Israel-Palestine+Question

**Essential Questions**:
// I believe they can although it would be hard. They just have to work through their differences to live together in peace without arguing with each other, knowing that they have different views and beliefs. T hey cannot live in peace because they feel very strongly about these conflicts. Hard to live in peace when everyone is fighting and killing eachother. Have to recognize that the other side of the conflict is equal. // // Yes the international community should play a role in helping countries establish self-determination because the international community should all work together in #|order to come to peace. Yes so there won't be so much animosity. Should not do it at the expense of others. // // Not okay because nothing is changing if this happens. They are becoming the new creators of new victims. // // Yes, if the only way to get the resources back to survive is to use violence than I believe it can be justified. At times because it is the only way they will be heard. Violence should be the last #|option. // // No, Israel took over Palestine and did not give them any equality. //
 * ** Can people live in peace together when deeply held beliefs and views are in conflict? **
 * ** Should the international community #|play a role in helping countries establish self-determination? **
 * ** Is it ever OK for victims to become the persecutors? **
 * ** Is violence justified when access to resources is cut off? **
 * ** Does the Holocaust excuse Israel from overreaching #|partition boundaries with Palestine? **

@https://docs.google.com/document/d/151Kb3HY8B_icKe8iv33RZMbZYd5e9Yv5VGhGtsZH95c/edit?usp=sharing **Reclection:** //The video we watched was definitely biased towards the Arab Palestinian people. It showed the Jews as going from the victims to the persecutors. It told how the Jews took over Palestine and took away their rights, just as the Nazis were doing to the Jews in the Holocaust. Also, the video showed that the Arab communities only invaded Israel because they were afraid Israel was going to get too much power. They did not tell the struggles that the Jewish people had in coming to Palestine from the Holocaust, and trying to establish their own nation. Instead it only showed how the Palestinians reacted to this, and how it upset them.//
 * Video Dialectical Journal: A Short Introduction **



// Why is the guy from Israel black and the rest of the people are white? // // -The man from Israel is the only one with a gun. // // - He is about to shoot the smallest man, who is the Palestinian. // // - The rest of the Arabic countries are just watching, and not trying to help. // // - Israel is in a tower with a gun. // // - Palestine is a pawn, which can only move sideways. It is stuck, and cannot go forward. // // - "Go ahead! He took your square--take it back!" // // - In chess, white pieces move first. The first attacks were by Arabic countries. // // - Israeli piece is in #|start position, and hasn't moved yet. // // Palestine has no way of defeating Israel, with all of their #|power and arms, and they are just a "pawn" in this conflict. //
 * Ask a question
 * What clues do you see do you see?
 * What is the message of the cartoon

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 * Opener: **

//The message is that Palestine (the little mean boy) kept messing with Israel and kept initiating fights with Israel and being an instigator (the bigger kid). Even though Palestine kept picking fights, Israel would never pick a fight back and would try to ignore it, even though it got them furious. Palestine would overreact once Israel finally did something to defend themselves even though it was barely harmful, and made Israel look like the bad guys who kept picking on Palestine, when it was the other way around.// // Palestine kept pushing Israel to the point where they had to fight back. // //The bias is in favor of Israel, showing how Palestine kept instigating fights with Israel but once Israel did something back, Palestine would turn into cry babies and put all of the blame on Israel. It shows how Israel was trying to mind their business, while Palestine kept arguing with them.// // Became the story of Israel's struggle, instead of Palestine's. //
 * **Watch the video**
 * **What is the message?**
 * **What is the bias?**

- 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;


 * "The Bride is beautiful but she is married to another man" **

// I believe this quote means that "The Bride", referring to Palestine, is a very beautiful country, but it is being taken over by the Jews who are turning it into a different place with different beliefs. Very beautiful but it was mostly a Jewish majority there, when it should be a majority of Palestinians. The Zionist movement is taking over Palestine. //
 * What was meant by this quote:

@https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ujlGwUQ7wB4OUuYWy0R9yx_RxrzqqfLIFWKd2mgv1tg/edit?usp=sharing
 * Israel-Palestine Terms: **

@https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zWKzZiz1FHvfaevW1U611k7uKvTJHvnSuu-qbGF-7UU/edit?usp=sharing
 * Guide Questions: **


 * Reflection: Part 1 Guide questions: **

// What I found most interesting about the conflict from this portion of the reader is that this conflict is based primarily on land, when I thought that it would be a conflict on religion. They both study two different religions, and are living in the same place but only have conflicts about land. Also, I found it interesting the Jews now are not big on religion anymore, like they used to be. // // Britain kept making promises they could not make to the Arab Palestinians, which mad conflicts and made Palestine not trust Britain. Also, the United States has been helping the Israeli army become stronger and stronger, when they are using it against Palestine. //
 * 1. What information did you find most interesting about the conflict from this portion of the reader? **
 * 2. Explain and give examples of how other nations and international organizations impacted the conflict. **

1. How did the UN try to keep peace in the region?
// The UN tried to keep peace in the region by partitioning Palestine into two states, one Jewish and the other Arab so each state would have a majority of its own population, known as the Partition Plan. //

2. How did war impact the region?
// War impacted the region by Palestine being divided into three parts, each under a different political regime. The war also caused a lot of hostility between the different groups including the Zionists and the British militia. //

3. Reflect on the treatment of Palestinian refugees
// The Palestinian refugees were supposed to be given their citizenship and the right to vote, but instead were treated like second class citizens. //




