Arab-Israeli Film Questions: The Roots of Conflict, Part I

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1. How do many Jews and Muslims view the region of Palestine?

2. What did Zionists believe and promote?

3. When did Jews start to immigrate to Palestine in large numbers?

4. Following WWI, which European country was given a mandate (control) over Palestine?

5. What WWII event generated world-wide sympathy for the Zionist cause?

6. What was the 1947 UN plan for Palestine? What was the impact of the plan on Palestinian Arabs?

7. Who was the first Israeli Prime Minister who declared Israeli Independence?

8. What happened after Israel declared independence?

9. What were conditions like in Palestinian refugee camps?

10. What was the 1967 Six-Day War? What three territories did Israel occupy as a result of this war?

11. What did UN Resolution 242 say?

12. Who was Yasser Arafat? What group did he lead? What was this group’s goal?

13. What happened in Munich, 1972?

14. What happened on Yom Kippur, 1973?

15. What were the 1979 Camp David Accords? Who were the leaders involved and what was agreed to?

16. What happened to Anwar Sadat following Camp David?

Arab-Israeli Film Questions: The Roots of Conflict, Part II

17. What neighboring country did Israel invade in the early 1980s? Why?

18. What was the significance of what happened in the refugee camps in Beirut?

19. Why were (and are) Jewish settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip a source of tension and controversy?

20. Explain the Intifadah? What does the word mean?

21. Define Hamas

22. While public peace talks were on-going in Madrid, Spain, where did secret negotiations take place between Israel and the Palestinians? Significance?

23. Which US president worked to bring Israel and the Palestinians closer together under the 1993 Oslo Accords?

24. Who assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin? Significance?

25. What happened when Ariel Sharon visited the holy site the Haram al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary) / The Temple Mount?

26. What type of terrorism did certain Palestinian groups continually resort to during this time? What was Israel’s response?

Reflection Question: What will it take to bring a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict?