http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/history-of-religion.html

Which groups of people and their religions have settled Israel and

throughout the world?

2000 B.C.

Israelites move to Palestine and start Judaism.

3,500,000 total population of the world

About 1500 B.C.

578 B.C.Diaspora – spreading of a people to other areas.Babylonians destroy Jewish temple.

http://www.preteristarchive.com/JewishWars/images/churban/9308.jpg

70 A.D.Romans destroy the temple in Jerusalem. Jews forced to go elsewhere.

Later, the Muslims build al-Aqsa Mosque on the same site.

312 A.D.Most people living in Palestine are Christians.

640A.D.Arabs conquer the region. Islam becomes the main religion with Muhammed as the most important prophet.

http://muslimvillage.com/2013/02/02/34888/the-kindness-of-prophet-muhammad-s/

1100A.D.The Crusades – Christians are brutal to Muslims and Jews.

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/837/5108268.JPG

1517 – 1918 A.D.Muslim Ottoman Turks. After World War I, Palestine becomes a British mandate.

http://www.factsofisrael.com/en/maps/pal1918.jpg

1914 – 1918 : WWI – Who was promised a homeland in Palestine?- Britain agreed to back Arab demands for independence- Britain pledged its support for a “national homeland” for the Jews

http://www.historyking.com/images/World-War-I-In-Palestine.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Carabineri_in_Palestine_-_cockhats.jpg

The British promised the same land to both groups!

Movement to create a safe Jewish homeland in Palestine

Zionism

http://graftedintoisrael.webs.com/zionism%20theodor%20herzl.jpg

World War IIHolocaust – over 6 million Jews die Palestinian Arabs unhappy with flood of immigrantsMovement to create a safe Jewish homeland in Palestine

1947

UN partition plan –There would be an Arab and a Jewish plan.The Jews accept this; the Arabs do not.

Israel becomes a nation, then is

attacked by several of its Arab neighbors in

May, 1948.

1948

Egypt & Israel at war – Israel successfully attacked Egypt in response to Egypt blocking their use of the Suez Canal.

1956

Israel captured the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and the Sinai Peninsula.

1967Israel attacks Syria, Jordan, & Egypt who had troops at their border.

Arab armies before the Israeli attack.

http://kcjohnson.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/1967-prewar.jpg

6 Day War

U.S. President Jimmy Carter arranged talks between Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin. A peace agreement known as the Camp David Accords was signed.

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/14/1250255653952/1979.-Anwar-Sadat-Menachi-026.jpg

1979

Israel and Egypt – peace agreement. Israel returns the Sinai Peninsula.

1970’s & 1980’s

More Israeli settlements in the West Bank

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Itamar2.jpg

http://blog.abiss.gr/mgogoulos/resource/es-intifada390.jpg http://ivarfjeld.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/intifada.jpg

Late 1980’s

Intifada (means uprising in Arabic) – violent resistance to Israeli control

Israel and the PLO – peace agreementIsrael agreed to: 1. recognize the PLO as a representative for the

Palestinians 2. Palestinian get some self-rule in Gaza Strip and W.Bank. Israel will remove some settlers.PLO agreed to: 1. recognize Israel’s right to exist in peace and security 2. Stop terrorist attacks

1994

2000 - Second intifada

- Israel builds security wall in Gaza and the West Bank.

http://wikieducator.org/Albany_Senior_High_School_Arab_Israeli_Conflict_by_Samuel_Barnaby_1

2006 to presentHamas wins most legislative seats in the territories. (Hamas

has vowed to eliminate Israel.) Violence on both sides.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/imagebank/middle_east/gaza_hamasflags.jpg

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/h/hamas/index.html

http://www.indexmundi.com/blog/index.php/tag/global-terrorism-index/

Israeli security fence- The purpose is to protect Israeli settlements from Palestinian suicide bombers. The UN, however, has told them to stop building it since it has treated Palestinian communities unfairly, cutting them off and dividing them.

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http://cbsnews.cbsig.net/stories/2002/06/21/opinion/polls/main512975.shtml

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