Israel-Palestine+Question

**Essential Questions**:

 * ** Can people live in peace together when deeply held beliefs and views are in conflict? **
 * It is very difficult to do this because when people believe in things, especially religion, it is very hard to come to an agreement without breaking some sacred law that is held very serious in that community. Love can start wars and once it begins it is very hard for it to ever end. ** **Even in the United States, the word "God" it becomes a very touchy topic for people.**
 * ** Should the international community play a role in helping countries establish self-determination? **
 * Yes, because religion spans countries and many different people, so no matter how much a government wants to get away from it, Religion plays a huge part in people's lives. No country should guide another country to have SELF-determination. **
 * ** Is it ever OK for victims to become the persecutors? **
 * It is "okay" from an outer-view for this to happen, but at the end of the day for a person to become the bully it is never okay. You are now just going down to the level that you hated in the first place. You become your own worst enemy. If you HAVE to fight back, for the well being of the people then it is okay. **
 * ** Is violence justified when access to resources is cut off? **
 * For the greater good of the people in a country, yes. Although, this cannot be a decision made out of greed, because once that line is crossed any life that is taken is not justified. It depends on the resource. **
 * ** Does the Holocaust excuse Israel from overreaching partition boundaries with Palestine? **
 * Because the pity portion of the human mind, it is excused. On a more law based system it is not okay. Boundaries are made for the safety and well being of the people that are on either side, once they are crossed it can start very bad conflicts. If the people are abusing their power then that is when it becomes a very big problem. **



In the video it became very clear that the speaker in the video was very biased towards the USA. She specifically at one point in the video says that all that the USA has done in the Israel was start more problems. She saw the USA's actions in Israel as making a bigger problem in the world by just causing a whole lot more hostility. Now that Israel have the weapons to attack it is giving Israel so much more push to actually give more force to all of the innocent Palestinians in the world. It seemed though that she never spoke about what the Palestinians have done, and I bet they have put a whole lot of problems into the situation that she is not even looking at. The world must acknowledge that in this situation no side is really helping to fix all of the problems that are present.






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 * Is there a significance in making Israel the black piece and making all of the Arab countries white pieces? **
 * What clues do you see?
 * The quote of the bottom shows that the Palestinians may be so sad of it but they have all of these other nations just as strong as Israel backing them. All of the white pieces are facing straight towards Israel seeming like they are coming more and more near. All of the smaller countries are standing behind the taller nations but all still seem ready to attack. **
 * What is the message of the cartoon
 * It is saying that, yes Israel may have their strength overpowering the Palestinians, but with the strength of all the nations in the Middle East Israel truly does not stand a strong chance. **

[|Israel/Palestine Guide Questions]

//The moment Israel fought back everyone just sided with Israel.//
 * what is the message?
 * In the video a little boy, Palestine, keeps on hurting the bigger boy, Israel, again and again and Israel just keeps on taking it not really doing anything. Now the Palestine boy keeps doing it so much that at one point, the Israeli child cannot take it anymore and he simply flicks the boys nose. The child bursts out into tears and makes a humongous scene about it. Not soon after they have a "peace", the Palestine boy does it again. This time the bigger boy punches him and there seems to be a full out brawl over this. The message is saying the Palestine for a long time kept pushing Israel more and more to the point where they had to fight back. However, the moment Israel did that it just started this very big conflict of people siding with Palestine.**
 * What is the bias?
 * The bias is most definitely directed towards the Israelis. This video is displaying the hardships that the Israeli people were put through instead of what truly happened to the Palestinians as well. It became the story of the Israeli struggle.**

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; What this man meant was that, Palestine was gorgeous. That it was a very beautiful city and it was everything and more then what they had expected. However, Palestine belonged to the Palestinians. So in a way, she was married to another man in that Palestine was in control of another group of people.
 * "The Bride is beautiful but she is married to another man" **
 * What was meant by this quote:

Reflection Questions 1:
 * 1. What information did you find most interesting about the conflict from this portion of the reader? **
 * What I found most interesting was that the Palestinians did not have a stronger religious connection to the land as I thought. Now they do, but the main argument is that it was their land first. Which reminds me of the entire conflict with land here a long time ago with the Natives.
 * 2. Explain and give examples of how other nations and international organizations impacted the conflict. **
 * Britain created the boundaries for the land in Palestine. So Britain created the actual boundaries that would cause all of the conflict that it did. France simply just sided with Britain with whatever they decided. The United States just added more fuel to the fire by being a strong supporter of Israel. All of the countries would just now start to have an even stronger resentment against them.

