Israel+Palestine+Question


 * Essential Questions**:


 * ==** Can people live in peace together when deeply held beliefs and views are in conflict? **==

Problems can be caused when one insults the beliefs of the other side.

 * ==** Should the international community play a role in helping countries establish self-determination? **==

Yes, the international community should actively offer aid to such nations. It will help to strengthen relations and increase worldwide cooperation.

 * ==** Is it ever OK for victims to become the persecutors? **==

No, because if they were victims before, they should be more understanding of the problems that persecutors cause, and not inflict the same pain that they went through on someone else.
= Although violence is more likely to occur when there are limited resources, it should not justify violence, because there are peaceful ways to settle the conflicts that may arise from a lack of resources. = = Slightly, but they should compromise and not be too greedy in terms of land instead of claiming the vast majority of it. = = They already have been through enough, so they deserve peace. =
 * =** Is violence justified when access to resources is cut off? **=
 * =**Does the Holocaust excuse Israel from overreaching partition boundaries with Palestine?**=

[|DJ - Israeli-Palestine Question]
====Reflection on videos' bias: The video presents Israel as a greedy, merciless nation while portraying Palestine as completely innocent. It does not give many details on Palestine other than how they were persecuted by Israel, and does not give any details on Israel other than its abuses to Palestine. For instance, it only mentions Israel's army and the narrator speaks of Israel with a very disapproving tone. However, in reality, each nation must have its good and bad points that both contributed to their conflict. Since the video is basically advertising for peaceful protest against Israel's actions, it is obvious that it must be biased in order to win people to its cause.====

4/10 Picture Detective
 * Question: What will happen if Israel "takes back" its square?
 * Clues: I know that in chess, the king (Israel) can only move one space around it. If it takes the square back from the pawn, the rest of the Arab states (whites) will pounce on the king and win the game. The pawn is being used as a trap.
 * The message: If Israel intrudes more on Palestinian land, the other Arab states will all attack Israel. (Correction: the white actually gets to move first, so the white pawn is being depended on to overtake Israel, it is just extremely intimidated.)

4.11 Video reflection: The message is that Palestine comes off as more innocent when it is actually doing the most harm, while Israel is forced to take all the blame because the media always portrays it as more intimidating and harmful. The video suggests that Palestine started the conflicts by "bullying" Israel (probably represents moving into their homeland). Every time Israel tries to fight back, the media attacks them while Palestine gets away with anything they've done. Therefore, this video is biased towards the Israelis. Israel is the victim and Palestine are the instigators.

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; The bride symbolizes the land of Palestine, which is considered by the Jews to belong to them, as it is their homeland. The marriage represents the land being owned by Palestine, the "other man". It suggests that the bride/land is supposed to belong to the Jews, and is still holy, but the other man/Palestine stole it from them.
 * "The Bride is beautiful but she is married to another man" **
 * What was meant by this quote:


 * [|Guide Questions]**


 * Reflection: Part 1 Guide questions: **

I thought it was interesting how so many agreements were made between Britain, France and the UN that were both binding and contradictory of each other. The conflicts between Israel and Palestine could have been avoided better if they had coordinating their agreements more.
 * 1. What information did you find most interesting about the conflict from this portion of the reader? **

The Balfour Declaration promised a land for Jews, but the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence promised an independent state for Arabs. Neither got what they were promised, so they each started to fear that their territory would be stolen by the other. As a result of this fear, the conflicts worsened.
 * 2. Explain and give examples of how other nations and international organizations impacted the conflict. **

** Reflection: Part 2 Guide Questions: **
They tried to divide the Arab from the Jews by creating separate states. However, the Palestinians and Israelis were still not satisfied, and this led to war. Israel ended up claiming more land than the partition allowed, but no Arab state was created. It gave the Israelis more of what they wanted, and Palestine got nothing they wanted.
 * ** How did the UN try to keep peace in the region? **
 * ** How did war impact the region? **

Palestinian refugees encounter struggles in many areas that they live in. In Lebanon, they are blamed for starting their civil war, and in Syria, it is easy to get involved in the violence occurring there. It is as if they are either unwelcome or unsafe wherever they go.
 * ** Reflect on the treatment of Palestinian refugees **

Jews started moving into Palestine after the Balfour Declaration called for a place for Jews there. Initially, only small scraps of the land belonged to Israel. However, there was a drastic change in land division from 1946 to 1947 due to the UN Partition plan. The Arab-Israeli War gave the Israelis even more of the territory. Eventually, only several cities (excluding Jerusalem) remained in Palestinian possession. All of the edges around those cities belonged to Israel. It was not called Israel until 30 years after the territory was established. Israel was able to get so much land due to the UN Partition Plan and through victories in wars with Palestine.

