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Israel and Palestine
Why did Israel bomb a United Nations
school in Gaza in 2014?
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Why has Gaza Strip been shooting
rockets into Israel since 2008?
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Israel is a tiny country surrounded by
Arab nations.
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Israel is not liked by those
neighbors.
• Saddam Hussein was paying $25,000
apiece to the families of Palestinian
suicide bombers.
• Maps printed in Arab countries don’t even
show Israel.
• In 2004, Saudi Arabia got rid of their
official requirement that Jews aren’t
allowed in their country. But they’re still
not welcome.
According to Islam, Jews are “people of
the Book” and are to be treated with
respect. So what’s the problem?
There were minimal problems until the
1900s.
But for decades, Jews and Palestinian
Arabs of Israel have been in conflict.
To understand,
let’s look back in history.
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In the 1st century A.D. (C.E.), the
Roman Emperor was tired of Jewish
rebellion in the province of Palestine.
The Roman army destroyed
Jerusalem in 70 A.D. (C.E.).
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This arch, still standing in Rome, celebrates
the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.
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Thousands died during the fighting.
Thousands
were taken
back to Rome
as prisoners.
And survivors
fled the area.
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Jewish refugees spread throughout
neighboring lands and into Europe.
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After they left, other people –
mainly Arabs – gradually moved in.
It became their homeland.
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Different empires ruled Palestine
through the centuries.
Jerusalem
1909
Jump forward hundreds of years.
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After World War I, Britain had control of
Palestine. Arab Muslims, Arab
Christians, and a few Jews lived there.
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In Germany, shortly after World War I,
Adolf Hitler came to power.
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During World War II, he tried to kill all
Jews living in Europe. He killed 6
million Jewish people and imprisoned
many more.
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After the war, Jewish refugees
where scattered all over Europe—
and even throughout the world.
Their homes and possessions had
been destroyed, and most did not want
to return to their former cities and
towns where they had been attacked.
Austria
Germany
250,000 lived in refugee camps, waiting
for a solution. Many pushed for a
Jewish homeland in Palestine.
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In 1947, the
United Nations
and Great Britain
agreed to divide
Palestine to give
the Jews a place
of their own.
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The problem?
Tens of thousands
of people were
already living
there, and they
were not asked
their permission.
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Thousands of Jewish
refugees were arriving
monthly by 1948.
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Israel officially became a nation in May,
1948, in spite of Arab objections.
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At the same time, the British military pulled
out. Israel, fearing rebellion, sent troops
into Palestinian towns and cities.
Egypt, Syria, Jordan,
and Iraq responded
by helping
Palestinian Arabs
attack Israel.
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The war
lasted
over a
year.
Results:
 100,000 Palestinians
became refugees
 Israel took more Arab
land
In 1967, another war broke out between
Israel and its neighbors (Egypt, Jordan, &
Syria). This war stopped after 6 days (and is
called the Six Day War) when the United
Nations helped with a truce.
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After the Six Day War, over 500
Palestinian villages and towns were
destroyed.
In Israel, Arab villages were bulldozed,
citrus groves, lands, and property
seized, and the people were not
allowed to return.
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Around 700,000 Arab Palestinians
became refugees.
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But their homes and land were given to
Jews immigrating into Israel from other
countries.
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This time, Israel took land from Palestine
and from Egypt.
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United Nations resolution 242
• Israel was to give up lands taken in Six Day
war.
• Israel and Palestine both had a right to be
independent and live in peace.
The Suez Canal had to be opened up for
international traffic.
• The refugees needed to be treated fairly.
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1973: Egypt and Syria bombed Israel,
trying to get back land that Israel had
taken in 1967 (during the Six Day War).
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1978: Palestinian
fighters attacked a bus
in northern Israel.
Israel sent its
military into
Lebanon (the
country north of
Israel) to chase
them down.
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1,100–2,000 Lebanese and
Palestinians were killed, and 20
Israelis.
100,000 to 250,000 people in Lebanon
were homeless because of the
violence.
