Israel+Palestine+Question

**Essential Questions**:
-My possible answers: I do think people who live in peace together when deeply held beliefs and views are in conflict because all you have to really do is just be civilized and remain timid towards one another. It's the right thing to do and it should come naturally as just being normal human beings with compassion and humanity. -The international community shouldn't play a role in helping countries establish self determination because it should be none of their business unless harm is being done to get their goals accomplished or if they are under a cruel terrorizing dictatorship. - It is never okay for victims to become the persecutors because why would they want to inflict the same heartbreak, devastation, and torture that they had to endure. It should not be something anyone would want to do to other human beings especially if they went through it. - No, violence isn't justified when resources are cut off because they should try to peacefully try to seek a solution to that problem instead of just creating a bigger more violent one. - No, the Holocaust shouldn't be seen as a free pass to do whatever they please. It was a terrible time in history for the world and the Jewish people, they should use that to empower themselves and become stronger not to get what they feel they deserve especially if it means being cruel to other people who had nothing to do with what happened to their people.
 * ** 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/1RUQ6A9pdEcKfd0_sZUZS2eCULvTmiKSzFQUBzwy3Qno/edit?usp=sharing
 * __Introduction to Israel Palestine Video DJ__**

//**Reflection:**// This video was extremely biased in the stance of pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel and even a little anti- American. Throughout the entire video, they depicted Palestinians as the innocent victims in this situation, that they were thrown out and forced to become second class citizens in what used to be their homeland. They made the Jewish people seem to be cruel and more interested in becoming westernized and superior with the help of the United States whom now Palestinians see as an enemy because of how connected and involved they are with the Israelis.

//__**Vocabulary Terms**__// https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l0ohYbtIFKr6LQpdBoxE2Ls8D4s2SEJsHZyp7qZQYn4/edit?usp=sharing

__//**Picture Detective**//__
 * ====I see chess pieces all but one are white chess pieces that symbolize Arab/middle eastern countries/nations, "Go Ahead He took your square -- take it back!" quote, Israel is seen as an enormous black piece holding a weapon towards little Palestine who seems to be terrified of them. "The Pawn" is the title of the cartoon.====
 * ====Is this the main reason for why there isn't peace in the Middle East?====
 * ====The message of this picture is that other middle eastern/ Arab countries are using Palestine as a pawn to drive Israel away, antagonizing them to fight back and get their land back due to the possible fears they might have that Israel could influence their people with western influences and take over their land as well.====

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- 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. ======

-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.

- 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; -What was meant by this quote: - 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.
 * "The Bride is beautiful but she is married to another man" **

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ryPxnplLyy5tf9wAPjXiE_DfKgQB78FMwvnGRjmg2Xw/edit?usp=sharing
 * //Guided Questions on Primer Israeli - Palestine Conflict//**

==== 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. ====
 * 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. **
==== 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. ====




 * Observations: Palestine became smaller and smaller from 1987 to the present. This happened because Israel took over Palestine.
 * Ramallah, Jerusalem, and Bethlehem remained throughout the overtaking of the land. This happened because they became international zones, belonging to no one.
 * Gaza remained land belonging to the Palestinians. This happened because of the Gaza Expulsion Plan.
 * 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
 * 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.

The most interesting thing about this reader is seeing how both nations see themselves. It is also interesting seeing them through the eyes of an unbiased, or at least seemingly unbiased source. They both believe that they have the right to the land, and they both believe that it is their land because of either they have been there for a long tine or that it had originally belonged to them. Britain had had a sever impact on this situation. Britain had promised land to two places, and because of this it caused many people to fight over the land that was there, the problems. It can be argued that the reason fir this problem was because of the British.
 * Reflection Questions on Guide Questions (Part 2) **
 * 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. **

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.
 * Reflection: Part 3 Guide Questions: **
 * 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. //


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

**1**. ** Evaluate Israel's response to the 1st Intifada. How could it have been handled differently **
It could have been handled differently, by taking a less drastic approach in a more subtle manner. Instead of arresting an entire population they should have just detained aggressive protesters.

** 2. Evaluate the US role in the peace attempts in the region. What were the causes of successes and failures? **
The causes of failures was the lack of the Washington Talks, so not enough was being discussed and put into place.

** 3. Assess the role of Israel and the PLO in attempts at peace. **
Israel tried to have talks of peace but were frightened of terrorists of Hamas and other organizations. They did not want to have to downsize or shrink the land of Israel, the PLO at first was a militaristic group and then slowed that down due to the presence of Israel but due to their own problem they decided to side with a more radical group known as Hamas.

Yom Kippur DJ
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eYa7HzsspU-8fvnlXUI326lt1Mop3qqffX-fW48KX64/edit?usp=sharing

__**Reflection**__ **__questions on Guide Questions 5:__** The Palestinians view this as an "apartheid wall" because it separtes their towns and villages, separates families and completely changes the geography of the West Bank which was their territory until the Israelis started to settle there as well. Israelis liked the barrier because it allowed their land to remain a majority Jewish state. Major stumbling blocks would how both the countries viewed eachother as terrorists. Both the Israelis and Palestinians wanted more land which would involve either one group giving some up or taking more land. Palestinans wanted to be their own entity and have their own politcal and civil rights, this would cause all the countries to allow this especially Israel.
 * 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?**
 * __Reflection Questions on Guide Questions 6:__**

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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. ======

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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 //. //======

Final Draft of Final Assessment:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ysN1X2GBGLu3JxfzYpW052-oD5Y75eH2NMotBVP5eOU/edit?usp=sharing


 * __Mark Up: What does the Palestine statehood mean?__**