1. Lesson 4: 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 do you know about the Israelis and the Palestinians?

4.  Jews  Roots as far back as 35 centuries  Identity formed  Jewish State 1948 after 2000 yrs exile  No “Palestine” state when Israel was formed  Palestinians  uninterrupted possession and occupation  Jews not in the land in over 4000 years, Muslims took this land

5.  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

6.  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

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

8. 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 Palestine UN non- member observer http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline

9.  Creation and defense of state  Close and supportive relationship  Foreign aid $3 billion a year  They buy US goods and we provide them with military assistance  Strategic ally in the Middle East  Double Bind  Tension

11.  Israeli Settlements in Occupied Territories  Jerusalem  Palestinian Refugees  Israeli Security  Gaza Blockade  Water Resources  Contiguous State / Exact Borders

12.  Settlements http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7XtT91yO6g&feat ure=fvw CBS 60 Min Jan 27, 2009 “Is Peace Out of Reach?” 13 minutes http://content.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068, 635436099001_2025337,00.html Time Magazine Aug 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDKojDv0S H8 'Israeli settlements must stay' Naftali Bennett interview - HARDtalk - BBC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sib5HbdE V4 “Israeli Settlements Explained” (watch for bias)

13.  Jerusalem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i 1ZcYwQQ4zE&feature=channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =tfMyuDc9yx0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =xIFsTz4Euuw

14.  Refugees How the refugees came to be: https://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=NpYfm-fPXfk Nahr al-Bared camp, Lebanon http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=InrYxgQ1OvY&feature=rel ated Camp in Syria https://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=3nip8skspQQ

15.  Gaza Blockade http://www.bbc.com/news/world -middle-east-28757657 https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=rP0N_rXkvG4 http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=SXx4ag2focc

16.  Israeli Security Who/what is Hamas? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17T8 1kmyBek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn3a KxWvkog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B- fH9kVG0gU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmP qY8TE0&list=PL3EE4538E4F1A1CFB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmlG cQUFmEA

17.  Water Resources http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=Qt59LVx5oIg https://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=1_A0K4AGVns https://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=pvi--Tqd5v0

18.  Exact Borders  Contiguous State?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgeVYsS 3sUQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgeVYsS 3sUQ  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEFF8H W43LM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEFF8H W43LM  http://youtu.be/PBGtcJAOf9w http://youtu.be/PBGtcJAOf9w  http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013 /9/8/analysis-israelisnotreadyforpeace.html http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013 /9/8/analysis-israelisnotreadyforpeace.html

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

20.  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?

21.  What three issues do you see as central to negotiating peace?