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1978: Camp David Accords
U.S. President Jimmy Carter
Egypt President Anwar El Sadat
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin
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Camp David is the official President’s Retreat Center.
 Israel agreed to return
the Sinai Peninsula to
Egypt.
 Egypt agreed to
officially recognize that
Israel had the right to
exist as an independent
nation.
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(Before this, all major Arab
nations had insisted that
Israel did NOT have the
right to exist.)
This agreement has probably been the
most successful negotiations in the
whole peace process.
It has lasted. Egypt & Israel, while not
“friends,” are also not enemies.
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1981-1982: Israel invades Lebanon
On July 17, 1981, Israel bombed the Palestinian Liberation
Organization’s headquarters in West Beirut, killing more
than 300 civilians. In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon
with about 60,000 troops in a push to destroy the PLO. The
Christian militia in Lebanon supported Israel’s military. As
part of this support, they attacked refugee camps in
Lebanon and killed hundreds of Palestinian refugees.
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1987-1993: The first Palestinian
intifada, or uprising
Palestinians started protesting against Israel’s control
of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (the only areas
where Palestinians could live). It started with little
things – graffiti, throwing rocks at Israeli tanks, and
setting fire to piles of rubble in the streets. Hundreds of
Palestinians died during this time.
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1993 Oslo Accords: Israel agreed to pull
troops out of Gaza and from parts of the
West Bank. The Palestinians would be
allowed to rule themselves under the
Palestinian National Authority.
2000-2005 the second Palestinian intifada
This intifada started after Israel said the
Temple Mount (holy for Jews and Muslims) will
always be under Israel’s control. Palestinians
were already
upset that
Israel still
hadn’t totally
left the Gaza
Strip and the
West Bank.
This was the
last straw.
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Nearly 3,000 Palestinians and nearly
1,000 Israelis died in those five years.
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Egypt helped Israel get a cease-fire.
Israel promised to remove all Jewish
settlements from the Gaza Strip. In
2005, they took down their flag over
Gaza for the first time in 38 years.
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Arab Palestinians
are limited to the
West Bank and
the Gaza Strip.
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Yet Israel still allows
Jewish immigrants to
create towns in
Palestinian land.
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Since 1967, Israel has built 244 Jewish
“settlements,” in Palestinian territories.
129 settlements
and 102
“outposts are in
the West Bank
and 12 in East
Jerusalem.
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How big is the Israel?
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How big is the Gaza Strip?
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Who has “the right” to live here? Emotions run high on both
sides. . . .
Both Israelis and Palestinians
claim this land based on history,
culture, and religion.
The Dome of the
Rock is located
in central
Jerusalem. To
Muslims, this
mosque is one
of the three most
sacred sites in
Islam.
Muslims began building the Dome
of the Rock mosque in 681 A.D.
Jerusalem’s Temple Plateau 1899
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They believe it
covers the
place from
which
Mohammad
ascended to
heaven.
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The dome is built on the destroyed
foundation of the ancient Jewish
temple, originally built by King
Solomon.
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In Jewish tradition, the temple must
eventually be re-built.
That would mean the Dome of the Rock would
have to be torn down, which is not likely anytime
soon.
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The only remaining wall of the
ancient Jewish temple is right next
door to the Dome of the Rock.
Called the “Western Wall,” it is Judaism’s
last visible connection to their ancient way
of life.
1870
today
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security concerns. . . .
Violence has continued between
Palestinians and Jews in Israel.
Palestinians are afraid
of Israeli soldiers. . .
. . .and Israelis are afraid
of Palestinian attacks.
Israel’s latest
solution to
security
concerns is
to build a 25’
high wall to
block in the
Palestinians.
The wall is
cutting into
Palestinian
land.
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After the wall is done, many Palestinian
students and teachers will not be able
to reach their schools on the other side
of the wall.
returning from school across the wall
Getting to clinics, hospitals, and
doctors will be difficult.
This section of the wall divides a street in half.
There’s a lot of hatred of the wall
among Palestinians.
What about their next generations?
This is another situation that
won’t be solved quickly.