1. When you get to questions in BLUE in this presentation, copy the questions onto your paper and answer them! 1

2. This power point is intended to help you see the Palestinian perspective on the land of Israel (formerly Palestine) ruled by Arabs for about 1300 years (and how that creates a challenge for Israel). The information in this presentation comes from the Palestinians’ own online publications & Israeli polls. 2

3. 3 When the Palestinians say "End of occupation", What do they mean?

4. For Palestinians, “End of Occupation”= End of Israel— the land being given back to the Palestinians to control. They consider the Israelis to be “occupying” the Palestinian land and do not acknowledge Israel as a country. 4

5. 5 Ottoman Empire in WWI

6. 6 History Check: After WWI, The land of Israel became a British Mandate and was given to the Arabs to create the country of Palestine.

7. After WWII, the same land was given to the Jews as a homeland and was named Israel….the conflict over the land continues… 7

8. 8 Following WWII, the British try to make the Arabs happy by creating Transjordan (mandate System) The land was then taken over by rebels & the British plan failed

9. 9 The birth of Israel On November 29, 1947 the Jews were to be granted what appears on the map in blue. The plan granted the Jews in Palestine just over 56% of the area at a time when they owned less than 7% of the land and constituted approx. one-third of the population.

10. 10 Palestinians Today In Israel, Palestinians are second class citizens –Restricted movement –40% of land owned by Palestinian Israelis confiscated for Jewish development projects –Israeli government preferentially targets health, education, public works, municipal and economic development to Jews rather than Arabs equally www.cnn.com/.../mideast/stories/ history.maps/accords.html Disputed Territories: -Golan Heights (disputed w/ Syria) -West Bank (disputed w/ the Palestinians) -Gaza Strip (disputed w/ Egypt/Palestinians)

11. 11 The Western world thinks that “end of occupation in the West Bank and Gaza” - is an issue of “disputed territories.” “End of occupation” usually means something very different to the Palestinians. West Bank Gaza Israel

12. 12 THINK & Review: #1: What do Palestinians mean by “end of occupation?” #2: What are the 3 disputed territories in Israel today? #3: Why do both the Palestinians and Jews feel that the land is rightfully theirs?

13. 13 This is the map of "Liberated Palestine" on the official website of the Palestinian National Authority, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs: It is the map of the entire country of Israel. http://www.mopa.gov.ps/

14. 14 It is the map of the entire country of Israel. This is the map of "Liberated Palestine" featured on the official emblem of the Palestinian National Authority’s Ministry of Industry: http://www.industry.gov.ps

15. 15 This is the map of "Liberated Palestine" on Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) official emblem. It is the map of the entire country of Israel.

16. 16 This is the map of "Liberated Palestine" on Yasser Arafat’s uniform. It is the map of the entire country of Israel.

17. 17 This is the map of "Liberated Palestine" in the official Palestinian Authority’s education system schoolbooks. It is the map of the entire country of Israel. Page 64 of the Palestinian Authority’s official 5 th grade school book: “there is no Israel”

18. 18 This is the map of "Liberated Palestine" as a statuette displayed at the Principal’s room in a school in the Palestinian town of Tulkarm It is the map of the entire country of Israel. A dagger is thrust in the “heart” of the land. Blood trickles from the wound and irrigates the plant of the Palestinian State.

19. 19 This is the map of "Liberated Palestine" from an art lesson in a Palestinian school. It is the map of the entire country of Israel. The Jews destroyed by fire, the Israeli flag burning

20. 20 #4: When you hear the Palestinians say "End of Occupation" do they mean “A Palestinian State alongside Israel”, or “In place of Israel?” #5: How would you go about negotiating a compromise with the Palestinians if you were an Israeli leader? Is a compromise possible? Question:

21. 21 Poll: “A majority of Palestinians See Israel's Elimination as the primary Goal” poll conducted by the Palestinian Jerusalem Media and Communication Center (JMCC) (Reuters, June 11, 2002) Answer:

22. 22 What would YOU do in Israel’s place? What would YOU do from the perspective of the Palestinians? Should the UN intervene? What should they do? THINK. If you have an answer, please mail it to: for-peace@graffiti.net Motti Morell