Israel+Palestine+Question

**Essential Questions**:

 * ** 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? **
 * I think people can live in peace even though they have different views and beliefs, they just have to come to an agreement, meet each other half way.
 * They could contribute to establish it, but when it comes down to it; the country has to come together. The International Community should get involved in helping because they could possibly provide a solution to the problem that the other nations may not have thought of.
 * I couldn't see the victim becoming the persecutor, unless they feel as if they are being persecuted against; and the returning action feels like it should be returned.
 * It can be justified in my opinion, as long as it is done with the feel of being threatened and doing it in self defense.
 * Past conflicts should not be what makes future conflicts okay to occur, they should not be what prompts an additional conflict since they have been over and done with by then.

__**Video Dialectical Journal**__ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hkqv4tGeKjwuUhoz5rBnqUdevJNqqc41_irGh6GW4JA/edit __//**Reflection**//__ This video explains the conflict through the Palestinian's point of view. For example it explains how Israel is supported by America, who provides them with money and weapons. It also talks about how Israel erased and destroyed over 400 Palestinian tows and villages.

__Picture Detective__ -Why is the Israel’s player darker than all the other players? – White attacks first - Why does only Israel have a gun ? -The Isreal player is the only one with a weapon - The Palestanian player is very tiny and looks scared because the Isreal player is pointing a gun at him. - “Go ahead! He took your square – Take it back!” - None of the otheer countries are helping Palestine. - Surrounding counties are far
 * Ask a question:**
 * What clues do you see?**
 * What is the message of this political cartoon?**
 * -**Israel is trying to take the Palestinians out of their own land, and destroy what they have built in order to create a place for themselves. Isreal belives that the lan was theirs before. To help themselves, Palestian is forced to attack.

__**Key Terms :**__ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I4pXDgOzgr1nB26fym5yTVWUR3jyI_J3zynXTpIEZNI/edit

=__**Isreal vs. Palestine cartoon video**__= 1. The message of this video was to show that Israel is also a victim in this war, they are fighting for the rights they deserve, but the world only sees the Palestanian's side fo the story. When Israel tried to defend themselves, the whole world saw them as the bullies. Palestine is represented by the little boy who instigates, and Israel is represented by the bigger boy who is being bullied. 2. The bias is that Israel is the victim, they gave Palestine a warning to leave them alone but Palestine kept instigating a bigger war, Israel is simply defending themselves. They didn't start the fight, but thewy are going to finish it.

In 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; -This quote is saying that Palestine is a beautiful place, but it already belongs to to somebody, Palestanians own it.
 * "The Bride is beautiful but she is married to another man" **

1. What I found most interesting about this conflict was that the main problem were the different religions. It was interesting to me that the Palestine land holds sometype of value for all the religions involved in the conflict. 2. International organizations got involved when they came up with ideas to try to solve the conflict. One example was when Britian tried to split the Palestine land between the Palestrinians and Israel. Also, the US added fule to the fire when they provided Israel with weapons. When ever they tried to solve the conflict, it just made things worse.
 * Reflection: Part 1 Guide questions: **

__Guide Questions:__ []



1. In 1897 the whole land belonged to Palestine. 2. In 1946 the Orthodox Jews start to appear in Palestine. 3. In about 100 years Israel took over pretty much all of Palestine's land. 4. The Six day war split the land into three parts 5. Between 1948 to 1967 the land stayed the same for both sides.

- They tried to split the land evenly between Israel and Palestine. - The Palestine refugees were treated very unfairly, this is mainly what caused to get outraged at the way they were being treated when they came in and took their land. They were treated like second hand citizens to the Jewish, because they're trying to get rid of all the Palestinians.
 * How did the UN try to keep peace in the region? **
 * How did war impact the region? **
 * -** Destruction of the land and the death of many citizens, the land was divided into three parts, and the amount of land owned by Israel increased as the land owned by Palestine decreased.
 * Reflect on the treatment of Palestinian refugees **

__ 1. What role did the international community play in the 1967 War? __ __ 2. How can "language be used to one's advantage? (UN resolution 242) __ __ 3. Evaluate the treatment of Palestinian refugees by Israelis after the war? what are some possible reasons for this treatment? __
 * __ Section Three Guide Questions Reflection __**
 * - ** In the 1967 War, the international community got involved as they got in the middle of the six day war. The United States was allies with Israel, Britain and France attacked Egypt, and the Soviet Union misinformed the Syrian government.
 * - ** Language can be used to one's advantage as they can take it to mean something different than it means as they can use special words or wording that mean something different in one language then another language. This happened in the UN Resolution 242 where the English version said something different then the French one so Israel used the English one to their advantage so they would not give back all the land. -**They can interpret it in their own way.**
 * - ** Palestinians refugees were treated as second class citizens by the Israelis. They did not have basic civil and political rights and were not treated as fairly as the Israeli citizens were. They were also punished. They may have been treated this way as Israel was afraid they may be terrorists and was trying to protect their country.

