Warm Up: What was the most difficult thing you went through? Why was it difficult? How did you make it through? Word of the day: Liberation (n. ) the act or process of freeing someone or something from another's control :
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Warm Up: What was the most difficult thing you went through? Why was it difficult? How did you make it through?. Word of the day: Liberation (n. ) the act or process of freeing someone or something from another's control :. Current Events. Yasser Arafat Border lines…sound familiar? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Warm Up:What was the most difficult thing you went through? Why was it difficult?
How did you make it through?
Word of the day:Liberation (n. ) the act or process of freeing
someone or something from another's control :
Current Events
•Yasser Arafat
•Border lines…sound familiar?
•Dead Sea
Agenda
• Warm Up• Current Events• Notes• Reading: Problems since the creation of Israel• Solve the Problem!
Why do Palestinians claim Israel?
•Continuous residence in the land
Why do Israelis claim Israel?
Lived in kingdom until Roman Empire destroyed itZionism: political belief that there should be a Jewish homeland
Reaction to Anti-Semitism
How were the British involved?
1. Mandated (given) the land after WWI2. Hussein-McMahon: promised land to the Arabs3. Balfour Declaration: promised land to the Israelis4. Sykes-Picot Agreement: promised control with France
How is the United Nations involved?
•After WWII, the British give up on trying to fairly divide the land•Many Jews immigrated there due to Anti-Semitism and Zionism•UN creates two states in 1947: one Arab and one Jewish• Jewish accept and Palestinians reject
How was Israel created?•1948 fought a war against the Palestinians (who had Arab support) and won•Palestinians flee into neighboring countries; some remain as citizens of Israel•Palestinian land is now the West Bank and Gaza strip
Reading:
Page 955-957 in textbook with a partner.
Answer the questions in your notebook.
You are either Israel, Palestine or the US•Read your positions as well as the other two•Discuss with your delegates and reference your notes from the day•Create a proposal for the problem
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