Responses to the ArabIsraeli Conflict You are a member of the United Nations You are about to l earn about real situations that took place in the Palestinian region AFTER World war i You must decide on the best action for the united nations to take ID: 323393
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United Nations: Responses to the Arab-Israeli ConflictSlide2
You are a member of the United Nations.
You are about to l earn about real situations that took place in the Palestinian region AFTER World war
i
.
You must decide on the best action for the united nations to take.Slide3
Event A: The UN’s Plan for Palestine
The situation:
Britain issues the Balfour Declaration
This supports the creation of a homeland for Jews in Palestine
Palestinians (90% of population) strongly oppose plan
Jewish immigration increases to the region and fighting between the groups intensifies
After WWII, Britain – realizing it has lost control - turns over the land to the United Nations (1947)Slide4
Your choices:
A. Make Palestine one state, and hold democratic elections to set the foundation for a democratic, secular (nonreligious) state.
B. Make part of Palestine into a Jewish state, and annex the Arab part of Palestine to the neighboring nation of Transjordan.
C. Divide Palestine into 2 states, an Arab state and a Jewish state. Make Jerusalem an international zone administered by the UN.
D. Keep Palestine as a United Nations mandate until violence between Jews and Arabs ceases and peace is secure.Slide5
Your choices:
A. Make Palestine one state, and hold democratic elections to set the foundation for a democratic, secular (nonreligious) state.
B. Make part of Palestine into a Jewish state, and annex the Arab part of Palestine to the neighboring nation of Transjordan.
C. Divide Palestine into 2 states, an Arab state and a Jewish state. Make Jerusalem an international zone administered by the UN.
D. Keep Palestine as a United Nations mandate until violence between Jews and Arabs ceases and peace is secure.Slide6
Event B:The 1948 War
The situation:
The UN has divided Palestine into a Jewish state, an Arab state, and a UN-controlled international zone of Jerusalem
Jewish state called
Israel
Jews =
; Arabs =
Arab troops from surrounding nations attack Israel
But Israel fights back and captures most of the Arab land proposed by the UN
About 900,000 Palestinians flee the fighting and become refugees
Palestinians demand to either be allowed to return to homes or be compensated for lost land/property
Israelis claim Palestinians chose to leave and their army rightfully won the land after Arabs attacked Israel.Slide7
Your choices:
A. Pass a resolution demanding that Israel, Egypt, and Jordan return land to Palestinian refugees so they can form a Palestinian state.
B. Do nothing, because the Israelis were attacked and simply struck back at the aggressor Arab nations. The Palestinians must suffer the consequences of losing.
C. Set up a fund to support Palestinian refugees with food and shelter.
Pass a resolution demanding that Israel compensate Palestinian refugees for lost land and property.Slide8
Your choices:
A. Pass a resolution demanding that Israel, Egypt, and Jordan return land to Palestinian refugees so they can form a Palestinian state.
B. Do nothing, because the Israelis were attacked and simply struck back at the aggressor Arab nations. The Palestinians must suffer the consequences of losing.
C. Set up a fund to support Palestinian refugees with food and shelter.
Pass a resolution demanding that Israel compensate Palestinian refugees for lost land and property.Slide9
Event C:The 1967 War
The Situation:
The PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) founded to regain Palestine and eliminate Israel.
Israel feels continuously threatened by its neighbors and terrorist attacks
Launches surprise attack against Egypt and Syria
Israel takes the West Bank from Jordan and the Gaza Strip and Sinai peninsula from Egypt
So, all the Palestinians who were under Jordanian control and Egyptian control come under Israeli control
This equates to 1.5 million Palestinians.
These areas become known as the Occupied Territories.Slide10
Your choices:
A. Support Israel against its hostile Arab neighbors by recognizing Israel’s capture of the Occupied Territories.
B. Pass a resolution condemning the military conquest, refuse to acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and demand the return of the Occupied Territories.
C. Send the peacekeeping forces into the Occupied Territories to act as a buffer between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians and to guard the borders against further fighting.
D. Establish an international commission to study the situation in Israel/Palestine and devise a plan to bring peace to the region.Slide11
Your choices:
A. Support Israel against its hostile Arab neighbors by recognizing Israel’s capture of the Occupied Territories.
B. Pass a resolution condemning the military conquest, refuse to acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and demand the return of the Occupied Territories
C. Send the peacekeeping forces into the Occupied Territories to act as a buffer between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians and to guard the borders against further fighting.
D. Establish an international commission to study the situation in Israel/Palestine and devise a plan to bring peace to the region.Slide12
Resolution 242
Resolution 242 – Calls for Israel to give back territory won in war.
However, contains vague language. Doesn’t say Israel has to give back ALL the territory, just that it has to give back territory
Israel responds by giving back the Sinai peninsula only.Slide13
Event D:The Intifada (1980s)
The Situation:
Intifada
means “uprising” or “shaking off” in Arabic.
Israeli forces in the Occupied Territories are believed to be harassing Palestinians
Leads to increased unity and anti-Israeli activity among Palestinians
Arab people try to protest the Israelis
Kids throw rocks at Israeli soldiers and soldiers retaliate with tanks and guns – famous photosSlide14Slide15Slide16Slide17Slide18
The Intifada: Results
Israeli troops demolish homes and businesses, arrest thousandsMore than 1,000 Palestinians die; 37,000 are woundedSlide19
Your choices:
A. Pass a resolution condemning Israeli human rights violations committed against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories.
B. Send peacekeeping forces into the Occupied Territories to stop the violence.
C. Take no action because the Intifada is an internal Israeli affair.
D. Send a Special Commission into the Occupied Territories to study Palestinian living conditions as a first step to ending the Intifada.Slide20
Your choices:
A. Pass a resolution condemning Israeli human rights violations committed against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories.
B. Send peacekeeping forces into the Occupied Territories to stop the violence.
C. Take no action because the Intifada is an internal Israeli affair.
D. Send a Special Commission into the Occupied Territories to study Palestinian living conditions as a first step to ending the Intifada.Slide21
So what happened next?
Eventually, moderate PLO leaders like Yasser Arafat accept Israel’s right to existIn 1993, PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shake hands and sign a peace agreement
It says:
Israel will withdraw from Gaza and the West Bank
(i.e. the Occupied Territories)
Palestine will self-ruleSlide22Slide23
So what’s happening now?
2005 – Israel leaves the Gaza StripPalestinians democratically elect terrorist/militant organization called Hamas
Hamas controlled
Gaza
Strip but elected out
–
(This group does not accept Israel’s right to exist)
But Israel still controls most borders of Gaza
Dec 2008 - January 2009 – Israel launches air strikes and ground strikes against targets in GazaSlide24
United Nations
UN Resolution 1860: calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza and a full Israeli withdrawal
More than 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed in the 22-day warSlide25
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