Jews

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Jews Arabs

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

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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

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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

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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

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Jews Religion or Ethnic Group

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Arabs/Muslims/Islam

• Arabs Ethnicity
• Muslim Believer of Islam (KoranBook)
• Islam Religion

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PLO Palestinian Liberation Organizations

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

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Peace Effort

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

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General Resolutions

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

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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

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Laptops

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