The+Israel+Palestine+Question

**Essential Questions**:

 * ** Can people live in peace together when deeply held beliefs and views are in conflict? **
 * They cannot because their views would cause them to negatively look at each other which would ultimately cause conflict.
 * ** Should the international community play a role in helping countries establish self-determination? **
 * No because international countries would come off as cocky and for that their input wouldn't be accepted by those they're trying to help.
 * ** Is it ever OK for victims to become the persecutors? **
 * Victims lose their status as so when they become persecutors because they're no longer innocent.
 * ** Is violence justified when access to resources is cut off? **
 * Violence is never justified.
 * ** Does the Holocaust excuse Israel from overreaching partition boundaries with Palestine? **
 * The Holocaust cannot excuse Israel of such because that event occurred outside of Israeli and Palestinian boundaries.


 * === No, it is not possible to live in peace because there will always be conflict between the two ideologies. ===
 * === Yes, I think that the international community should help countries establish self-determination because most likely they won't be able to do it on their own without the reliance of other countries. ===
 * === In most cases it is acceptable but it would only c ===
 * === reate a bigger problem and the original conflict won't get resolved. ===
 * === Yes, I believe that violence is justified when resources are cut off because the state has no other option but to defend themselves. ===
 * === Past genocides shouldn't be used as an excuse to create new conflicts. ===

= = =__Video: Bias or Unbiased__=
 * 1) ====The Video came off as biased because it made the Palestinian look like complete victims.====
 * 2) ====There was no back story on why the immigrant Jews chose Palestine or anything like that.====
 * 3) ====The Jews also appear to kick out the Palestinians out of their homes.====
 * 4) ====The U.S. look like instigators because they helped fund the Israeli army.====
 * 5) ====The Israeli government seems to be very unfriendly with Native Palestinians.====

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=__Picture Detective:__= Why are Saudi Arabia and Yemen the only countries laughing? Why is Israel the only country with guns?

- "The Pawn..." Seems as though Israel was used as a pawn for all these other arab nations - Palestine is the only country that appears frightened or saddened - The Israel piece is the only dark piece - No piece is in a good position - Israel is ready to attack but they haven't done it yet - Palestine is used as bait

Palestine wants their land back so the other Arab countries egg Palestine on as a pawn to destroy Israel

=__Guide Questions:__= =[|Guide Questions to the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute]=

=__Israel vs. Palestine Cartoon Video:__=

Message: The world isn't elementary school, sometimes you have to defend yourself. The Israelis didn't start the fight but they're gonna finish it.

Bias: The principal and teacher only listened to the side of the bully because he cried. The victim lost his status as a victim because he fought back. Israel is only defending themselves from other Arab countries.

- This land is totally populated by Palestinian Arabs but it belongs to the Arabs. They're married to the land through hundreds of years of residence.
 * "The Bride is beautiful but she is married to another man" **


 * Reflection: Part 1 Guide questions: **

The British Empire set up a secret negotiation between them and the Jews while there was a deal on the table between another country and the Arabs for the land of Israel.
 * 1. What information did you find most interesting about the conflict from this portion of the reader? **

It was a secret deal to carve up the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire and divide control of the region. Governments of the United Kingdom and France, with the assent of Russia , were defining their proposed spheres of influence and control in the Middle East. Balfour Declaration - **Balfour Declaration** - was a letter from the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Baron Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland.
 * 2. Explain and give examples of how other nations and international organizations impacted the conflict. **
 * Sykes Picot Agreement - **

==Reflection on Guide questions 2: (copy and paste and answer directly in your wiki) ==


 * __How did the UN try to keep peace in the region? __
 * The UN established a plan to split the land between both the Palestinians and the Jews.
 * __How did war impact the region?__
 * The war allowed the Jews to gain more control of the Palestinian territory. They gained the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
 * __Reflect on the treatment of Palestinian refugees __
 * No country treated them fairly. They were isolated by other Arabs due to accusation of betrayal. The Jews' militias would edge them out of Israel territory. They didn't have the same rights as the people they lived with.

=__** Visual Time line of Israeli- Palestine Conflict **__=

=**__5 Observations:__**= - There was a drastic change in territorial ownership between 1946-1947. __(UN Partition Plan takes place)__ - between 1947-1956, the changes in ownership of the land grew steady. __(There are multiple wars that go on during that time.)__ - From 1967 to 2012, Jews gained more control of Palestine. __(Israelis win Six Day War and gain control of more land.)__ - 1897 Palestine totally owned by Arabs. __(The World Zionist Organization was just founded.)__ - 2012 Jews own almost all of Palestine land. __(Israel launches campaign on Gaza)__


 * ** Copy and paste the reflection questions below and Answer the following reflection questions on Guide questions 3 directly into your wiki: **


 * 1. What role did the international community play in the 1967 War? **

International communities instigated problems between certain parties (Syrians and Israelis) in 1967 War. The UN made a resolution to settle the difference between the Jews and Arabs.

 * 2. How can "language be used to one's advantage? (UN resolution 242) **

Language serves as a way communication between individual countries for secrecy. Language can also be used for self-interpretation and to find loopholes.
The Israelis segregated from the Palestinians, gave them barely any rights, and any opportunities towards a respectable life. They also were trying to site out the terrorists.
 * 3. Evaluate the treatment of Palestinian refugees by Israelis after the war? what are some possible reasons for this treatment? **

Video Notes on Six Day War: - Thousands of prisoners - Jordan loses 15000 troops - The main Egyptian force was cut off. - Egyptians have no support - Nearly 600 Egyptian tanks destroyed - Jews took Bethlehem and Jerusalem - Had opposing views of the Soviet Union - Egyptian leader retired because he was frightened by the Israelis


 * Reflection Questions for Guide Questions 4: (Copy,paste, and answer in your wiki:) **


 * ** Evaluate Israel's response to the 1st Intifada. How could it have been handled differently? **
 * Israel instituted a secret policy of targeted killing in the occupied territories.
 * ** Evaluate the US role in the peace attempts in the region. What were the causes of successes and failures? **
 * Bush pressed Shamir to open negotiations with Palestinians and the Arab states at a multilateral conference. It resulted in the US led attack on Iraq. The PLO barked at the US for what they’ve done, in relation to our support for Israel.There were times where the US was more firm with Israel.
 * ** Assess the role of Israel and the PLO in attempts at peace. **
 * The Declaration of Principles was based on the mutual recognition of Israel and the PLO. The PLO formed a Palestinian Authority with " self-governing" powers in the areas from which

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__April 28, 2014__

__**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.****2. What do you see as the major stumbling blocks in the attempted peace talks discussed in this section?** The Israelis look at the barrier between Israel and West Bank as a defense mechanism to secure their safety from the frustrated Palestinians. The Palestinians look at the barrier as a way for Israelis to keep them oppressed through separating them from other people. They still didn't know what to do with West Bank, Palestine wanted to be a separate entity and Israel still wanted rights to the land.

**__Reflection Questions on Guide Questions 6:__ (Copy and paste into your wiki)** **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** No Palestine isn't establish enough as a nation to be a full member. But they also shouldn't be excluded from important global matters. The two sides should except where they are as separate countries right now and build off of what they still have. Israel should give Palestinians the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

[|Comments on the Barrier Wall]

[|What does Palestinian Statehood Mean?]