The+Israeli-Palestinian+Question


 * The Israel Palestine Question **



Essential Questions:

 * 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?

1.) They can try to live in peace and go about doing things in their own way but that is most likely not possible as each side is most likely going to want their side to prevail. If the conflict is something on a large scale then it will most likely interfere with daily life and cause the people on both sides to be trying to make their side "win". Just have to tolerate each other. Definite struggle everyday to overcome. Going to have to work everyday to make the relationship work.  Need to come to an agreement and meet each other half way  2.) The international community should help only if the country is not stable and cannot do things on their own. If the country has an unstable or corrupt government than they might need outside help to come and help them fix it. If not, each country should try to guide themselves through self determination and find their own way/place in the world. If the country is not stable they are going to need help and have to work together Should only get invovled if there is violence and innocent bystanders getting hurt 3.) No it is not okay as it is only going to cause more problems and only create more conflict. You are going to end up fighting anger with more anger  Lost their status as a victim and end up creating more victims  4.) Violence can be justified because if a country is cut off from access from where they get their resources then their country may collapse and problems will occur if they cannot get to the resources they need. Resources are essential and needed for each country. Justified if it is something that they cannot live without Survival tactics as they need to get what they need to get to survive 5.) The Holocaust does not justify as it had noting to do with Palestine. Also, they are doing to Palestine what they had done to them They should learn from their mistakes
 * Answers: **

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xk-YWSvRNnxKY1V6NgRx0CG_yb3b08gsRwOECOEPO54/edit?usp=sharing
 * Israel-Palestine Question Video DJ **

The video clip of the Israel Palestine introduction was very bias as it made Israel seem like the bad side and the United States as an accomplice. In the video, it explains how Israel came in and took over and treated the Palestinians badly. It explains how they were not allowed back in their home land, they may have lived in the same land but the resources given were not the same, and how the Israel army shot down Palestinian protests with arrests, raids, and assassinations. The video makes Palestine out to seem as the victim and Israel is the perpetrator. They do not mention anything wrong that Palestine may have done or anything good they Israel may have done. The video also makes the United States out to be a bad country. It talks about how the United States poured money into Israel and their army and only made peace talks worse between the two. The video shows everything that Israel bad, and how Palestine is the victim.
 * Reflection on Video: **

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GavKCAKLmLUIua7Z3YAc7Evn-8uo8uPW8JWalCHMmMQ/edit?usp=sharing
 * Picture Detective- Chess Board:**

The message of this video is that the way Israel and Palestine are acting is like they are in elementary school. They are acting as though they are little kids with the fighting and going back and forth against each other. The video is trying to compare how their fighting is similar to that of kids in elementary schools. The bigger kid is Israel since they had more power and the little green one is Palestine since they are smaller and did not have as much power. People in charge do not get angry at Palestine just Israel Pro-Israel- int he beginning he does not do anything going about doing his own school work and eventually he had enough and hits him and the Arab little boy starts crying and it is a big deal when the whole time the Arab was tormenting the Israel. The people of Israel were defending themselves. Israel did not start the fight but they are going to finish it. It is not elementary school as they are saying stand your ground and don't cry and act like the elementary school kids.
 * Israel Vs. Palestine Cartoon Video **

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CxYDNENacKyVMylSLNciflNilNswVzdSBgQMcj9qR0M/edit?usp=sharing
 * Guide Questions to Israel-Palestine Conflict **

Quote from Zionist: What this quote is saying is that the homeland of Palestine (Israel), their land, is beautiful and their homeland but right now Palestine belongs to the Arabs. Israel knew there was going to be complications when trying to gain back Israel.
 * "The Bride is beautiful but she is married to another man" **

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13JD_rvjZ95mp4Y6l11PO6ItXMOoGgp_0qRlNk_8Yp0U/edit?usp=sharing
 * Terms Template**

