• 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
mrdowling.com
mrdowling.com
mmouka.com

• 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.
atlastours.net

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

• "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/>.
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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
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<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>.

• 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

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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/>.
veteranstoday.com

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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/>.

• 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/

• 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>.
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<http://israelipalestinian.procon.org/>. http://www.intifada-palestine.com/
2009/04/growing-majority-of-americans
-oppose-israel-building-settlements/

• "Brief History of of Palestine, Israel and the
Israeli Palestinian Conflict (Arab-Israeli
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