Israel and Israel and Palestine Palestine The Jewish diaspora was the historical exile and dispersion of Jews from the region of the Kingdom The Palestinian population of around ten or eleven million people is divided between historic Palestine and a diaspora, mainly in neighboring Arab countries.
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Israel and Israel and PalestinePalestine
The Jewish diaspora was the historical exile and dispersion of Jews from the region of the Kingdom
The Palestinian population of around ten or eleven million people is divided between historic Palestine and a diaspora, mainly in neighboring Arab countries.
• 2001: Result? PM of Israel (Ariel Sharon) completely rejects Oslo!– 1993 negotiations fail– Arafat dies
• 2005: Mahmoud Abbas (Fatah Party/ former PLO) elected to PA. – Abbas= Moderate: Israel ‘evacuates’ the Gaza Strip
• 2006 (Jan): Hamas elected into Parliament of PA (majority)– Wait, terrorist group! – US & EU BOYCOTT!!!
• New Israeli PM, Ehud Olmert, decided to construct a ‘safety wall’ between West Bank and Israel…– What about the settlements?
The Separation The Separation WallWall
WB land outside (west) of Wall: 9.5
Jordan Valley settlement control: 28.5
Settlement blocs east of Wall: 8.0
Area remaining for Palestinians: 54.0
Palestinians isolated west of Wall:Palestinians separated from their
land:
Land (%)
People
.
242,000 (10%)
284,000 (12%)
@ a Glance…@ a Glance…Jerusalem None (PA hopes for East Jerusalem)Capital
Gov’t
Democracy
Leaders
President (figurehead): Shimon Peres(2007), was a leading member of the Labour party, now centrist Kadima party
PM: Binyamin Netanyahu (2009), right-wing Likud party
Pres: Mahmoud Abbas (Fatah faction) Moderate, in favor of negotiations with Israel NOT armed violence Is Yasir Arafat’s successor and co-founder of Fatah in the late 1950’s (political faction of PLO)
Hamas leader: Ismail Haniyeh Hamas won in Parliamentary polls in 2006!
Legisla-tive Branch
Knesset elects the President to lead the legislative branch
PA (PNA): The two PA areas have since been run by the separate factions
the West Bank by Fatahand Gaza by Hamas
Egyptian-mediated efforts to bring the two factions together continue, but with little success so far.
None: In November 2012, the UN General Assembly voted to upgrade the status of the Palestinians to that of a "non-member observer state" - a move that allows them to take part in General Assembly debates and improves their chances of joining UN agencies.
Palestine at the Palestine at the UNUN
What happened?• In November 2012, the
UN General Assembly voted to upgrade the status of the Palestinians to that of a "non-member observer state" - a move that allows them to take part in General Assembly debates and improves their chances of joining UN agencies.