What I found the most interesting was how religion did not play a part between these countries. With the three religions in one place I would think that that would play a part of the conflict as they may also want their religion to prevail. I found it interesting how these significant places and things were valued by all the religions and this "Holy Land" was able to encompass all three of the religions and that was something that they did not fight for. The League of Nations affected the conflict as their decisions in 1920 and 1921 led with fights between the Arabs and the Jews. Also, the UN affected the conflict greatly as they made the Partition Plan of 1947 which split Palestine and gave some to the Jewish to create Israel. This greatly affected the conflict as it physically took Palestinian land away from the people of Palestine. The Jewish National Fund also got involved as they bought land away from Arabs and evicted them which then led to more fighting between the Jewish and the Arabs. Also, the United States gave Israel a lot of money for their army, we pushed back after but it had still created tension. Britain played an impact with the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence and the Balfour Declaration where they said they would support an Arab State and then switched to a Jewish State.
 * Reflection: Part 1 Guide questions: **
 * 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. **


 * Map Opener **

5 Observations 1.) In 1897, Palestine controlled all over the territory and Israel did not exist. Israel does not own anything 2.) The UN 1947 Partition Plan had the country split 50/50 so Palestine lost 50% of it's land to Israel. Palestinian Arabs believed too much land was given to Israel 3.)In 1948 Israel is officially formed and they have taken even more land from Palestine's territory. 4.) In 1967 after the six day war Israel took control over Gaza taking even more away from Palestine. 5.) Today, Israel controls a majority of the Palestine territory while he Palestinians barely have any land. 1946 there are starting to be Jewish settlements Between 1897 to present the territory is just about all Israeli UN and US stepped in with the six day war and told Israel they could not take all that land Palestine wants to be in the UN


 * Reflection on Guide questions 2**
 * **How did the UN try to keep peace in the region?**
 * **How did war impact the region?**
 * **Reflect on the treatment of Palestinian refugees**

The UN tried to keep peace in the region by creating a partition plan. They split the territory of Palestine into an Arab State and a Jewish State hoping that it would settle the difference between the two. Jerusalem and Bethlehem also became international zones. The war impacted the region as it left Israel controlling 77% of the territory while Palestine was left with only three little regions. Palestinian refugees were scattered throughout Israel and other Arab states. They were only treated fairly in Jordan as other Arab states blamed them for many things. The people living in Israel had citizenship and voting rights but were treated as second class citizens and the Arab states saw them as traitors. UN wanted to split it up evenly- Zionists accepted it but wanted to expand, Palestinians were not happy War left citizens dead, damaged the land, Israel got bigger, Palestine got smaller


 * Guide 3 Reflections**
 * 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?**

In the 1967 War, the international community got involved as they got in the middle of the six day war. The United States was allies with Israel, Britain and France attacked Egypt, and the Soviet Union misinformed the Syrian government. Language can be used to one's advantage as they can take it to mean something different than it means as they can use special words or wording that mean something different in one language then another language. This happened in the UN Resolution 242 where the English version said something different then the French one so Israel used the English one to their advantage so they would not give back all the land. Palestinians refugees were treated as second class citizens by the Israelis. They did not have basic civil and political rights and were not treated as fairly as the Israeli citizens were. They were also punished. They may have been treated this way as Israel was afraid they may be terrorists and was trying to protect their country. Soviet Union was the instigator-misinformed Syria which made other countries nervous UN tried to make peace by creating the resolution-said they have to give land back, respect sovereignty French says "the territory" where the English says "territory" so to them it meant not all of it. Wanted it to be an entirely Jewish nation0by not treating them well they may move on

Syrian Ambassador says Israel has excessive cease-fire-systematic Soviet Union gets involved as they the United States is involved with Israel USSR wanted sanctions but the UN said no Israel says their victory takes away past armistice agreements Israel has taken two holy cities and has taken over many lands Israel demoralizes Palestinian army group 700 Israeli troops wounded Did not destroy anything in religious cities Many countries said Israel was too aggressive and should push back, Israel said they will decide their own fate President of Egypt resigned
 * Comments on Six Day War Video**


