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Understanding the Middle East Crisis The Background, the Crisis, and the Church

Gain an informed understanding of the Arab-Israeli conflict and its impact on the church. Explore the historical background, the current crisis, and the perspectives of both Israelis and Arabs. This comprehensive overview aims to inform, not argue, and sheds light on God's view of the situation.

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Understanding the Middle East Crisis The Background, the Crisis, and the Church

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  1. Understanding the Middle East CrisisThe Background, the Crisis, and the Church Dr. Todd Bradley Williamson College

  2. The Arab-Israeli Conflict But first, a story…

  3. The Arab-Israeli Conflict • This is a complicated subject • Too much to cover in a few hours • There are two sides to this story • The common evangelical position • How does God see it? • Israelis but also Arabs • Issues but also people • To inform, not to argue • Goal: informed understanding

  4. How Did It All Come to… THIS?!

  5. OVERVIEW

  6. Theodore Herzl, Father of Zionism

  7. THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT • The Court-Martial of Capt Alfred Dreyfus • Theodore Herzl and The Jewish State • The First Zionist Congress, Basel SZ • Political efforts to gain support, funds • WWI and the Ottoman Empire • The Balfour Declaration, 1917 • Jewish immigration to Palestine

  8. The Balfour Declaration His Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.

  9. Palestine Under British Mandate -Note Palestine included both sides of the Jordan River -Transjordan was created from the east bank of the Jordan in 1921 by the UK -Transjordan gained its independence in 1928

  10. United Nations Partition Plan For Palestine 1947 -Orange is Arab Land -Blue is Jewish Land -Greater Jerusalem would be internationally governed

  11. Palestine After 1948 War Territories controlled by: -Israel (blue) -Jordan (orange) -Egypt (red) -Jerusalem divided between Jordan & Israel

  12. Israel and Territories After 1967 War -Israel before the war (light blue) -Israel after the war (blue)

  13. Israel Today -Israeli land prior to 1967 War (light blue) -Territories acquired after 1967 War *Gaza Strip *West Bank *Golan Heights *Sinai returned to Egyptian control after Camp David

  14. QUESTIONS?

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