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Objectives. Students will be able to identify on a map the location of Israel and other important countries and areas. Students will understand the competing religious and historical claims the Jews and Arabs have on the Holy Land

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  1. Objectives • Students will be able to identify on a map the location of Israel and other important countries and areas. • Students will understand the competing religious and historical claims the Jews and Arabs have on the Holy Land • Students will be able to summarize the history of Israel and explain how the modern-day country came to be • Students will be able to identify the terms Zionism, Anti-Semitism, & the Balfour Declaration • Students will be able to compare maps of Israel over time • Students will be able to evaluate the UN Partition Plan • Reason: This background information will help you understand the bigger picture of the war between the Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs.

  2. LEBANON Mediterranean Sea SYRIA Golan Heights WestBank Gaza Strip Jerusalem ISRAEL JORDAN EGYPT Sinai Peninsula

  3. History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

  4. Israel’s Claim to Palestine – from 1200 BC 1st Holy Temple (around 1000 BC) 2nd Holy Temple (around 500 BC) Both located at the same spot – on an elevation called Temple Mount

  5. Wailing or Western WallLast standing wall of the 2nd Holy Temple – Holiest site in Judaism

  6. Palestinian Muslim’s claim to Palestine – 637 AD Dome of the Rock --- Temple Mount 3rd holiest site in Islam Mohammad = journey to heaven

  7. Anti-Semitism – around 1900 Pogrom in Russia Persecutions – throughout European history, especially in Eastern Europe Alfred Dreyfus – Fr. military Discrimination – carried into the 20th century even in Western Europe

  8. Making Predictions • Where do you think the Jewish people are going to move? • Who lived on that land prior to the Jews moving in? • What do you think is going to happen between these two groups?

  9. Zionism: movement to create a Jewish homeland

  10. Moving to Israel/the Holy Land/Palestine/Canaan in increasing numbers 1900-1920

  11. 1920: Conflicting Promises Britain promised the land to the Arabs through their diplomat Lawrence of Arabia British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour promised the land to Chaim Weizmann the 1st President of Israel in what became known as the BALFOUR DECLARATION Mandate of Palestine

  12. Check for Understanding • What are the four countries that border Israel? • What is the name of the Holy City in Israel? • What is the term for the discrimination of the Jewish people? • What does the term Zionism mean? • Why do the Jewish people want their own homeland?

  13. 1936-39 Arab Revolt Britain backs out of Balfour Doctrine

  14. Holocaust 1939-45 • Post WWII/Holocaust many Jews looking for a homeland choose Israel for protection. • Palestinians resent the influx. • Due to the holocaust, the Jews have much sympathy

  15. Making Predictions • What do you think Holocaust survivors want after the end of the war? • Where are they going to find it? • Who will be unhappy about the Jews’ desires?

  16. 1947UN Partition Plan: divide Palestine into an Arab & Jewish state

  17. Making Predictions • Is the UN Partition Plan practical? • Who do you think agrees with and who do you think disagrees with the UN Partition Plan? • Why do they agree/disagree? • Based on your answers to the previous 2 questions, what do you think will happen next?

  18. Check for Understanding • What country controlled the land that is currently called Israel and promised the land to both the Arabs and the Jewish people? • How did the Arabs respond to the above-named country’s promise to give land to the Israelis? • What major world event led to a major increase in the number of Jewish people moving to the Holy Land? • What was the name of the plan that the UN came up with to split up the land between the Palestinians and the Jews?

  19. Objectives • Students will be able to compare the different wars between Israel and Arab countries and the lands controlled by each side after the wars. • Students will be able to compare maps of Israel over time. • Students will understand the first peace deal made by Israel • Students will be able to identify other types of violence (other than war) utilized by the Palestinians. • Reason: Studying the wars between the Israelis and Arabs will help you understand how the state of Israel was formed.

  20. First Arab-Israeli War 1948 Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon invade Israel. They all lose! = Nationalism

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  22. Six Day War -- 1967 Israel afraid of attack so they attacked 1st Israel destroys Egypt, Syrian, & Jordan forces in 6 days!

