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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Creation of the State of Israel
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-Ancient Kingdom of David (c. 1000 BC)-Roman Judea and Jewish Revolt (70 AD)-Jewish Diaspora and Pogroms-Zionism; Theodore Herzi-Recap: World War I (Balfour Declaration; "homeland"; Sevres Treaty; British Mandate in Palestine)-Recap: World War II (Holocaust)-Independence (1948)[Dome of the rock (Al Aqsa Mosque) and Wailing Wall]
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Western Wall/Wailing Wall. Mosque
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 -Western/Wailing Wall: most sacred place in the world.-Mosque: religious site for Muslims; where Jesus was crucified/resurrected. |
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Jews were __.
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 Promised by God to claim the holy land |
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Gentiles
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 Non-Jews |
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Ancient Kingdom of David (1000 B.C.)**
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 The United Monarchy is the name given to the Israelite kingdom of Israel and Judah, during the reigns of Saul, David and Solomon, as depicted in the Hebrew Bible. |
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70 A.D.: What happened?
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 -Jewish Diaspora: number of rebels revolted over Roman Empire; destroyed the temple of Jews; killed/enslaved thousands |
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What does 'diaspora' mean?
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 People in exile; 'scattered' in Greek. |
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Pax Romana**
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 The peace that existed between nationalities within the Roman Empire. |
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Pogrom. Anti-Semitism.
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 -Pogrom: riot against Jews (uprising).-Anti-Seminism: hate Jews; hostility to or prejudice against Jews. |
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Theodore Herzl
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 -Austria-Hungary/Jewish-thought Jews should get country of their own (no future)-came up with Zionism; hoped for support from local population |
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Zionism
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 A movement for (originally) the re-establishment and (now) the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel; was established as a political organization in 1897 under Theodore Herzl. |
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Balfour Declaration
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 A letter from the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Baron Rothschild (Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild), a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. [British ended up getting Israel--was a 'mandate', but really was a colony.] |
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Jesus
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 -born in Judea (land of Jews)-killed because he claimed to be king (own "Kingdom of Heaven". |
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1948: What did the Jews do?
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 Left Palestine |
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Israeli Expansion [maps]
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-Wars: 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973...-Occupied Territories: Sinai; Golan Heights; West Bank; Gaza
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