Israeli vs. Palestinian

Conflict

Isreal / Palestine Conflict Map

Isreal / Palestine Conflict Map

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•The majority of Palestinians live in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

•Separated into Arab and Jewish States.

Conflict beginsConflict begins

1920-1947 British mandate over Palestine

Jewish people began traveling to Holy Land

Tensions increase between Arabs and Jews

1920-1947 British mandate over Palestine

Jewish people began traveling to Holy Land

Tensions increase between Arabs and Jews

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Balfour Declaration of 1917: Jewish national home in Palestine

United Nations Resolution of 1947: Partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish States

Jewish people received majority of the land

State of Israel was declared in 1948

Balfour Declaration of 1917: Jewish national home in Palestine

United Nations Resolution of 1947: Partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish States

Jewish people received majority of the land

State of Israel was declared in 1948

Israeli ProblemsIsraeli ProblemsArabs rejected partition of

PalestineSix Day WarPLO (Palestine Liberation

Organization)HAMAS (Islamic Resistance

Movement)

Arabs rejected partition of Palestine

Six Day WarPLO (Palestine Liberation

Organization)HAMAS (Islamic Resistance

Movement)

Palestinian ProblemsPalestinian Problems “Prison Camp”… Can’t go anywhere Checkpoints (freeze traffic, block

roads, search cars) Cannot move from town to town Curfews (only leave to buy groceries

every several days)EX: From June 21, 2002 to September 27, 2002, 2,292 hours out of 2,376 hours were spent under curfew

Close schools Unemployment Poverty Health issues (anemia) Starvation Minimal access to health care

“Prison Camp”… Can’t go anywhere Checkpoints (freeze traffic, block

roads, search cars) Cannot move from town to town Curfews (only leave to buy groceries

every several days)EX: From June 21, 2002 to September 27, 2002, 2,292 hours out of 2,376 hours were spent under curfew

Close schools Unemployment Poverty Health issues (anemia) Starvation Minimal access to health care

Merchants cannot access markets

Restrictions on shipping (truck to truck)

Crops are lost/damaged

Farmers cannot access crops or ship them (lose money)

Merchants cannot access markets

Restrictions on shipping (truck to truck)

Crops are lost/damaged

Farmers cannot access crops or ship them (lose money)