian women in Ramallah. Photograph. Travel Adventures. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. <http:// www.traveladventures.org/continents/asia/images/ palestinian-people02.jpg>. Todras-Whitehill, Tara. Photograph. The Washington Post. 9 Feb. 2010. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020900268.html>. "UNICEF - At a glance: Occupied Palestinian Territory - The big picture." UNICEF. 11 Sept. 2006. Web. 09 Feb. 2010. <http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/oPt.html>.