Tuesday, 2/23/15

Warm Up:

Part 1:Yesterday you watched most of Inside Mecca, write down something you learned that you didn’t know before but that is not on the viewing guide!

Part 2:

Tuesday, 2/23/15

Warm Up:

Part 1:Yesterday you watched most of Inside Mecca, write down something you learned that you didn’t know before but that is not on the viewing guide!

Part 2:

Guess the location of the culture box. Write down your answer and a justification for your answer

Match the site with the religion

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Western Wall or Wailing Wall

Dome of Rock

Foundation stone

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Background Information

In 1850,

the land of Palestine was inhabited by a Palestinian Arab

majority

400,000 Muslims – 80%

75,000 Christians – 15%

25,000 Jews – 5%

For centuries these groups had lived in harmony

1850

400,000 Muslims – 80%

75,000 Christians – 15%

25,000 Jews – 5%

“A land without a people for a

people without a land”

1850

400,000 Muslims – 80%

75,000 Christians – 15%

25,000 Jews – 5%

Jerusalem’s Days of Rage

• With a partner, read the article provided

• AFTER reading answer the reading questions IN

COMPLETE SENTENCES

Thursday, 2/26/15

The Plan:

1. Warm Up:

Take note of the due dates for the assignments for the next Chapter of study

(Map Exam 1 week away)

2. Working day:

Option 1: Complete South Asia Map labeling

Option 2: Ch.11 Reading Guide and Notes

http://www.wachouston.org/assnfe/ev.asp?ID=557&SnID=

Thursday, 2/26/15

The Plan: 1. Warm Up: On your warm up page answer these try to answer these questions:

a. Jews regard this to be the holiest spot on Earth, as it was the site of the Holy of Holies. Muslims believe it was from here that Muhammad ascended to Heaven

b. This allowed Israelis to assume full control of Jerusalem

c. Saturday is the holy day (Sabbath) for which group in Jerusalem?

d. What was the movement called that aimed to restore a Jewish homeland in Jerusalem

2. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Zionism, British governance, U.N. division post WWII

3. Finish Jerusalem’s Days of Rage/Ch.19.2, 20.2, 21.2 Reading Notes

Zionism

• In the late 1890s a movement to create a homeland for the Jewish people began.

• The goal was to reestablish a homeland in the historic area of Israel

• Faced widespread (and growing) anti-Semitism in Europe

• Holocaust fueled the movement and enhanced international support

• Non-religious movement, but draws on religious attachment to Jerusalem

Britain enters the pictureFollowing the break up of the

Ottoman Empire after WWI, Britain obtained the territory (and other Arab territories) as “mandates”

During the period (1920-1948) Jewish immigration to Palestine sharply increased

Palestinians begin revolting against the British and Jewish settlers, demanding independence and opposing Jewish immigration.

The British crush the revolt (with armed Zionist assistance)

After the revolt, the British limit future Jewish immigration, and the Zionist feel betrayed

Arab resentment of western rule only grows

Analyze the source

documents

Using the information provided, answer the following

questions:

1. What was the Balfour Declaration, and how might

it have been perceived by Palestinians based on

Churchill’s Statement in June of 1922?

2. Does Britain have a legacy of responsibility in the

region? Why or why not (use textual evidence).

Post WWII

The British maintain their limitation to Jewish immigrants entering Palestine and Zionist are ANGRY!!

Hostility increased between Palestinians, Zionist, and the British throughout the 1940s and the British requested UN intervention.

The United Nations (UN) decided in 1947 in a partition of Palestine into two states, one Jewish, one Arab, with Jerusalem and Bethlehem as international zones.

Palestinian Arab

Rejection!

The UN plan gave 55% of Palestine to the newly

forming Jewish State (Israel)

For Israel, this legitimizes their claim. The World

recognizes them as a NATION….OBEJECTIVE

ACHIEVED.

1948: "Year of Independence” or of

“the Catastrophe? (al nakba)”

Fighting intensifies after the UN partition plan and on May 14 and 15, 1948 the British evacuate completely, and the Zionist leaders proclaim the State of Israel.

1948: "Year of Independence” or of

“the Catastrophe? (al nakba)”

• European-trained Zionist soldiers possessing modern weaponry

VS.

• 30,000 ill-equipped, poorly trained Arab soldiers

• Israel conquered 78% of Palestine

• Created nearly 1 million Palestinian refugees (Nakba)

• Over 400 towns and villages were destroyed

• Every city, river, and hill received a new Hebrew name

• Denied the existence of Palestine

Summary

Recognizing the Two SidesThe Palestinian Side:

Fear of Dispossession / 20th Century Jewish Immigration

• Nakba of 1948

• Spiritual connection to the Holy Land

The Jewish Side:

History of Jewish Persecution

Holocaust

Israel as Jewish ‘Safe Haven’

Spiritual connection to the Holy Land

Recognizing the Two Sides

The Path of the Israeli Barrier

The barrier’s path has been projected to annex between

7% – 45% of Palestinian land. This will:

1. Completely surround 100,000 people in

42 towns

2. Reduce the available water supply by 1

billion gallons

3. Confiscate hundreds of thousands of

acres of land

4. Severely restrict travel to jobs, hospitals

and schools

5. Adversely affect 4 out of 10 Palestinians

A Look at the Israeli Barrier from Space

CLOSE UP: Qalqilyah was a relatively rich Palestinian town, nicknamed the ‘bread basket.’ After the Wall

was constructed around it the cost of shipping goods has tripled. Consequently, 600 stores have been

forced to close and now 75% of the town’s 40,000+ residents depend on humanitarian assistance from

overseas.

Before After

The Israeli Barrier on the Ground