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Title: Jews


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Jews Arabs
  • EASK Why is the conflict an American issue?
  • Item ___

2
4000 Years of Conflict
  • Jews descendants of Abraham
  • Arabs descendants of Abrahams son, Ishmael
  • Inheritance comes into question with Abrahams
    other son, Isaac
  • Jew/Arab argument over which son was the son of
    promise
  • Bible says Isaac Koran says its Ishmael

3
WWII 1938-1945
  • Israeli-Palestinian conflict
  • United Nations (U.S.) gave a portion of the land
    of Israel to the Jewish people, the land that
    was at the time primarily inhabited by Arabs
  • Arab nations protested, united and attacked
    Israel in an attempt to wipe them out of the
    land.
  • Laptops SEE MAP of Israel as a sliver of land
    nestled between Arab countries
  • www.mapquest.com/atlas/main.adp?region

4
Land Disputes
  • Jerusalem - capital of Israel
  • West Bank
  • Gaza Strip
  • Golan Heights
  • Shebaa Farms
  • Sinai Peninsula
  • Holy Sites (wall)
  • Laptops Research, identify a map write two
    (2) 1/2 page excerpts on topic

5
Jews Religion or Ethnic Group
  • Both a religion and an ethnicity
  • Judaism - religion of Jews
  • 1st to base beliefs on monotheism (one God)

6
Migrations of Jews
  • Jews are scattered throughout the world because
    of several historic migrations due to
    persecutions, massacres isolations
  • Abraham Moses (Exodus from Egypt to Israel --
    the Promised Land 10 Commandments)
  • Persian, Greek, Babylonian Roman Empires
  • Middle Ages Enlightenment in Europe
  • Spanish Inquisition Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Holocaust during WWII

7
Diaspora
  • Jewish descent stems from their biblical
    Israelites heritage which was sent into
    permanent exile -- refugees
  • 13-14 million Jews U.S. 5.6 million Israel 5.2
    million Europe 2 million
  • Zionism Jewish nationalism movement seeing
    return of all Jews from diaspora (countries
    outside of Israel inhabited by Jews) to a Jewish
    homeland--right to return

8
Anti-Semitism Hatred of Jews
  • Theories developed by sociologists and historians
  • Six most common anti-Semitism Theories
  • Economic
  • Chosen People
  • Scapegoat
  • Jews killed Jesus
  • Outsider -- different
  • Racial -- inferior

9
Palestine Origin of Arab Conflict
  • British Empire carved boundary lines for Arabs
    Jews after WWI
  • Palestine was considered Jewish homeland since
    Jews were British allies
  • Arabs disagree British didnt have the right to
    declare Jewish homeland on what they thought to
    be their turf.
  • Arab dislike Jewish occupation of Palestine

10
War with Arabs
  • Throughout history, territorial and religious
    conflicts between Jews Arabs
  • 1948 War
  • 1956 Suez Canal
  • 1967 War
  • 1970 War of Attrition
  • 1973 War
  • 1982 Lebanon War
  • 1987-1993 Intifada
  • 2000 Al-Aqsa Intifada
  • Laptops Research, identify write about one (1)
    write 1/2 page

11
Holy City Jerusalem
  • Source on conflict stems from the belief of who
    was in Jerusalem first?
  • Jerusalem The holy city divided by three major
    world religions who call it their origin or
    home
  • Jews
  • Muslims (Arabs)
  • Christians

12
Israel Modern homeland (1948)
  • Israel Americans carved out boundaries for a
    Jewish homeland state after WWII
  • Jews affected by holocaust in which 6 million
    Jews were exterminated
  • Jews living in N. Africa and Middle East fled to
    Israel
  • American became defenders and protectors of the
    political state of Israel which is NOT
    acknowledged by Arabs

13
Arabs/Muslims/Islam
  • Arabs Ethnicity
  • Muslim Believer of Islam (KoranBook)
  • Islam Religion

14
PLO Palestinian Liberation Organizations
  • Many Arab countries are members including Egypt,
    Saudi Arabia Lebanon
  • Laptops Research,identify write 1/2 page on PLO

15
Peace Effort
  • U.N.Resolutions 1967
  • Camp David Accord 1978
  • Reagan Peace Treaty 1982
  • Camp David Proposal 2000
  • Laptops research identify one (1)

16
General Resolutions
  • Two states Israel Palestine
  • One state Bi-national
  • Population transfer

17
100 Questions Answers about Arab Americans
  • Detroit Free Press
  • Select one topic from each of the 11 categories
    (and different from everyone elses)
  • Research answer and prepare a presentation

18
Laptops
  • Research, identify write a summary about an
    article recently describing the
    Israeli-Palestinian conflict
  • One-page
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