Do now: copy Israel (1948) vocabulary

into your notebooks

Aim: How & why was the country of Israel founded?

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) – originally a terrorist group dedicated to the destruction of Israel; later became an official organization representing Palestinians in negotiations with Israel

Intifada – uprising mounted in 1987 by Palestinians in territory held by Israel

Camp David accords – treaty formed out of the 1979 meeting hosted by the United States between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat & Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in which the concept of ‘land for peace’ was agreed to.

Israel (1948) vocabulary

Examine the handout – Conflicts & Change in the Middle East

Create a timeline using the underlined information to describe the origins & history of Israel.

Task #1

Examine the map of Israel’s changing bordersAnswer questions 1 & 2 using FULL

SENTENCES

Identify & describe the key players in Mid-East Peace talks using 15 words or less for each

Task #2

Yasir Arafat

Anwar Sadat

Yitzhak Rabin

King Hussein

Why does the Arab-Israeli conflict continue today?

F.S.Q. – in your notebooks