1. Monday, May 20th H.W.:Read pages 1017-1023.
Answer questions 1, 3, 4, and 5.
Due Tuesday! : )
Aim: Why can’t Arabs and Israelis live
together peacefully?
Do Now: List at least 3 things you
know about Israel.

3. Western Wall
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Dome of the Rock

4. Persecution against Jews led to the
Zionist Movement: political movement
that supported the reestablishment of a
Jewish national homeland in Palestine.

5. Muslims and Jews living in Palestine.

6. After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire
in World War I, Palestine became a
mandate of Great Britain.

7. Balfour Declaration (1917)
British Foreign Secretary Sir Arthur Balfour
promoted idea of creating a Jewish
homeland in Palestine while protecting the
“rights of existing non-Jewish communities.”

8. HOLOCAUST

9. In 1947 the UN
partitioned Palestine
into two states:
one for the Jews and
the other for the Arabs.

10. Israel proclaimed itself an independent nation on May 14, 1948.

11. Causes of the Arab-Israeli conflict
Many Arabs believe that all of Israel should be under Arab control.
The majority Islamic population of the Middle East objects to having a Jewish country in the region.
The modern, Western ways of the Israelis are viewed with suspicion by many Muslims who value traditional ways.

12. WAR

13. Why do you think the conflict has
We just learned about conflicts between
Arab nations and Israel in 1948, 1956, 1967,
and The conflict between Arabs and
Israelis continues today in 2013.
Why do you think the conflict has
lasted so long?