The+Israeli-Palestinian+Conflict

=**The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict **=



Essential Questions:
1.Yes I believe that they can. It would be a definite struggle and you would defiantly have to work each and everyday to make the relationship work, but i think that it can be done. The views are going to come in the way at times, but they do not have to be best friends just tolerate each other in order to obtain peace and make sure you do not do anything harmful to the other person. It is not an impossible task. yes, but it is most likely not possible and it will interfere with daily life 2.The international community should play a role because if the country is not stable they can work together to figure out ways to establish self-determination.They should help and if they cannot do things on their own , but if not then they need to work on their own problems. 3.No it is never okay. Yes that person will get angry, but in the end nothing will be solved if you fight anger with more anger. Its going to create more conflict, so it is not okay 4.Violence can be justified in order to obtain something that is needed. It can be justified when the resource is something that a person can not live without. It can be justified if it is needed to survive and stop a country from collapsing 5. The holocaust was an act against humanity so in order to help and to stop and contain the holocaust it does excuse Israel from overreaching partition boundaries with Palestine. If they need to go through to help the Jews then it is okay in order to save lives.
 * Can people live in peace together when deeply held beliefs and views are in conflict?
 * Should the international community play a role in helping countries establish self-determination?
 * Is it ever OK for victims to become the persecutors?
 * Is violence justified when access to resources is cut off?
 * Does the Holocaust excuse Israel from overreaching partition boundaries with Palestine?
 * Answers: **

**DJ for Israel & Palestine:A Very Short Introduction:** https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ADWKL8sNnyq7iuw1oXwyT6KLG8Ipu7cegyMus12wKc/edit

The video that we watched was in favor of the Palestinians making the Jewish people look evil and bad. It only mentioned what the Jewish people did that was not humane or fair not mentioning anything that the Palestinians did that may have been frown upon. It made the Palestinians look like the victim in this situation. For example it mentioned how the Jews took over and did not let the Palestinians go back to their country and homes. It also mentioned how the Jewish members got special privileges that the Palestinians did not get.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reflection: Identify and explain the bias of this video clip: **

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cartoon video opener and comments:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Message: The message of this video is basically that at times you need to defend yourself if something happens over and over again to you and when it does come to that point that in some cases like this one with Palestinian and Israel that things can be blown out of portion. That if you defend yourself from something that has been happening over and over again people will try and be the victim and even when they are not. Israel did not want to start the violence but once they have been victimized they have no problem ending it <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bias: This video is very bias it shows the big kid as a victim and the small one as a bully even when you think it would be the other way around. I think that in this video the big kid was the Israel and the small one Palestine. =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Quote: = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In 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;

**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"The Bride is beautiful but she is married to another man" **
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I find it most interesting about how they all wanted the land with a passion. None of them wanted to give up on it or back down because they decided that it belonged to them. It was a "Holy Land" and it ended up causing so much conflict and even deaths. What I also found interesting was when <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Arabs were promised by Henry McMahon that if they supported Britain in the time of the war he said he would help create an Arab State under the Hashemite rule, however the Arabs discovered that McMahon promised Lord Balfour that they would create a Jewish state which added to the conflict created because the Arabs didn’t want to share a state with the Jews. I found it interesting that he promised them the same thing. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Other Nations and international organizations impacted the conflict as well. like with the league of nations, The league of nations made a decision and that decision resulted in the 1920 and the 1921 clashes that broke out between the Arabs and the Jews. Then of course there was the issue that I mentioned above with Britain and the promises that were made about helping them gain independence and then it was broken, which only increased conflict. France was also in the plan with Britain The US also helped Israel which did not help with the issues and siding with them and the land. There was the Hussein-McMahon, Balfour, Sykes Picot which added only more to the conflict. The world was a big impact on this conflict.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What was meant by this quote: The bride is Palestinian,I think these means that the land is beautiful and it is a great place it would make a great beautiful Jewish homeland, but he is saying that it belongs to the Arabs. This land is totally populated by Arabs. For centuays it has belong to the Arabs. He is foreshadowing the problem and conflicts that were about to come.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reflection: Part 1 Guide questions: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. What information did you find most interesting about the conflict from this portion of the reader? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. Explain and give examples of how other nations and international organizations impacted the conflict. **