  23. Israel added land: - Sinai Peninsula - Gaza Strip- West Bank (including East Jerusalem)- Golan Heights

  24. Making Predictions • If you were one of the the Arab countries surrounding Israel, what would you do in response to the Six Day War? • How would you do it?

  25. Yom Kippur War -- 1973 Surprise attack Initially • Egypt rolls into the Sinai Peninsula • Syria re-takes the Golan Heights But, Israel recovers and pushes the Syrians and Egyptians back into their own territories

  26. Check for Understanding • What was the outcome of the war of 1948 for the Israelis? • After the war of 1948 did the Israelis gain or lose land? • What was the outcome of the Six Day War? • After the Six Day War did the Israelis gain or lose land? • Why was the Yom Kippur War more worrisome for the Israelis?

  27. Making Predictions • The Arabs have been defeated 3 times, now what? • The Jews were scared during & after the Yom Kippur War, how do you think the Israelis are going to plan for the future?

  28. Camp David Accords – Israel & EgyptLAND for PEACE Anwar Sadat – Egypt Jimmy Carter – US Menachim Begin – Israel Sinai Peninsula Israel $3 bil/Egypt $2.1 bil Peace

  29. 1979 Camp David Accords, Sinai Peninsula returned to Egypt

  30. Check for Understanding • List the four pieces of land that the Israelis gained after the 6 Day War of 1967. • What is the name of the war between Arabs and Israel in 1973 and what is the significance of that name? • What have you learned about the Israelis and war? • What is the first Arab country to make peace w/Israel? • What was the agreement Israel has to make with enemies to ensure peace?

  31. Terror PLO hijacking of airplanes PLO terrorist group “Black September” at 1972 Munich Olympic games

  32. Check for Understanding • After 3 wars what new technique did the Arabs turn to in order to get their point across? • What major symbolic event did the Arabs attack?

  33. Objectives • Students will be able to express the importance of and the reasons behind ongoing Palestinian violence. • Students will be able to evaluate the peace agreements between Israelis and Palestinians. • Students will be able to identify the reasons for conflict within the Palestinian community. • Reason: It will help students determine how their countries will act in the model UN if they know how the two sides have reached some forms of peace, and how that peace broke down.

  34. Settlements in Occupied Territories

  35. First Intifada 1987-93

  36. Oslo Accords -- 1993 Israel – Yitzhak Rabin US – Bill Clinton PLO – Yasser Arafat Peace & Security Money to both Israel w/draws from territories & acknowledges PLO as Palestinian govt.

  37. Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, 1995

  38. Suicide Bombing

  39. Making Predictions • Terrorism is it working? • If you were Palestinian what would be your next step? • What do you think the Israelis should do?

  40. Election of MahmoudAbbas 2005

  41. 2005 Israeli pullout of the Gaza Strip and 4 West Bank communities

  42. Gaza Withdrawal

  43. Hamas wins control of the Palestinian Parliament

  44. Who controls Palestine? Fatah Hamas Dedicated to the destruction of Israel Considered a terrorist organization by the United States and Europe Won a majority of the seats in the Palestinian Parliament in 2006 elections Palestinian party in power in the Gaza Strip • Willing to negotiate with Israel • Receives financial assistance from the United States and Europe • Led by MahmoudAbbas, elected president of the Palestinian authority in 2005 • Palestinian party in power in the West Bank NOTE: Israel retains control of both the West Bank and Gaza Strip by controlling Gaza’s borders and maintaining troops in the West Bank.

  45. Fighting between Hamas and Israel

  46. Objectives • Students will be able to identify the current issues that affect the Israelis and the Palestinians. • Students will be able to rate the different issues in Israel based on importance to the Israelis and/or the Palestinians. • Students will be able to discuss unresolved issues that still hamper Israel/Palestine. • Reason: Connect the past with the present and assess the present issues between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

  47. Unresolved Issues

  48. Palestinian Statehood PALESTINE

  49. Status of Jerusalem

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