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• Please take the next 3-5 minutes to complete your entrance ticket.

• Answer the questions to the best of your ability.

Think Pair Share

Think of a an event or situation in your life when it was hard to determine who was right and who was wrong. Describe what happened and how it made you feel. Be prepared to share with the class.

Please record your response on the scrap paper I provided. Practice writing in complete sentences. When finished please reread your work to ensure that you have answered the questions completely.

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Think Pair Share

Please discuss your responses with a partner. Make sure that if asked to you could explain to the class your

partners responses.

2 minutes

Think Pair Share Which partners would like to share with the class what they wrote and

talked about?

So what in the world does any of this have to do with the conflict

between Palestinians and Israeli's in the Middle East?

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Please respond to the questions below by marking either J (Jews), P (Palestinians) or I (Impossible to determine).A. Which people have lived in the land longer?

B. Which people have ruled over the land longer?

C. Whose historical claim to the land is stronger?

D. Which people have been present in the land as far back as records go?

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1. In what area of the world can you find Palestine and Israel? a. South Americab. Europec. Middle East

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3. What is Zionism? a. The feeling of loyalty or devotion to one's

country.b. The policy of extending the rule or authority of

an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.

c. The international movement for the return of the Jewish people to their homeland.

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2. What is imperialism?a. The feeling of loyalty or devotion to one's

country.b. The policy of extending the rule or authority of

an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.

c. The international movement for the return of the Jewish people to their homeland.

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4. Which European country had a mandate (control over) Palestine after WWI?a. Franceb. United Kingdom (England)c. Japan

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5. Do you think the Arabs (Palestinians) and Israeli’s are still fighting today?a. Yesb. No

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6. Explain your answer: (tell me why you think they stopped fighting or why you think they are still fighting)

Yes! The Arabs and the Israeli's are still fighting in the Middle East today.

Why? Zionism – Jewish desire for a state- eventually it

was decided that this would be their original holy lands that they were kicked out of by the Romans.

British Imperialism – Mandate after WWI

How do you think WWII and the Holocaust would later impact the creation of an all Jewish state?

What happened next?

1947-1949• Britain leaves in 1948• United Nations Partition Plan is announced• Jews Declare themselves independent• Arabs attack in response • By 1949 Israel controls about 50% more land

than outlined in the U.N. Partition Plan

What happened Next?

1956• Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nassar seizes

the Suez Canal• Great Britain and France fight to get it back• Israel joins- making huge territory gains in the

Sinai Peninsula• Egypt keeps the Suez Canal and Israel keeps

the Sinai Peninsula

What happened Next?

1967 – Six Day War • The Soviet Union, wrongly informed Egypt that Israel was

moving their troops for a possible attack. Nasser kicked the U.N out of the buffer zone and closed the Straits of Tiran in the Red Sea (U.S. was supposed to be protecting).

• Israel attacked Egypt on the Sinai Peninsula, taking them over in just three days.

• Syria and Jordan attacked from the north and west, but Israeli forces beat them back as well. After six days, Israel had captured the West Bank, all of Jerusalem, the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights.

What happened Next?

1973 – Yom Kippur War • Seeking to redeem Arab pride and regain lands lost in 1967,

Egypt and Syria attacked Israel across the Suez Canal and Golan Heights.

• Egypt scored surprising gains against Israeli forces in the Sinai, and Syrian forces caught Israel off guard as well. This led to negotiations.

• The talks following the war were conducted by U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. These talks set the stage for the Israel-Egypt peace agreement at the end of the decade and the eventual return of the entire Sinai to Egypt in 1982.

1982• Israel Defense Forces invaded Lebanon.

– The goals of the invasion were:1. Israel sought to protect its northern communities from

Palestinian terrorist groups operating from southern Lebanon. 2. The government of Menachem Begin intended to install a

friendly government in Beirut. • Afterward, Syrian agents assassinated Israel's hand-picked

president of Lebanon, Bashir Gemayel, undoing a brief peace treaty between the two countries.

• Israel established a self-proclaimed "security zone" in Lebanon where it would fight a war of attrition with the Shiite extremist organization Hezbollah, until a unilateral Israeli withdrawal 18 years later.

• Hezbollah staked the claim of driving Israel out and has grown in power and stature within Lebanon since the 2000 withdrawal.

1987-1993• In 1987, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank started

the first intifada or "uprising” which grew into a small war between Palestinian militants and the Israeli army.

• The intifada helped set the stage for diplomatic initiatives, including a groundbreaking U.S.-PLO dialogue in 1988, that led to the 1993 Oslo accords, establishing Palestinian political autonomy in parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

• But the intifada also brought a new force into being: Hamas, a radical Islamic movement which ultimately would challenge Arafat's secular Fatah movement for leadership of the Palestinian cause.

What Happened Next?

• Reading from “Continuing Conflict in the Middle East” *Homework – answer the six comprehension questions at the end of the reading.