Israel… Or Palestine? Identify the source of conflict that still exists between Israel and Palestine Evaluate who has rights to the region.

Israel… Or Palestine?

Identify the source of conflict that still exists between Israel and Palestine

Evaluate who has rights to the region

Who does USA support?

How would that affect the outcome of war between Israel and

Palestine?

Looking at the symbols, who is

starting this conflict?What is this cartoon

saying about the weapons of both

sides?

1000 BC

400’s AD

1300’s ADHebrews/Jews Muslims

Christians and Jews

Lands Changing Hands

Israel nowPalestine

Israel

Israel

How Did It All Start?Forced out of Israel by Muslims, Jews immigrate; many throughout Europe

Theodr Herzl- tired of feeling like an outsider everywhere he wentBegan the Zionist movement around 1900

ZionismJews regaining control of Israel, their homeland

Zionism Speeds UpWW2European Jews facing exile and murder Many Jews flee back to Israel (Palestine)

Israel was called Palestine because it was inhabited by Arab Muslims

Big Problem: 2 conflicting faiths in one place2 Jewish Claims:

-Biblically the land belongs to Jews

-Ours first

2 Muslim claims:-We’ve lived here for

hundreds of years-We now have holy sites in

Israel

After WW2United Nations partitions PalestineThe Jews and Muslims must share Israel

Israel is only 8,000 sq miles(TN is over 42,000 sq miles)

More Jews continue to immigrate back to IsraelJews regain control of more land

Whose Land Is It Anyway?

Some Muslims have moved to other Arab-Muslim countriesMany refuse to leave Israel and settle on the “borders”

Gaza Strip & West Bank (of Dead Sea)Arab-Muslim occupied zones of IsraelIntense fighting since 1967Muslim fighting is led by a group known as Hamas

Major Hamas Tactics:Car & Suicide bombingsRocket fireAttack Jewish civiliansUnderground tunnels

In Israel, ALL citizens must serve in military

Gaza Strip & West Bank

Who’s Winning?

Israel is supported by the USA; they have more advanced weaponry and other help

Why Does the USA support Israel?Islamic nations have historically been enemies of the US

Especially after the Holocaust, the US feels Jews deserve their homeland back

USA is still known as a ‘Christian’ nation; the Bible does grant the land to the Jews

Israel TodayIsrael is the recognized country name

Israeli BarriersFences and concrete walls separate Jews and MuslimsCheckpoints block entries to Gaza Strip and West Bank

Israel’s capital, Jerusalem, is divided among 3 religions

Israel is surrounded by Muslim nations on all sides

2.Tell me how you can see the land

belongs to Israel/Jews

3. Tell me how you can see the land

belongs to Palestine/Muslims

1. What are the Israelis and Palestinians

fighting over?

You Decide…

Peace Treaty AssignmentOn your Israel-Palestine Map…

Separate the nation into how YOU think it should be divided.Make a key; Israel and Palestinian land different colors

Answer the following questions on the back:1. Create Peace Terms - Who has what lands?

1b. Tell how you came to those terms **Take into consideration religious barriers, natural resources,

etc. 1c. Has the ownership/rights to land changed? If so, where?

2. List the sacrifices that each side has to make to ensure peace