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Monday, December 17, 2012

Arab-Israeli Conflict Part I

Arab Israeli Conflict 1. Who is the Arab-Israeli conflict between? 2. What is the Arab-Israeli conflict over? 3. Where is Israel and Palestine located? 4. Who first made this land their homeland? 5. When did the first settlers settle here? 6. What name did the Hebrew Tribes unite under? 7. Where was the first Jewish state settled? 8. When was the first Jewish state settled? 9. Who eventually came to govern the Israelites? 10. Who was Theodor Herzl? 11. What was Herzl’s idea? 12. Who already inhabited Palestine which prevented the Jews from returning home? 13. The term Palestinians refers to whom? 14. Which Empire ruled the Palestinians? 15. What was life like under the Ottoman Empire? 16. Why did this area grow in importance to those who ruled it? 17. When did large numbers of Jews begin to migrate to Palestine? 18. What did Jews have to do in order to gain land in Palestine? 19. Who began to rule Palestine after World War I? 20. What did the British promise Zionists and Arabs? 21. What did the Balfour Declaration state?(in your own words) 22. Did plan for the possibility of Arabs and Zionists wanting the same land? 23. What happened in 1922 in Palestine? 24. How did Britain initially aid the Arab side? 25. What began to happen across the world in order to gain support for a Jewish homeland? 26. What happened November 29, 1947?

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Global Issues

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