** 1. What role did the international community play in the 1967 War? **
====The Cold War was also occurring during the 1967 war, and the Soviet Union worsened the conflicts by wrongfully accusing Israel of preparing for an attack on Syria. The Middle Eastern/Arab nations also got entangled in the Cold War tensions.====

** 2. How can "language be used to one's advantage? (UN resolution 242) **
The English version of the UN Resolution 242 was less specific about whether Israel was to withdraw from all territories or any territories, so Israel used this version so they would not have to give up all their land gained from the war. Israelis deprived them of many basic rights, destroyed their institutions. This type of oppression allowed the Israelis to have more control over the Palestinians so they would be less likely to rebel or to take back their land.
 * 3. Evaluate the treatment of Palestinian refugees by Israelis after the war? what are some possible reasons for this treatment? **

Notes on Six Day War video:
 * The security council was debating all day to reach a decision on the war
 * The Soviet Union went against both the US and Israel
 * Israel was accused of troop and tank violations/breaking the ceasefire, but denied these accusations
 * Thousands of people were imprisoned in the war
 * Jerusalem and Bethlehem were both captured, and Israeli troops moved past the Syrian border
 * Egyptian forces proved very weak and were totally defeated by Israel
 * Nothing was destroyed by the conflicts in the holy cities


 * Reflection Questions for Guide Questions 4: (Copy,paste, and answer in your wiki:) **


 * ** Evaluate Israel's response to the 1st Intifada. How could it have been handled differently? **
 * Israel arrested many people and killed specific targets in response to the Intifada. They shouldn't have faced the violence with even more violence. **
 * ** Evaluate the US role in the peace attempts in the region. What were the causes of successes and failures? **
 * The US did not try hard enough to keep up negotiations after the 1st Intifada. Also, both Israel and Palestine had set forth too extreme conditions, so they both did not agree to the plan. **
 * ** Assess the role of Israel and the PLO in attempts at peace. **
 * The attempts at peace failed because Israel refused to give up the land it seized in 1967. The PLO was losing power and therefore had to accept the Oslo Accords, but it refused to accept Israeli's requests. **

[|DJ on Yom Kippur War]

My political cartoon on the Yom Kippur War: My cartoon shows how Egypt was expecting to win against Israel because they attacked when Israel was unprepared, but ended up losing anyway. (Egypt is the boy with the scissors, and Israel is the boy who is sleeping.) At first, Egypt was winning, which is represented by Egypt cutting Israel's hair off. It took the Israeli troops a few days to fully prepare themselves for battle, which is why Israel is still sleeping at first. However, Israel has a hammer tucked underneath his pillow, which represents how Israel's army is still a very strong force despite being unprepared at the moment. Eventually, Israel wakes up and beats Egypt with the hammer, which symbolizes Israel's lead at the end of the war.

__**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.**Israel decided to build the wall because they realized it was impossible to stay a Jewish state and claim most of the West Bank. They saw it as a measure of security against Palestinian violence. The Palestinians saw it as division between communities, and it made travel and communication difficult. They referred to it as the "apartheid wall". **2. What do you see as the major stumbling blocks in the attempted peace talks discussed in this section?**The "road map" was ineffective because of the one-year gap before it began to take place. The new Palestinian Authority had too extreme demands. Also, it simply did not satisfy the needs of Israel and Arab states. Also, the acknowledgement of Palestine was an issue. **__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, because it would have more of a say in its own freedom and the crisis between Israel and the Arab nations. Also, it would further Palestine's relations with other nations. **2. Evaluate how a lasting peace could be achieved in this conflict. Give specific evidence from your work** First of all, the US should take more actions to resolve the conflict, since this is one of the three roadblocks preventing the two-state plan from happening. Also, the surge in conservatism in Israel should subside before any major action is taken, because it would provide more support for the plan. They need to stop seeing each other as enemies.

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[|Different Viewpoints on the Barrier War] [|DJ on Palestinian Statehood Video] [|Markup: What Does Palestinian Statehood Mean?]
 * [|Final Assessment - Final Draft] **