Leading Up To Today
This empire controlled the land known as Israel before the British took it over after World War I.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This month and day of 2023 is the day in which Islamic militant extremist from the Palestinian controlled area attacked Israel and took hostages while killing Israelis.
What is October 7th?
This is a demand from Palestinians that the millions of those that were displaced when Israel took their territory are allowed to come back and regain their homes and land.
What is the "Right of Return"?
An organized violent attack or massacre directed against a specific group, usually the jews.
What is a Pogrom?
Israel defeated the armies of this nation in the "Six Day War" in their attempt to remove Israel from the region.
What is Egypt?
In the region, this area has been blockaded by Israel and Egypt following the rise of a fundamentalist political group among the Palestinians.
What is "The Gaza Strip"?
Who are Isaac and Ishmael?
A reference to the 1948 displacement and destruction of Palestinian society during the creation of Israel.
What is the Nakba?
The Palestinians are led by this political group that took over in 2007 in an election. This same political group has not allowed another election since then.
What is Hamas?
When the Palestinian government attacked Israel to start this current conflict in 2023, this is the number of Israelis that were killed.
What is 1,200?
Due to the political shift in this direction in Israel, a growing conservative movement that is more religious has more say in what the nation does.
A nationalist movement advocating for the creation of a Jewish state in their homeland.
What is Zionism?
This war between Israel and their neighboring states that didn't want them to have their own territory ended with an Israeli victory and controlling 78% of the territory instead of a previous 55%.
What is the 1948 War?
The ICJ, or International Court of Justice, has accused Israel of this illegal act against the Palestinians.
What is genocide?
This holy site is claimed by both Palestinians and Jews as a sacred location and both want control over it.
What is Jerusalem?
A proposal for a two state solution between the Arabs and Jews that was issued after a British investigatoin.
What is the Peel Commission?
This group proposed the British "Two State Solution" to the Arabs and Jews in the area. The Arabs rejected the offer.
What is the United Nations?
Palestinians living in this area exist under a series of checkpoints, roadblocks, and military courts. At the same time Israeli settlements in this area continue to expand into Palestinian areas.
What is the "West Bank"?
This ancient mosque was built on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem and of great importance for Muslims in the arae.
What is Al Aqsa?
A 1917 letter from the British Foreign Secretary expressing the need for a "National home for the Jewish people" in Palestine.
What is the Balfour Declaration?