Reflection Questions 2: They divided Palestine into two states, one Jewish the other Arab. It was a way so that both did not feel as if the other had more importance of being there. They also did things such as making Bethlehem and Jerusalem international zones, it was so that the countries wouldn't find more reasons to fight. Palestine was split into three parts, each under a different political regime. The state of Israel encompassed over 77 percent of the territory. Jordan occupied East Jerusalem and the hill country of central Palestine, the West Bank. Egypt took control of the Gaza Strip. The Palestine Arab state envisioned by the UN partition plan was never established.
 * ** How did the UN try to keep peace in the region? **
 * ** How did war impact the region? **

In Lebanon, Palestinians are not that happy with them being there. The Lebanese blame them for the Civil War that wrecked the country from 1975-1991. The people actually asked for their removal from the country. Especially for the Christians in the country, they hope to see their removal. In Jordan the Palestinians actually live a very nice life where they are capable of attaining citizenship. Palestinians in Syria have been caught up in violence since the uprising against the regime there started in 2011.
 * ** Reflect on the treatment of Palestinian refugees **

__** Five observations of the Israeli-Palestine Map: **__
 * 1) From 1946-1947 the Israeli people grew substantially in numbers. In 1946 we see these little slight dots and patches of green but then when I look at 1947 the green sections seem to have surpassed that of the Palestinians.
 * 2) After all of these years of being oppressed and diminished more and more, finally after more than 100 years, the Palestinian officials finally asked to be a part of the UN General Assembly.
 * 3) Bethlehem in 2012 still has not been over taken by the Israeli green.
 * 4) Even though many of the areas that the Palestinians resided in at the beginning were made smaller and seem to lost it's form, in reality the shape of the areas really have not changed. It is almost becoming this same area around the center point.
 * 5) The "Three Parts" are seemed just to be one huge Israeli portion and two smaller Palestinian portions.

Reflection Questions 3:

Well in cases such as the Soviet Union, they were the Catalyst for the war and just began the huge fight that ensued. The Cold War was at its peak and that area just became another place where the fighting would continue to grow. Because instead of just blowing people up, an intelligent person speaking calmly and confidently can automatically become a huge thing to push someone to agree with that person's thoughts. The Israelis really just wanted for the Palestinians to realize that they weren't the ones in charge anymore. They are throwing the people out and just completely forgotten about. Israel wanted to take over the land and they were ready to do it.
 * 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? **

__** Additional Information Gained from 6 Day War Video: **__
 * Israel was charged with breaking the cease fire
 * Soviet Union keeps for opposition between anything that USA supports. (Israel)
 * Jordan lost 15,000 troops
 * Israel says that 700 of their troops were killed.
 * In the Gaza Strip, Hussein went to just give up the fight and make it stop
 * New leaders say that they will fix the borders
 * Bethlehem became a bloody fight, but it soon went back to the safe and peaceful land that it once was.
 * First time in 19 years that the Jewish people can finally pray at the Salomon temple
 * Soviet Union and other Iron Curtain nations saw the Israeli win as a very aggressive tactic and should not be supported in any way.
 * Many religious shrines were destroyed, a Nativity set was spared.
 * Mocha pledged to never give up on giving away this land ever again.


 * Reflection Questions for Guide Questions 4: **

> They had attempted to neutralize it right then and there through force and power. They could've handled it in a way which there wouldn't have been so many deaths. > Increased military aid to Israel- ended up with more killings then needed due to the increase of weaponry. > PLO ended up coming to a conclusion--> recognized Israel, proclaimed Palestinian state in West bank and Gaza Strip, renounced terrorism.
 * ** Evaluate Israel's response to the 1st Intifada. How could it have been handled differently? **
 * ** Evaluate the US role in the peace attempts in the region. What were the causes of successes and failures? **
 * ** Assess the role of Israel and the PLO in attempts at peace. **

Message: In the Yom Kippur war Egypt and Syria both went in together with the same mission to deal with the Israeli problem that they felt was present. After the war ended Egypt and Israel reached a peace agreement, however the Syrian government did not have such a fortunate ending. They faced a lot of pain and hurt with things like their economy and army.

__**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.**
 * The Israelis thought that the barrier was justified to be there, especially since it was their government that decided on it being made on those grounds. The Palestinians however didn't enjoy it. Even going as far as to nickname it that "apartheid wall", because it cut in half many different communities. The Israeli's feared that they would be being attacked and wouldn't have the security that they wanted.

**2. What do you see as the major stumbling blocks in the attempted peace talks discussed in this section?** **__Reflection Questions on Guide Questions 6:__ (Copy and paste into your wiki)**
 * The biggest problem was that many outside problems wanted to have a say in this problem even though the conflict was between Israel and Palestine.

**1. Do you think Palestine should be a full member of the UN? Why or why not?**

**2. Evaluate how a lasting peace could be achieved in this conflict. Give specific evidence from your work**
 * I do think that Palestine should be a full member, because they are going through a lot of problems that even large nations like that USA and Russia probably had once gone through. The people of that country deserve to be heard just as much as any other country that is standing in the UN today.
 * I feel like even through this whole section and all the talks given, the best solution would be to teach these citizens to stop looking at each other as enemies and start looking at each other as human beings. Every human deserves to have a home that they can live in peace in. However the well being of even complete strangers must be met.

Views on the Separation Wall



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