Main religions,

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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 medway.gov.uk

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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

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. state.gov

Works cited - Amanda

• "Comparison Table between Christianity, Islam and Judaism." Christianity in

View. A Guide to Protestantism, Catholicism, Orthodoxy and More! Web. 18

Mar. 2011. <http://christianityinview.com/xncomparison.html>.

• Halpern, Orly. "Israel Claims Holy Sites, Reignites Religious Flashpoint |

Politics." Religion Dispatches. Web. 18 Mar. 2011.

<http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/2315/>.

• "Israel." Welcome to the State University of New York at New Paltz! Web. 19

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

• 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 ikhwanweb.com

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 theisraelproject.org

• the prime minister is Binyamin "Bibi" NETANYAHU onefamilyfund.org

• Current Government Officials: Israel — Infoplease.com." Infoplease: Encyclopedia,

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:

- It is their home

-They were there first

-They shouldn’t have to evacuate because other people decide they want to take over

The Hammas vs. The Fatah

The Hammas- wants total destruction of Israel

The Fatah- respects the idea of having Israel exist

HISTORY OF PALESTINE

• In 2000, Palestine lost this much of its land

• Palestine became a territory in

1922-1946

• In a 2 year stretch,

Palestine lost

50% of its land http://fasttimesinpalestine.wordp

ress.com/2009/10/13/maps-ofisrael-palestine/

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/>.

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