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Conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan. An Introduction to the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Intervention of the West. Questions. What is the Middle East? What one word comes to mind when you think of the Middle East?. Iran Developing Nuclear Technology.
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Conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan An Introduction to the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Intervention of the West
Questions • What is the Middle East? • What one word comes to mind when you think of the Middle East?
Iran Developing Nuclear Technology • Iran developing a 2nd nuclear site to use for energy, president Mahmoud Amadinejad claims • Nuclear technology can be used for weapons or energy • United States, France, and Great Britain condemn Iran at the G20 summit in 2010 • Missiles capable of delivering warheads were tested recently
Middle East Peace Talks Going Nowhere • Arab-Israeli conflict • New York city peace talks between U.S., Israel, and Palestinian leader end with no solutions • Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu • Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
Osama bin Laden Message to Europe • Video message from Osama bin Laden to European viewers urges Europe to distance themselves from U.S. • Video claims that the U.S. is losing the war in Afghanistan • Video hit in 2010
Claims of Fraud Abound in recent Afghanistan Presidential Elections • Incumbent President Hamid Karzai claimed victory in 2010 • Many claims of huge voter fraud • Afghanistan destabalizing with U.S. troops in the middle
Libyan Leader Rambles at United Nations Meeting Last Year. Now faces unrest… • Moammar Kadafi, Libya’s leader praisee Obama in 2010 • Calls U.N. Security Council the “Council of Terror” • Calls the Invasion of Iraq the “Mother of all Evils • Recently welcomed home a Libyan terrorist who killed 270 people in Scotland in 1988 who was released • Libya in rebellion today
Opening Discussion • How did we get here? • What Does Israel Have to do With Conflicts in the Middle East?
What is Jerusalem? • The Kingdom of Heaven: • Temple Mount • Western Wall • Church of the Holy Sepulchre • Temple of Solomon • Dome of the Rock • al-Aqua Mosque
Unit Outline • Geography and Vocabulary • What is Terrorism? • Crusades Overview and Review • Comparative Religion: • Christianity • Islam • Judaism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Western Intervention in the Middle East • Gulf War • U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East • War in Iraq • War in Afghanistan • Recent Rebellions in the Middle East • Human Rights in the Middle East and Afghanistan • U.S. Options for the Future in the Middle East