CURRENT ISSUES IN ARAB-ISRAELI PEACE

Lesson 7

OBJECTIVES

Identify key obstacles in current talks to achieve Middle East peace.

WARM UP

What has the international community done to resolve the conflict?

UN Resolution 181 Israeli-Palestine-Jerusalem Internatl

Called for end of 6-Day War (67) and Yom Kippur War (73)

Camp David (w/Egypt) & Oslo Accords (W.Bank & Gaza to Pal)

Arab Peace Initiative & Roadmap

2012 UN non-member status

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdXT3F7oFc8&feature=channel

http://www.euronews.com/2013/07/30/palestinian-israeli-peace-talks-set-nine-month-deadline-to-resolve-conflict/

CURRENT ISSUES

Israeli Settlements in Occupied Territories

Jerusalem Palestinian Refugees Israeli Security Gaza Blockade Water Resources Contiguous State /

Exact Borders

CURRENT ISSUES Settlements

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7XtT91yO6g&feature=fvwCBS 60 Min Jan 27, 2009 “Is Peace Out of Reach?”13 minutes

http://content.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,635436099001_2025337,00.htmlTime Magazine Aug 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDKojDv0SH8'Israeli settlements must stay' Naftali Bennett interview - HARDtalk - BBC News

CURRENT ISSUES

Jerusalem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ZcYwQQ4zE&feature=channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfMyuDc9yx0

CURRENT ISSUES

Refugees

Nahr al-Bared camp, Lebanon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InrYxgQ1OvY&feature=related

Camp in Syria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nip8skspQQ

CURRENT ISSUES

Gaza Blockade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXx4ag2focc

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28757657

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP0N_rXkvG4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDcZ57UaGUg

CURRENT ISSUES

Israeli SecurityWho/what is Hamas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17T81kmyBek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn3aKxWvkog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-fH9kVG0gU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYwXs10Yp54

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmPqY8TE0&list=PL3EE4538E4F1A1CFB

CURRENT ISSUES

Water Resources

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt59LVx5oIg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_A0K4AGVns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvi--Tqd5v0

CURRENT ISSUES

Exact Borders Contiguous State?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgeVYsS3sUQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEFF8HW43LM

http://youtu.be/PBGtcJAOf9w

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/8/analysis-israelisnotreadyforpeace.html

CLOSURE

What three issues do you see as central to negotiating peace?