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Israel-Palestine project
Ashlyn, Amanda, Cassidy, Collin
Main religions, similarities between
the religions
• Judaism, Islam, Christianity and Druze
• 76.2% are Jews, and of the non-Jewish population,
68% are Muslims, 9% are Christians and 7% are
Druze.
• believe in one God (monotheistic), believe that we
are the children of Abraham
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What should be done about Jerusalem?
Controllers of the sectors
• Jerusalem should stay open to both countries because it’s
known as the religious city, so if only Israel citizens can access
Jerusalem, then the Palestine citizens would probably be
pretty mad about it. The Palestine citizens wouldn’t be able to
worship as much as they can right now if Jerusalem was
blocked from them.
• The Jordanians control the Jewish quarter, the Israeli
government controls the Muslim quarter, Palestine controls
the Armenian quarter, and Jerusalem controls the Christian
quarter.
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What religious claims can each side make towards
the land of Israel?
What religious obstacles are standing in
the way of a peace settlement?
• Christianity says that it’s in the bible that Israel is their land.
Judaism says that they have too many historical sites for it not to be
their land. Islam says the same thing as Judaism. All of this means
that Israel couldn’t be the land to Palestine because there are too
many sites that are owned by the religions in Israel.
• Jerusalem is that main place for Palestinian Islam. The
Palestinian Muslims wouldn’t be able to get to their worship
place if there was a peace settlement. Palestinian Muslims
already have to go through a very tough time to get to
Jerusalem to worship. The Jewish settlers form communities
of 400,000 people on the border of Palestine and Israel and
they are all Israeli citizens, but some call themselves
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Palestinian Jews. If there was a peace settlement, these
Jewish settlers wouldn’t be able to go to whatever state
they needed to at the time.
Works cited - Amanda
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Halpern, Orly. "Israel Claims Holy Sites, Reignites Religious Flashpoint |
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Mar. 2011. <http://www2.newpaltz.edu/~rubeop/arabisraeli.html>.
"Jerusalem - The Old City." Jewish Virtual Library - Homepage. Web. 18 Mar.
2011. <http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vie/Jerusalem2.html>.
Kjeilen, Tore. "Palestine / Religions - LookLex Encyclopaedia." LookLex [Travel
Guides / Encyclopaedia / Language Course]. Web. 19 Mar. 2011.
<http://lexicorient.com/e.o/palestine.religions.htm>.
Klein, Aaron. "Jerusalem to Be Divided, Declares Israeli Official." A Free Press
for a Free People. Web. 17 Mar. 2011.
<http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=44978>.
Terrorism
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Is when people use violence to threaten others
Both sides use terrorism
Use car bombs and suicide bomber
Hezbollah is a terrorism origination for Palestinians
Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah is the leader of the
Hezbollah terrorism group
• It was founded in 1982
• Hezbollah uses truck bombing to kill Jews
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Terrorism
• Mossad is a group that prevents terrorism
towards Israel
• Israel’s main weapon
• Had experience since the past 60 years
Kaplan, Eben. "Hezbollah (a.k.a. Hizbollah, Hizbu'llah)." Council on Foreign Relations. Web. 18 Mar. 2011.
<http://www.cfr.org/lebanon/hezbollah-k-hizbollah-hizbullah/p9155>.
"Mossad of Israel | Terroristplanet.com." Terroristplanet.com | Your Online Terrorism, World Threats, and Societal Issues
Magazine. Web. 20 Mar. 2011. <http://www.terroristplanet.com/2010/03/mossad-of-israel/>.
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Leaders of Israel
• The president of Israel is Shimon PERES
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the prime minister is Binyamin "Bibi" NETANYAHU
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Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, Thesaurus. Free Online Reference,
Research & Homework Help. — Infoplease.com. Web. 22 Mar. 2011.
<http://www.infoplease.com/world/leaders/israel.html>.
The relationship between the U.S. and Israel
the U.S. and Israel have had a good relationship sense May
15,1948, within minuets after Israel declared independence
past American presidents encouraged by active support from
civic groups.
Israeli-Palestinian ProCon.org. Web. 22 Mar. 2011.
<http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/>.
Zionism
• The Zionist movement arose to restore the
Jews to Israel, largely ignoring the existing
Arab population.
"The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Issues in a
Nutshell." Middle East: MidEastWeb. Web. 22
Mar. 2011.
<http://www.mideastweb.org/nutshell.htm>.
PALESTINIAN’S VIEWS
ON ISRAEL
Most Palestinians want Israel to be
completely annihilated because:
HISTORY OF PALESTINE
- It is their home
• In 2000, Palestine lost this
-They were there first
much of its land
-They shouldn’t have to
• Palestine became
evacuate because other
a territory in
people decide they want to
take over
1922-1946
• In a 2 year stretch,
The Hammas vs. The Fatah
The Hammas- wants total
Palestine lost
destruction of Israel
50% of its land
The Fatah- respects the idea of
having Israel exist
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PALESTINIAN ARGUMENT
• Palestinians present a fair argument to the issue at hand
because:
– They’re just asking to at least split Israel so they can both live there
– Some of them ask for the elimination of Israel, but not all
– It is logical and fair
CITATIONS
"Brief History of of Palestine, Israel and the Israeli
Palestinian Conflict (Arab-Israeli Conflict, Middle
East Conflict)." Middle East: MidEastWeb. Web. 21
Mar. 2011.
<http://www.mideastweb.org/briefhistory.htm>.
Israeli-Palestinian ProCon.org. Web. 21 Mar. 2011.
<http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/>.
http://www.intifada-palestine.com/
2009/04/growing-majority-of-americans
-oppose-israel-building-settlements/
Palestine expert Citations
• "Brief History of of Palestine, Israel and the
Israeli Palestinian Conflict (Arab-Israeli
Conflict, Middle East Conflict)." Middle East:
MidEastWeb. Web. 22 Mar. 2011.
<http://www.mideastweb.org/briefhistory.ht
m>.
• Israeli-Palestinian ProCon.org. Web. 22 Mar.
2011. <http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/>.
Peace Plan
• We strongly believe that if you separate the
country in half diagonally into two countries;
Israel and Palestine, then we can maintain
peace. If someone attacks the other country,
then they should have a penalty of going to
jail.
Peace Plan continued
• We also believe that they should build a Great
Wall of Israel to separate the two countries so
it’s harder for them to attack each other. The
wall would be through Jerusalem so both
countries can access it, since it is a sacred city
to them.
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