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Lesson 6: A Clash Between Right and Right.  Review religious origins and ties.  Research, synthesize, and create a timeline of key events and issues.

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1 Lesson 6: A Clash Between Right and Right

2  Review religious origins and ties.  Research, synthesize, and create a timeline of key events and issues surrounding the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict.

3  What is meant by the term “People of the Book”

4  1400 BCE - Hebrew Kingdom in Land of Canaan  70 CE – Romans capture Jerusalem, destroy Second Temple  90 CE - Diaspora: Jews flee Holy Land, spread to all Euro  620 CE Muhammad & followers bring Islam to region  Ottoman Turks control Middle Eastern empire 1517-1917  Local Arabs control “Palestine”  Jews return beginning mid-1800’s

5  End WW1 – British given control of region  Balfour Declaration 1917 : Jewish homeland in Palestine  Jewish peoples return (Zionism)  Violence as Arabs feel outnumbered  Brits ask UN to fix

6  UN Resolution 181  Jewish State  Arab State  Internationalization of Jerusalem  Jewish accept, Arabs reject, and so it begins…

7 With a partner – create a timeline of key events:  1948 War  1956 Suez Crisis  1967 Six-Day War  1973 Yom Kippur War  1979 Camp David Accords  1987-90 First Intifada  1993-94 Oslo Accords & Peace with Jordan  2000-05 Second Intifada  2002-03 Arab Peace Initiative & The Roadmap  2005-06 Israeli Withdrawal / Hamas Victory  2006 Lebanon War  2007-09 Gaza War  2012 – UN Non-Member Observer Status Palestine http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline

8 1948 WarWhen Israel declared its independence in May 1948, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon declared war. Israel defeated the combined Arab armies and enlarged its territory. from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special_reports/middle_east_c risis/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special_reports/middle_east_c risis/ http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar027 260&st=arab-israeli+conflict

9  Creation & defense of Israel  Foreign aid ($3b/yr)  Buy US goods/services  Military assistance  Strategic ally  “Double bind”  Tension

10  What are some of the issues that have prevented an agreement between the Israeli’s and Palestinians?  Boundaries  Jerusalem  Security  Settlements

11  WIKI POST  “Two peoples and one land… caught up in a clash between right and right.” Israeli novelist Amos Oz What is meant by the author in this statement? Is anyone right?


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