** This is an excellent (required) note taking activity!

The 1948 War

The UN Partitioned Palestine War Ensues

NOVEMBER 1947
United Nations voted to
partition Palestine into:
- Jewish State (51%)
- Arab State (44%)
- Jerusalem (5%)

This made the Jews

happy.
The Arabs were
outraged.

MAY 14th 1948

- British left Palestine.

- Zionist leader David BenGurion proclaims

independence for Israel.

MAY 15th 1948

- Arab troops from: Jordan,

Syria, Iraq, Lebanon,

Egypt and Saudi Arabia
invade Palestine and attack
Israel.

By the end of 1948...

Israel now controlled most of the land that the
UN had given to the Arab state.
Over 900,000 Palestinians fled and became
refugees Gaza Strip (controlled by Egypt) and
West Bank (controlled by Jordan)

Israelis immediately began to settle into

the former Palestinian villages and
resettle them - many of them were
immigrants coming into Israel from all
over the Middle East and Europe.

Palestinians demanded that either:

1. They be allowed to return to their homes
2. Or they be compensated for their lost land and property

Israel claimed that:

3. Most Palestinians chose to leave the land
4. The Israeli army had rightfully won the land after the arabs
attacked the state of Israel

The United
Nations Steps In
They did not officially respond
to the outcome of the war,
however the General Assembly
of members were concerned for
the high number of refugees
that were a result of the war

500,000 refugees in Transjordan were

offered citizenship (many accepted)
renamed to Jordan
Other Arab states refused to allow
refugees to settle many Palestinians
remained in refugee camps hoping to be
able to return to their land
Refugees in Gaza Strip, West Bank,
Egypt, Syria and Lebanon became people
without countries no health care,
employment, housing or education

Fast Forward to 1956

Suez Canal Crisis -1956

Egypt
Arab leader, Gamal
Abdel Nasser, takes the
Suez Canal under
Egyptian government
control
To Arabs, the canal
symbolized western
imperialism and
dominance
A French company
owned the canal, and
Nasser offered to
compensate them ($$)

The West + Israel

The Suez Canal is the lifeline
for the British Empire
because it linked India to
Great Britain
Great Britain, France and
Israel join forces to take back
the canal
Israel joins because they
claim Egypt has supported
terrorist attacks on Israel
Great Britain, France and Israel are now
a team against Egypt in a fight for the

The Battle for the Suez Canal

October 1956
Oct. 29th - Israeli forces attack the
Sinai
Oct. 31st - British bomb Egyptian
towns and military sites

November 1956
Nov. 5th - French and British troops
land on Port Said
Nov. 6th - Capture of the Suez Canal
is complete and French, British and
Israeli forces occupy the entire Sinai
Peninsula

The United
Nations Steps In
The UN formally
disapproves of the invasion
and the British and French
remove their forces from the
Sinai Peninsula.

Israel removes its forces only once the

UN agrees to monitor Egyptian
activity on the Sinai.
United Nations Emergency Force
occupies a port the Egyptians had
purposefully been occupying to make
sure Israel has access to the Red Sea.

Israel and Palestine Explained

Source Analysis
Suez Canal Crisis

Shelter Pets

The ORIGIN of a source includes the:

- Author
- Publisher

Source Analysis
ORIGIN

- Publication Date
- Title
This is all written formally in 1 to 2
sentences

What is the origin of the video?

The PURPOSE of a source explains

what the source is attempting to do.

Source Analysis
PURPOSE

Why does this document exist?

Why did the author create this piece of

work? What is the intent?

Why did the author choose this particular

format?

Who is the intended audience? Who was

the author thinking would receive this?

What does the document say?

Can it tell you more than is on the

surface?

What is the purpose of the video?

Example
Response
Origin

The video #StartAStoryAdopt

was published by the nonprofit
organization The Shelter Pet
Project. It was published on January
29, 2016 on youtube.com.

Example
Response
Purpose

The video #StartAStoryAdopt was

created as a persuasive piece to convince
people to adopt animals. The publisher
targeted the ad towards younger
generations, specifically people who already
own pets or are animal lovers. It is clear
this is the intended audience because they
were aiming to create an emotional
attachment between the viewers and the
cute animals portrayed. Therefore, the
evidence suggests that the video is
attempting to persuade viewers to adopt a
shelter pet instead of buying or adopting
pets from other sources because of the joy a
shelter pet could bring.

