Aim: Why did the world feel it was necessary to create a Jewish homeland?

Do Now: Why is it important to have a nationality?

HW: Pretend you are either an Israeli or Arab historian. In a brief paragraph, give an

explanation of the conflict.

Israel becomes a state

Palestine now consists of Israel, the West Bank and the ____________.This land belonged to the Jews 3,000 years ago, when Jewish Kings ruled the __________ Jerusalem. To ______________ (both Muslim and Christian), the land has belonged to them since the Jews were driven out around 135 AD.

Gaza Strip

Region

Palestinians

ContinuedAfter being forced out of their ____________, Jewish people were unable to establish their own nation.

The global dispersal of the Jews is know as ______________.

_____________ are people who favored a Jewish homeland.

homeland

Diaspora

Zionist

Israel and Arab States in Conflict

In 1917, Britain issued the ___________________, which pledged to support a Jewish homeland.

However, this deepened _________ in the Middle East.

There was a __________ of Jews to Palestine, especially after the horrors of the _____________.

Balfour Declaration

tensions

migration

Holocaust

Jews & Arabs in Palestine, 1920

Jews & Arabs in Palestine, 1920 In 1920, there

was 1 Jew toevery 10 Arabs inPalestine.

By 1947, the ratio was 2 Arabs forevery Jew.

In 1920, there was 1 Jew toevery 10 Arabs inPalestine.

By 1947, the ratio was 2 Arabs forevery Jew.The Arabs felt that they were

loosing control of their “country!”

The Arabs felt that they were

loosing control of their “country!”

The Birth of IsraelAfter Britain withdrew in 1948, Jews ______________ the independent state of Israel.

The US and Soviet Union both recognized Israel.

Arab states, however, ___________ a military attack on the new nation.

proclaimed

launched

The Nazi HolocaustThe Nazi Holocaust

6,000,00 Jews killed by the Nazis [1/2 in the concentration camps.]

6,000,00 Jews killed by the Nazis [1/2 in the concentration camps.]