Conflicts in the Middle East

Objective: Students will analyze and summarize the various conflicts between Palestine and Israel and be measured through their Cornell notes, mini quiz, and exit slip.

Setting the stage 19th and 20th century, Jews = growing presence in Palestine Holocaust caused great sympathy for Jews UN pushed for partition of Palestine

Formation of Israel May 14, 1948, creation of Israel announced Next day, Israel gets attacked Ended within months with Israel victorious

Justify Think Pair Share Who was against the partition and why were they against it? Who attacked Israel and why were they not successful? Read pg. 522 – “Israel Becomes a State” and “Israel and the Arab States in Conflict”

Six Day War 1967, Arab nations amass tanks and aircrafts Israel leads a preemptive attack Defeats the Arab states in six days Israel gained control of the Golan Heights and the West Bank

Yom Kippur War 1973, joint Arab operation decides to attack Israel on “Yom Kippur” Yom Kippur = holy Jewish holiday Israel counterattacks Ends with a truce

Camp David Accords (1979) Israel-Egypt peace treaty First signed agreement between Israel and a Arab nation Anwar Sadat assassinated (1981)

Israeli-Palestinian tensions West Bank & Gaza Strip occupied by Israel Large # of Palestinians in those lands Israel began to bomb suspected rebel bases

Intifada Composed of Palestinians who disliked the Israeli Uprising through campaigns of civil disobedience Led boycotts and demonstrations on Israeli soldiers

Oslo Peace Accords (1993) Israel prime minister Yitzhak Rabin Agreed to grant Palestinians self-rule in several places Assassinated in 1995 Negotiations became difficult and slow

Justify Think Pair Share What were some similarities between The Camp David Accords and Oslo Peace Accords. Why did these assassinations occurred?

Quick-write Explain the tension between the Israeli and Palestinians. Why do you think this tension still exist today? In your opinion, will this conflict ever end?

QW #37 - Mini Quiz: Conflicts during the Cold War

A partition involves A. two countries becoming one country B. a country dividing into two independent countries C. a colony relying on it’s mother country

All were battles between the Israeli and Arabs except A. Six-Day War B. Yom Kippur War C. Battle of Bangladish

The intifada’s main form of offense involved A. random bombings B. civil disobedience C. terrorist attacks

A partition involves A. two countries becoming one country B. a country dividing into two independent countries C. a colony relying on it’s mother country

B. a country dividing into two independent countries

All were battles between the Israeli and Arabs except A. Six-Day War B. Yom Kippur War C. Battle of Bangladish

C. Battle of Bangladish

The intifada’s main form of offense involved A. random bombings B. civil disobedience C. terrorist attacks

B. civil disobedience