Objectives

1. Objectives • Students will be able to identify on a map the location of Israel and other important countries and areas. • Students will evaluate the history of Israel and how the 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 Jewish 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. Alfred Dreyfus

9. Making Predictions • Where do you think the Jewish people are going to move to? • Who lives on that land? • What do you think is going to happen between these two groups?

10. Zionism: movement to create a Jewish homeland

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

12. 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

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 Jew’s desires?

16. Exit Slip • 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?

17. 1947UN Partition Plan: divide Palestine into an Arab & Jewish state

18. Making Predictions • Is this 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?

19. Objectives • Students will be able to compare the different wars between Israel and different Arab countries. • Who • Why • The outcome • Students will be able to compare maps of Israel over time. • How did the population change • Who had control of what land • 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. 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? • What was the outcome of the war of 1948 for the Israelis? • After the war of 1948 did the Israelis gain or lose land?

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

24. HISTORY UP THROUGH THE SIX DAY WAR (start at 1:50)

25. Six Day War

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

27. Making Predictions • If you were the Arab countries surrounding Israel, what would you do in response? • How would you do it?

28. 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

29. Yom Kippur War

30. Making Predictions • The Arabs have been defeated 3x, 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?

31. 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

32. 1979 Camp David Accords, Sinai Peninsula returned to Egypt

33. Assassination of Anwar Sadat

34. Check for Understanding • What is the first Arab country to make peace w/Israel? • What was the agreement Israel has to make with enemies to ensure peace?

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

36. Munich Olympics

37. Entrance Slip • List three out of 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? • 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?

38. Objectives • Students will be able to evaluate the importance of the peace agreements between Israel and Arab states. • Students will be able to identify maps of the history of Israel. • Students will be able to express the importance and the reasons behind the Intifada. • Students will be able to recognize different political leaders of the 20th century that have dealt with Israel. • 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 as well as who wasn’t in favor of the peace.

39. Settlements in Occupied Territories

40. First Intifada 1987-93

41. 1st Intifada

42. 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.

43. Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, 1995

44. Yitzhak Rabin Assassination

45. Suicide Bombing

46. 2nd Intifada (2000-2005)

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

48. Election of MahmoudAbbas 2005

49. Hamas wins control of the Palestinian Parliament

50. Who controls Palestine? Fatah Hamas Terrorist group 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 • Political group • 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.