Israel-Palestinian Conflict 2024

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1. UNDERSTANDING
THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT
Dr. Stan Meyer • [email protected]

2. Dr. Meyer’s Slides
https://www.slideshare.net/StanMeyer2/israelpalestinian-conflict

4. What happened on October 7?
1.Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah (Joy of the Law)
2.Hamas militants launched over 5,000 rockets into civilian neighborhoods
3.Hamas invaded Southern Israel
4.Killed 1,200 Israelis (most civilians)
5.Captured 239 hostages (infants, children, elderly)
6.Tortured, raped, beheaded, and burned alive the victims
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5. Still holding 150
Refuse to let them go
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6. What happened after October 7?
8.Israel invaded Gaza to rescue hostages & remove Hamas
9.Hamas continues to fire rockets at civilian sites in Israel
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7. 20,000 Palestinians
Killed from Israel’s bombing
2 Million Palestinians displaced
Langfitt & Neuman. (2023). Gaza health officials. NPR News https://www.npr.org/2023/12/22/1220211690/gaza-death-toll-20000-killed-israel

8. ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
CONFLICTING NARRATIVES

9. Jewish Story
•Jews scattered for 2,000 yrs
•Homeless & persecuted
•Hitler tried to annihilate Jews
•Jews need a homeland
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10. Jewish Story
•Jews returned to the Land of Israel
•1948 established the State of Israel
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11. Jewish Story
Israel struggled to survive against Arab
attacks for 75 years.
Hamas’ attack is the latest in a history of
attempts to destroy Israel and the Jews
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12. Palestinian Story
•Arabs are children of Ishmael
•Allah gave them the Arab lands
•Palestinian Arabs lived in Palestine for 2,000
years
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13. Palestinian Story
Palestinians caretakers of Jerusalem
Third holiest site in the Muslim World
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14. Palestinian Story
•Jews are White Europeans Settlers
•Europeans didn’t want the Jews
•Sent them to Palestine to colonize it
•Jews displaced Palestinians
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15. Palestinian Story
Palestinians were expelled
Palestinians trying to survive
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16. Palestinian Story
Hamas’ Attack is the
latest attempt to resist
settlers and survive
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17. What Happened in 1948
Two Competing Narratives

18. Israel’s Version
•1948 Arab League invaded Israel
•Vowed to annihilate Israel and kill all Jews
•Told Arab inhabitants to flee
•Israel promised citizenship to Arabs stayed
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19. Israel’s Version
Many Arabs Stayed
1.957 Million Israeli Citizens (25%)
Arab Citizen of Israel
[1] https://www.cbs.gov.il/en/mediarelease/Pages/2020/Population-of-Israel-on-the-Eve-of-2021.aspx

20. Israel’s Version
May Arabs Left
15.3 Million Palestinians in the world
5.25 Million outside of the land
10.13 Million in the Land
Palestinians living outside the land of Israel
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/palestinian-population-statistics

21. Palestinian Version
•1948 Arab League Invaded Israel
•Sought to defend Palestinians
•Israel deliberately expelled Palestinians
•Israel erased the evidence of the crime
•Palestinians are today refugees
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22. Palestinian Version
•Palestine is occupied by Israel
•They want their land returned
•Many want to expel Israel
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23. WHAT HAPPENED SINCE THEN?

24. 1947 UN Partition
Divided Palestine into 2 States
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Arab State
Jewish State

25. 1948 Arab Invasion
Israel accepted the partition
Arab league rejected & invaded
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26. 1967 Six-Day War
Arab Nations invaded again
Israel captured Sinai, Gaza, West Bank
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27. 1978
Camp David Accords
Egypt made peace with Israel
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Sedat (Egypt), Pres. Jimmy Carter, Begin (Israel)

28. 1994
Wadi Araba Treaty
Jordan made peace with Israel
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Rabin (Israel), Clinton (US), Hussein (Jordan)

29. 1993
Oslo Accords
Palestinian Liberation Organization
made peace with Israel
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Rabin (Israel), Clinton (US), Arafat (Palestine)

30. 1993
•Palestine recognized Israel
•Israel recognized Palestine
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Rabin (Israel), Clinton (US), Arafat (Palestine)

31. Oslo Accords
Gave the Palestinian authority right to
govern West Bank and Gaza Strip
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32. Oslo Accords
Israel promised to withdraw from both
Once they felt safe from attacks
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33. Palestinian Authority
Mahmoud Abbas Fatah Party
Governed West Bank and Gaza Strip
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34. Hamas
Rejected Oslo Accords
Vowed to annihilate Israel
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Ahmed Yassin, Founder of Hamas

35. 2005
Israel withdrew from Gaza
Gaza held elections
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Israel Withdraws from Gaza

36. 2007
Hamas took over Gaza
Expelled Palestinian Authority
Vowed to annihilate Israel
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37. 2007 - Today
1.Hamas fires rockets into Israel
2.Israel attacks Hamas bases
3.Hamas signs a Cease Fire
4.Iran re-supplies Hamas
5.Hamas attacks Israel again
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38. October 7, 2023
•Hamas infiltrated Israel
•Killed 1,400 Israelis
•Captured 239 hostages
•Israel invaded Gaza to rescue the
hostages and remove Hamas
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39. Protests Sweep U.S.
•Pro-Palestinian Protests
•Protest Israel’s war in Gaza
•Many claim Hamas is justified
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40. Rise in Anti-Semitism
Keep the World Clean
By throwing Jews in the trash!
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41. By Any Means
Means: October 7 justified
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42. Rise in Islamophobia
Oct. 30, Chicago
Landlord shot and killed 6-year-old
Palestinian boy
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43. Where to from here?
Mahmoud Abbas Benjamin Netanyahu

44. Call for Cease Fire
Arab World Unconditional Cease Fire
West for humanitarian Pause
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45. Israel says
Only after Hamas is removed and the
Hostages are rescued
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Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister

46. What are the Issues?
If Cease Fire
Hamas vowed to attack again
Until Israel no longer exists

47. What are the Issues?
If fighting Continues
Don’t know when war will end
Don’t know who will rule Gaza?
If Cease Fire
Hamas vowed to attack again
Until Israel no longer exists