1. Lesson 4: A Clash Between Right and Right

2.  Review religious origins and ties.  Research, synthesize, and create a timeline of key events and issues surrounding the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict.

3.  What is meant by the term “People of the Book”

4.  Jews  Roots as far back as 35 centuries  Identity formed  Jewish State 1948 after 2000 yrs exile  No “Palestine” state when Israel was formed  Palestinians  uninterrupted possession and occupation  Jews not in the land in over 4000 years, Muslims took this land

5.  1400 BCE - Hebrew Kingdom in Land of Canaan  70 CE – Romans capture Jerusalem, destroy Second Temple  90 CE - Diaspora: Jews flee Holy Land, spread to all Euro  620 CE Muhammad & followers bring Islam to region  Ottoman Turks control Middle Eastern empire 1517-1917  Local Arabs control “Palestine”  Jews return beginning mid-1800’s

6.  End WW1 – British given control of region  Balfour Declaration 1917 : Jewish homeland in Palestine  Jewish peoples return (Zionism)  Violence as Arabs feel outnumbered  Brits ask UN to fix

7.  UN Resolution 181  Jewish State  Arab State  Internationalization of Jerusalem  Jewish accept, Arabs reject, and so it begins…

8. With a partner – create a timeline of key events:  1948 War  1956 Suez Crisis  1967 Six-Day War  1973 Yom Kippur War  1979 Camp David Accords  1987-90 First Intifada  1993-94 Oslo Accords & Peace with Jordan  2000-05 Second Intifada  2002-03 Arab Peace Initiative & The Roadmap  2005-06 Israeli Withdrawal / Hamas Victory  2006 Lebanon War  2007-09 Gaza War  2012 Palestine UN non- member observer http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline

9.  Creation and defense of state  Close and supportive relationship  Foreign aid $3 billion a year  They buy US goods and we provide them with military assistance  Strategic ally in the Middle East  Double Bind  Tension

10.  What are some of the issues that have prevented an agreement between the Israeli’s and Palestinians?  Boundaries  Jerusalem  Security  Settlements

11.  WIKI POST  “Two peoples and one land… caught up in a clash between right and right.” Israeli novelist Amos Oz What is meant by the author in this statement?