 * Directions: Look at the map that spans 1917 to the present, make five observations about the changes you see and why they happened **
 * 1) //Palestine became smaller and smaller from 1987 to the present. This happened because Israel took over Palestine.//
 * 2) //Ramallah, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem remained throughout the overtaking of the land. This happened because they became international zones, belonging to no one.//
 * 3) //Gaza remained land belonging to the Palestinians. This happened because of the Gaza Expulsion Plan.//
 * 4) //In 1946 over 90% of the land belonged to Palestine. This happened because during this time the Jewish settlers had to pay for most of the land they occupied.//
 * 5) //Israel was formed in 1948-1949, which caused the first Arab-Israeli war. This happened because the Palestinian Arabs did not agree with the Jews settling there and taking over their land.//


 * Reflection: Part 3 Guide Questions: **

// The Soviet Union misinformed the Syrian Government that Israeli forces were going to attack Syria. Also, the United States and the Soviet Union created international pressure to force Israeli forces to retreat to the armistice lines after capturing Gaza and the Sinai Peninsula. //
 * 1. What role did the international community play in the 1967 War? **

// Since the UN has multiple legal languages, certain things may be translated differently through each language. For example, the French version of UN Resolution 242 states that Israel should withdraw from "the territories" where the English version states withdraw from "territories", meaning nothing specific. This comes in advantage to Israel and the US using the English version, because they argued that Israeli withdraw from some, but not all, territory occupied in the war satisfies the agreement. //
 * 2. How can "language be used to one's advantage? (UN resolution 242) **

// The Palestinian refugees were treated like second-class citizens and were not given the same rights as the Israelis. They were given collective punishments such as curfews and house demolitions. They were denied many basic rights and civil liberties. Reasons for this treatment could be because the Israelis believe the war was their fault, or that this land should be theirs and theirs only, so the Palestinians should not deserve the same rights that they do. //
 * 3. Evaluate the treatment of Palestinian refugees by Israelis after the war? What are some possible reasons for this treatment? **

= Six Day War Video: =
 * // Additional Information: //**
 * // Jordan lost 15,000 troops. //
 * // Jerusalem and Bethlehem were captured. //
 * // Nearly 600 Egyptian tanks were destroyed. //
 * // Civilians joined Israeli troops in the street. //

= = = Evaluate Israel's response to the 1st Intifada. How could it have been handled differently? = // They could have handled it by first trying to do so peacefully, with some kind of agreement or understanding, instead of going into it with force and beatings. //
 * Reflection: Part 4 Guide Questions: **

// The causes of failures was the lack of the Washington Talks, so not enough was being discussed and put into place. //
 * 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. = // PLO and Israel both accepted the Declaration of Principles of the Oslo Accords, which established the Israel would withdraw from the Gaza Strip and Jericho, and additional withdrawals. //


 * Yom Kippur Political Cartoon: **

@https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1CrEXvcBgPpPmk-BKvelz1vec51gKVHVrPz1oRYnqkvI/edit?usp=sharing


 * Meaning:** //The meaning of this cartoon is to show that not only did the Arab states attack Israel, but they attacked them on one of their most religious days, Yom Kippur. This was done on the day where Israel would be most vulnerable to an attack, because they were in no way prepared for a war, as they were celebrating this holiday.//

= Reflection: Part 5 Guide Questions: =

= 1. Discuss the viewpoint of the Israelis and the Palestinians on the barrier between Israel and the West Bank. = ====//The Palestinians referred to the wall as the "apartheid wall" because it cut communities in two, and blocked routes of travel even within communities and towns. The Israeli's believed the wall was needed to ensure safety on Israel. Israel feared "terrorist activity" and believed it would save lives of both sides.//====

= 2. What do you see as the major stumbling blocks in the attempted peace talks discussed in this section? = // The Peace Plan and the talks called for many things to happen/to change in order to accept the plan. I think that they were trying to move too fast to get peace, that they were asking for too much from both sides, that they were not willing to give up or compromise for. Israel has to recognize Palestine as a state. //

**Reflection: Part 6 Guide Questions:**

// Yes I do believe Palestine should be a full member of the UN. They are trying to be equal to the rest of the members and trying to become a part of the UN, which I believe would help bring peace among the nations, because they are trying to get involved. I think not allowing them to be full members is just going to frustrate them more. //
 * 1. Do you think Palestine should be a full member of the UN? Why or why not? **

// A lasting peace could be achieved by realizing that not everyone is going to ever get along, but they need some kind of management to help work through the conflicts. Also, they need to start agreeing on strategy negotiations in order to communicate together and work together to try and achieve some sort of peace. They need to realize that they are always both going to be living there, no one is going to leave so they have to find a way to get along or to find compromises with each other and see each other as people, not terrorists. //
 * 2. Evaluate how a lasting peace could be achieved in this conflict. Give specific evidence from your work **

@https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OnUtIvgU12yjNTaEvEpahykSKaRjTdSO1PPujUBrRs8/edit?usp=sharing
 * Israeli-Palestine View of the Barrier Wall: **


 * DJ on Palestinian Statehood Video: **

@https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dvapYJ4GwlHAQuZhdB2icBoHevHkp3qG0U4lmE0MyFU/edit?usp=sharing
 * What Does Palestinian Statehood Mean? Markup: **

@https://docs.google.com/document/d/10o4QQnimed2RoR0p-YHi0OROwMPj4Buv7io9stC5Q4k/edit?usp=sharing
 * Final Draft of Final Assessment: **