palestine israel conflict

• Global awareness
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Who is who?

The state of Israel

• After WWII the UN wanted to give the Jews a homeland
• Palestine and neigbouring Arabic countries were not pleased. 
• A lof of violence
• 1948: Jews declare independent state of Israel (this leads to war)

Jewish

settlements

• Israel builds Jewish settlements

To protect itself against attacks, Israel has built a wall around the West Bank. This wall has made many Palestinian wells inaccessible.

A wall is build around gaza strip, to protect the Jews against violence from this area

Jerusalem: capital

• Western part: Israeli
• Eastern part: Palestinian
• Temple Mount:Eastern part of Jerusalem, with shrines important to Jews, Muslim and Christians

Points of conflict

• Status Jerusalem
• Jewish settlement in occupied area
• The founding of a Palestinian state

keep your own file

collect every day articles of this theme  from the internet, tv, news paper etc.

www.gids.tv

israelpalestine.liveuamap.com

What would your advice be to end this ongoing dispute?

BC

deteriorate

decrease

tension

settled in

split into

opgesplitst in

Vóór Christus

 

verslechteren

gevestigd in 

    

spanning

 

verminderen

what does the artist of the cartoon want to convey?