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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Arab Israeli Conflict

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth encyclopedia article which explores the Arab-Israeli conflict. It lists and provides brief descriptions of the five wars fought between the Israelis and the Palestinians. It also takes a look at each side's reasons for the...
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: Gaza in Turmoil

For Students 9th - 10th
A July 19, 2004, analysis of the problems Gaza is experiencing due to a struggle for power between Arafat loyalists and those who want to reform the Palestinian Authority.
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Website
Other

What Happened During the Arab Revolt of 1936 39?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses what the Arab Revolt was, why it occurred, and what the result from it was.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc News: Palestinian Pm to Stay in Post

For Students 9th - 10th
This 2004 BBC article reports on the problems between the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and Yasser Arafat, its president. Arafat has not given up authority over the police forces which the Prime Minister must have if he...
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Website
Other

Odyssey: Teacher Zone: Middle East: Israel/palestinian Territories Stay

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This teaching unit is based upon a "teacher trek" to the area in 2000 and focuses on essential questions on the nature of conflict. Activities are offered to help students explore the religion, holidays and culture of this region....
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Handout
BBC

Bbc News: Profile: Ahmed Qurei

For Students 9th - 10th
This BBC profile dated 12 November 2003 provides a brief biography of the then Prime Minister for the Palestinian Authority.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Israeli Threat of Military Action

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents information about the abduction of an Israeli soldier by Hamas. Analyzes the possible steps that Israel may take to get their soldier back. (26 June 2006)
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Website
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Requiem for Palestinian Reform [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The author discusses the efforts to establish democratic reforms in the Palestinian government and how the effects of the elections of 2006 (the election of Hamas) brought those reforms to a halt.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Muammar Gaddafi

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi discusses his rise to power, his regime of Islamic socialism and support of pan-Arabism and the PLO, his relations with other countries, the Libyan Civil War, his capture and execution, and...
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Handout
BBC

Bbc News: Profile: Yasser Arafat

For Students 9th - 10th
This 2003 BBC archive profile of the late Yasser Arafat surveys his career as leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO).
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Website
Other

Electronic Intifada: Why They Love Mahmoud Abbas

For Students 9th - 10th
Written as an editorial, the author of this article provides information on the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas. There is also some excellent insight into the feelings of the Palestinians at this date in time....
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Palestinian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Palestinian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Israel Seizes Hamas Legislators

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the June 2006 Israeli efforts to obtain freedom for a captured soldier in Gaza.
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Website
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

50th Anniversary of the Creation of the State of Israel,

For Students 9th - 10th
An online presentation of historically significant documents and pictures from the recognition of Israel by the US.
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Website
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Balfour Declaration Commentary

For Students 9th - 10th
The interpretation of an excerpt of the Balfour Declaration is discussed with links to related documents.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Voices of Hope and Seeds of Peace (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that draws on the work of the Seeds of Peace, an international organization of teenagers from troubled regions of the world (with a focus on the Middle East) that fosters meaningful dialogue among people with opposing...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Martyrdom

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Wide Angle, 18-year-old Mohanned Abu Tayyoun discusses the reasons behind his decision to conduct a martyr operation.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pickle Business

For Students 9th - 10th
Widows from the village of Tamra in the Galilee manage all of the aspects of their small business in this video segment from Wide Angle.
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Handout
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Israel Is Not an Apartheid State

For Students 9th - 10th
The author analyzes the treatment of Palestinians by attempting to identify and discuss democratic practice which provides equality, and would serve to make Israel unlike an apartheid state.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Profile Kahled Meshaal

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief profile of Kahled Meshaal, an important Hamas leader. Also provides links to related topics. (8 February 2006)
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Refugee Crisis Threatens Lebanon

For Students 9th - 10th
An examination of the impact of the 400,000 Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon on the country's political stability. Also provides a look at the lives of Palestinian refugees. (13 July 207)
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Article
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: If Everything Is Genocide

For Students 9th - 10th
The author of this article discusses remarks by a Hamas representative where he compared the situation in Gaza to what happened during the Holocaust. His words were repeated before the UN Security Council. The author labels this type of...
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Graphic
Other

Le Monde Diplomatique: The First Arab Israeli War (1948 1949)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides maps of the attacks and counter-attacks during the First Arab-Israeli War.
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Website
Other

Embassy of Jordan: The Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information about the status of the economy in Jordan. In addition to standard statistics, there is information on the role of the government in the economy and legislative and regulatory reform.

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