__** Six Day War Video Reflection **__

During the Six day war the President of Egypt resigned. Israel defeated all its enemies. Syria ambassador charges Israel Soviet Union ambassador charges Israel thousands of prisoners are taken Egypt had no air support as their air force was taken down by the Israel planes. Israel took Bethlehem and Jerusalem. They took the holy city from Jordan The president of Egypt resigned because he believed that any nation that could be defeated in 6 days then he clearly wasn't a good leader.

=__** Reflection on Guide Questions 4 **__= = ** Evaluate Israel's response to the 1st Intifada. How could it have been handled differently? ** = Israel engaged in massive arrests since they were under many forms of civil disobedience, Many leaders of the intifada were put in jail as the movement lost its “power”. Pretty much they weren't okay with it and they decided to punish those who were part of it. =** Evaluate the US role in the peace attempts in the region. What were the causes of successes and failures? **= The US tried to create piece between the two by passing a peace agreement but it wasnt accepted by both sides. President Bush tried pressuring Israeli prime minister. = ** Assess the role of Israel and the PLO in attempts at peace. ** = At first their attempts at peace was going well but then then PLO wanted more land so the conflict came back and they began to argue again over the land that Israel took from them in the war. They didn't want to shrink their land size. = = =__Yom Kippur War Dialectical Journal__= []

__**Political Cartoon : **__ https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1M3JQ465F6dF1hqf5AISYbH-emRh78j5m2UqRV-uT-ZM/edit

I chose these picture to create my political cartoon because it really demonstrates the situation that was going on between Israel and Palestine. Israel is represented by the wealthy man with money who is sitting on people, because Israel was involved in wars where many people were killed, but they always ended up on top become stronger and more powerful every time. Palestine is represented by the man who is walking with nothing but a chicken because, Palestine lost their land, power, money, and even their own rights. This man also has an angry expression on his face, and that is how the Palestinians were feeling. Israel became wealthy as Palestine became poor.

__**Reflection**__ **__questions on Guide Questions 5:__**  **1. Discuss the viewpoint of the Israelis and the Palestinians on the barrier between Israel and the West Bank.**The Israeli were in favor of it and they knew that it was impossible for them to conquer the west bank so they just built the wall, and the Palestinians didn't like the wall because it made entering and exiting the sides very hard, they didn't want to be separated. **__Reflection Questions on Guide Questions 6:__**  **1. Do you think Palestine should be a full member of the UN? Why or why not?** I dont think they should be a full member because they arent a full nation, even though its a conflict going on at the moment i believe that neither Israel nor Palestine should be a full member, they should be together as a member if anything. I believe that lasting peace could be achieved if they performed better peace talks and if they could come down to an agreement of splitting the land in half between both nations.
 * 2. What do you see as the major stumbling blocks in the attempted peace talks discussed in this section?**  It wasn't going very well and also the plan Obama tried to put into play wasn't working well as his administration has been holding him back. He hasn't been able to do much about this yet. Instead of including so many people in these meetings, they should have included only the countries involved.
 * 2. Evaluate how a lasting peace could be achieved in this conflict. Give specific evidence from your work**

Pro Palestinian View On Wall Pro Israeli VIew
 * Aparte is a word for a system
 * It is two elements-when one population separates itself from another,
 * The official name is the separation barrier
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">More than twice as high as Berlin Wall-8 meters high, Berlin was 4
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">5 times longer than Berlin Wall
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Berlin Wall was linear, this wall is not, it prisons Palestinians
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Wall does not separate Israeli and Palestinians
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">The wall is built in a way that Israelis cannot see it
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">The wall is built deep into Palestinian areas
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Wall even divides school areas, communities, and university campuses which students are struggling to get from one side of campus to another
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">No outrage about the wall being built
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">The wall is dividing, people, communities, academic
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">He believes the world sides with Israel
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">He claims that in other countries there would be an uproar about the wall but it is not here
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Claims that the wall goes through things and invades areas as Israelis did not want to see it
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">It is excellent because we need to be aware of some people since they might act out against Israel
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Believes it is a fence that secures them
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Believes wall has reduced terrorist attacks
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Good for both sides
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Serves its purpose
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Better this way, less terrorist attacks are occurring
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Lives near it so prefers the barrier
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">If they want to live in peace its the only way to go
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">No one is going to accept a solution in the long run
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">One man believes it has a purpose but thinks it needs to be torn down, thinks it is another mechanism of separating people
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Does not see it as a security barrier, does not believe it solves the problem
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Not much difference for one man since the wall has been put up
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">One woman says they have a lot of unemployment and the walls tops those people from coming in and taking their jobs
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Prevents terrorists from entering


 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">The first video presents the stronger argument as everyone seems to have a similar opinion. In the second video, the opinions are mixed, and some even say that the wall should be torn down if they want to create peace, which defeats the purpose of showing that Israelis want it. In The first video they prove how it breaks up communities, families, and even schools. They show how the wall has only done them harm and no good. The second video explains a few ways in which it benefits the Israelis, mostly preventing terrorists, but some see no difference or believe it should be torn down. **

Final Assessment On Israel vs. Palestine https://docs.google.com/document/d/12EZ0OteD4Dv6nS6PhacA07FV-_43Fxgvctc6tfyIK4s/edit