Notes: H5 - Explain the historical reasons for the widespread support of the re-establishment of Israel in 1948;
describe how land and religion are reasons for continuing conflicts in the Middle East.
Vocabulary:
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Anti-Semitism – not liking Jews
Conflict – disagreements and fighting
Connection - A bond or a relationship.
Continuing - ongoing; not stopping
Re-establishment - setting up or creating something again
Historical - a word used to describe something that happened in the past
Holocaust - the murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis during WWII (1939-1945)
Israel - a tiny country in the Middle East which was re-established in 1948 as a
homeland for Jews
9. Land - an area of ground
10.Arid - dry
11.Middle East –Arid region also known as Southwest Asia
12.Prejudice – not liking a group of people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, etc.
13.Reasons - things that cause another thing to happen
14.Religion - a set of spiritual beliefs and habits
15.Zionism - a movement that encouraged re-establishing the ancestral Jewish homeland
 The four reasons for support of the re-establishment of Israel in 1948 were:
1. The Jewish connection to the land
2. The Holocaust
3. Anti-Semitism
4. Zionism
 Jews, Christians, and Muslims fight over land in the Middle East because:
they all believe that God (Yahweh, God, Allah) wants them to have it.
By Jeffrey Heller– March 16, 2010
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinians mounted violent protests in Jerusalem on Tuesday over Jewish
settlement plans.
Hundreds of rock-throwing Palestinians clashed with police in several locations in East Jerusalem, which Israel
captured in a 1967 war along with the West Bank. Police responded with teargas and rubber bullets.
"We have come to throw stones because that's all we have and the situation in Jerusalem is dangerous," one
protester said in a confrontation at an Israeli military checkpoint, reminiscent of the early days of a Palestinian
uprising that began in 2000.
Medical officials said at least 40 Palestinians were treated in hospitals in the most serious flare-up in the holy
city in months. Police said 14 policemen were hurt and 60 people arrested.
The violence was another challenge to U.S. efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, which were
suspended in December 2008 but had looked set to resume in the form of indirect negotiations under U.S.
mediation.
Israel angered Palestinians by announcing plans to build 1,600 homes for Jews in a part of the occupied West
Bank it annexed to Jerusalem.
The dispute, described by Israel's ambassador to Washington as a crisis of historic proportions in traditionally
close U.S.-Israeli relations, showed no signs of abating.
U.S. envoy George Mitchell canceled plans to return to the region on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu said he would not halt construction in what he termed Jerusalem neighborhoods, disputed areas
filled with Israeli apartment blocs in and near the city's eastern sectors.
Officials in Washington said they were still waiting for Israel's formal response to demands from Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton.
Israeli media reports said Clinton, who termed the announcement of the construction plan an insult, had asked
for it to be scrapped and for Israel to agree to discuss core statehood issues with the Palestinians, who want East
Jerusalem to be their capital.
Netanyahu has voiced regret over the timing of the move but said there was national consensus in Israel that
homes for Jews should be built anywhere in Jerusalem, a city it considers its capital -- a claim that has not won
international recognition.
Answer the following questions on YOUR OWN paper:
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What is this article about?
How does it relate to the standard that we just finished, (Explain how land
and religion are reasons for continuing conflict in the Middle East)?
Why do you think that the United States is so involved in this conflict
between Israel and Palestine? (This is an opinion question.)