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What happened after the end of the Ottoman Empire?

What happened after the end of the Ottoman Empire?. Warm-up for 10.21.11. Make a prediction . . . How did European partitioning (dividing up land) in the Middle East after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire lead to regional conflict?. Make a prediction . . .

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What happened after the end of the Ottoman Empire?

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  1. What happened after the end of the Ottoman Empire?

  2. Warm-up for 10.21.11 Make a prediction . . . How did European partitioning (dividing up land) in the Middle East after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire lead to regional conflict?

  3. Make a prediction . . . How did European partitioning in the Middle East after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire lead to regional conflict?

  4. SS7H2 The student will analyze continuity and change in Southwest Asia (Middle East) leading to the 21st century. a. Explain how European partitioning in the Middle East after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire led to regional conflict. b. Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of the modern State of Israel in 1948

  5. WWI & Collapse of Ottoman Empire • The Ottomans were on the losing side of WWI (1914-1918) • They lose ALL of their territory (except Turkey) to the winners of WWI • This territory included Palestine • Great Britain controls Palestine in 1920 (British Mandate)

  6. Israel or Palestine? today 1923

  7. Israel or Palestine? • Conflict over the land of Palestine worsened with the collapse of theOttoman Empire after WWI(1914-1918) • Jewish people living outside of the Middle East wanted to move back and reclaim their “promised land” • Muslim Arabs already living in Palestinedid not like Jewish people moving in & taking over “their land” without asking

  8. Tough Choices . . . • Great Britain feels pressure from. . . • Jews to create a Jewish homeland • ArabPalestinians NOT to create a Jewish homeland • What should Great Britain do?

  9. So how did Great Britain solve the problem?

  10. United Nations (UN) Partition Plan 1947 - Great Britain calls in the help of the United Nations (UN) to help divide Palestine “fairly”, between Jews and Arab Palestinians

  11. Was the UN Partition Plan fair? • More Arab Muslims live in Palestine than Jewish people • BUT Jewish immigrants get more land than native Palestinian Muslim Arabs

  12. But what about the Arab Palestinians? • Arab Palestinians REJECT the partition plan • Other Arab Muslim nations from the Middle East support the Palestinians

  13. Creation of Israel 1948 • In 1948, Jews declare the modern state of Israel a religious & political community for ALL Jewish people • Law of Return – ANY Jewish person from around the world can move to Israel and automatically become a citizen • 1948 – First Arab-Israeli War (between Israel & 6 other Arab Muslim nations in the Middle East) • Israel wins

  14. AFTER ISRAEL WINS WAR! BEFORE ISRAEL WINS WAR!

  15. Confirm or change your prediction . . . How did European partitioning in the Middle East after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire lead to regional conflict?

  16. Confirm or change your prediction . . . It lead to conflict when British Palestine was made into the nation of Israel. This happened after the UN created a plan to partition Palestine and give some land to Jews and some to Arabs, and the Israelis fought a war against the Arabs to take even more land over.

  17. Creation of Israel reasons FOR creation reasons AGAINST creation

  18. The Creation of IsraelSS7H2 The student will analyze continuity and change in Southwest Asia (Middle East) leading to the 21st century. b. Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of the modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish religious connection to the land, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and Zionism in Europe. Name _______________________ Date __________ Per ____ reasons FOR creation • Jews want old homeland back (believe God gave to Abraham) • UN makes partition plan that gives Jews a state in former Palestine • Israel wins the Arab-Israeli War and takes even more land away from Arab Palestinians Reasons AGAINST creation • Arabs do not want to give up land for a Jewish homeland • More Arab Palestinians living in Palestine than Jews

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