Arab Israel Conflict pre-ap 2015
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Tuesday, 2/23/15
Warm Up:
Part 1:Yesterday you watched most of Inside Mecca, write down something you learned that you didn’t know before but that is not on the viewing guide!
Part 2:
Tuesday, 2/23/15
Warm Up:
Part 1:Yesterday you watched most of Inside Mecca, write down something you learned that you didn’t know before but that is not on the viewing guide!
Part 2:
Guess the location of the culture box. Write down your answer and a justification for your answer
Match the site with the religion
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Western Wall or Wailing Wall
Dome of Rock
Foundation stone
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Background Information
In 1850,
the land of Palestine was inhabited by a Palestinian Arab
majority
400,000 Muslims – 80%
75,000 Christians – 15%
25,000 Jews – 5%
For centuries these groups had lived in harmony
1850
400,000 Muslims – 80%
75,000 Christians – 15%
25,000 Jews – 5%
“A land without a people for a
people without a land”
1850
400,000 Muslims – 80%
75,000 Christians – 15%
25,000 Jews – 5%
Jerusalem’s Days of Rage
• With a partner, read the article provided
• AFTER reading answer the reading questions IN
COMPLETE SENTENCES
Thursday, 2/26/15
The Plan:
1. Warm Up:
Take note of the due dates for the assignments for the next Chapter of study
(Map Exam 1 week away)
2. Working day:
Option 1: Complete South Asia Map labeling
Option 2: Ch.11 Reading Guide and Notes
http://www.wachouston.org/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=557&SnID=
Thursday, 2/26/15
The Plan: 1. Warm Up: On your warm up page answer these try to answer these questions:
a. Jews regard this to be the holiest spot on Earth, as it was the site of the Holy of Holies. Muslims believe it was from here that Muhammad ascended to Heaven
b. This allowed Israelis to assume full control of Jerusalem
c. Saturday is the holy day (Sabbath) for which group in Jerusalem?
d. What was the movement called that aimed to restore a Jewish homeland in Jerusalem
2. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Zionism, British governance, U.N. division post WWII
3. Finish Jerusalem’s Days of Rage/Ch.19.2, 20.2, 21.2 Reading Notes
Zionism
• In the late 1890s a movement to create a homeland for the Jewish people began.
• The goal was to reestablish a homeland in the historic area of Israel
• Faced widespread (and growing) anti-Semitism in Europe
• Holocaust fueled the movement and enhanced international support
• Non-religious movement, but draws on religious attachment to Jerusalem
Britain enters the pictureFollowing the break up of the
Ottoman Empire after WWI, Britain obtained the territory (and other Arab territories) as “mandates”
During the period (1920-1948) Jewish immigration to Palestine sharply increased
Palestinians begin revolting against the British and Jewish settlers, demanding independence and opposing Jewish immigration.
The British crush the revolt (with armed Zionist assistance)
After the revolt, the British limit future Jewish immigration, and the Zionist feel betrayed
Arab resentment of western rule only grows
Analyze the source
documents
Using the information provided, answer the following
questions:
1. What was the Balfour Declaration, and how might
it have been perceived by Palestinians based on
Churchill’s Statement in June of 1922?
2. Does Britain have a legacy of responsibility in the
region? Why or why not (use textual evidence).
Post WWII
The British maintain their limitation to Jewish immigrants entering Palestine and Zionist are ANGRY!!
Hostility increased between Palestinians, Zionist, and the British throughout the 1940s and the British requested UN intervention.
The United Nations (UN) decided in 1947 in a partition of Palestine into two states, one Jewish, one Arab, with Jerusalem and Bethlehem as international zones.
Palestinian Arab
Rejection!
The UN plan gave 55% of Palestine to the newly
forming Jewish State (Israel)
For Israel, this legitimizes their claim. The World
recognizes them as a NATION….OBEJECTIVE
ACHIEVED.
1948: "Year of Independence” or of
“the Catastrophe? (al nakba)”
Fighting intensifies after the UN partition plan and on May 14 and 15, 1948 the British evacuate completely, and the Zionist leaders proclaim the State of Israel.
1948: "Year of Independence” or of
“the Catastrophe? (al nakba)”
• European-trained Zionist soldiers possessing modern weaponry
VS.
• 30,000 ill-equipped, poorly trained Arab soldiers
• Israel conquered 78% of Palestine
• Created nearly 1 million Palestinian refugees (Nakba)
• Over 400 towns and villages were destroyed
• Every city, river, and hill received a new Hebrew name
• Denied the existence of Palestine
Summary
Recognizing the Two SidesThe Palestinian Side:
Fear of Dispossession / 20th Century Jewish Immigration
• Nakba of 1948
• Spiritual connection to the Holy Land
The Jewish Side:
History of Jewish Persecution
Holocaust
Israel as Jewish ‘Safe Haven’
Spiritual connection to the Holy Land
Recognizing the Two Sides
The Path of the Israeli Barrier
The barrier’s path has been projected to annex between
7% – 45% of Palestinian land. This will:
1. Completely surround 100,000 people in
42 towns
2. Reduce the available water supply by 1
billion gallons
3. Confiscate hundreds of thousands of
acres of land
4. Severely restrict travel to jobs, hospitals
and schools
5. Adversely affect 4 out of 10 Palestinians
A Look at the Israeli Barrier from Space
CLOSE UP: Qalqilyah was a relatively rich Palestinian town, nicknamed the ‘bread basket.’ After the Wall
was constructed around it the cost of shipping goods has tripled. Consequently, 600 stores have been
forced to close and now 75% of the town’s 40,000+ residents depend on humanitarian assistance from
overseas.
Before After
The Israeli Barrier on the Ground