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Observations**: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1.It started off all yellow meaning that all of it was controlled and owned by Palestinians <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2.In the first map you have the country being almost completely yellow with some green specks. This was the early stages of the conflict and the majority of the land was owned by Palestine with a few areas of Jewish settlements, but that land they paid for. These are the orthodox Jews. The Jewish settlements were there because they were running form the terrors in Germany. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3.In the next map there is more of then green spreading to the point where the green and yellow almost look equal. This is because the UN initiated to separate Palestine into two. The green is Jewish land. They lost a lot of their land in a year. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">4.The next maps are the same and in between them their was the war. the land looks more green which is Jewish land and the name changed to Israel. This is because The Un and USA stepped in and made them give some of the land back. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">5.The very last one Is almost like the beginning,but more green.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The United Nations tried to keep peace in the union as it always tries to do. They tired by creating partition plan. They ended up splitting the Territory of Palestine in two to try and keep the peace.They tried to partition, but each had the hope to expand, but Palestinian did not like it at all. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The war impacted the region because The number of Jews and Arabs hostiles increase. Israel is getting bigger as Palestinian is getting smaller <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They were treated as second hand/class citizens. According to Palestinians they are trying to get rid of all non Jews.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reflection on Guide questions 2: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How did the UN try to keep peace in the region? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How did war impact the region? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reflect on the treatment of Palestinian refugees **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Because of the war in 1967 the international community had a big party with playing into it.The Soviet Union misinformed the Syrian government that Israeli forces were massing in northern Israel to attack Syria and then a res lotion was created and it was different between the French and English had different versions of the resolution. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Because there ended up being to versions of the UN resolution 242. There was the English and the French versions. The English version only said that the Israels had to withdraw from some territories, but the French stated that they needed to withdraw from all. Because of the English version that was the one that the US and Israel followed. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The treatment of the Palestinian refugees by Israelis after the war was that they were second class citizens that were not granted their basic rights and political rights. They did not have the freedom of expression, press, and political freedom. This could have been because the Israels thought of them as if they were terrorists and they wanted to protect their country from them.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reflection on Guide questions 3: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. What role did the international community play in the 1967 War? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. How can "language be used to one's advantage? (UN resolution 242) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3. Evaluate the treatment of Palestinian refugees by Israelis after the war? what are some possible reasons for this treatment? **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Comments On Six Day War Video: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Syrian Ambassador says Israel has excessive cease-fire systematic Soviet Union gets involved as they the Us is involved with Israel USSR wanted sanctions but the UN said no **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-700 Israeli troops wounded **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-Did not destroy anything religious cities **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-many counties said Israel was too aggressive. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reflection Questions for Guide Questions 4: **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Israels first response was with force power and beatings <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">George W Bush pressured Israel's prime minister and arab sates to have peace talks at a conference in Madrid Spain. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">People in Israel tried to have more peaceful talks with the PLO as they were more afraid or radical terrorist groups.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1.Evaluate Israel's response to the 1st Intifada. How could it have been handled differently? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2.Evaluate the US role in the peace attempts in the region. What were the causes of successes and failures? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3.Assess the role of Israel and the PLO in attempts at peace. **

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yS8oPhqc3bb21sBxceGw4k5NTBmjiwFjydasxyMwn64/edit
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading on Yum Kippur War DJ: **

Cartoon: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E7sg3CFZnHO4RY1Ft3I7QGoHc1wRtA3pqTMj5c1s2yY/edit

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Israel said it was necessary and was in favor on the barrier between Israel and the West Bank.Palestinians referred to the barrier as the “apartheid wall" because ” It cuts communities in two, blocks routes of travel even within towns and villages, and has totally reconfigured the geography of the West Bank. -knew it was necessary because they could not capture west bank. Some of the major stumbling blocks in the attempted peace talks discussed in this section had to to with Israel and Palestine. One major issue had to do with how they viewed each other as terrorists and the violence kept on growing. -Peace talk should have between the two -barriers were created  -Land <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I think that the UN knows what they are doing and what is best for the nations at this moment <span style="color: #885599; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-No until independent state, not organized
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reflection questions on Guide Questions 5: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. Discuss the viewpoint of the Israelis and the Palestinians on the barrier between Israel and the West Bank. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. What do you see as the major stumbling blocks in the attempted peace talks discussed in this section? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reflection Questions on Guide Questions 6: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. Do you think Palestine should be a full member of the UN? Why or why not? **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It will take time, lots of time because of the conflict has been around for so long. The people will have to understand that both sides mostly just want a place to start a family and life. That they want the same thing and that it can be achieved if they stop fighting and the conflict and if they accept each other as people. <span style="color: #885599; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-given own interdependent state
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. Evaluate how a lasting peace could be achieved in this conflict. Give specific evidence from your work Last peace could be achived in this conflict. **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lnPgWnwLrnycwB51Xq_D_ESKejqKXqTtwLl42rrQuUM/edit

**Picture Detective**:

There is Israel as the only black piece and is the only one with a gun pointed at Palestine. Some other nations are just looking on and some with not happy faces. That Israel came into many homes and disrupted them. Many people were not happy with them especially with Palestine. The gun pointed at them symbolizes how Israel has taken over their homes
 * Ask a question: Why is there only one black piece on the board? Why are they not normal chess pieces?
 * What clues do you see do you see?
 * What is the message of the cartoon

Markup: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mOchcub8otpMboPwIw8PeImRH1hMgIWhIv9yA7-1Qcc/edit

Final: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RISVfatFmaYMVuIKX6_SBHZq4aKgtK8ItVpdSmP_eMo/edit