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A CRASH COURSE ON THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

A CRASH COURSE ON THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. PALESTINE, POST WWI. BRITISH WWI VICTORY OTTOMAN EMPIRE COLLAPSE MIDEAST REDRAWN PALESTINE IS IMPERIAL COLONY OF BRITAIN. TRANSJORDAN (JORDAN) IS CREATED. CREATED 1922. GOLAN HEIGHTS CEDED TO SYRIA (FRANCE) Strategically significant.

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A CRASH COURSE ON THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

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  1. A CRASH COURSE ON THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

  2. PALESTINE, POST WWI • BRITISH WWI VICTORY • OTTOMAN EMPIRE COLLAPSE • MIDEAST REDRAWN • PALESTINE IS IMPERIAL COLONY OF BRITAIN

  3. TRANSJORDAN (JORDAN) IS CREATED • CREATED 1922. • GOLAN HEIGHTS CEDED TO SYRIA (FRANCE) • Strategically significant

  4. JEWISH & ARAB STATES • FOLLOWING WWII, INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN • CREATION OF A • JEWISH STATE…….. • ARAB PALESTINE… • INTERNATIONAL ZONE • NO ONE IS HAPPY • CIVIL WAR: • JEWS VS PALESTINIANS WITH ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER NATIONS

  5. REGIONS OF CONFLICT • PALESTINIANS FLEE THE CIVIL WAR • WEST BANK (JORDAN) • GAZA (EGYPT) • THE REFUGEES SETTLE IN CAMPS IN NEIGHBORING ARAB STATES

  6. ISRAEL 1948 • JEWS WIN CIVIL WAR • RENAME COUNTRY AND ESTABLISH BOUNDARIES

  7. CONFLICT • 1956 SUEZ WAR • ISRAEL, BR, FR SEIZE SINAI • 1967 6 DAY WAR • ISRAEL PROVOKED • ATTACKS & WINS • SECURES MILITARY TERRAIN

  8. REGIONS OF CONFLICT • THE 1967 WAR OCCURS SO QUICKLY THAT PALESTINIANS IN CAMPS CAN NOT ESCAPE AND ARE NOW OCCUPIED BY THE ISRAELI ARMY • GAZA (EGYPT) • WEST BANK (JORDAN)

  9. 1973, YOM KIPPUR WAR • ARAB NATIONS ATTACK ISRAEL • DRAW ON ALL FRONTS • UN STEPS IN • BRITS AND US SUPPORT ISRAEL.

  10. Currentmap

  11. THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES: WEST BANK & GAZA • THE MILITARY OCCUPIES THE TERRITORIES • OCCUPIED TERRITORIES PARALLELS TO AMERICAN WEST • PALESTINIAN MOVED TO CAMPS (THAT BECOME CITIES) • ISRAELI CITIZENS “SETTLE” IN THE “OCCUPIED TERRITORIES” • WEST BANK IS LIKE A MILITARY STATE

  12. WEST BANK • ORIGINALLY JORDAN • SETTLEMENTS • AUTONOUMOUS AREAS

  13. ROAD MAP TO PEACE • WITHDRAW SETTLEMENTS AND SOLDIERS FROM GAZA AND WEST BANK • ALLOW AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT • TREAT THE WEST BANK AND GAZA AS STATES WITHOUT RECOGNITION AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION

  14. JERUSALEMONE CITY MANY SYMBOLS • JERUSALEM WAS SPLIT UNTIL THE 1967 WAR WHEN ISRAEL OCCUPIED THE CITY AS PART OF THE SEIZURE OF THE WEST BANK • JERUSALEM INTERACTIVE SITE • JEWISH • MUSLIM • CATHOLIC (CHRISTIAN) • ORTHODOX (CHRISTIAN), ARMENIAN

  15. CHRISTIANITY • GROTTO OF THE ASCENSION • JESUS’ LAST STEP ON EARTH BEFORE ASCENDING TO HEAVEN

  16. ISLAM, Dome of the Rock • INSIDE IS A ROCK WHERE MOHAMMAD RECEIVED THE COMMANDMENT TO PRAY FIVE TIMES DAILY • “FARTHEST MOSQUE” • THIRD HOLIEST SITE FOR PILGRIMMAGE • **ALSO, MOHAMMAD ASCENDED TO HEAVEN FROM JERUSULEUM

  17. JEWISH • WESTERN WALL OR WAILING WALL • REPRESENTS A PEOPLE AND NATION • THE LAST GATE OPEN TO HEAVEN.

  18. Religion vs Language • Israelis: • Lang: HEBREW • Religion: Judaism • Palestinians • Lang: Arabic • Religion: Islam • Other: There are Arab (dark skin) Jews & Christian Israelis. Race is not the issue

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