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The Israel - Palestine Question



**Essential Questions**:
No they can not live in peace with each other because there would just be a constant fight everyday over everything. It would be possible if the people are very understanding toward each other and their views, but most times, it cannot happen.
 * ** Can people live in peace together when deeply held beliefs and views are in conflict? **

Yes I think that the international community can play a role in establishing self determination because if they separate, then they would not have to live together with the conflict. The countries need to be able to stand on their own ground, not something that is created for them by others.
 * ** Should the international community play a role in helping countries establish self-determination? **

No it would not be OK for the victims to become the persecutors because they would just be make them no different then the ones who did it to them No because it is always the persecutor who are punished, despite the problems that they had had before. They would take their name from being a victim, but they would also be creating more victims.
 * ** Is it ever OK for victims to become the persecutors? **

No I do not think that violence is justified when you cannot get resources because violence is never the answer to solve a problem To some extent is it justified to resort to violence because their resources are cut off. There is little chances that they would get their re sources back, so they need to do something to get it back. No because they should not just take the land of the Palestine just from an event that had happened No because they are doing exactly what the Germans had done to them. shouldn't repeat what had happened.
 * ** Is violence justified when access to resources is cut off? **
 * ** Does the Holocaust excuse Israel from overreaching partition boundaries with Palestine? **

[|DJ on Israel - Palestine]

__Reflection on video:__ The video clip was biased towards the Palestinians because the video was basically only talking about all of the bad things that had happened towards the Palestinians. the video only stated the things that the Jews had done like saying that the Jews had taken over most of the Palestinian land and left the Palestinians with almost nothing. The video also showed that the Jews would not let them back in to the land that was taken over creating many refugees that were Palestinian. So this video was only talking bad about the Jews or Israeli and sympathizing towards the Palestinians.

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**Opener: Picture Detective**:


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Are they trying to take down Israel? Why is Israel the only piece with a gun? What is significant about the placement of the chess pieces.
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 * What clues do you see do you see?
 * What is the message of the cartoon

Israel is stuck in a corner, Many other places like Egypt and Iraq are surrounding Israel, Israel has their gun pointed at people who are trying to approach, the Palestinians are small compared to Israel, facial expressions on the pieces, the Israeli soldier is the only black piece, maybe the other pieces are using Palestine as a bait.

I think that the message of the cartoon is to show that since the Israeli people have taken the Palestinian land, so now other countries are trying to assist in getting that land back to Palestine. Palestine was a pawn that had been used by Arab countries in order to take down Israel.

__**[|Guide Questions: Palestine, Israel and the Arab –Israeli Conflict]**__

__**Israel Palestine Cartoon Video:**__ The message of the video was to fight back if you feel threatened, you can't let people just do things so you, you must fight back. you must stand up for your self.

the bias is toward the Palestinians because they represented the little boy and the Jewish represented the bigger boy. This is biased toward the Palestinians because the teachers only caught the violent actions from the Israeli, but they never caught the Palestinians and they sympathized toward them. The biased is actually toward the Israeli, showed that Israeli will not use excessive force but they will defend themselves.

I n the late 1880's a group of Zionists traveled to Palestine to see what it offered as a Jewish homeland. One Zionist said, when he returned to Europe; I think that this quote is saying that Palestine is beautiful but the land belongs to the Arabs. He is also foreshadowing that there were going to be complications in getting their homeland back.
 * "The Bride is beautiful but she is married to another man" **
 * What was meant by this quote:


 * Reflection: Part 1 Guide questions: **

what I found pretty interesting was the fact that the British had created more conflict then there already was because they had gotten control of some of the land.
 * 1. What information did you find most interesting about the conflict from this portion of the reader? **

The nations that had impacted the conflict in a negative way was Britain. They had gotten control of some of the land through the league of nations had given to them. This created a major problem because the British had promised to make an independent state for the Arabs but they never did, creating more tension in the middle east. Giving land that they were not supposed to was a bad idea for the League of Nations, they were just creating more conflicts between the countries by doing this. The involvement of the United States and Israel had also created more conflicts.
 * 2. Explain and give examples of how other nations and international organizations impacted the conflict. **




 * 1) The country at first was called Palestine, then later changed to Israel this is because the Israeli took over the land
 * 2) The land was all yellow, then it became more and more green this is because the Israeli was taking up all of the land leaving not that much for the Palestinians.
 * 3) the green represents Israel and the yellow represents the Palestinians
 * 4) the six cities stayed the same as time went on
 * 5) All but the Gaza strip and the mountain areas are taken by the Jews
 * 6) the maps of 1948-1949 and the map of 1967 were exactly the same.

**Reflection on Guide questions 2**: (copy and paste and answer directly in your wiki)

 * ** How did the UN try to keep peace in the region? **
 * the UN tried to keep peace by making Palestine into two different states, one that was Jewish and one that was Arab.**
 * ** How did war impact the region? **
 * The impact was that the Jews had taken up most of the land, forcing the Palestinians to move to other places so they would be able to settle. Israel is getting bigger and the Palestinians are getting smaller.**
 * ** Reflect on the treatment of Palestinian refugees **
 * The Palestinian refugees were treated very bad even though they would get citizenship in other places, they would still have less rights then the people who were originally living there. They were treated as second class citizens, other Arabs consider them traitors**


 * ** Copy and paste the reflection questions below and Answer the following reflection questions on Guide questions 3 directly into your wiki: **

The role that the International community played in the 1967 War was that they were the ones that forced Israel to give land back, when they had taken it over. The Soviet Union were instigators of the War, since they misinformed Syria about an attack. Language can be used to ones advantage because in the UN resolutions, the wording between the languages were different, so like the French required them to give back all the land, while the English one was not specific to how much they must give back. Language is used in their own interpretation. The Israeli's treated the Palestinian refugees as if they were second class people, they lacked basic rights that everyone had. Also stripped of their freedoms. Some possible reasons for this is because they were occupying land that was once belonged to the Jews and they thought they some might have been in terrorist groups. Also wanted to rid themselves of non-Jews.
 * 1. What role did the international community play in the 1967 War? **
 * 2. How can "language be used to one's advantage? (UN resolution 242) **
 * 3. Evaluate the treatment of Palestinian refugees by Israelis after the war? what are some possible reasons for this treatment? **


 * What additional information did you learn about the Six Day War from the Video: **
 * Syria charges Israel for the cease fire that they did not follow
 * Took thousands of prisoners
 * The Israeli capture may places in the 6 days.
 * The Gaza Strip surrendered to the Israeli
 * The Israeli did not destroy anything in the holy lands.
 * Israel believes that they will decide their own future.
 * Russia wanted the Israeli to go back to the old boundaries.
 * Many leaders retired or resigned because they did not believe that Israel could do such damage in just 6 days.
 * Reflection Questions for Guide Questions 4: **
 * ** Evaluate Israel's response to the 1st Intifada. How could it have been handled differently? **
 * Israel's response was that they resorted to violence, they would do anything to try to stop them like beating them, which resulted in over 1000 deaths. This could have been handled in a less violent way, like negotiating things. could have expelled those protesting rather than killing or jailing an entire population.**
 * ** Evaluate the US role in the peace attempts in the region. What were the causes of successes and failures? **
 * The US tried to get the Israeli and the Palestinians and Arabs to negotiate things out. Success would be that they actually got them to agree to negotiate things. The Fail is that the negotiation failed to make any peace.**
 * ** Assess the role of Israel and the PLO in attempts at peace. **
 * The Israeli never wanted to create peace in the middle east, all they want is to continue to take more land and expand their country.**



__**Reflection**__ **__questions on Guide Questions 5:__ (Copy and paste into your wiki)** **1. Discuss the viewpoint of the Israelis and the Palestinians on the barrier between Israel and the West Bank.** it changed the travel routes between two communities. The Palestinians viewed it as if the Israeli were closing them in, making them feel as if they were second class citizens. The Israeli thought they were just protecting themselves as a mostly Jewish state. Also a way of defense. **2. What do you see as the major stumbling blocks in the attempted peace talks discussed in this section?** The wall was presented at a block in the attempt the the peace talks since it separated the two. Which would make peace harder between the two, there would be no connection. How they viewed each other as terrorists and the increase in violence between the two. **__Reflection Questions on Guide Questions 6:__ (Copy and paste into your wiki)** **1. Do you think Palestine should be a full member of the UN? Why or why not?** Yes i think that Palestine should be a full member of the UN because if they are made to an independent state, they are entitled to the same rights as every other state, so they should have a right to vote on things happening in the world. If Israel is a full member of the UN then Palestine should because they would be able to vote on things that concern the Palestinians and the Israeli. **2. Evaluate how a lasting peace could be achieved in this conflict. Give specific evidence from your work** Making Palestine into its own state, would create peace between the two. No permanent lasting peace because there will always be people who will create more violence.

[|Notes on the 2 videos] on the Barrier Wall


 * Which of the two videos presents the strongest argument and why? **
 * The Pro Israeli video presents the strongest argument because it takes the comments of many people, who are living in that area, rather than just one person talking about a problem **

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