Value and Limitations

Source Analysis: Value

Now comes the hard part. Putting on your historian hat, you must determine (keeping in mind
who wrote it) when/where it came from and why it was createdwhat value does this
document have as a piece of evidence?
This is where you show your expertise and put the piece in context. Bring in your outside
information here.
What can we tell about the author from the piece?
What can we tell about the time period from the piece?
Under what circumstances was the piece created and how does the piece reflect those
circumstances?
What can we tell about any controversies from the piece?
Does the author represent a particular side of a controversy or event?

Source Analysis: Limitations

The task here is not to point out weaknesses of the source, but rather to say: at what point does this source
cease to be of value to us as historians?
With a primary source document, having an incomplete picture of the whole is a given because the source was
created by one person, naturally they will not have given every detail of the context.

What part of the story can we NOT tell from this document?
How could we verify the content of the piece? Does this piece inaccurately reflect
anything about the time period?
What does the author leave out and why does he/she leave it out (if you know)?
What is purposely not addressed?

Practice of V & L using

Source A or Source B
Independently

PRACTICE
VALUE

LIMITATIONS

Does it provide an eyewitness account/view of the

topic?

Is the perspective limiting?

Does it aid your understanding of the event/topic?

Does it present/show aspects of the culture? Attitudes?
What can we learn from the document/source? Historical
insights?
Does it add to our perspective of the time in which it was
created?
Does it convey the impact of events?

Is it credible?
Might it distort the truth?
Are certain details omitted or downplayed while
others are emphasized?
What is outside of the lens?
Does it show what happened before and after
the topic?

PAIR - SHARE - REPAIR

Practice of V & L using

Source A or Source B

PRACTICE
VALUE

LIMITATIONS

Does it provide an eyewitness account/view of the

topic?

Is the perspective limiting?

Does it aid your understanding of the event/topic?

Does it present/show aspects of the culture? Attitudes?
What can we learn from the document/source? Historical
insights?
Does it add to our perspective of the time in which it was
created?
Does it convey the impact of events?

Is it credible?
Might it distort the truth?
Are certain details omitted or downplayed while
others are emphasized?
What is outside of the lens?
Does it show what happened before and after
the topic?

You will now be taking on

the role of the United
Nations. You will be asked to
make decisions about global
conflict.
Dun Dun Dunnnn

Directions:
Your group will:
- Read the scenario and take note of the important
information
- Read the possible outcomes that are listed as options
- Discuss in detail with your group members which outcome
would most fairly address the concerns of all groups
involved
- CHOOSE ONE

1967 War

United Nations Resolution 242:

resolution of the
United Nations (UN) Security Council passed in an effort to secure a just
and lasting peace in the wake of the Six-Day War of 1967, fought
primarily between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
It condemned the Israeli invasion and refused to acknowledge Jerusalem
as the Israeli capital.
The Israelis supported the resolution because it called on the Arab states
to accept Israels right to live in peace within secure and recognized
boundaries free from threats or acts of force. Israel interpreted the
open-ended language to mean that they could keep nearly all the
Occupied Territories as essential to maintaining secure borders.
Palestinians denounced the resolution because it made no mention of a
Palestinian state. Each of the Arab states eventually accepted it (Egypt
and Jordan accepted the resolution from the outset) because of its
clause calling for Israel to withdraw from the territories conquered in

The Intifada

The United
Nations took no
official steps to
end the Intifada.
Because the conflict did not
involve sovereign states the UN
considered the Intifada to be an
important but internal Israeli
affair.

In 1991, US brought Israel and

Arab states - but NO Palestinian
leadership - into negotiations for
peace.
Because of this framework,
negotiations between Israel and the
Palestinians remained stagnant for
over a year.
New Israeli leadership was elected
in 1992 and worked more seriously
to pursue negotiations with
Palestinians in secret meetings in
Norway.

Declaration of Principles
In 1993, those secret negotiations resulted in an agreement known as the
Declaration of Principles. This was agreed upon between the Palestinian Liberation
Organization and the Israeli government.
This general agreement was followed up by a formal and specific agreement in
1995. This one called for a gradual withdraw of Israelis from parts of the Occupied
Territories.
The final status of the Occupied Territories was left unresolved at this time.
More explanation.