Israel+-+Palestine



Israel-Palestine Guide Questions Reading

Essential Questions:
I do not think people can live in peace when there are deeply held beliefs and views are in conflict with each other, especially when it comes to religious beliefs, 1 will always be trying to refute the other. Different point of views will stem a conflict and they will not be able to work together. I think that all countries should solve their own problems, I think this because if one country helps solve another countries problem, then that country will become for too used to international aid. No the international community should not help because they will not have any reason to help both countries. It is OK for victims to become the persecutors to a certain degree, if the previous victims who are now the persecutors are doing more harm than was done to them then it is not OK. I think that violence is only justified when the only other option is death, so yes violence is justified when resources are cut off. I think that the Jewish people had no right to take that land from the Palestinians, but I think it was necessary considering the amount of lives lost to the Holocaust.
 * ** 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? **

Reflection to Israeli-Palestine Conflict DJ: The video was incredibly biased for the Arab people. I found this video biased because it made the Israeli people look like the bad guys who took whatever they wanted without any thoughts for others. The Israeli people not only kicked out the Palestinians but they then did not let them return, and those Palestinians that did not leave became second class citizens. This amazes me considering what all the things the Jewish people went through during the Holocaust, but then they instantly turn around and do this.
 * Israeli-Palestine Conflict DJ **


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= Video Opener: = Israel represents the big kid, and Palestine is the little boy. The bias is towards the Israeli people. The little boy was attacking the big boy and as soon as he was in trouble or hurt he would cry for help, making the big kid look like the bad guy for attacking/defending himself.
 * Watch the video
 * What is the message?
 * What is the bias?

What was meant by this quote: This quote means that while this "bride" is extremely tempting and beautiful, she is already taken by someone else, therefore there shouldn't be any attempt to try and take it.
 * "The Bride is beautiful but she is married to another man" **


 * Reflection: Part 1 Guide questions: **


 * 1. What information did you find most interesting about the conflict from this portion of the reader? ** I found it interesting how these conflicts started partly from religious beliefs but then turned into a simply squabble for land.
 * 2. Explain and give examples of how other nations and international organizations impacted the conflict. ** The British people made contradicting promises to the Jewish people and the Palestinian people. Then the UN arbitrarily decides to divide the Palestinian land and then gives that land to the British and the French.


 * Reflection: Part 2 Guide questions: **


 * 1. How did the UN try to keep peace in the region? ** The UN decided to partition the land into Jewish and Arab land, that was roughly equal.
 * 2. How did war impact the region? ** War made the problems between Israelis and the Palestinians worse and with each Israeli win, they gained more land.
 * 3. Reflect on the treatment of Palestinian refugees. ** Many Palestinians were treated badly.


 * Reflection: Part 3 Guide questions: **

**1. What role did the international community play in the 1967 War?** The Soviet Union misinformed the Syrian government, which in turn added to the tension. The UN mandate made the Israeli government give up some of the land they took, but not all. **2. How can "language be used to one's advantage? (UN resolution 242)** The minor differences in languages can be exploited for ones gain and another's loss. **3. Evaluate the treatment of Palestinian refugees by Israelis after the war? What are some possible reasons for this treatment?** Palestinians were not given some very basic rights they were not treated as well as the Israeli people. The Israeli people might have treated them to show that they do not plan on going easy on anyone who got in the way of the Israelis setting up a home for themselves.


 * Reflection: Part 4 Guide questions: **

**3. Assess the role of Israel and the PLO in attempts at peace.** Both sides were there to try and get more benefits for their own people even if it meant hurting the other.
 * 1. Evaluate Israel's response to the 1st Intifada. How could it have been handled differently? ** Israel responded to the intifada with force and aggression. I think that they could have tried to answer it peacefully and without any military force.
 * 2. Evaluate the US role in the peace attempts in the region. What were the causes of successes and failures? ** The US pushed for peace talks and the Israelis agreed to go only if the some issues of major Palestinian concern were made to be ignored.


 * Reflection: Part 5 Guide questions: **


 * 1. Discuss the viewpoint of the Israelis and the Palestinians on the barrier between Israel and the West Bank. ** The Israelis saw it as the only way to control more of Palestine with the Palestinians still there, while the Palestinians hated the wall, it cut through neighborhoods, travel routes, and villages.
 * 2. What do you see as the major stumbling blocks in the attempted peace talks discussed in this section? ** The delay to that the elections caused the peace negotiations.


 * Reflection: Part 6 Guide questions: **


 * 1. Do you think Palestine should be a full member of the UN? Why or why not? ** I do think that Palestine should be a member of the UN, because they were originally the people who lived all throughout the current Israel, but then the Jews came and gave some ridiculous excuse as to why this old land belongs to them.
 * 2. Evaluate how a lasting peace could be achieved in this conflict. Give specific evidence from your work. ** I think that the only way for a long lasting peace to be achieved is that the land be split depending on many factors, such as population size, and other attributes, and this will have to been done by a third party, completely unrelated to either side.

Israel Palestine Map Observations:

 * 1) The Jewish people were given very little land at first.
 * 2) But then they suddenly held almost all the land.
 * 3) Israel was formed after most of the land was taken.
 * 4) The Palestinians seemed to be able to hold onto their land for quite some time.
 * 5) But then the Israelis seemed to have taken even more land from the Palestinians.

Comments on Six Day War Video:

 * Syria states that Israel keeps attacking during a ceasefire.
 * Israel states that the victories they earned before ceasefires, wont be given back.
 * Egyptian air force was destroyed entirely, by the Israeli forces.
 * While a cease fire was being signed the Israeli forces proceeded to attack.
 * Bethlehem was taken but the city itself was not destroyed at all.
 * Mocha N yam pledged to never give up Jerusalem.