People and Organizations
Current Secretary of State for the U.S.
Who is Antony Blinken?
This region is the setting of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
What is Israel?
This war created the state of Israel and was fought over the land of Palestine. Many Palestinians became refugees.
What is the 1947 Arab-Israeli War?
AKA the "War of Independence" by Israelis
Jews have a long history of living in Judea, before any European or Islamic authority.
What is an argument for the Israeli claim?
The place where Muslims believe Muhammed ascended to heaven.
What is the Dome of the Rock?
Current Prime Minister of Israel.
Who is Benjamin Netanyahu?
These areas that are Southwest and east of Israel that are being occupied by the Israeli Army.
What are the Gaza Strip and West Bank?
War that led to the Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights, was organized by the Palestinians and supported by Egypt and the other Arabian nations.
What is the 1967 Six Day War?
The prophets in Islam were known to have lived in this region, and their descendants settled in the area.
What is an argument for Palestinian claim?
This is the last remaining piece of the Jewish temple built by Soloman.
What is the Western/Wailing Wall?
This country is Israel's biggest ally.
What is the USA?
This is the sea to the west of the Israel.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This current war started when Hamas killed 1200 Israelis at a music festival.
What is the Gaza Conflict?
Jews have been persecuted for their entire history, and giving them a place to live is the least we can do.
What is an argument for Israeli claim?
This political movement encouraged Jewish people from all around the world to congregate in one place as a country. This was in response to nationalism in Europe.
What is Zionism?
This country, arguably started the whole conflict by promising the Levant to both Arab countries and the Jewish people.
What is Great Britain?
This is the large peninsula to the south of Israel that is currently owned by Egypt, but was occupied by Israeli forces from 1967-1979.
What is the Sinai Peninsula?
Who won the 1948 war?
What is Israel?
The Israelis pushed hundred of thousands of Palestinians out of their own homes, and now they aren't letting them back into their own homeland.
What is an argument for Palestinian claim?
This is the dispersing of Jews all around the world due to persecution and prejudice. Many of these Jews were exiled by their countries.
What is Diaspora?
This group of countries around the world was banded together after World War 2, and it's main goal was to prevent future world wars at all costs.
What is the UN?
This is the holiest site in all of Judaism, and the third holiest site in Islam.
What is Jerusalem?
This was a meeting by several European countries agreeing to carve up the remains of the soon-to-be dissolved Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI.
What is the Sykes-Picot Agreement?
The descendants of Ishmael took over most of Arabia, not the Levant.
What is an argument for Israeli claim?
This mosque on the Temple Mount is off-limits to Jews.
What is the Al-Aqusa Mospue?