 * Reflection Questions for Guide Questions 4:**


 * **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.**

Israel's response to the Intifada was with “force, power and beatings.” An example is how army commanders instructed their troops to break the bones of demonstrators. Between 1987-1991, Israeli forces killed over 1,000 Palestinians, 200 under 16. Israeli forces also engaged in massive arrests to the point where they had highest per capita prison population. This could have been handled differently as they could have tried to use peace instead of violence. Violence would only make the Palestinians more angry but if they used more peaceful ways it may have ended sooner or became better. The United States tried to be a mediator between the two countries but they supported Israel. They increased military aid but they did try to make agreements. George H. Bush pressured Israel's Prime Minister and other Arab states to have peace talks at a conference in Madrid Spain. Israel didn't want to talk about Palestinian freedom and the United States agreed. This should have been talked about but at least they got them together to negotiate. Israel tried to have more peace talks with the PLO as they were more afraid or radical terrorist groups such as the Hamas more than they wee the PLO. At first the PLO accepted agreements but then became angry as they wanted more land back. Israel had death squads, arrests Israeli government should have taken a less drastic and more subtle approach The United States tried to negotiate;maybe they shouldn't have Israel put so many conditions United States also was strong on Israel Israel feels Hamas more than anyone Israel did not want to get rid of the land

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19s9CTFjVqGHulX_QdKRR-sL9zghWlrRKrLnjWdsdDG4/edit?usp=sharing
 * Yom Kippur War DJ**

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d30mjGbhtSdpsZcyapZmUV3Uz2FiO0O-TGpj69LMsNM/edit?usp=sharing
 * Yom Kippur War Political Cartoon**

__**Reflection**__ **__questions on Guide Questions 5:__** **1. Discuss the viewpoint of the Israelis and the Palestinians on the barrier between Israel and the West Bank.**Israel felt the barrier was necessary as they knew they could not capture the West Bank. Palestinians felt as though it cut the the community in two and they referred to it as the "apartheid wall". Reconfigured geography of the West Bank Blocked travel routes Israelis are in favor of it and built it as a defense mechanism. Tired of the bombings and attacks. Put it up to preserve life. Palestinians felt as though they were being blocked from necessary things such as resources

**2. What do you see as the major stumbling blocks in the attempted peace talks discussed in this section?**Some of the major stumbling blocks was that barriers were created between Israel and Palestine. Also, the peace talks should have been between the two countries themselves and no necessarily by other countries who are interfering.They viewed each other as terrorists and the violence only kept getting worse instead of peace. Land rights, civil rights of Palestinians, because the Palestinians would only agree to peace if Israel moved out of land or Israel accepted Palestine as a separate state

**__Reflection Questions on Guide Questions 6:__** **1. Do you think Palestine should be a full member of the UN? Why or why not?**I do not think they should be a full member as they are not yet an independent state. Once they become an independent state they should become a full member of the UN as they are now a country and not just territory. UN knows what is best for the nations They should be because they can vote on proposals and things having to deal with their state

**2. Evaluate how a lasting peace could be achieved in this conflict. Give specific evidence from your work.**I believe that peace can be achieved by giving each country their own independent state. By each country being independent and having their own land it would help having them fight over land. If they make peace agreements not to fight and not to invade any more land, then the countries should each have their own independent state and Israel should withdraw their troops from occupied Palestinian territory. There should also be agreements put into place to stop terrorist groups and fighting.It will take lots of time since it has been so long Need to understand that both sides want the same thing and just want a place to live and raise their families and if they just see each other as people it can be achieved. Give Palestine West Bank and Gaza Strip

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aUdR8fMDARIpDKCLg4RYAe8pELFhUWNb-CfbDRkq1GA/edit?usp=sharing
 * Barrier Wall Viewpoints **

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rJda-FtxDt4CPjMnmplUPB0b3lU2inVY9UcimrhCO_Q/edit?usp=sharing
 * Final Assessment**